Assistant Medical

TIFFANY M. WALLACE

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Objective

To work as a Legal Assistant in a professional and friendly legal environment.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Legal Assistant

Miller Cohen, P.L.C., Detroit, Michigan 48226 2000-Present

Labor/litigation section

• Prepare motions for default judgment, discovery requests, stipulations and orders

• Assemble trial and litigation binders for Federal, Appeals, Circuit and District Courts

• Preparation and filing of Circuit Court, Court of Claims, District Court via ECF, Court of Appeals and Supreme Court pleadings, as well as filings at the National Labor Relations Board and the Michigan Employment Relations Committee

• Draft correspondence, orders, stipulations and various motions, maintaining an on-line calendar, schedule conference calls, arrange hearing dates and client visits; conduct searches via Internet; maintain inventory and all matters of document presentation

Worker’s Compensation/Social Security Disability section

• Prepare applications and fee statements

• Arrange depositions and independent medical examinations

• Transcribe dictation

Legal Secretary

State Appellate Defender Office, Detroit, Michigan 1992-2000

Pleas and Early Releases section

• Prepared and filed Circuit Court, Court of Appeals, Supreme Court and District Court pleadings including Applications for Leave to Appeal, Supplemental Briefs, Answers, Affidavits, Stipulations, In Pro Per Briefs, Motions, Sentencing Memoranda and Orders

• Transcribed correspondence using a dictation machine

• Preparation/creation of correspondence, maintenance of client files using a central database, arranging hearing dates, scheduling client visits, creating and utilizing boilerplates for scheduling and collecting information

Secretary II

Wayne State University School of Law, Detroit, Michigan 1990-1992

Office of Supportive Services

• Maintained and distributed academic supplements for first-year students, arranged on-campus interviews with the Wolverine Bar Association

• Prepared outlines and reports for classes, answered six-line phone system and supervised support staff

Medical Secretary/Insurance Clerk

University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry, Detroit, Michigan 1986-1990

Department of Pathology Biopsy Service

• Transcribed pathology reports from Dictaphone

• processed billing for all major medical insurance companies including Blue Cross Blue Shield, Medicare, Medicaid and all third-party insurances

• Drafted correspondence, typed and edited exams and made daily revenue deposits

EDUCATION

Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan University of Detroit, Mercy, Detroit, Michigan

1988-1992 September 1985-1988

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