Executive Assistant to CEO and Legal Executives

Sandra Atkins

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Stuart Postow Law – Gaithersburg, MD March 2025 – Present Executive Administrative Legal Assistant

Support Managing Partner in Civil and Criminal Litigation / Guardianship /Family Law Practice

• Draft pleadings and correspondence; file & serve pleadings via MDEC; prepare attorney insurance forms for submission;

• File all MetLife and ARAG claim forms

• Conduct all administrative calls on behalf of counsel to maintain practice in good standing;

• Prepare summonses for issuance through private process server; prepare subpoenas for court appearance McCarthy Wilson LLP – Rockville, MD September 2023 – March 2025 Administrative Legal Assistant

Support two Partners in Civil and Criminal Litigation; Insurance Defense Practice and Bankruptcy

• Draft pleadings and correspondence; file & serve pleadings via MDEC; enter attorney time into Juris

• Maintain Outlook calendars including court dates, mediations and Zoom hearing dates; send discovery to opposing attorneys and insurance adjusters via Dropbox and ShareFile; coordinate Zoom conferences and meetings; coordinate depositions, prepare Notices of Deposition and schedule court reporters Miller, Miller & Canby – Rockville, MD September 2016 – June 2023 Administrative Legal Assistant

Support Chair of Zoning and Land Use Department, one Partner and two Associates

• Draft documents and supporting documentation to be presented to Office of Zoning and Administrative Hearings, Board of Appeals and Appeals to Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland

• Transcribe dictation consisting of correspondence, Special Exceptions, Variances and Land Use Modifications

• Maintain Outlook calendaring for Department, including trials, scheduling conferences, and motions hearings

• Serve as liaison between clients and attorneys, coordinate and schedule meetings Venable LLP – Washington, DC November 2014 – August 2016 Administrative Legal Assistant

Provide Legal Assistance to one Partner and one Associate in Products Liability Department and Provide support to One Bankruptcy Partner

• Maintain attorneys’ detailed Outlook calendars; plan and schedule all meetings; conferences and coordination of in-house webinars; prepare, format and proofread bankruptcy documents; including petitions, schedules, and motions; communicate with clients, trustees, courts and creditors; maintain confidentiality and adherence to firm policies; maintain client files

• Schedule all travel arrangements and prepare expense reports

• Prepare daily timesheets

• Transcribe correspondence, memoranda and prepare GAO protests, bids and coordinate exhibits for submission to court

Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland – Rockville, MD June 1993 – September 2014 Administrative Legal Assistant to the Hon. Durke G. Thompson, Associate Judge

• Served as gatekeeper to Judge in safeguarding Chambers

• Maintained and scheduled Judge’s trial docket

• Served as liaison between attorneys, pro se parties and Judge

• Supervised all administrative matters

• Participated in interview and decision-making of incoming law clerks

• Served as court interpreter in open court and to pro se parties EDUCATION

The Washington Business School for Secretaries, Washington, DC

• Received certificate of graduation from eleven-month intensive legal Secretarial/business program SKILLS

Outlook, Word and Excel; Fluent in Spanish; excellent organizational skills; exceptional people skills; high level of diplomacy and discretion with all work-related and personal matters INTERESTS

Reading, traveling, cooking, volunteer work at Raphael House assisted living and St. Raphael’s Church; promote independent living with activities of daily living

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