Real Estate Sales

THERESA G. STANSELL

P.O. Box ***

Holbrook, NY **741

631-***-****

Email: *****@***.***

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EXPERIENCE:

Berger & Webb, New York, NY 7/08-1/12

Legal Secretary

• Supported three partners in the employment litigation department.

• Prepared and edited litigation documents and correspondence.

• Coordinated attorney/client meetings and telephone conferences.

• Maintained attorney calendar and entries.

• Initial intake of new potential clients. Set up new client files.

• Monitored partner emails and attachments.

• Arranged for attorney travel accommodations.

• Transcribed voice mail messages to attorney. Time entries.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom , New York, NY 9/05-4/08

Legal Secretary

• Sole support to partner department head of Mass Torts/Product Liability/Insurance defense.

• Prepared and edited documents and correspondence.

• Maintained attorney calendar and entries.

• Prepared and submitted new client matter memos.

• Prepared expense reports and check requests for functions and organizations.

• Arranged for attorney travel accommodations.

• Transcribed voice mail messages to attorney. Time entries.

Storch, Amini & Munves, New York, NY 12/04-07/05

Legal Secretary

• Prepared and edited litigation documents including but not limited to complaints, answers, RJI’s, bills of particular, memorandum of law and motions.

• Maintained attorney calendar.

• Time slips.

Fusco, Brandenstein & Rada , Woodbury, NY 4/02-12/04

Legal Assistant

• Independent handling and processing of files in an extremely high volume of social security disability matters.

• Oversaw and facilitated all levels of SSD procedures. Heavy contact with clients, administrative law judges and staff.

• Preparation of correspondence. Time slips.

Gainsburg & Hirsch, New York, NY 12/99-12/00

Legal Secretary

• Heavy document preparation in bankruptcy adversarial procedures.

• Preparation of correspondence, affidavits and motions. Table of contents.

• Client contact, oversaw attorney schedule. Time slip entries.

Campagna & Langella, Ronkonkoma, NY 2/97-11/99

Paralegal

• Independent handling of real estate matters. Maintained client files, including but not limited to sales and purchases of one and two family dwellings.

• Preparation of contracts of sale, ordered title searches and resolved problems for clear title. Heavy bank and mortgage company contact. Arranged closings and prepared closing figures.

Kranz, Davis & Hersh, Hauppauge, NY 3/90-1/96

Paralegal

• Total independent handling of real estate files. Prepared contracts of sale and facilitated all terms thereof. Correspondence.

• Preparation of bankruptcy matters including but not limited to filing petitions with court.

• Heavy client contact.

• Heavy bank and mortgage company contact. Time entries.

SKILLS: MS Word, Docs Open, Outlook, Time Slips, Light Steno, Notary Public

EDUCATION:

Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY 1977-1978

General Business Courses (non-credited)

Brown’s Business School, Bay Shore, NY 1970

Certificate Program

References available upon request

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