Assisted partners and associates, specializing in personal injury matters. Calendar, legal documents, court filings, arrange depositions, reception, subpoena records, arrange independent medical examinations, open new files.
Legal Secretary
5 Years 10 Months
Davidovitz & Bennett LLP | 02.2004 - 12.2009
Assisted partner in litigation matters, specializing in medical malpractice litigation and products liability matters. Calendar, legal documents, court filings, arrange depositions, reception, subpoena records.
Legal Secretary
1 Year 2 Months
Bertrand, Fox & Elliot | 11.2002 - 01.2004
Assisted two partners, three of counsel and one associate. Attorneys for City and County of San Francisco, Oakland, City of Fremont, UC Regents, construction litigation. Calendar, scheduled depositions. Drafted, filed and served state and federal court documents. Coordinated secretary calendar meetings.
Temporary Legal Secretary
2 Years 6 Months
Various law firms in the Bay Area including Certified Employment, Placement Pros, and Kearny Boyle & Assoc. | 05.2000 - 11.2002
Assisted two partners, a principal, and two associates. Malpractice insurance, lemon law matters, employment and construction litigation. Maintained attorneys' calendars, drafted and filed legal documents with the court, updated and indexed paper files, scheduled depositions, arranged telephone court conferences and mediations, scheduled appointments with clients and expert witnesses; prepared trial binder, research medical articles in preparation for trial. Data entry of client billing.
Legal Secretary
9 Years 3 Months
Winingham, Roberts and Fama | 09.1988 - 12.1997
Assisted in-house defense counsel for Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. Civil litigation, personal injury matters. Maintained manual law office calendar, drafted and filed legal documents with the court, transcribed depositions, doctors' independent medical examinations, legal briefs, and correspondence; scheduled depositions and telephone court conferences, arrange records subpoenas with legal services company.
Skills
40 years experience in a law firm environment
calendaring and trial preparation
Consistently met deadlines and achieved designated goals
Strong proofreading and research skills
Proficient Word/WordPerfect Processor (100+ wpm)
Team member
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Word
WordPerfect
Corel WordPerfect
Soft Solutions
Legal Solutions
Westlaw
Docs Open
TABS for Windows
Typing 100 WPM
Heavy Dictaphone
Microsoft Excel
Timeline
Legal Assistant
Cesari, Werner and Moriarty
02.2011 - 10.2026Read More
Legal Secretary
Davidovitz & Bennett LLP
02.2004 - 12.2009Read More
Legal Secretary
Bertrand, Fox & Elliot
11.2002 - 01.2004Read More
Temporary Legal Secretary
Various law firms in the Bay Area including Certified Employment, Placement Pros, and Kearny Boyle & Assoc.