Legal Secretary, legal administrative assistant

**/**** - ******* ***-********* ADULT LEARNING CENTER, NEW YORK, NY

• Studied MSWord 2007 (Received Certification in November, 2009; Studied PowerPoint(11/09-1/10; Studying Excel (for Certification)(2/10 to present)at Mid-Manhattan Adult Learning Center.

5/2008 -11/2008 DAVIS & GILBERT LLP – LEGAL SECRETARY/FLOATER, NYC, NY

• Legal secretary floater worked in all departments of the firm, e.g. real estate; corporate; trusts and estates; advertising, etc.

• Document production; input time sheets; billing; opened new client/matter forms; phone coverage.

• Worked on special projects for the Marketing Department including mailings; reception relief.

9/2006-4/2008 LONG & SHORT TERM ASSIGNMENTS - LEGAL SECRETARY, NYC, NY

• Legal secretarial work for attorneys in all business/corporate departments; reception relief.

• Produced and revised documents; opened new files; worked on projects; prepared client contact lists.

• Worked part-time at a Doctor’s office where my responsibilities included billing; updated,created and filed charts; scheduled appointments, etc.

11/2004-8/2006 SEIDMAN & MORENSTEIN-LEGAL SECRETARY, NYC, NY

• Legal secretary for two real estate partners who represented a Bank and lenders/borrowers in commercial and residential mortgage transactions.

• Worked on loan documents including mortgages, promissory notes and commercial loan agreements.

• Prepared closing documents prior to submission to the Bank.

• Shorthand utilized for all work: documents; correspondence; billing, etc.; phone coverage; filing; reception relief.

1/2003-10/2004 LONG & SHORT TERM ASSIGNMENTS - LEGAL SECRETARY, NYC, NY

• Provided legal secretarial services to attorneys. Scheduled and maintained attorneys’ calendars; prioritized partners' daily facsimile transmissions, emails and correspondence.

• Interfaced with clients; scheduled conference calls; meetings and travel arrangements; reception relief.

• Input attorneys’ time and finalized client bills; utilized software skills to prepare contracts and documents.

• Assignments at law firms (through Ajilon Legal and Stiel Resources, etc.) including Kaye Scholer; DeOrchis, Walker & Corsa; Pillsbury Winthrop and Phillips Nizer.

• Worked at Bloomingdales as a sales assistant during the Christmas season.

2/2000-10/2002 CHADBOURNE & PARKE-LEGAL SECRETARY/ADMIN. ASST., NYC, NY

• Corporate legal secretary/administrative assistant for senior partner (Partner was Vice President of South American Corporate Finance Dept.)

• Heavy client contact; set up meetings; made travel arrangements; created expense reports, time records; responsible for maintaining attorney’s calendar and client contacts.

• Created client billing; document production; heavy phone coverage.

8/1998-01/2000 WHITE & CASE-LEGAL SECRETARY/FLOATER, NYC, NY

• Worked as a legal secretary floater in all areas of law; tape transcription; created and edited documents.

• Time records; entered new matters; some word processing work; phone coverage.

12/1996-7/1998 WERBEL & CARNELUTTI-LEGAL SECRETARY/ADMIN. ASST., NYC, NY

• Corporate legal secretary/administrative assistant for senior partner in Corporate Finance Department.

• Maintained calendar and client contacts; time records; expense reports; reception relief.

• Scheduled meetings with clients; calculated billing hours from computer printouts and composed bills.

EDUCATION: Emerson College, Boston, MA

B.A., English Literature

SKILLS: MS Word 2007, Styles, TOC, PowerPoint, Excel, Typing 70 WPM, Pittman shorthand, Dictaphone, PC Docs, Soft Solutions, Outlook

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