DAVETTE SEALS
Dallas,TX
Summary
Highly-skilled and motivated job seeker with 6+ years of experience as a Legal Assistant. Hardworking, persistent and committed to meeting deadlines all while providing exceptional customer service.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Legal Assistant
Nemeroff Law Firm
03.2017 - 02.2024
- Provided clerical support to 2+ paralegals and 5+ attorneys
- Researched and reviewed medical and pharmacy records
- Pathology- logged it in and mailed it out to experts and defense counsel
- Assembled and mailed out notebooks to experts for use in deposition hearings
- Responded to client inquiries to provide case status by phone or email
- Interviewed clients to obtain information relevant to cases
- Assisted attorneys with special projects
- Created spreadsheets to maintain track of documents either received or outstanding
- Edited documents such as correspondence and discovery responses
- Retrieved and delivered mail to appropriate personnel
- Conducted legal research of missing or deceased clients and family members
- Family Settlement Agreement paperwork
- Indexing documents for discovery.
Indexing Specialist
Kofile Inc
04.2016 - 03.2017
- Provided information to coworkers
- Entered data into system
- Scanned and copied documents.
Data Entry Clerk
Nemeroff Law Firm
08.2015 - 03.2016
- Provided clerical support to 2+ paralegals
- Opened new cases for potential clients due to personal injury claims
- Researched medical records looking for injury events due to medication use
- Reviewed pharmacy records seeking frequency of use of particular pharmaceutical drugs
- Contacted clients to obtain information that could help their case
- Mass mail out projects
- OCR documents.
Education
Associate of Applied Science in Business Administration -
Everest College
Dallas, TXAssociate of Applied Science - Criminal Justice
Eastfield College
Mesquite, TX05.2019
Skills
- Legal Research
- Interviewing Clients
- Exceptional telephone etiquette
- Customer Service
- Proficient in MS Office
- Research and data collection
- Attention to Detail
- Document Editing
- Correspondence
- Document Preparation
- Fast Learner
Certification
- Criminal Justice Certificate, Eastfield College, 05/2019
- Basic Criminal Justice Certificate, Eastfield College, 08/2017
- Human Resources Assistant Certificate, Eastfield College, 12/2015
Volunteer Work
Friendship West Baptist Church
- Greet members and visitors
- Take incoming calls
- Assist with media sales
- Print, scan and copy documents
Timeline
Legal Assistant
Nemeroff Law Firm
03.2017 - 02.2024
Indexing Specialist
Kofile Inc
04.2016 - 03.2017
Data Entry Clerk
Nemeroff Law Firm
08.2015 - 03.2016
Associate of Applied Science in Business Administration -
Everest College
Associate of Applied Science - Criminal Justice
Eastfield College