Legal Secretary Administrative Assistant Resume
San Antonio, TexaS
CAREER SUMMARY
Self motivated team player with over 15 years of legal administrative assistant/customer service experience. Interface effectively with clients, co-workers, supervisors and administrators. Possess exemplary organizational skills with the proven ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment and to complete projects in a timely manner adhering to deadlines with no supervision.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2010-Present Confidential, San Antonio, Texas
Civil Insurance Defense
Legal Secretary / Administrative Assistant
- Answer and prepare discovery questions and responses including objections
- Calculate clients’ physical and economic losses, and negotiate settlement offers
- Compile medical information and prepare medical record summaries
- Excel in coordinating court hearings, depositions, arbitrations and mediations
- Prepare deposition summaries for trial
- Compile pertinent information and developed attorney trial notebooks
- Assist attorney in all pretrial matters and litigation
2008-2009 Confidential, Longview, Texas Personal injury, medical negligence, pharmaceutical class-action suits
Paralegal / Administrative Assistant
- Prepared and maintained calendars
- Established relationships with existing clients, new clients, opposing counsel and expert witnesses
- Compiled and maintained confidential files
- Prepared pleadings to be filed in federal and state courts
- Answered and prepared discovery questions and responses including objections
- Monitored client medical and updated medical charts
2006-2008 Confidential, PC, Longview, Texas
1998-2001 Confidential,
Personal injury, medical negligence, wrongful death, products liability and family law
Paralegal / Administrative Assistant
- Trained and assisted new legal assistants/paralegals
- Prepared pleadings to be filed in federal and state courts
- Answered and prepared discovery questions and responses including objections.
- Calculated clients’ physical and economic losses, and negotiated settlement offers
- Compiled medical information and prepared medical record summaries
- Established relationships with existing clients, new clients, opposing counsel and expert witnesses
- Excelled in coordinating court hearings, depositions, arbitrations and mediations
- Prepared deposition summaries for trial
- Compiled pertinent information and developed attorney trial notebooks
- Coordinated social and political events
- Assisted attorney in all pretrial matters and litigation
- Interviewed and assisted in hiring of hourly employees (i.e. couriers, receptionists)
2005-2006 Confidential, JR., Longview, Texas Family law and criminal defense
Paralegal / Administrative Assistant
- Established relationships with existing clients, new clients, opposing counsel
- Assisted clients with intakes and inventory assessments
- Prepared divorce decrees, modifications, enforcements and other pleadings as needed
- Coordinated hearings and mediations with mediator, courts and client.
2001-2004 Confidential, Daingerfield, Texas
Securities fraud and corporate government class action suits
Paralegal / Administrative Assistant
- Prepared and maintained calendars
- Coordinated travel itineraries with travel agencies, airlines, limousine services, etc.
- Established relationships with existing clients, new clients, opposing counsel and expert witnesses
- Compiled and maintained confidential files
1994-1998 Confidential, PC, Longview, Texas
Civil insurance defense
Paralegal / Administrative Assistant
- Prepared pleadings to be filed in federal and state courts
- Answered and prepared discovery questions and responses including objections
- Calculated clients’ physical and economic losses, and negotiated settlement offers
- Compiled medical information and prepared medical record summaries
- Excelled in coordinating court hearings, depositions, arbitrations and mediations
- Prepared deposition summaries for trial
- Compiled pertinent information and developed attorney trial notebooks
- Assisted attorney in all pretrial matters and litigation
SPECIAL SKILLS
General Office
- Proficient in Word Perfect, Word, Time slips, Excel, Lexis-Nexis research, ProDoc,
calendaring programs
- Implement and comprehend new systems and methods successfully
- Compose and respond to correspondence
- Extensive experience with personal computers and McIntosh
- Excellent communications skills with individuals of all economic and social backgrounds
- Transcription
- Experience with operation and maintenance of office equipment
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1995 Paralegal Certification
1978-1979 Courses in Business Administration