Legal Secretary
Resume:
JENNIFER K. MINICK
***** ********** **., ***. ****
Austin, Texas 78759
*********@*******.***
EDUCATION: 1993-1994 University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Business Major
**** *raduated Plano Senior High School
Plano, Texas
TRAINING: IPTL Training Seminar, Washington, D.C. 2004
SKILLS: Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, BankruptcyPro, Excel, Power Point, AIA Software; IManage, DTE Time Entry Program; Concur; Summation; AS400, Data Entry, DOS, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes, Lotus 1-2-3, Transcription, 10-Key Touch, 70 wpm.
EMPLOYMENT:
02-07 to 05-08 HENSLEE SCHWARTZ, LLP-Legal Secretary; Austin, Texas
Areas of Law: School Law-Construction; Litigation; Insurance Defense; Real Estate; Contractual.
Responsibilities: Review and respond to daily emails from attorney inbox; Copy, scan and email daily faxes and incoming mail; confer with attorneys by reviewing daily task lists and calendars; update daily task list and calendars; Communicate with clients daily; Review incoming mail; Respond accordingly to mail requests by reviewing files, compile information from files and confer with attorney; Draft and review construction contracts; Extemsive proofreading of documents; Draft letters, various discovery documents, pleadings and orders, prepare and maintain pleading indexes; prepare and maintain files; Prepare travel arrangements; Set up meetings, mediations; Maintain trial calendars.
03-04 to 01-06 VINSON & ELKINS, L.L.P.; Executive Legal Secretary;Austin, Texas
Areas of Law: Intellectual Property; Patent Prosecution and Patent Litigation. Appellate, Corporate, Litigation; Environmental; and Tax
Responsibilities: Prepared and revised various IPTL documents to be sent to PTO and IPTO; revised litigation documents; scanned and emailed documents; copied and faxed documents; prepared expense reports for attorneys; coordinated travel arrangements; scheduled attorneys' meetings, depositions, mediations; responsible for requesting check requests for invoices received from various outside professional services or clients and mailing out same; created correspondence and forwarded out firm’s monthly invoices to clients; entered attorneys’ monthly time entries; and handled multiple phone lines.
03-03 to 09-03 Legal Secretary-BARRON & NEWBURGER, P.C.; Austin, Texas
Areas of Law: Bankruptcy and Litigation.
Responsibilities: Opening and maintaining files; compiling file information/research; interpreting client documents and entry of client information into bankruptcy program to produce necessary bankruptcy documents; transcription of tape dictation; completing of exhibit/trial notebooks; communication with various courts; scanned and converted documents to be filed electronically with the courts; organization and completion of large mail-outs; scheduling meetings, depositions and mediations; entering time sheets; use of copier and fax machines; and phone coverage.
08-99 to 09-00 Legal Secretary-PATTON BOGGS LLP; Dallas, Texas
Areas of Law: Business Transactional, Commercial Litigation, and Corporate Litigation.
Responsibilities: Setting up firm files; initial client contact; revision of transactional documents; transcription of loan documents; prepare and disburse closing documents/binders; create record of closed files; make travel arrangements for attorneys; handling of calendars; entering of attorneys’ monthly time sheets; fax and email documents; and phone coverage.
03-97 to 07-99 Legal Secretary-STUTZMAN & BROMBERG, P.C.; Dallas, Texas
Areas of Law: Real Estate, Bankruptcy, Business Transactional and Commercial Litigation.
09-96 to 02-97 Legal Secretary-PETERSON, JOHNSON & MURRAY, P.C.; Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Areas of Law: Insurance Defense, Worker’s Compensation, Litigation and Personal Injury.
06-94 to 09-96 Legal Secretary/Receptionist-GROVES & GROVES, L.L.P. and PAUL R. SHUNATONA, Esq.; Dallas, Texas
Areas of Law: Personal Injury, Criminal Defense, Litigation, Family Law, Worker’s Compensation and Social Security.
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