Flora (DeeDee) Walsh
Hoffman Estates,IL
Summary
A highly dynamic, talented professional with over 28 years experience seeking to continue my legal/executive assistant career focusing on day-to-day support responsibilities as well as individual attorney and client needs. Exceptional problem-solving, project coordination and client relationship skills.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work History
Legal Assistant
Meltzer, Purtill & Stelle LLC
Schaumburg, IL
04.2020 - 12.2023
- Prepared and processed expense reports for reimbursing attorneys.
- Coordinated correspondence between attorneys and clients for active cases and other matters.
- Managed and updated contact database for 200 clients.
- Handled telephone calls, meeting plans and conference organization requirements.
- Facilitated communications by forwarding emails, transferring calls and filing documents.
- Performed data entry tasks related to case-specific information into a variety of software programs such as Excel, Word, Access.
- Redacted confidential information from legal documents on case-by-case basis.
Practice Assistant
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Chicago, IL
11.2012 - 11.2020
- Assistant to 5 attorneys in various corporate practice groups in global law firm.
- Scheduled appointments, answered phones, and responded to emails in a timely manner.
- Managed office scheduling and kept accurate notes on deadlines and other dates.
- Responded to client calls and inquiries to deliver applicable information.
- Organized legal documents in company filing systems and databases.
- Prepared and processed expense reports for reimbursement.
Legal Assistant
The Howard Law Firm
Chicago, IL
11.2011 - 11.2012
- Assistant to partner and associate in small firm with the main focus on litigation.
- Duties included preparation of all correspondence, pleadings and court documents, preparation of monthly billing, expense reports, travel arrangements, scheduling of conference calls and depositions, maintained attorney diaries,
client files and various other duties.
Legal Secretary
Schiff Hardin LLP
Chicago, IL
10.2000 - 07.2011
- Assistant to partners and associates in large firm with the main focus on corporate, litigation and municipal law.
- Duties included preparation of correspondence, pleadings and other documents, handling of all attorney billing, expense reports, travel arrangements, scheduling of conference calls and depositions, maintained attorney diaries,
client files and various other duties.
Legal Secretary
Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz
Chicago, IL
04.1997 - 05.2000
- Assistant to 5 attorneys with the main focus on environmental insurance defense, preparation of correspondence, pleadings and other court documents (in and outside Illinois), attorney billing, expense reports, travel arrangements,
scheduling of conference calls, depositions and joint defense group meetings, maintained attorney diaries, client files and various other duties.
Legal Secretary
Kiesler & Berman
Chicago, IL
04.1991 - 04.1997
- Assistant to several attorneys with the main focus on insurance defense, civil litigation and worker's compensation claims, preparation of motions and other court filings including appellate briefs, handling of all incoming/outgoing correspondence, scheduling of depositions and maintaining attorneys' diaries and client files, abstracting deposition and medical transcripts and various other duties.
Education
Paralegal Studies
Roosevelt University
Chicago, IL01-1991
Skills
- Administrative Support
- Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel), NetDocs, and Adobe Acrobat
- Big hand dictation
- PC Law
- Document Editing
- Client Billing
- Organizational Efficiency
- Task Prioritization
- Chrome River Expense Reporting
- Typing 75 wpm
- Dictaphone
- CD Time Entry
Timeline
Legal Assistant
Meltzer, Purtill & Stelle LLC
04.2020 - 12.2023
Practice Assistant
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
11.2012 - 11.2020
Legal Assistant
The Howard Law Firm
11.2011 - 11.2012
Legal Secretary
Schiff Hardin LLP
10.2000 - 07.2011
Legal Secretary
Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz
04.1997 - 05.2000
Legal Secretary
Kiesler & Berman
04.1991 - 04.1997
Paralegal Studies
Roosevelt University
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