legal secretary, administrative/executive assistant, office manager

KRISTINA B. TAHU

***** ******** *****

Dallas, Texas 75230-4256

214-***-**** (home) 214-***-**** (cell)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Cramer Weatherbie Richardson Walker (Dallas, Texas) March, 2008, – October, 2009

Legal secretary, executive assistant and office manager to named shareholders specializing in commercial real estate, litigation and corporate transaction law. General duties included file opening, filing, preparation of contracts, documents, correspondence, deeds and leases, purchase, transaction and closing and documents, and participation in real estate closings, scheduling of meetings and conferences, general organization of attorneys and office, and time entry, client billing and travel coordination as well as litigation filings, petitions, answers, discovery, calendaring and docketing, exhibit organization and scheduling of depositions and mediations. Position eliminated due to the economy.

Crouch & Ramey (Dallas, Texas) June, 2007, – March, 2008

Legal secretary to real estate associate and paralegal specializing in commercial real estate and transaction law. General duties included file opening, filing, preparation of correspondence, documents, contracts, deeds and leases, purchase, transaction, closing and post-closing documents, and transmittal of the same, as well as participation in real estate closings, scheduling of meetings, general organization, and time entry, client billing and travel coordination. Moved with real estate shareholder to his own firm (listed above).

Winstead PC (Dallas, Texas) March, 2006 – June, 2007

Legal secretary and executive assistant to shareholder, associate and paralegals specializing in commercial real estate, loan workout and transaction law. General duties included file opening, filing, preparation of correspondence, documents, contracts and deeds, purchase, transaction, closing and post-closing documents, and transmittal of the same, as well as participation in real estate closings, scheduling of meetings and conferences, travel arrangements, general organization of high volume attorney, and time entry, heavy phones and client billing and travel coordination. Followed paralegal to subsequent firm.

Kane, Russell, Coleman & Logan, P.C. (Dallas, Texas) September, 2002 – March 2006

Legal secretary and executive assistant to named shareholder, associates and paralegals specializing in commercial real estate and transactional law as well as to junior partner specializing in commercial/civil litigation. General duties included file opening, preparation of correspondence, documents, contracts, deeds and leases, purchase, transaction, closing and post-closing documents, as well as participation in real estate closings, scheduling of meetings and conferences, general organization of high volume attorney, and time entry, client billing and travel coordination. Additional duties included all aspects of litigation work including filings, petitions, answers, discovery, calendaring and docketing, exhibit organization and scheduling of depositions and mediations. Followed paralegal to subsequent firm.

Kaufman & Canoles, P.C. (Williamsburg, Virginia) June, 2000 – August, 2002

Legal secretary and executive assistant to partner specializing in commercial real estate and transactional law. Duties included file opening, filing, preparation of contracts, deeds, closing and post-closing documents and correspondence for commercial real estate transactions, client billing, time entry and scheduling of meetings.

Morgan & Weisbrod, LLP (Dallas, Texas) March, 1997 - April, 2000

Legal secretary to junior partner specializing in Social Security disability. Duties included appellate briefings and filings, medical file review and development, heavy phone contact with clients, medical providers and hearings offices, and coordinating client appointments and attorney hearings.

Swiss American Products (Dallas, Texas) April, 1996 - February, 1997

Executive assistant, sales and bookkeeping assistant and receptionist. Duties included answering phones, heavy vendor and customer contact, bookkeeping (billing and A/R) and purchase order entry (including some shipping and returns), in addition to coordinating meetings, travel, conferences and trade shows. Oversaw three employees.

The Connection Group (Dallas, Texas) April, 1992 - July, 1995

Sales, marketing and executive assistant and receptionist. Duties included answering phones, purchase order entry and processing, returns and heavy customer contact regarding same. Responsible for initial store opening orders for three major electronics retailers in addition to coordinating meetings, travel, conferences and trade shows.

EDUCATION

Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas (sports medicine)

DCCCD – Associate’s Degree, May, 2009

Texas Woman’s University – antcip. 12/12

Real Estate Law Course, Hampton, VA

SKILLS

Microsoft XP/Office Suite 2003-2007 Basic title search / advanced medical terminology

Typing of 85+ wpm / 10-key by touch Time Entry (various programs)

Excellent grammar, math, written, communication and client contact skills Moderate office manager, travel arrangement, shipping, billing and A/R-A/P experience

DOCS Open, Delta View, Lexis Nexis and other document comparison programs Working knowledge of QuickBooks and Adobe Professional

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

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