Legal Secretary
Resume:
STEPHANIE A. SMITH
Pasadena, Texas 77505
(Cell) 713-***-****
Email: ***********@*****.***
EXPERIENCE
LEGAL SECRETARY MAY 2008 TO MARCH 2009
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Houston, Texas
Banking, Real Estate and Energy, Commercial Transactions, Secured and Unsecured loans, Project Financings, Private Placements, Acquisition Financing and Equipment Leasing
I joined Pillsbury when my entire group transitioned from Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP into the finance department. My duties remained the same as listed below for Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP.
LEGAL SECRETARY NOVEMBER 2003 TO APRIL 2008
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Houston, Texas
Banking, Real Estate and Energy, Commercial Transactions, Secured and Unsecured loans, Project Financings, Private Placements, Acquisition Financing and Equipment Leasing
Duties included providing secretarial support to partner, one associate and one paralegal in legal activities ranging from preparation and organization of loan documents; records management; handling client correspondence; assisting with the closing of commercial loans; assisting with the preparation and proofing of corporate documentation prior to submission to BOWNE for final printing; drafting letters, memos and legal contracts; editing and proofing various documents; assisting in the preparation of closing checklists and closing binders for all types of corporate and commercial loans; performed extensive clerical and administrative functions; preparation of legal invoices to clients and collection of receivables; supervision of billing clerk and file clerk; and maintained internal department files including the coordination and closing of completed matters and the facilitation of such files to offsite storage.
LEGAL SECRETARY JANUARY 2001 TO OCTOBER 2003
Jackson Walker L.L.P. Houston, Texas
Duties included assisting two partners and two associates in the Business Transactions Group by drafting, editing and proofing various corporate and finance documents; keeping calendars of appointments for each attorney, making travel arrangements, setting up new files and obtaining new client/matter numbers; inputting daily time entries; performing various searches; and general office duties. Other duties included preparing documents for various types of closings and setting up various files in preparation for closing.
WORD PROCESSOR/PROOFREADER MAY 1998 TO DECEMBER 2000
Deloitte & Touche, LLP Houston, Texas
Duties included drafting, editing, and proofing various documents; typing financial statement spreadsheets in Excel and merging into Word documents; and proofreader for Word Processing & Graphics departments.
EDUCATION
• Graduated from Alvin Community College receiving an Associate in Applied Science degree, specializing in Court Reporting – Alvin, Texas (May 1997)
SKILLS
• MOS Certified in Microsoft Office Word 2007
• Microsoft Office Outlook
• Microsoft Office Excel
• FileSite Management
• PeopleSoft
• Delta View
• Transcription
• Typing 100+ wpm
* References available upon request.
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