Assistant Management

Kenyetta Ferguson

**** ***** ***. *** # ** Brooklyn, NY 11203 718-***-****

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Experience

Financial Security Assurance New York, NY

Records Assistant 09/03 to 07/09

Responsible for maintaining the daily flow of the Records Department which consisted of filing documents in EDMS (Electronic Documents Management System) and Legal Key on a daily basis.

Kept and monitored legal volumes to ensure that law library was up-to-date. Scanned all incoming transcripts and all legal documents into the system.

Trained new employees in utilizing Electronic Documents Management System.

Gathered and analyzed research data, such as statutes, decisions, and legal articles, codes, and documents.

UBS/Paine Webber Weehawken,NJ

Legal Assistant 01/02 to 09/03

Executed daily operations of special projects for the legal department relating to document production.

Retrieved documents stored in microfilm and microfiche and placed them in viewers for reading.

Kept and monitored legal volumes to ensure that law library was up-to-date

Retrieved client account statements, new and existing accounts, also brokers' transactions.

Interacted with other branches worldwide on a daily basis.

New York City Law Department New York, NY

Legal Assistant 04/01 to 09/01

Duties consisted of discovery and document production for multi-party cases involving issues of Criminal, Civil and Discrimination.

Prepared affidavits and other documents, maintained document file, and filed pleadings with court clerk.

Assisted attorneys in the management of cases through various stages of legal proceedings such as requesting and retrieving documents needed for trial.

Interacted with Federal, State and Local government agencies, and private sectors by requesting documents for the purpose of discovery for pending litigations.

McCarter & English, LLP Newark, NJ

Legal Assistant (Temporary Assignment) 02/00 to 01/01

Entered document identification codes into systems in order to determine locations of documents to be retrieved.

Eliminated outdated and unnecessary materials, destroying them and transferring them to inactive storage according to file maintenance guidelines and legal requirements.

Sorted and classified information according to guidelines such as content, purpose, user criteria, and chronological, alphabetical, and numerical order.

Found and retrieved information from files in response to requests from authorized users.

Placed materials into storage receptacles, such as file cabinets, boxes, bins, and drawers, according to classification and identification information.

Education

John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY

9/97-5/00

Software Skills

Microsoft Office, Excel, Powerpoint, Peoplesoft, Legal Key, Accutrac, EDMS

References

Available upon request

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