Legal Secretary/Administrative Assistant

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EXPERIENCE:

**/**-******* ****** ****** FRUCCO & GOUZ PC

Legal Assistant to Litigation Managing Partner & Attorney

• Prepare summonses, complaints, motions, subpoenas, trial books and retainer agreements

• Prepared exhibit books for trials, mediations, hearings and discovery pleadings for arbitration and mediation hearings and discoveries.

• File and serve legal documents with State and Family Courts and opposing counsel

07/07-01/09 POLSINELLI SHALTON FLANIGAN SUELTHAUS PC

Administrative Assistant to Real Estate Finance Managing Partner & Counsel

• Prepared documents such as articles of incorporations, estoppels, notes, UCCs, leases, agreement of sales and mortgage modifications

• Set up booths at IMN Real Estate conferences

• Exercise independent judgment and decision-making abilities

02/07-07/07 DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL

Administrative Assistant/Floater

• Provided administrative support to attorneys in all areas of law

12/98- 02/07 AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP

Legal Secretary to Corporate Partner/Counsel/Attorneys

• Planned and coordinated corporate luncheons, special events, travel arrangements, calendar meetings

• Processed expense reports, timesheets, invoice payments, bills, bill cover letters and engagement letters

• Revised documents such as acquisitions, promissory notes, bylaws, amended and restated certificates, and master fund memos, agreements, sale term sheets and side letters

• Drafted attorneys’ evaluations and handled scheduled interviews

• Performed law library research to obtain and gather case relevant data and materials

2/98-11/98 EMMET MARVIN & MARTIN LLP

Legal Secretary to Real Estate Attorneys

• Prepared documents such as UCC’s, Affidavit of Services, Bills, Leases, Agreement of Sale, Contract of Sale, Mortgage Modification, letters and memorandums

12/94-12/98 CADWALADER WICKERSHAM & TAFT

Administrative Assistant to Director of Legal Recruitment

• Received and processed all resumes

• Prepared interview schedules for laterals

• Assisted with coordination of associates’ evaluation process

• Updated legal staff turnover report and prepared weekly summary workload reports

EDUCATION:

2009-2010 THE PARALEGAL SCHOOL, NEW YORK, NY

1978-1979 BRANELL WOMEN’S COLLEGE, ATLANTA, GA

Major: Business

ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Received certificate from the Department of Justice in Communication Skills during employment (1981-1984) with the Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters in Washington, DC.

SKILLS:

Microsoft Word 2007, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, PC Docs, Docs Open, iManage, CompareRite, Hummingbird, Deltaview, CMS Time & Expense. Eager to learn, grow and take on new challenges

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