Legal Secretary/Assistant

Employment Experience:

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, LLP Atlanta, GA

Immigration Secretary – June 2007 through January 2009

 Prepared H-1B, L-1, O-1, TN Petitions for filing with the United States Citizenship & Immigration Service (USCIS)

 Created check requests and generated reimbursements for attorneys using Chrome River

 Revised various forms using the Tracker system

 Assisted Immigration Assistants with importing PERMs into Department of Labor system and created

PERM recruitment charts for various clients using MS Word

 Drafted H-1B, TN and Labor Certification Administration (LCA) Withdrawals for Immigration Assistants

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC Atlanta, GA

Litigation Legal Secretary – April 2004 through June 2007

 Docketed deadline dates for pleadings and discovery using Compulaw Vision

 Drafted correspondence, notice of filing, notice of subpoena & notice of deposition for attorney review,

revised and finalized documents for signature

 Transcribed correspondence, pleadings & discovery using digital transcription equipment

 Coordinated service of subpoenas for federal and state court

 Bates labeled medical records and discovery documents

 Organized documents, pleadings, discovery and various materials and imported into CaseMap

 Electronically filed pleadings using the ECF system for federal court in the Northern & Middle Districts of Georgia

as well as various other states, electronically filed pleadings using LexisNexis for the State Court of Fulton County

 Filed pleadings via first class mail, certified mail or FedEx for State & Superior Courts in the state of Georgia

 Assisted with deposition preparation and with creating deposition and trial notebooks

 Prepared requests for obtaining medical records and created medical authorizations and certificate of authenticity

 Created production and privilege logs of various discovery documents

DeLong, Caldwell, Novotny & Bridgers, LLC Atlanta, GA

Litigation Legal Assistant – October 2000 through April 2004

 Drafted correspondence, notice of filing, notice of subpoena & notice of deposition for attorney review,

revised and finalized documents for signature

 Coordinated service of subpoenas for federal and state court

 Organized documents, pleadings, discovery and various materials and imported into CaseMap

 Filed pleadings via first class mail, certified mail or FedEx for federal court in the Northern District of Georgia

and for State & Superior Courts in the state of Georgia

 Bates labeled various medical records and discovery documents

 Summarized depositions

 Assisted with deposition preparation and with creating FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) Requests,

deposition and trial notebooks

 Prepared requests for obtaining medical records and created medical authorizations and certificate of authenticity

Computer Skills:

Windows 95/98/2000/XP, Microsoft Office 2000 & 2003, Word, Excel, Outlook 2000 & 2003, WordPerfect 8.0/9.0/10.0, Adobe Professional, Compulaw Vision 9.2, ARIA, Immigration Tracker, DTE, Carpe Diem, Time Matters 4.0/5.0, CaseMap, TextMap 1.1/2.0, DocsOpen, Hummingbird, WorkSite, FileSite, Soundpath, Chrome River

Education:

NCPT: The National Center for Paralegal Training Atlanta, GA

Civil Litigation Specialty, ABA-approved program

March 2002

Georgia State University Atlanta, GA

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science

Concentration in Pre-Law, Minor in English

December 2000

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