Legal Assistant Executive

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Verna Blurton

**** ******* **., ********, ***** 75181 • 214-***-**** • ***********@*********.*** Qualifications and Experience:

• Responsible for paralegal, legal assistant and secretarial work for attorneys in civil practice.

• Experience with insurance defense litigation, mediation and arbitration.

• Experience with general commercial litigation.

• Experience in probate documents and filings.

• Experience in construction law, litigation, liens and bond claims.

• Extensive experience with e-filing, county, state and federal.

• Experience with transcribing and/or drafting legal pleadings, discovery, notices and correspondence.

• Experience with maintaining calendaring for multiple attorneys.

• Very strong skills and extensive experience with obtaining documents and information from various courts, county clerks, Secretary of State, deed and land records, etc.

• Experience in obtaining medical, police, employment, records, etc.

• Experience with organizing depositions, court reporters, facilities, notices, etc.

• Experience with entering billable hours for attorneys in various billing databases.

• Experience with preparing trial, deposition, mediation notebooks, etc.

• Experience with post-litigation activities, abstracts of judgment and writs of execution, orders of sale and garnishments.

• Experience dealing with Boards of Directors, Agendas and Minutes, for multiple Municipal Utility Districts.

• Experience with travel arrangements and catering arrangements.

• Experienced in interaction with clients, clerks, courts, sheriffs and constables.

• Experience with calculating pre-judgment and post judgment interest.

• Notary Public for the State of Texas

• Exceptional problem solving and trouble-shooting skills.

• Highly intelligent and adaptable.

Programs used - Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, Excel, Adobe Acrobat, Outlook, Caret, LMS Time Entry, Timeslips, TABS, Transcription Programs, Chrome River, iTimekeep, NetDocuments, IntApp, Paperless Proforma, InterAction, and various databases.

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Work History:

March 2022 to January 2025 Legal Assistant

The Willis Law Group, 1985 Forest Lane, Garland, TX 75042 December 2020 to March 2022 Legal Secretary / Group Administrator Coats Rose P.C., 14755 Preston Rd., Suite 600, Dallas, TX 75254

February 2020 to July 2020 Legal Assistant

Clark Hill St rasburger, 901 Main Street, Suite 6000, Dallas, TX Layoff Due to Covid 19

August 2018 to February 2020 Legal Assistant

Settle Pou, 3333 Lee Parkway, 8th Floor, Dallas, Texas May 2018 to August 2018 Analyst – Contract Assignment American Airlines Privacy – Legal Dept., Fort Worth, Texas November 2018 to May 2018 Contract Legal Assistant filling in for Employees on Leave Rogge Dunn Group, PC

Baker Botts LLP

February 2017 to November 2018 Legal Assistant / Paralegal Fletcher, Farley, Shipman & Salinas, LLP

9201 N. Central Expy., Suite 600, Dallas, Texas 75231 January 2013 to February 2017 Legal Assistant / Paralegal / Administrator Contract work for several law firms.

August 2000 to March 2012 Paralegal / Legal Assistant Matthews, Shiels, Knott, Eden, Davis & Beanland

8131 LBJ Freeway, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas 75251

Legal work since 1992.

Education:

Bachelor of Fine Arts from West Texas A&M University Continuing education in computers from Richland College. Basics of real estate, Richland College.

References available upon request.

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