Anita Tipton Wagner
Lothian,USA
Summary
Proactive and goal-oriented professional with excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Known for reliability and adaptability, with swift capacity to learn and apply new skills. Committed to leveraging these qualities to drive team success and contribute to organizational growth.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
Work History
Legal Secretary
Kaye Scholer (Now Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer)
11.2010 - 11.2013
- Assist antitrust partner with document preparation, travel arrangements, scheduling, billing, and records management.
- Effectively communicated with and provided routine services to clients.
Legal Secretary
Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr, LLP
09.1999 - 11.2010
- Assist antitrust and international trade partners with document preparation, travel arrangements, scheduling, billing, and records management.
- Effectively communicated with and provided routine services to clients.
Administrator
Mason, Ketterman & Morgan
06.1991 - 07.1999
- Managed the organizing of the new firm in summer, 1991.
- Established banking relationships, accounting systems, policies, procedures, and benefits packages.
- Orchestrated office move four months later.
- Subsequently managed growth from 12 attorneys, including establishing four branch offices.
- With managing partner successfully guided firm in highly competitive practice area to consistent profits by maximizing income, minimizing expenses and thorough budgeting and variance analysis.
- Participated in the development of partner and attorney compensation and accountability programs.
- Successfully planned and implemented numerous technology systems including local area network, cost recovery system, hardware upgrades, business and practice management software and telecommunication systems.
- Planned and coordinated leasing and build-out of office space in five locations, acquired all furnishings and equipment and hired necessary support staff.
- Conducted annual expense reduction campaigns resulting in substantial decreases in spending on a wide range of goods and services.
- Maintained lower than average secretary to attorney ratios.
- Established and maintained positive, effective, trusting relationships with firm partners, associates, counsel and staff.
- Emphasis on excellence in hiring and supervision of administrative support staff of 30.
- Successfully built stable, superior staff with very little turnover.
- A law firm with 35 attorneys in Baltimore Maryland.
Administrator
Zanecki, McDonough & Castelli
07.1982 - 06.1999
- Responsibilities included general ledger accounting, accounts payable, payroll, time and billing, and accounts receivable management.
- Produced and evaluated financial statements.
- Maintained banking relationships, negotiated bank loans and real estate financing, maintained operating and escrow accounts.
- Delegated secretarial assignments, managed multiple document deadlines and priorities.
- Administrated firm benefits package.
- Maintained office liability, worker's compensation, professional liability and auto insurance policies.
- Coordinated expansions and leasing of branch office space.
- A 17-attorney law firm in Landover, Maryland.
Administrative Assistant
Ambrose, Wilson & Grimm
06.1978 - 07.1980
- Duties included assisting managing partner in hiring of legal secretaries and other support personnel.
- Also assisted tax attorney in establishing corporations, preparing tax returns and estate planning.
- Effectively communicated with and provided routine services to clients.
- A law firm with 12 attorneys, Knoxville, Tennessee.
Education
No Degree - Business Administration And Management
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TNSkills
- Efficient multi-tasker
- Spreadsheets
- Billing specialist
- Drafting legal documents
- Exceptional communication skills
- Executive calendars
- Document management
- Editing and proofreading
- Client correspondence
- MS office proficient
- Proofreading
- Document drafting
- Transcription
- Meeting coordination
- Document proofreading
- Client communication
- Appointment setting
- Documents and correspondence
- Calendar management
- Typing speed 104 WPM
- Billing and invoicing
Timeline
Legal Secretary
Kaye Scholer (Now Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer)
11.2010 - 11.2013
Legal Secretary
Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr, LLP
09.1999 - 11.2010
Administrator
Mason, Ketterman & Morgan
06.1991 - 07.1999
Administrator
Zanecki, McDonough & Castelli
07.1982 - 06.1999
Administrative Assistant
Ambrose, Wilson & Grimm
06.1978 - 07.1980
No Degree - Business Administration And Management
University of Tennessee
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