Legal Secretary

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

Twenty plus years of legal secretarial experience in areas of insurance defense, employment and labor law, corporate, commercial litigation, personal injury, trusts & estates, product liability and environmental; adept at working independently and as a team member; functions well in fast-paced, high-pressure environment.

EXPERIENCE:

Temporary Positions held from 4/07 – 12/08:

FRIER LEVITT (Livingston, NJ)

RIKER DANZIG (New York, NY)

GIBBONS, P.C. (Newark, NJ)

PODVEY MEANOR (Newark, NJ)

MCELROY DEUTSCH (Newark, NJ)

Litigation Secretary

• Produced confidential legal documents; Maintained case files

• Processed attorney time; Maintenance of calendar; Coordination of

meetings

10/06 – 3/07 ALPERT GOLDBERG BUTLER NORTON & WEISS, P.C.

Legal Secretary to Senior Partner, Partner and three Associates

Anti-trust, Association/Amicus Representation, Corporate, Employment & Labor, Estate, Family, Trademark, International Law, Personal Injury and Commercial Litigation

• Produced confidential legal documents; Maintained case files

• Processed attorneys’ time

• Maintained calendar and schedule; Coordination of meetings; Deposition scheduling

1/05 – 10/06 LANDMAN CORSI BALLAINE & FORD, Insurance Defense, Personal Injury, Workers Compensation, Employment and Labor

Legal Secretary to Partner and two Associates

• Produced confidential legal documents; Maintained case files

• Processed attorneys’ time

• Maintained calendar and schedule; Coordination of meetings; Deposition scheduling

8/01 – 8/04 ALPERT GOLDBERG BUTLER NORTON BEARG & PEACH, P.C.

Anti-trust, Association/Amicus Representation, Corporate, Employment and Labor, Estate Planning, Estate, Family, Trademark, International Law, Personal Injury and Commercial Litigation

Legal Secretary to Senior Partner, Partner & Associate

• Produced confidential legal documents; Maintained case files

• Processed attorneys’ time

• Maintained calendar and schedule; Coordination of meetings; Deposition scheduling

1/97 – 8/01 GILBERG & KIERNAN, Insurance defense firm (concentration on environmental, product liability and personal injury litigation)

Legal Secretary to Partner & Associates

• Produced confidential legal documents; Maintained case files; Ordered office supplies; Preparation of check requests; Processed attorneys’ time

1981-1997 THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, New York, NY

Held various secretarial positions within the Law Department to:

Assistant Chief, Litigation Division

Deputy Chief, Employment and Labor Law Division

Assistant Chief, Finance Division

• Produced confidential legal documents; Maintained case files Maintained expense accounts; Coordinated meetings; Handled business correspondence and updated files for Port Authority labor unions

• Highly specialized secretarial functions which required accuracy, experience, layout, written and verbal communications skills

• Transcription; Prepared legal forms and documents

• Liaison with Port Authority executive level staff

• Maintained daily logs (attendance, telephone, and car usage)

• Interviewed, replaced and supervised clerical personnel; Time reports

EDUCATION: Taylor Business Institute, Paramus, New Jersey

COMPUTER SKILLS:

• Microsoft Word XP, Microsoft: WordPerfect , Outlook, Excel

• Timeslips

• Docs Management

• Time Matters 9.0

• NBI

• ATMS (Lee Data)

• Office Automation (DecMate)

SKILLS:

• Dictaphone

• Typing – 80 wpm

REFERENCES: Available upon request.

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