Project Management Legal Assistant
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Winston-Salem, NC ****7
*************@*****.***
Education
1986
B.S. Business Administration
Various computer, personal
development and leadership
classes over working career.
Skills
• Organization
• Navigating Databases
• Microsoft Apps
• Project management
• Teamwork
• Leadership
• Writing
Beth W. Davis
I am seeking a part-time, remote position that is aligned with my skill set. EXPERIENCE
2012 – 2022
Director of Operations - Wiser Family of Companies Bookkeeping; payroll; client interaction; marketing; administrative; project management 2007 - 2012
Paralegal Manager - Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice Member of the Executive Staff; manage senior paralegals, contract lawyers and/or project assistants in mass tort litigation practice group; work with technology vendors; daily communications with Fortune 500 clients and their counsel, both in-house and outside; project management; interview potential new hires; train new hires; maintain coding guidelines for team; work with multiple databases; user support; highly skilled in all Microsoft applications; etc.
2005 - 2007
Office Manager - Wiser Financial & Tax Planning
Bookkeeping; payroll; client interaction; marketing; administrative; projects; etc. 1996 – 2005
Legal Assistant/Sr. Legal Assistant - R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
(Marketing/Patents & Trademarks) Administrative support to Senior Counsel; coordinated meetings and special projects; updated trademark database; performed all administrative functions.
(Smoking & Health Litigation) Sarbanes-Oxley process owner/tester; drafted litigation footnote for SEC filings; electronic billing; worked with in-house counsel and outside counsel across the country to coordinate the defense of smoking and health lawsuits; prepared presentations and reports for general counsel’s use; created and maintained case management database for non-smoking and health litigation; case analysis; indemnification issues; retainer issues; worked with external auditor year-round; ensured quality control of smoking and health case management database
1994 - 1996
Legal Administrator - R. J. Reynolds Tobacco International, Inc. Prepared Minutes/Resolutions for 18 companies; maintained corporate data sheets for 95+ RJR Nabisco subsidiaries worldwide; summarized license/joint venture agreements for internal use; purchased supplies for legal department via computerized system; liaison for offshore lawyers regarding domestic legal functions (i.e., qualification of companies, legalization of documents); prepared legal correspondence, powers of attorney, releases; etc.
1986 - 1994
Legal Secretary / Legal Assistant - Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice Responsibilities included all phases of trial preparation; prepared court documents; drafted general correspondence and pleadings; prepared charts/graphs for hearings; prepared presentations; coordinated depositions and document productions; performed records checks; performed investigations for discovery purposes; client billing and interaction; created databases for coding documents in large cases; summarized depositions; shepardized/instacited briefs
1986 (August – November)
Accounting Clerk - RJR Nabisco, Inc.
Prepared and maintained spreadsheets used for internal accounting; prepared presentations for department heads; performed basic general accounting; etc.
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