Jeanne's Resume

JEANNE ELLEN SPRATT

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Sacramento, CA 95821

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OBJECTIVE: Legal Assistant (Entry-Level) Legal Secretary

EDUCATION: American River College Fall 2009

Sacramento, CA 95841

Major: Legal Assistant: A.A. Degree

MTI College, Sacramento, CA 95841

Paralegal Program [ABA Approved]

Year One Completed: 3.20 GPA Oct 2005

Received Diploma: “Legal Office Specialist”

Sawyer Business College – March 1981

Received “Certificate of Completion of Secretarial Course”

LEGAL WORK EXPERIENCE:

Kevin W. Aldred, General Contractor 01/03/2003 to present

Sacramento, CA

Duties: Secretary/Bookkeeper (worked part-time while attending college)

Department of Justice 07/10/2001 to 07/17/2002

ERA Section/Tort Law Section/Finance Law/Licensing Section

1300 “I” Street, 16th Floor

Sacramento, CA 95814

DUTIES: Legal Secretary, Screening calls, formatting legal documents, assisting attorney in drafting summary judgment and trial preparation; monitoring all discovery responses and requests; preparing Subpoenas for Business Records; scheduled depositions and prepared and sent out notices to all interested parties. Gained experience working on HotDocs software. Prepared all binders for jurors at two mock trials. Typing correspondence from dictation tapes. Ensuring that all deadlines were met. Always kept all files organized and up-to-date. Also gained experience working in Finance Law. Prepared and typed “Opinion Letters” to be approved by the supervising attorney. And assisted in finalizing it to be sent to the Office of the State Treasurer.

John H. Knowles (Retired) 08/03/1993 to 07/09/2001

Attorney at Law

1129 D Street

Sacramento, CA 95814

DUTIES: Legal Secretary-Assisting in preparing probate petitions, assisted in finalizing Wills and Trusts. Assisted and typed Petitions for Dissolution of Marriage; finalizing and typing Marital Agreements and Final Judgments of Dissolution. Screened all of attorney’s calls. Gathered information from clients for the Income and Expense forms and the Disclosure of Financial Information. Assisted in preparing Temporary Restraining Orders (TRO’s) for attorney. Prepared and finalized a Complaint for Unlawful Detainer actions and followed up on all rules and required actions to be taken in order to have Judgment entered by the Court, and thereby the Court issue a Writ of Possession. Assisting clients in filling out form interrogatories in family law matters. Prepared and filed OSC’s with the court, and scheduled court hearing dates. Also, prepared all of the Chapter 7 Petitions, typed them, met with clients to gather information and I put together all of the petitions for the attorney’s review and approval. We also worked on a few Chapter 13 Petitions as well. I gained experience working on Matthew Bender software for the Bankruptcy Petitions. I also worked on Timeslips software for all of the billing, and used SmartLaser software as well. I did all of the payroll/bookkeeping and yearly taxes.

Joseph Staats, Attorney at Law 5/23/1987 to 11/18/1992

2300 Bell Executive Lane

Sacramento, CA 95825

DUTIES: Legal Secretary-Screened all incoming calls; typed correspondence and pleading from dictation tapes. Assisted in drafting Appellate Briefs in criminal court matters. Prepared pleadings in civil litigation cases. Assisted attorney in preparing drafts of Real Estate contracts. Kept track of all deadlines.

William Gallagher (Retired Judge) 11/09/1981 to 01/03/1987

Hefner, Stark & Marois, Attorneys at Law

Sacramento, CA 95814

DUTIES: Legal Secretary-Screened all incoming calls for attorney, assisted attorney in preparing and typing Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Proceedings. I assisted in preparing Applications for Attorney’s Fees to be filed with the court, and scheduling court hearings along with noticing all of the creditors. Mr. Gallagher’s law practice consisted primarily of preparing and filing Ch. 11 Bankruptcy Proceedings, and advising the Bankruptcy Trustee assigned by the Court in these matters.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS/AWARDS:

• Nominated to be listed on the “National Dean’s List” for 2005/06.

• Name listed on the President’s and Dean’s Honor Roll for years 2003/04.

• Received an Award for “Exemplary Attendance” from English Professor.

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