Assistant Real Estate

KENNETH G. MICALLEF

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OBJECTIVE:

To contribute to the performance of a law firm or company as an effective, highly experienced and versatile legal assistant/legal proofreader

EXPERIENCE:

Current: Freelance legal proofreader 2009-present

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy New York City 1999- 2009

Legal Assistant 1999-2009

Second Shift Co-coordinator 1999-2005

* Practice support – Corporate, Finance, Litigation & Arbitration, Intellectual Property, Pro Bono, Real Estate, Tax, Trust & Estates

* Proofreading (revisions, full record, scan & clean, book read, black/red lining)

* Document cross-reference and definition checks

* Document cite-check and Bluebooking

* Shepardizing case cites via LEXIS/NEXIS

* LEXIS/NEXIS and Westlaw research

* Marking Table of Authorities

* JFS, Ipro and Lotus Notes database work and electronic discovery

* Case pulls and collating documents from electronic court dockets

* Binder & index creation

* (1999-2005) Co-coordinating second shift workload for staff of eight: liaison with attorneys, word processing, duplicating, mail room, reception and support staff

* General legal assistant support duties

* Light word processing

Metroproof, Inc. New York City 1995-1998

Freelance proofreader

* Temporary legal proofreading on a long term basis (“perma-temp”) at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; temporary short term proofreading positions at White & Case; Chadbourne & Parke; Shearman & Sterling; Sullivan & Cromwell; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Rogers & Wells; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

* Team reading

* Black/red lining, book read, revisions & full record proofreading

* Advertising and medical proofreading

* Primarily second shift

Computer Skills:

Programs: Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook Express; Legal databases: Westlaw, LEXIS/NEXIS, JFS/Lotus Notes, Real Legal LiveNote

Education:

Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC

Major: Advertising Design

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