Reliable administrative and legal support professional seeking Legal Assistant and or paralegal position. Works well independently to carry out assignments, with great attention to detail. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude.
-Generate Shell Reporting Letters for clients, encompassing both foreign and U.S. Office Actions. Successfully cleared a one-year backlog of such letters within a three-month timeframe.
- Draft Shell Response Letters to U.S. Office Actions on behalf of handling attorneys.
- Compose Shell Instruction Letters for Foreign Associates to facilitate responses to foreign Office Actions for handling attorneys.
- Locate and retrieve the latest pending claims sets for foreign and domestic patent applications, facilitating efficient handling by attorneys.
- Source and provide both patented and non-patent cited references for handling attorneys.
- Accurately input time entries for two attorneys on a monthly basis.
- Manage expense reimbursements for attorneys, ensuring timely and accurate processing.
- Prepare and disseminate reporting letters to clients via email, representing handling attorneys. Successfully cleared a two-year backlog of reporting letters and sent out over 300 emails within an eight-month period.
- Develop memoranda for handling attorneys as needed.
- Amend claims based on handling attorney's edits, ensuring compliance and accuracy.
- Create and maintain a shadow docket system using Excel for tracking deadlines and due dates for both myself and handling attorneys.
- Support patent/trademark application and prosecution research efforts as required.
- Initiate new business matters using Elegrity.
- Conduct conflict checks to ensure compliance with ethical guidelines.
- Prepare and dispatch Engagement Letters to clients using DocuSign.
- Update docket information in Inprotech and manage deadlines effectively.
- Generate Statement of Particulars and Statement of Use documents as needed.