Annabel Lee
Astoria,NY
Summary
Driven Legal Assistant with six years of experience in litigation. Highly skilled at multitasking and prioritizing tasks to complete projects on time and determine appropriate courses of action.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Legal Assistant
Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP
2022.04 - Current
- Produced and e-filed correspondence, pleadings, and discovery demands.
- Processed expense reports and all vendor invoices regarding medical records, expert testimonies, and court reporting.
- Managed attorneys’ calendars for court appearances, depositions, and trial dates.
- Prepared file transfers and commenced closing procedures for attorneys’ cases.
- Assisted with trial preparation by creating trial binders and coordinating with expert witnesses for their testimony.
- Proofread and finalized comprehensive reports to insurance carriers updating them on new developments.
Legal Assistant
Brownell Partners, PLLC
2017.10 - 2022.03
- Developed documentation for New York and New Jersey cases; all answers, motions, subpoenas, third-party complaints, and discovery demands.
- Generated client billing through Timesolv for new case work, billable time, conflict checks, and vendor invoices.
- Managed communications with medical facilities, regarding the status of case medical requests.
- Managed Brownell Partners’ calendar: organizing and scheduling attorney travel, meetings, tele-conferences, depositions, mediations, and independent medical examinations.
- Completed trial preparations; drafting subpoenas for witness testimonies, and compiling exhibits for presentation at court.
- Conducted conflict checks for new cases, updating attorney case list, as required.
Executive Assistant to the Family Advocate
NYS Office Of Children And Family Services
2016.08 - 2016.12
- Managed OCFS executive’s appointments, meetings, travel arrangements, and communications.
- Managed surveys for youths and parents/guardians to assess personal needs and goals upon release; processed into spreadsheets to optimize resource allocation by caseworkers.
- Participated in and transcribed Statewide Family Partnership Committee (SFPC) meetings concerning future events and activities for juvenile offenders and other at-risk youth with their parents/guardians.
- Assisted caseworkers in managing the OCFS database, documenting the status of, and ongoing care for -Assisted the supervisor of the Brooklyn Community Multi-Services Office (CMSO) in quarterly caseworker evaluations, by managing accountability logs.
Intern - Office of Equal Employment Opportunity
NYC Department Of Corrections
2016.06 - 2016.08
- Produced closing reports for cases of discrimination and reasonable accommodations.
- Participated during interviews of complainants, respondents, and witnesses.
- Composed letters to complainants and respondents notifying them of their case status.
- Developed excel spreadsheets organizing post rewards from Riker’s Island facilities to monitor EEO compliance.
- Managed all documentation for post reward application processing to identify discrepancies.
- Collaborated with external DOC employees in outreach sessions regarding EEO operations and supports on Riker’s Island.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Criminology
CUNY John Jay College
New York, NY06.2017
Skills
- Document Preparation
- MS Office Proficiency
- Adobe Acrobat
- Kofax PDF
- Tabs3
- Timesolv
- iManage
Timeline
Legal Assistant
Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP
2022.04 - Current
Legal Assistant
Brownell Partners, PLLC
2017.10 - 2022.03
Executive Assistant to the Family Advocate
NYS Office Of Children And Family Services
2016.08 - 2016.12
Intern - Office of Equal Employment Opportunity
NYC Department Of Corrections
2016.06 - 2016.08
Bachelor of Science - Criminology
CUNY John Jay College
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