Cassie A. Weisenstein
Trenton,MI
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
Legal Secretary/Office Administrator
Law Offices of Michael G. Heilmann, P.C.
09.2012 - Current
- Plaintiff Personal Injury, Auto Negligence and Slip and Falls in Michigan and Florida State and Federal Courts.
- While working for Mr. Heilmann, we practice law in Detroit and Florida on First and Third Party auto accidents in Michigan and Florida. My duties are to be an assistant that does not need much guidance (I need to think like an attorney). My duties included: Client contact, preparation of all documents/pleadings in Michigan and Florida (via electronic filing). I have experience working with Co-Counsel on Food Poisoning cases along with experience in filing Pro Hac Vice for Co-Counsel out-of-state. Preparation of filing and determining Resident Agents as well as searches of all Third Parties for Complaints; Notice of Intent to Sue, preparation of motions and responses to motions, witness lists, stipulated orders to adjourn, case evaluation summaries, correspondence, interrogatories, etc. Docket control/calendaring and scheduling for two calendars (Florida and Michigan). Trial preparation include: Subpoenas, Joint Final Pretrial Orders, Motions in Limine, Trial Briefs, Voir Dire, Jury Instructions, Verdict Forms and Trial Boxes.
- While working for Mr. Heilmann, I trained receptionists, attorneys and paralegals straight out of college.
Legal Secretary
JoAnne Mansfield, Temporary Services
01.2008 - 01.2012
- Contract temp services, performing Legal Secretary duties at various law firms in 1st and 3rd Party Auto, workers’ compensation, insurance fraud claims; medical malpractice defense, wrongful termination/labor and employment law and civil rights cases.
- Duties include: Transcribing dictation, preparation of motions, case evaluation summaries, correspondence, interrogatories, etc. Docket control/calendaring all deadline dates. Trial preparation include: Subpoenas, Motions in Limine, Trial Briefs, Voir Dire, Jury Instructions, Verdict Forms and Trial Boxes. Very experienced in client contact (i.e. updating file, going over interrogatories, etc.)
Litigation Secretary/Floater
Blake, Kirchner, P.C.
Detroit, Michigan
05.1994 - 10.2002
- As a legal assistant, I worked on the Appellate as well as Medical Malpractice team. I worked closely with the Michigan Supreme Court and Court of Appeals calendaring dates when briefs were due as well as typing the briefs on appeal. As an assistant in the medical malpractice department, my responsibilities were to gather the medical records from either the Plaintiff or through Record Copy Service, schedule meetings with the doctors as well as the adjusters on behalf of the physicians. Responsible for all dictation of pleadings and correspondence: Answer to Complaints, Notice of Taking Depositions, Case Evaluation Summaries, medical record summaries, deposition summaries, etc. Assist in trial preparation.
Education
Graduate - undefined
Woodhaven High School
Certified - Advanced Medical Terminology and Medical Transcription
Allied Medical College
01.2011
Skills
- Hummingbird, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Suite, WordPerfect 12, Excel, Power Point, Outlook Express, Needles, LAWS, TABS, Practice Master, GroupWise, TimeMatters, TimeSlips, Olympus Digital Software, AMICUS, CLIO, Wiznet, Macomb, Wayne, Western and Eastern District E-filings, emailing with attachments, scanning documents into PDF, converting into PDF downloading PDFs, emailing in PDFs, downloading ECF, downloading e-trans, saving all PDFs, and ECFs into file directories, calendaring all deadline dates into Matrix as well as Outlook, Needles, etc, setting up video/teleconferencing/play backs/conference call setups and travel arrangements I have several years of experience and knowledge interacting with the Courts in Michigan (ie, knowledge of the Judge’s rules and ways they want their documents filed)
Timeline
Legal Secretary/Office Administrator
Law Offices of Michael G. Heilmann, P.C.
09.2012 - Current
Legal Secretary
JoAnne Mansfield, Temporary Services
01.2008 - 01.2012
Litigation Secretary/Floater
Blake, Kirchner, P.C.
05.1994 - 10.2002
Graduate - undefined
Woodhaven High School
Certified - Advanced Medical Terminology and Medical Transcription
Allied Medical College