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ILEANA P. VERDE

ILEANA P. VERDE

Tenafly,New Jersey

Summary

Dynamic legal assistant with extensive experience excelling in real estate, loan, corporate and international business document preparation. Proven ability to manage travel schedules and client communication. Strong organizational skills and proficiency in word processing.

Overview

39
39
years of professional experience

Work History

Verde, Steinberg & Pontell,

Legal Assistant - Retired 2024
Fort Lee, New Jersey
09.2021 - 07.2024
  • Whenever needed, substituted secretaries that were on vacation and floated in different positions within the firm. The administrative position area consisted of ordering supplies for the company and making sure that the office was well stocked in every area.

Hoguet, Newman & Regal, LLP

Legal Secretary-Corporate/Patent/International Law
New York, New York
05.1999 - 08.2001
  • Preparation of corporate documents.
  • Preparation of patent documents for filing.
  • Organizing and coordinating meetings with various corporations involved in certain transactions and closings of same.
  • Dictation in Spanish and correspondence.
  • Organized his extensive travel schedule and coordinated and communicated with those companies in scheduling his meeting agendas.
  • Coordinated in-house meetings.

Martin S. Burger, Esq.,

Legal Secretary-Real Estate
Palisades Park, New Jersey
04.1998 - 05.1999
  • Worked for sole practitioner in the Real Estate, Commercial and Immigration Law. This position was offered to me through Esquire Services as a temporary to permanent position.
  • Preparation of real estate documents for closings, contact clients regarding necessary information pertaining to closings, correspondence to buyers/sellers.
  • Preparation of commercial leasing documents.
  • Was educated in the immigration law field and focused on the preparation of documents and filing procedures with State Offices.

Esquire Services Legal Temporary Agency,

Legal Secretary
Rochelle Park, New Jersey
12.1997 - 04.1998
  • Worked as a legal temporary secretary and had 35 hour week assignments with various firms throughout the Bergen County area. Preferred working as a temporary allowing me a flexible schedule while continuing my education.
  • Helen Fadini, President

Verde Steinberg & Pontell,

Legal Secretary
Fort Lee, New Jersey
04.1994 - 11.1997
  • Preparation of real estate closing documents.
  • Reviewed lender commitment requirements and contacted clients regarding necessary information that may be needed for lender.
  • Interaction with title company and surveyor.
  • Preparation of documents for annual meeting and corporate resolution documents.

Unilever U.S., Inc., (Division of Lever Bros. Co.)

Legal Secretary/Environmental Law
New York, New York
05.1992 - 04.1994
  • Worked for Director/Associate General Counsel of Environmental Affairs and Manager of Environmental Affairs Department.
  • Coordinating meetings for five different committees and preparation of presentations for same.
  • Preparation of minutes of meeting and distribution to committees.
  • Coordinating travel schedules and meetings.
  • Promoting a recycling campaign which consisted of preparation of correspondence with press and media called “Project: Playground.”
  • Project Playground was New York City playground equipment built from recycled plastics.
  • Environmental Law

Executive Search Temporary Agency,

Legal Secretary/Executive Secretary
Chester, New Jersey
08.1988 - 05.1992
  • Worked as a legal temporary secretary and had 35 hour week assignments with various firms throughout the Hunterdon County area; i.e., Exxon/Mobil Corporation, Clinton, NJ. Pharmaceutical corporations and sole practitioner attorneys. Preferred working as a temporary allowing me a flexible schedule while continuing my education.

Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti,

Legal Secretary/Corporate/Real Estate Law
Morristown, New Jersey
10.1985 - 08.1988
  • Word Processing documents of dictated transcription of corporate loan documents, and real estate documents for closings in binders.
  • Contact clients regarding necessary information needed for lending institutions.
  • Preparing closing documents.
  • In-house time sheets and administrative duties and attorney monthly expense statements.

Education

Interior Design Degree - Design And AutoCad For Architectural Layouts

SUNY Purchase College
Purchase, NY
05-2019

Paralegal Studies

Bergen Community College
Paramus, NJ
04-1997

Skills

  • Word Perfect-8
  • Microsoft Word
  • AutoCAD
  • Dictaphone Transcription
  • Environmental law was the coordination of litigation documents for court on environmental lawsuits
  • Immigration Law assisted attorney in the preparation of documents for our State Offices
  • Multilingual correspondence with International Law attorney in Spanish and transcription of letters and/or documents for international corporations doing business in United States; coordinated scheduling meetings in Spain with a complete travel itinerary
  • Depending on the law firm, office administration accounting of all supplies and maintenance of postage machines, computers, xerox machines required
  • In all of the firms, client communication and phone etiquette very important Proofreading all documents and document formatting for litigation documents Deadline tracking Case File organization
  • Typing speed 70 WPM
  • Organizational skills
  • Document scanning

Positions in Legal Field:

  • Legal Secretary Administrative
  • Corporate Law/Patents
  • International Law
  • Labor Litigation
  • Immigration Law
  • Commercial Real Estate
  • Community Association Law
  • Environmental Law

Languages

English
Native/ Bilingual
Spanish
Professional

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Verde, Steinberg & Pontell,

Legal Assistant - Retired 2024
09.2021 - 07.2024

Hoguet, Newman & Regal, LLP

Legal Secretary-Corporate/Patent/International Law
05.1999 - 08.2001

Martin S. Burger, Esq.,

Legal Secretary-Real Estate
04.1998 - 05.1999

Esquire Services Legal Temporary Agency,

Legal Secretary
12.1997 - 04.1998

Verde Steinberg & Pontell,

Legal Secretary
04.1994 - 11.1997

Unilever U.S., Inc., (Division of Lever Bros. Co.)

Legal Secretary/Environmental Law
05.1992 - 04.1994

Executive Search Temporary Agency,

Legal Secretary/Executive Secretary
08.1988 - 05.1992

Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti,

Legal Secretary/Corporate/Real Estate Law
10.1985 - 08.1988

Interior Design Degree - Design And AutoCad For Architectural Layouts

SUNY Purchase College

Paralegal Studies

Bergen Community College

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