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ANGELA R. JORDAN

Denver,CO

Summary

Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Legal Administrator

Colorado Education Association
Denver, CO
06.2020 - Current
  • Oversee CEA’s Legal Services Department program under the direction of the General Counsel
  • Participate in Hiring Committees
  • Maintain and process staff attorneys’ time and expenses into the billing system and transmit data monthly to the
  • National Education Association to effect funding reimbursement
  • Process insurance claims with the National Education Association Educators Employment Liability Insurance plan
  • Monthly review and reconcile the legal general ledger and budget
  • Attend Committee Meetings and generate minutes and agendas
  • Prepare for and participate in annual audits
  • Prepare correspondence, minutes, memorandums, and reports for the General Counsel
  • Draft confidential communications, legal memorandums, and corporate documents
  • Maintain confidential Association documents, communications, and files for General Counsel
  • Prepare pamphlets, brochures, newsletters
  • Maintain calendar, inbox, and handle travel arrangements for General Counsel
  • Communicate with public, private, and governmental agencies
  • Respond to member, local and state leader, and field staff inquiries and requests

Senior Legal Assistant/Office Administrator

Timmins LLC
Denver, CO
02.2019 - 05.2020
  • Oversee and manage all office operations including banking, vendor relationships, and payroll
  • Manage all office finance including billing, A/R, and A/P
  • Manage monthly client billing
  • Ensure that all fees and costs on invoices comply with client billing guidelines
  • Generate client e-bills and submit through various e-billing systems including Legal Tracker and TyMetrix
  • Manage expense reports and credit card reconciliation
  • Conduct a variety of administrative duties, including mail sorting, postage, answering phone, scanning, filing, and general organization, to ensure smooth daily office operations
  • Calendar management for office
  • Legal support for four attorneys in multiple practice areas
  • Draft and file legal pleadings using ICCES, CM/ECF and other e-fiing systems
  • Manage trial preparations through litigation and attend same
  • Arrange and coordinate service of process for various documents to process servers
  • Docket and calculate state and federal deadlines/trigger dates for accurate case management
  • Assist with creation of presentation materials
  • Event planning

Executive Assistant

Karrikins Group LLC
Denver, CO
10.2018 - 05.2019
  • Provide 24/7 administrative and personal support to extremely busy founder and Group CEO
  • Interact and coordinate with company’s Board of Directors and Senior Management Team
  • Create and manage office systems, processes, and procedures
  • Attend and take notes and action items at various management and client meetings
  • Organize and maintain complex personal and professional calendars
  • Screen phone calls, inquiries, and requests
  • Manage multiple inboxes and calendars
  • Arrange complex, luxury travel, visas, transfers, and accommodations including organizing professional and social appointments
  • Conduct necessary client research and communicate information
  • Produce documents, briefing papers, reports and presentations as needed
  • Liaise and manage home vendors and suppliers
  • Recruit, hire, train, and advise household staff
  • Attend marketing meetings and conferences to further business development opportunities

Office Manager

Odyssey Advisory Group
Denver, CO
10.2017 - 10.2018
  • Manage billing, A/R, and A/P
  • Assist with office banking needs, including deposits and petty cash management
  • Assist in tax return due date tracking and processing with practice management software
  • Assist with expense reports and credit card reconciliation
  • Manage office vendor relationships
  • Oversee office operations
  • Calendar management for office and principals
  • Management of client portal system
  • Interface with clients and client service providers to solve problems and answer questions
  • Assist with creation of presentation materials
  • Event planning

Client Relations Coordinator, Executive Legal Assistant

Denver, Chicago, CO
02.2012 - 05.2015

• Prepare analyses of billing information to assist timekeepers in developing fee arrangement proposals
• Review and analyze client fee arrangements and Outside Counsel Billing Guidelines to ensure billing is set up accordingly
• Manage client set-up on appropriate electronic billing software including CounselLink and Serengeti
• Manage receivables for the Firm’s top shareholder attorneys and largest clients
• Analysis and collection of aged account receivables
• Preparation, analysis, and implementation of monthly and annual budgets
• Continual monitoring, identification, and resolution of rejected electronic submissions
• Consult with various colleagues regarding client account status, conflict checks, billing procedures, entry transfers, flat fee arrangements and new implementations for electronic billing
• Maintain multiple reporting schedules to provide up to date figures of monthly client account accruals
• Perform client account reconciliations on a matter level
• Review inactive client matters and determine if a particular matter should remain open or closed
• Work with the accounts receivable & collections departments to identify miscellaneous payments, past due balances, payment application, and account adjustments

