SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
**+ years legal secretary/administrative assistant experience in sole practitioner, medium size and large law firms, and corporate legal departments.
Proficient in Microsoft Office 2003, including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint. Working knowledge of TimeSlips, Quicken 6 for Windows, AMICS, Who-What-Where-When and Microsoft Scheduler.
Experience with drafting and preparing letters, reports, contracts, letters of intent, memoranda, spreadsheets and discovery documents in oil and gas, real estate, corporate, FED, family, small claims, criminal, public utility, safety, personnel, marketing and contract law.
High level of interaction with clients, customers and fellow employees
High level of knowledge in preparing filings in state courts, including Colorado, Utah, Alaska, Wyoming, Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma.
Proficient in scheduling and calendaring conferences, meetings, depositions, court appearances, document responses and travel reservations.
Extensive knowledge of court hearing and trial preparation.
Have a high level of confidentiality and client information.
High-level experience working and coordinating the assistance of different departments and offices.
Have a proven capacity to adapt to new procedures, concepts and measures.
Have worked with several different forms for tracking and making payments for expense reports, accounts receivable and payables.
Understand and assist in preparing and implementing monthly and yearly budgets.
Ability to operate most office machines.
Extensive experience with transcription machines.
Excellent cash handling skills, budgeting and office supply orders.
Working nowledge of Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable.
Working knowledge of HIPPA
PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
Administrative Assistant October 2008 -September 2010
Landye Bennett Blumstein, LLP Wasilla, AK
Administrative Assistant/CSR December 2004 - October 2008
Anchorage Daily News Wasilla, AK
Administrative Assistant February 2003 - August 2004
First Health Services Anchorage, AK
Law Office Assistant I February 2001 - February 2003
State of Alaska, Department of Law, District Attorney Office Anchorage, AK
Legal Secretary September 1997 - February 2001
Law Office of Robert Frenz & Law Office of Patrick Ross Anchorage, AK
EDUCATION
Charter College - Anchorage, Alaska -- Paralegal Science /Administrative Assistant
Central Oregon Community College, Bend, Oregon --Marketing/Advertising
United States Navy - Veteran