February ****- present: Executive Assistant for Atlantic Trust (Wealth Strategies and Fiduciary Services), Boston:
• Creating, updating, and binding PowerPoint presentations and Excel spreadsheets;
• Estate planning documents review and summaries (Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, etc.);
• Legal research of current Trust and Estate laws and regulations;
• Extensive calendar management and complex travel arrangements;
• Expense reports tracking and reconciliation;
• Preparation for all onsite/offsite meetings;
• Project coordination- intradepartmental and between local and national offices and off-sites;
• Luncheons, client meetings and events organization and coordination.
October 2011- February 2012: Executive Assistant for Dwight Asset Management (Fixed Income Team), Boston:
• Creating, updating, and binding of all office presentations and marketing materials;
• Preparing and documenting expense reports for the Executive and the team;
• Calendar management and travel arrangements.
August 2009- September 2011: Litigation Paralegal for Lubin & Meyer, P.C., Boston:
• Court filings in compliance with Rule 9A, 9C and 33A;
• Drafting complaints, answers, motions, affidavits, and various discovery documents;
• Organizing and preparing pretrial evidence and other court filings;
• Assisting attorneys in preparing for hearings, trials, depositions and client meetings;
• Maintaining and updating computer databases to organize and store legal information;
• Noticing of depositions, interacting with clients and court clerks, monitoring of all discovery and trial deadlines;
• Creating, maintaining and updating all legal files.
May 2007- August 2009: Corporate Paralegal for Boston Law Group, LLP, Boston:
• Preparing, reviewing and filing of corporate creational and organizational documents with the State and other agencies (e-filing);
• Conducting UCC searches and preparing UCC financing statements for filing;
• Assisting attorneys in all stages of corporate transactions;
• Creating By-Laws, minutes and resolutions of corporate meetings, consents of shareholders, stock certificates, etc.;
• Preparing and filing corporate records, annual reports, certificates of incorporation and qualifications;
• Maintaining and updating all legal databases;
• Assisting attorneys with preparation for annual board and committee meetings;
• Monitoring and researching government regulations to ensure new requirements are met;
• Assisting entities in completing forms, ownership information for their initial licensing and renewals;
• Preparing and filing SS-4 Forms with the IRS for corporations, partnerships and/or limited liability companies;
• Attorney billing and time tracking.
Computer Programming Skills
• Microsoft Office; Windows/Mac; Lexis/Westlaw.
Educational Background
• Bachelor’s of Arts in Political Science and Government from the State University of New York, Plattsburgh, NY (May 2007);
• Political Science Intern/ Assistant, New York State Assembly Internship, Albany, NY
(January-May 2007);
• Administrative & Marketing Assistant, Nefeli Corp, Port Washington, NY (July-September 2006);
• Political Science Intern, Campaign of Sean Patrick Maloney for New York Attorney General, New York, NY (June-July 2006).
Languages
Fluent in Russian and Romanian and proficient in Spanish.