experienced legal secretary

Maria E. Sarcona

**** **** ******

Brooklyn, New York 11204

(Home) 718-***-**** - (Cell) 917-***-****

meg5285@yahoo.com_

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Experience:

2/09 – 5/09

Calabro & Associates, P.C.

Real Estate – Residential/Commercial – Landlord/Tenant

Legal Secretary to Managing Partner + Associates

• Prepare residential and commercial real estate documents relating to holdover matters; preparation, service and filing of legal documents for litigating attorneys for civil, supreme and appellate courts with respect to motions, affirmations, stipulations, etc.

• Assist with administrative duties, daily interaction with clients via phone, fax, email/scanning;

input attorney time entries

9/08 – 12/08

Robinson, Brog, Leinwand, Greene, Genovese & Gluck, P.C., New York, NY

Real Estate – Commercial

Legal Secretary to Partner and Senior Level Associate

• Assist with all commercial real estate transactional work and administrative duties. Prepared documents pertaining to purchase agreements, mortgage and security agreements, mortgage notes, lease agreements, redemption agreements, employment agreements, commercial contracts, riders to contracts, leases, amendments to leases, proprietary leases, closing statements, affirmations, affidavits, stock and estoppels certificates, estate planning, trust agreements, and Last Wills and Testaments, preparation of rent demands, notices of petitions and holdover notices, etc.

• Daily interaction with clients via phone, fax, email/scanning; input attorney time entries

1/07 – 8/08

Pennisi, Daniels & Norelli, LLP, Rego Park, NY

Real Estate - Residential/Commercial - Landlord/Tenant

Legal Secretary - Followed Partner from Borah Goldstein

• Client Account Manager responsible for commencing, organizing and maintaining civil court non-payment and holdover residential and commercial cases

• Extensive litigation preparation, service and filing of legal documents for litigating attorneys for civil, supreme and appellate court with respect to motions, affirmations, stipulations, memorandums, affidavits, answers, replies, summonses and complaints, notices to admit, subpoenas, settlement notices, orders, appeals, briefs, default notices, etc.

• Daily client contact via phone, fax, email/scanning; case status updates; input attorney time entries; maintenance of court calendar; daily contact with city marshals regarding ordering issuing warrants, scheduling evictions

11/96 – 1/07

Borah Goldstein Altschuler Schwartz & Nahins, P.C., New York, NY

Real Estate - Residential/Commercial - Landlord/Tenant

Senior Legal Secretary for Managing Partner

• Supervised and distributed work to assisting secretaries; assisted several partners and associates

• Extensive litigation preparation, service and filing of legal documents for litigating attorneys for civil, supreme and appellate courts with respect to preparation of motions, affirmations, stipulations, memorandums, affidavits, answers, replies, summonses and complaints, notices to admit, subpoenas, settlement notices, orders, appeals, briefs, default notices, holdover notices, etc.

• Extensive daily client contact via phone, email, fax; input attorney time entries; maintenance of court calendar

7/95 – 4/96

Law Offices of Mark Longo, Brooklyn, NY

Personal Injury - Elder Law \ Legal Secretary

• Prepared legal documents for litigation with respect to answers, cross-claims and counterclaims, demands, motions to consolidate and preclude, petitions to stay arbitration, discovery responses, affidavits, affirmations, correspondence to insurance carriers, bills of particulars, discovery responses, medical reports, notices of availability and medical authorizations, etc.

• Prepared petitions for guardianship, orders appointing guardianship, attorney’s affirmations of legal service, qualifying affidavits of court evaluator. Verified affidavits of family tree, verified affidavits of treating physician, orders to show cause and notices of appearance, etc.

2/90 - 6/95 and 6/80 - 7/84

Ross, Suchoff, Taroff, Egert & Hankin, P.C., New York, NY

General Practice -Debt Collections -Bankruptcy

Legal Secretary to Secretary Treasurer and Senior Level Associate

• Prepared legal documents for litigation with respect to motions, requests for judicial intervention, affirmations, affidavits, interrogatories, summonses and complaints, judgments, transcripts of judgments, bills of particular, stipulations, general releases, notices of trial/inquest, subpoenas, executions and proofs of claim, etc.

• Prepared contracts of sale (individual/corporate), leases, mortgages, purchase agreements, bargain and sale deeds, stock certificates, mechanics liens; preparation of summonses and complaints, liens against properties, notice of petitions, three day notices and demand letters, partnership agreements, shareholder agreements, Last Wills and Testaments

SKILLS/ABILITIES:

• Microsoft Word, Word Perfect, Dictaphone, Scanning/E-Mail,

Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Internet, Worldox;

input client contact/calendar in electronic systems

Type 68+ words per minute

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