Assistant Legal
Resume:
LINDA K. JONES
Savannah, GA 31408
912-***-**** (Cell)
Email address: **************@***.***
Skills: Typing - 85 wpm
Experience with WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Soft Solutions, IManage, WorldDox, Outlook, Excel, DTE, Orion, Excel, PowerPoint, Amicus and various other software programs;
paralegal skills, supervising clerical employees and handling administrative duties (For a detailed list of skills, see last two pages of resume)
Paralegal Certificates:
Savannah Paralegal Center, Savannah, Georgia, 1980
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1980
Occupational History:
6/19/06
to
Present HUNTER, MACLEAN, EXLEY & DUNN, P.C.
200 East Saint Julian Street
P. O. Box 9848
Savannah, GA 31412
Position: Legal Assistant to John M. Tatum, Managing Partner
9/12/05
to
6/25/06
SAVAGE, TURNER, PINSON & KARSMAN
304 East Bay Street
Savannah, GA 31401
Position Held: Paralegal to R. Scot Kraeuter, Partner
5/27/04
to
8/19/05 WEINBERG, WHEELER, HUDGINS, GUNN & DIAL, LLC
950 East Paces Ferry Road, Suite 3000
Atlanta, GA 30326
Position Held: Legal Assistant to Y. Kevin Williams, Partner, and Allison M. Richardson, Associate
10/30/00
to
5/22/04 CARLOCK, COPELAND, SEMLER & STAIR, LLP
2600 Marquis Two Tower
285 Peachtree Center Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30303-1270
Positions Held: Legal Assistant to Fred M. Valz, III, Partner; W. Todd Johnson, Associate; A. Paul Moore, Jr., Associate; Eric F. Barton, Associate; and Jade K. White, Paralegal
7/15/97
to
10/30/00
UNEMPLOYED (Fighting Breast Cancer)
3/26/96
to
7/15/97 WEBB, CARLOCK, COPELAND, SEMLER & STAIR, LLP
2600 Marquis Two Tower
285 Peachtree Center Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30303-1270
Position Held: Legal Assistant to David F. Root, Partner; Mary Katherine Greene, Associate; and Pamela L. Smart, Paralegal
7/95
to
3/96 LYNN M. CADIGAN, P.C.
504 South Stone Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85701
Position Held: Legal Assistant to Lynne M. Cadigan, Attorney, and Lisa Markkula, Paralegal
7/92
to
7/95 THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
One Coca-Cola Plaza
Atlanta, GA 30301
Position Held: Legal Assistant to Sharon R.B. Case; Attorney, Sharon I. Garner, Paralegal; Kathy K. Driscoll, Patent Administrator
2/87
to
7/92
KING & SPALDING
191 Peachtree Street,
Atlanta, GA 30303-1763
Position Held: Legal Assistant to James A. Rubright, Partner; and Sharon R.B. Case, Associate
2/85
to
2/87 U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
2 North Fahm Street
Savannah, GA 30401
Positions Held: Clerk, Computerized Forwarding Section and Mail Carrier
Supervisor: J. L. Roberson
2/84
to
2/85 BRANNEN, WESSELS & SEARCY
P.O. Box 8002
Savannah, GA 31412
Position Held: Paralegal/Asbestos Litigation
Supervisor: Darlene Ross
11/83
to
2/84 KING & SPALDING
2500 Trust Company Tower
Atlanta, GA 30303
Position Held: Legal Assistant to Kirk McAlpin
12/82
to
11/83 VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
OFFICE OF DISTRICT COUNSEL
730 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
Position Held: Paralegal Specialist
6/82
to
12/82 KILPATRICK & CODY
3100 Equitable Building
100 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
Position Held: Legal Assistant to John S. Pratt, Partner, and James L. Ewing, IV, Associate
5/77
to
5/82 U. S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
P. O. Box 8999
Savannah, GA 31412
Positions Held: Secretary to U.S. Attorney and Paralegal Specialist
Supervisors: William T. Moore, Jr., U.S. Attorney, and Melissa S. Mundell, Assistant U. S. Attorney
9/76
to
5/77 HUNTER, HOULIHAN, MACLEAN, EXLEY, DUNN & CONNERAT
P.O. Box 9848
Savannah, GA 31412
Position Held: Secretary to Wm. Mallie Exley, Jr.
12/75
to
9/76
UNEMPLOYED (while separated and going through divorce)
8/74
to
12/75 SOMERS & ALTENBACH
6735 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard
Atlanta, GA 30340
Position Held: Legal Secretary to David D. Rawlins, Partner
8/73
to
3/74 OLSTEN TEMPORARY SERVICE
Atlanta, GA
(Temporary secretarial assignments. I was pregnant when we moved from Alma to Atlanta and thought I would no longer work full time. However, after my child was born and after staying home for a few months, I realized I can never retire.)
8/72
to
8/73 JONES & ROUNTREE
P.O. Box 99
Alma, GA 31510
Position Held: Legal Secretary to Barrie L. Jones
5/71
to
8/72 FENDIG, DICKEY, FENDIG & WHELCHEL
P.O. Box 1996
Brunswick, GA 31520
Position Held: Legal Secretary to Robert D. Miles
3/69
to
5/71 ANDERSON & SANDERS
8 Siebald Street
Statesboro, GA 30458
Position Held: Legal Secretary to Cohen Anderson and Faye Sanders Martin
3/67
to
3/69 KAISER AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS
Statesboro, GA 30458
Position Held: Secretary/Bookkeeper
Supervisor: Warren C. Mallard
Legal Secretarial Skills:
Perform general office, legal secretarial, and administrative duties such as: drafting and preparing legal documents and correspondence; typing and transcription from both shorthand and machine; making appointments and travel arrangements; maintaining appointment calendar, court calendar, and tickler system for deadlines; opening, indexing, and organizing files; docketing files with technical contract information; docketing patent tracking system information; answering telephone, taking messages, greeting clients; receiving packages; opening and routing mail; manually and electronically generating fee statements; electronic mail; electronic calendaring; Timeslips, DTE, Orion, Amicus, law library maintenance and upkeep; filing medical insurance claims; bookkeeping; accounts payable and receivable; and electronic research and communication. I have worked in general practice firms as well as specialty areas of the legal field, i.e., corporate, estate planning, commercial real estate, criminal, domestic, intellectual property, corporate finance, insurance defense, medical malpractice, workers' compensation, and litigation.
Paralegal Skills:
Trial preparation; summarizing depositions; organizing various notebooks for use in trial; preparing legal documents, charts, summaries, etc. of vast amounts of information; organizing filing systems and procedures; drafting and responding to correspondence and legal documents to alleviate the workload of the attorney; supervising two clerical staff; preparing discovery requests and responses; drafting pleadings and responses, meeting and communicating with clients regarding case, document responses, and status.
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