Candace Lake
Indian Trail,NC
Summary
Accomplished and experienced Legal Assistant with proven expertise in document management and court filings. Excellent work ethic and loyal. Demonstrates exceptional multitasking and client communication abilities, ensuring efficient legal proceedings and strict confidentiality. Skilled in Microsoft Office, document management software, and adept at meeting critical deadlines and multitasking.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Legal Assistant
Offit Kurman, P.A. (formerly Horack Talley, P.A.)
2004.02 - Current
- Maintain strict confidentiality, and protect sensitive client information as required by legal ethics and regulations.
- Handle office scheduling and calendar deadlines, motions, court hearings and other important dates.
- Schedule online, phone and in-person meetings, provide status updates, and relay critical information promptly.
- Complete electronic filings and serve documents in both the District of Columbia and North Carolina.
- Transcribe voluminous amounts of dictation, including pleadings, client updates, and e-mails. Revise and finalize pleadings and correspondence.
- Review, edit and proofread litigation for proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.
- Coordinate scheduling of depositions, hearings, and meetings.
- Input time entry for attorneys.
- Reconcile firm credit card accounts, request checks and submit mileage reimbursements.
- Notarize documents.
- Assist other attorneys in other states as needed.
- Perform paralegal tasks as needed.
Legal Assistant/Paralegal
Wishart, Norris, Henninger & Pittman, P.A.
2000.11 - 2004.02
- Managed deadlines effectively ensuring timely submission of all required filings and correspondence.
- Supported attorneys during trials by creating trial exhibits, preparing witness binders, and tracking essential documentation throughout proceedings.
- Coordinated scheduling of depositions, hearings, and meetings.
- Maintained strict confidentiality of sensitive client information adhering to professional ethics guidelines rigorously at all times.
- Drafted and reviewed legal documents such as pleadings, motions, and discovery requests and filed and served in Mecklenburg County.
Education
Secretarial Science Degree - Administrative Assistance And Secretarial Science
King's College
Charlotte, NCSkills
- Quick Learner
- Microsoft Office and Document Management Software
- Online File Organization
- Drafting and Revising Pleadings
- Court Filings (e-filing)
- Client Communication
- Document Organization
- Notary Public
- Proficient in Legal Terminology
- Calendar Management
- Proofreading and Grammar
- Excel at Multitasking
Timeline
Legal Assistant
Offit Kurman, P.A. (formerly Horack Talley, P.A.)
2004.02 - Current
Legal Assistant/Paralegal
Wishart, Norris, Henninger & Pittman, P.A.
2000.11 - 2004.02
Secretarial Science Degree - Administrative Assistance And Secretarial Science
King's College
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