Legal Assistant Real Estate
Resume:
DENISE A. BONAGURO
Jacksonville, Florida *****
*********@*****.***
www.linkedin.com/in/denise-bonaguro-21bb8616
OBJECTIVE
Detail-oriented and motivated Legal Assistant with 10 plus years of experience providing administrative support to attorneys and legal departments. Eager to contribute to the success in corporate, real estate (landlord/tenant commercial/residential litigation, employment and labor law litigation, trusts and estates, estate planning and probate litigation, worker’s compensation and construction litigation by leveraging strong organizational, research, and communication skills. Needed to care for my sick mom and worked various temp/contract positions. (2023-2025): Rolfe & Lobello, Jacksonville, FL (temp debt collector) E-file all notices of dismissal and motions for entry of a final judgment, stipulations and non-compliance affidavits with the state court and save into JTS (tax collection software), printed invoices and stuffed envelopes for mailing. (3/2025). Belfor Property Restoration, Jacksonville, FL (Temp) Entered construction work sheets in T&M portal for construction workers by entering, specific codes for use of equipment, job description and proofing their time entered (start, lunch and end time) before it goes to the estimator for finalization.
(2/2025).
Wicker Smith, Jacksonville, FL (temp medical law and construction) Prepared conflict clearance and intake forms and engagement letters. Drafting complaints, answers, motions to dismiss and subpoenas. E-filing pleadings with the state and federal courts. Calendar all hearings, arbitrations, mediations and deadlines. Enter attorney’s time. (10/2024). Cvercko & Associates Pa, Jacksonville, FL (part-time/temp construction litigation) Checked all orders from the court and posted arbitrations, mediations, hearings in an Excel spreadsheet. (1- 2/2024).
Eraclides Gelman, Jacksonville, FL (part-time) Drafting, formatting of pleadings for attorney review and e-file with the state and federal courts. Set-up arbitrations, mediations, hearings, pretrials and Zoom meetings. Calendar all arbitrations, mediations, hearings and deadlines, entered time for billing. Prepared invoices and put postage for mailing. (3/2024). Gray Robinson, Jacksonville, FL (contract construction litigation) Prepared conflict clearances with American Arbitration Association, prepared engagement letters and emailed to client for signature, calendared all mediations, arbitrations, entered attorney’s time, drafted notice of appearances, motions and subpoenas duces tecum and e-filed same with the state court, requested settlement checks from accounting and wired to client. (5-7/2024). Purcell Flanagan, Jacksonville, FL (temp trusts & estates) Open all mail scan and save to document management system. Drafted engagement letters, wills and correspondence. Email/call potential clients or existing clients to get information and to set-up an in-person or virtual meetings for will signings and estate planning. Enter my time and the attorney time and prepare invoices and mail.
(8/2024).
Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP, Jacksonville, FL (2/2021-9/2023) Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, NY, NY (2003 - 2021) Administrative Legal Assistant Specializing in Real Estate/Commercial and Residential Litigation Law
• Support Partner/Associates in preparing, revising, formatting and proofreading litigation documents and correspondence (pleadings, memorandums of law, briefs, and insurance reports) and save in electronic database.
• Perform conflict clearances, open and close cases.
• Draft all pleadings documents for attorneys’ review and signature.
• E-filing with (State and Federal) courts.
• Knowledge of Civil and Supreme Court rules and procedures.
• Answer inquiries, screen calls, and act as gatekeeper.
• Calendar and monitor court dates, depositions, arbitrations, meetings and deadlines.
• Review and prioritize mail, prepare overnight packages, and coordinate deliveries.
• Enter attorneys’ time, prepare/edit bills.
• Handle travel arrangements.
• Retain attorneys’ files.
• Assist with HR with various projects and provide back-up support. SKILLS
Microsoft Office 365, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, Imanage (document management system), Mimecast, Intapp, calendaring depositions, mediations, arbitrations, hearings, deadlines and Zoom meetings, Philips SpeechExec Pro Transcribe Digital, enter attorney’s time with Aderant Expert and WebView, T&M (billing software for contractors), JTS (tax collection software), scanning, faxing, redacting, bate stamping, e-filing (state and federal), set-up conference calls (Zoom), phone systems
(Tel/Cisco), pay bills and attorney reimbursement with Chrome River, Stamps.com, T close files using DataSavers (prepare an index and box all closed cases and have DataSavers pick up boxes for storage and typing 70 WPM.
EDUCATION
Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY
Associates Degree in Legal Studies
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