RESUME
LOURDES JEANNE C. ABALO
Alexandria, VA 22310
571-***-**** (Cell)
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
• Excellent organizational skills, independent worker, detail oriented, effective problem solver, self-directed, dependable
• Prioritizes and manages heavy work flow without direct supervision
• Works competently under stress while taking the pressure off supervisors
• Highly motivated and quick to learn new concepts
• Possess solid computer skills. Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Windows XP, Word Perfect, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Quicken, MSI, Bates Stamp and other office equipment
• Excellent communication skills
• Typing speed: 85 wpm; shorthand. Dictaphone
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Present – 09/06 Pinkowski and Associates, P,C., Fairfax, VA
Part Time Legal Assistant and Notary Public
07/06 – 05/03 Siciliano, Ellis, Dyer & Boccarosse, PLC, Fairfax, VA
Legal Assistant and Notary Public
12/02-10/00 FRIEDLANDER, MISLER, Washington, D.C.
Legal Secretary and Notary Public
08/98-05/95 GOLDMAN & VAN BEEK, Alexandria, VA
Legal Secretary and Notary Public
05/95-05/93 EIG & SCHWARTZ, CHARTERED, MD
Legal Secretary and Notary Public
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS LEGAL ASSISTANT/LEGAL SECRETARY:
o Assistant to Partners/Attorneys in mid-size law offices working in Traffic, Corporate, Real Estate, Estate Planning, Contract, Litigation, Criminal, Personal Injury, Workers’ Compensation, Bankruptcy and Malpractice
o Prepared and finalized routine correspondence
o Schedule important appointments, calendar court dates, IMEs and depositions with appropriate “action” reminders for supervisor
o Set-up and organized files, medical records and reports neatly
o Transcribed and typed pleadings, estate planning, contracts, briefs, garnishment, other legal documents, medical summaries in draft and final form to ensure deadlines met
o Data entry by obtaining data from various court computers
o Prepared court forms to be reviewed by supervisor
o Initiated the “Timeslip” program to prepare client’s bills
o Received cash or card payments from clients and wrote checks
o Entered time sheet and sent out bills to clients
o Obtained information from courts, libraries, doctors’ offices, and other legal offices for supervisor
o Filed pleadings in courts
o Performed other duties assigned by supervisor.
Hotel Inter-Continental, Manila
Executive Secretary
Best Western
Night Auditor
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS AN EXECUTIVE SECRETARY:
• Drafted and finalized management and budget reports for the resident manager
• Received check payments and prepared summary of check disbursements for submission to comptroller’s office
• Assisted the Legal Operations Analyst in preparing project studies and statistical reports
• Prepared and finalized routine correspondence for supervisor’s signature
• Organized calendar activities, including important functions for various clients
• Organized documents for trial and hearings
• Took minutes of executive meetings
• Assisted and coordinated with other secretaries in the executive office in terms of job assignments/distribution
• Performed night audit and organized reports to be submitted to accountant’s office
• Received telephone calls and transmitted appropriate messages to parties concerned
• Took dictation in short hand
• Received guests
• Performed other general office duties assigned by supervisor
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
Bachelor of Arts, St. Scholastica’s College (Graduate)
Completed seminar on Educational Secretaries Management Team
by PhilippineAssociate of Secretaries