Legal Assistant Resume Costa Mesa, CA - Hire IT People

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Legal Assistant May/10 - May/11 Confidential, APC, Costa Mesa, CA

Drafted and reviewed business contracts, offers to compromise, demand letters, pleadings, deposition notices, motions, and oppositions to motions and demurrers
Attended depositions, mandatory settlement conferences, case management hearings, and client interviews with attorneys
Prepared memoranda, communications, and Judicial Council forms
Responded to and propounded discovery
Assisted attorneys with statutory and case law research

Student Administrative Assistant Sep/06 - Jun/08 Confidential, Long Beach: Social Work Department, Long Beach, CA

Contributed to department compliance with requirements for social work credentials
Provided comprehensive administrative assistance to department director and to professors in lesson preparation and student communications, and prepared documents and correspondence

Customer Care Representative Sep/99-Jun/01 Confidential, Cerritos, CA

Responded to customer inquiries and provided solutions to billing concerns and technical issues
Achieved customer retention and maintained customer database

Reservations Agent Mar/97-Sep/98 Confidential, Inc., Denver, CO

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Executive Board Secretary Ways & Means Committee Chairman Year Book Committee Chairman

EDUCATION Bachelor of Science, Business Administration - Finance Concentration: Investments, Real Estate, and Law

SPECIALIZED SKILLS_

Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Power Point, Excel, Access, Outlook
Course work: Financial Management; Business Finance; Cost Accounting; Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business; Marketing; International Legal Environment of Business; Macro and Micro Economics; Managerial Economics; Investment Principals; Management; Management Information Systems; Capital Markets; Real Estate Principals; Business Strategy and Policy; Business Statistics; Calculus for Business; Organizational Behavior; Business Communications
Lexis Nexis and Westlaw databases