Paralegal/office manager

ELENA POPOVA

PHONE 973-***-**** • E-MAIL ******@*****.***

Experienced, educated paralegal specializing in corporate work, legal research, contract administration, and electronic filings seeks opportunity to apply analytical, organizational, and communications skills to support the practice of law.

EXPERIENCE

OLENDERFELDMAN LLP Union, NJ August 2007 to May 2009

PARALEGAL TO A MID-SIZED PRACTICE SPECIALIZING IN BUSINESS, CORPORATE, FINANCIAL, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, TRUSTS AND ESTATES, AND TECHNOLOGY LAW.

• Prepare attorneys for trials and depositions. Assist in all aspects of discovery. File administration and management.

• Perform corporate filings. Administration and organization of clients’ corporate documents. Assist counsel in preparing closing binders and organizing documents relating to transactions.

• Responsible for contract management/tracking. Specialize in reviewing and analyzing contracts, drafting commercial contract summaries.

• Perform legal research, compiling data from legal references and preparing memos presenting conclusions and analysis.

• Responsible for submitting electronic filings with ECF and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

• Serve as a liaison with clients, adversaries, and court representatives.

LAW OFFICE OF SHIRIAK & TIMINS Parsippany, NJ August 2000 to August 2007

PARALEGAL TO A SMALL PRACTICE SPECIALIZING IN GENERAL AND COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

• Office management. Directed work flow and supervised administrative assistants.

• Assisted counsel in preparation for trials and depositions.

• Legal research, discovery, document collection and database maintenance.

• Followed up regarding court procedure; prepared motions, interrogatories, subpoenas.

• Administered and organized clients’ files.

• Prepared reports, memos, letters, financial statements and other documents, using word processing and database software.

• Daily management of client relationships. Prepared retainer agreements.

• Computerized collections applications.

• Resolved disputes, conducted settlement negotiations, and prepared agreements with defendants.

• Performed bookkeeping work, managed business and trust accounts.

DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH OF THE UKRAINE Sevastopol, Ukraine July 1993-September 1999 Project Manager

• Organized seminars and study visits aimed at building partnerships between state youth organizations,

prepared and maintained all records related to different projects, including financial reports, scheduled and coordinated business trips, meetings and conferences with the leaders of the Youth of the Ukraine movement.

STRENGTHS AND TECHNICAL SKILLS

Technical Skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Office

• Westlaw, Lexis-Nexis, Internet research

• Electronic filings

• Quicken, Microsoft Money Strengths

• Strong analytical skills.

• Proactive. Able to work with minimal supervision.

• Proven interpersonal relations and people skills.

• Able to meet tight deadlines and manage multiple projects.

EDUCATION

FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY Madison, NJ March 2007

• Paralegal Certificate, Approved by the American Bar Association.

TULA STATE PEDAGOGICAL INSTITUTE Tula, Russia August 1987

• Bachelor of Arts in Teaching.

CERTIFICATIONS & ASSOCIATIONS

Certified yoga instructor, LivYoga, Livingston, NJ August 2008

Certified Real Estate Agent, Weichert Morris Plains, NJ July 2005

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