Experienced Legal Secretary

MAXINE BLUMENFELD

SKILLS: Microsoft Word XP and 97 – 2003 (Advanced Skills)

WordPerfect 5.1 – 12.0

Typing: 80/wpm

Shorthand: 120/wpm (Gregg)

Docs Open PC Docs Soft Solutions GroupWise

IManage Worldox Hummingbird Worksite

Delta View Comparite DTE Manac

Carpe Diem TABS Outlook Lotus Notes

Rendezous Excel PowerPoint InterActive

Lawyers Travel TOA TOC Styles

Track Changes

EXPERIENCE:

7/98-Present LEGAL SECRETARY/WORD PROCESSOR

• Positions typically involved floater positions for firm chairman, partners, associates, interns and paralegals in such areas of law as litigation, corporate, securities, real estate, bankruptcy, trusts and estate, tax, matrimonial, entertainment and banking

• Maintain calendar and schedule appointments, meetings, luncheons and travel arrangements using electronic diary entry

• Responsible for time entries and monthly billing statements

• Utilize Dictaphone and shorthand in the preparation and editing of correspondence, pleadings and documents

• Coordination of business and social functions

• High volume of productivity in high pressure situations under tight deadlines

• Responsible for own proofreading

• Document comparison

• Phone coverage, typing, scanning, faxing, filing and copying

• Relieve receptionist

• Creation of Expense Reports

• Word Processing Center assignments

• Positions with such law firms as:

Weil Gotshal & Manges, LLP

Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, LLP

Proskauer Rose, LLP

Shearman & Sterling LLP

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, LLP

chulte, Roth & Zabel, LLP

Bingham Dana, LLP

HSBC Bank – Legal Department

3/97-6/98 BROWN & WOOD, LLP

Legal Secretary to Department Chair/Senior Partner of the Labor/

Employment Department

• Coordination of projects

• Client contact

• Position involved ability to work independently to resolve situations in the attorney’s absence

• Use of Dictaphone and shorthand in the preparation of correspondence, pleadings, documents and speeches

• Proofread documents for accuracy

• Responsible for time entries and monthly billing statements

• Phones, typing, filing, faxing copying and scanning

• Coordination of business and social functions

8/95-3/97 FINKEL GOLDSTEIN BERZOW ROSENBLOOM & NASH, LLP

Legal Secretary to Litigation/Corporate Associate and Litigation/Real

Estate Associate

• Preparation, proofreading and editing of legal documents from tapes, shorthand and longhand

• Set up new word processing programs, including macros and glossaries

• Responsible for time entries/monthly billing statements

• Training of attorneys in word processing

• Assist other secretaries and support staff personnel as requested

1/82-7/95 FINLEY, KUMBLE, WAGNER, HEINE, UNDERBERG, MANLEY,

MYERSON & CASEY

Legal Secretary to Senior Tax Partner

• Phones, typing, filing, scheduling appointments

• Preparation of time entries and monthly billing statements

• Position involved ability to work independently and to resolve situations in the attorney’s absence

• Coordination of business and social functions

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Highly motivated, energetic and organized individual with the ability to operate quickly and accurately in a fast-paced environment

• Strong Team player as well as having the ability to initiate and develop independent projects under minimal supervision

• Willing to accept responsibility and challenge

EDUCATION: Hunter College – B.A. in Communications/English

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