• Review and analyze client account receivable, on account fees and aged work on a daily basis to minimize cash cycle
• Serve as backup Office Administrator
• Hire, train, and supervise Legal Intake Coordinator
• Assist in recruiting and on-boarding of all new hires
• Work closely with billing timekeepers to determine and implement client fee arrangements
• Travel to meet and train with high level clients
• Extensive client contact regarding solutions to ongoing billing issues
• Persistence and judgment used to manage various projects simultaneously
• Prepare for and attend trial and hearings, both in and out of state
• Attend and assist at marketing and attorney conferences
• Manage calendar, expenses, and travel for Managing Partner
• Coordinate and process phone calls, scheduling, and related communications, time management and follow up
• Manage flow, routing and filing of incoming documents and correspondence from clients, associates, and others; reviewed and determined appropriate action

Manager, Client Services

Jackson Lewis LLP
Chicago
01.2011 - 02.2012
  • Prepare analyses of billing information to assist timekeepers in developing fee arrangement proposals
  • Review and analyze client fee arrangements and Outside Counsel Billing Guidelines to ensure billing is set up accordingly
  • Manage client set-up on appropriate electronic billing software including CounselLink and Serengeti
  • Manage receivables for the Firm’s top shareholder attorneys and largest clients
  • Analysis and collection of aged account receivables
  • Preparation, analysis, and implementation of monthly and annual budgets
  • Continual monitoring, identification, and resolution of rejected electronic submissions
  • Consult with various colleagues regarding client account status, conflict checks, billing procedures, entry transfers, flat fee arrangements and new implementations for electronic billing
  • Maintain multiple reporting schedules to provide up to date figures of monthly client account accruals
  • Perform client account reconciliations on a matter level
  • Review inactive client matters and determine if a particular matter should remain open or closed
  • Work with the accounts receivable & collections departments to identify miscellaneous payments, past due balances, payment application, and account adjustments 1
  • Hired by Office Manager from Lovells at Jackson Lewis
  • Review and analyze client account receivable, on account fees and aged work on a daily basis to minimize cash cycle
  • Serve as backup Office Administrator
  • Hire, train, and supervise Legal Intake Coordinator
  • Assist in recruiting and on-boarding of all new hires
  • Work closely with billing timekeepers to determine and implement client fee arrangements
  • Travel to meet and train with high level clients
  • Extensive client contact regarding solutions to ongoing billing issues
  • Persistence and judgment used to manage various projects simultaneously
  • Prepare for and attend trial and hearings, both in and out of state
  • Attend and assist at marketing and attorney conferences
  • Manage calendar, expenses, and travel for Managing Partner
  • Coordinate and process phone calls, scheduling, and related communications, time management and follow up
  • Manage flow, routing and filing of incoming documents and correspondence from clients, associates, and others; reviewed and determined appropriate action

Executive Legal Assistant/Workflow Coordinator

Lovells
Chicago, IL
12.2006 - 05.2010
  • Managed calendar, expenses, and travel for one partner, four associates, and two paralegals
  • Coordinated and processed phone calls, scheduling, and related communications, time management and follow up
  • Managed flow, routing and filing of incoming documents and correspondence from clients, associates, and others; reviewed and determined appropriate action
  • File legal pleadings through CM/ECF
  • Screened telephone calls, scheduled conference calls and meetings
  • Managed all coverage aspects for multiple arbitrations and hearing in Chicago and Philadelphia

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

DePaul University

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Elgin Community College

Skills

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Timeline

Legal Administrator

Colorado Education Association
06.2020 - Current

Senior Legal Assistant/Office Administrator

Timmins LLC
02.2019 - 05.2020

Executive Assistant

Karrikins Group LLC
10.2018 - 05.2019

Office Manager

Odyssey Advisory Group
10.2017 - 10.2018

Client Relations Coordinator, Executive Legal Assistant

02.2012 - 05.2015

Manager, Client Services

Jackson Lewis LLP
01.2011 - 02.2012

Executive Legal Assistant/Workflow Coordinator

Lovells
12.2006 - 05.2010

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

DePaul University

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Elgin Community College
ANGELA R. JORDAN