Sherry L. Jewett

****A Watson Rd.

St. Louis, MO 63109

314-***-****/home

314-***-****/cell

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

*/**-**/** ************. Doctors Group, PC, Hazelwood, MO. Temporary position. Answer phones; schedule patient appointments; extensive phone contact with patients, hospitals, pharmacies, nursing facilities; verification of medications; filing; faxing; scanning. (Temp position to assist with office move.)

11/07 – 4/09 Litigation Secretary. Capes, Sokol, Goodman & Sarachan, St. Louis, MO. Assisted 2 partners. One practiced in workers’ compensation, personal injury, litigation, family law, traffic matters, and real estate; the other practiced in white-collar crime, tax fraud, and litigation. Collaborated with paralegals and associates assigned to those partners’ caseloads. Digital transcription in preparation of pleadings, electronic filings, and correspondence. Extensive telephone and personal communication with clients, court personnel (various locations nationwide), court reporters, hospital personnel, doctors, insurance companies, copy services, and delivery services. Maintain calendars, set up and calendar appointments with courts, court reporters, clients, opposing counsel, etc. Arrange all travel. Open and maintain all files; open and distribute mail to appropriate personnel; preparation of expense reports, check requests, conflicts checks, Timeslips, client billing, and settlement statements.

7/05 – 9/07 Litigation Secretary/Receptionist. James W. Childress & Associates; Litigation Secretary @ Holtkamp, Liese (Childress split from Holtkamp firm), both in St.Louis, MO. Assisted 2 associates in litigation. I also collaborated with paralegals and other associates/partners assisting with attorneys’ caseloads. Digital transcription in preparation of pleadings, electronic filings, correspondence, conflict checks, witness interviews, and medical summaries. Extensive telephone contact with courts, clients, opposing counsel, doctors’ offices, custodian(s) of records, experts, and insurance companies. Maintain calendars; schedule meetings, depositions, travel arrangements; preparation of expense reports, client billing, and Timeslips. Open and maintain files; filing. Aside from all of the above tasks, at the Childress firm I was also the receptionist, which entailed answering 10-12 line phone system, greeting visitors, maintaining conference room calendars, and ordering supplies.

4/97 – 9/04 Litigation Secretary. Bryan Cave, LLP, St. Louis, MO. Assisted 2 partners and various associates (usually 1 secretary to 3-4 attorneys) in the areas of litigation, white collar crime, corporate, class action, environmental, and government contracts. Extensive transcription of pleadings, electronic filings and correspondence. Telephone and personal contact with clients, court personnel, court reporters, in-house corporate counsel, various U. S. Attorneys’ offices, Postal Inspectors, and FBI. Maintained calendars; arranged all meetings and depositions. Prepared Timeslips, expense reports, client billing, conflicts checks. Scheduled all travel arrangements. Open and maintain all files; filing.

9/96 – 4/97 OfficeTeam, St. Louis, MO. Legal Temp. Moved from Chicago - temped for various law firms until permanent placement.

EDUCATION: High School, Granite City, IL, Diploma.

SKILLS: Typing 65-75wpm; shorthand 65-75wpm; digital and/or micro cassette transcription; fax, copy, scan.

SOFTWARE: Microsoft Word, Vista, OfficeSuites, Word Perfect, Timeslips, Outlook, basic Excel, Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Transformer (converts PDF format to doc format), Access, PC Docs, Escheduler, Internet.