Karen J. Clark
Kansas City,Kansas
Summary
Dynamic Legal Administrative Assistant with extensive experience at Seyferth Blumenthal & Harris LLC, adept at managing multiple priorities and deadlines. Proficient in legal document preparation and filing, while demonstrating exceptional organizational skills and a typing speed of 60+ wpm. Committed to enhancing office efficiency and supporting legal teams effectively.
Overview
37
37
years of professional experience
Work History
Legal Administrative Assistant
Seyferth Blumenthal & Harris LLC
Kansas City, Missouri
04.2012 - Current
- Provide assistance and support to three attorneys [two of the owners and an associate] by prioritizing work assignments to meet deadlines, making travel and hotel arrangements, using general office equipment.
- Performing clerical tasks such as transcription, filing, coding of documents, entering of time, proofreading documents, drafting pleadings as well as filing documents with the courts both electronically and by courier.
Legal Administrative Assistant
Husch Blackwell LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
06.2004 - 04.2012
- Provide support and assistance to five attorneys by prioritizing work assignments to meet deadlines, making travel and hotel arrangements, using general office equipment.
- Performing clerical tasks such as filing, coding of documents, entering time, proofreading documents, drafting pleadings as well as filing documents with the courts both electronically and by courier.
Administrative Assistant Cardiac Surgery
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, Missouri
03.2004 - 05.2004
- Typing a variety of documents.
- Answer and direct calls to appropriate department.
- Filing, faxing, photocopying, scheduling of meetings and making travel arrangements.
- Maintain monthly reports for performance of nurses and cardiac doctors.
- Put presentations and information together for weekly meetings.
Legal Assistant
Evans & Dixon, L.L.C.
Kansas City, Missouri
02.2002 - 12.2003
- Typing, transcription of legal documents, letters, etc.
- Receive and answer phone calls from clients, attorneys, court, filing, faxing, photocopying.
- Scheduling of walk-in settlements, conferences, mediations, and depositions.
- Input billing.
- Maintain calendars for attorneys.
Legal Assistant/Office Manager
Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.
Kansas City, Missouri
06.1999 - 11.2001
- Typing, transcription of legal documents, letters, etc.
- Receive, answer and direct all incoming phone calls.
- Filing, faxing, photocopying.
- Schedule walk-ins, conferences, mediations, depositions and travel arrangements for attorneys.
- Input all billing for attorneys.
- Maintain monthly calendars and reports.
- Set up all new incoming cases.
- Maintain and implement updates to computer and provide training for attorneys on the updates.
- Order all office supplies, and servicing of office equipment, schedule office maintenance.
- Oversee all incoming and outgoing mail.
Admin. Associate to Claims Manager
Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.
Kansas City, Missouri
12.1997 - 06.1999
- Receive answer and direct all incoming calls to claims manager.
- Filing, faxing, photocopying, scheduling of meetings and making travel arrangements.
- Maintain monthly reports for performance of office and adjusters.
- Work with in-house attorneys on projects and reviews of litigation.
- Monitor and track all problems with medical bills on adjuster claims.
- Work with Managed Care Supervisor on nomination of new providers for network.
- Put presentations and information together for Service Consultant.
- Run monthly reports for clients and answer any questions they have regarding them.
- Monitor Restat our prescription drug program for claimants and Express Comp our on-line system for reporting claims directly.
- In-put new customers into 1-888 Firehat so that they could call in losses.
Claims Adjuster
Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.
Kansas City, Missouri
06.1995 - 12.1997
- Handling of Workers' Compensation claims for Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Illinois.
- Monitoring of widow and children's benefits, awards, and perm total cases.
- Processing of bills and questions from medical providers.
- Overseeing all Oklahoma tax inquiries and reports.
- Maintained approved vendor list.
- Completed Missouri Timeliness Report, Kansas NCCI audit and processing of all home office audit requests.
Customer Service Associate
Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.
Kansas City, Missouri
06.1991 - 06.1995
- Answered incoming and 800 lines, approximately 700-1000 calls per month per person.
- Managed questions and complaints from insured, claimants, attorneys, and providers.
- Processed medical bills and issued checks for adjusters.
Mail & Supply, Policy Assembly
Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.
Kansas City, Missouri
02.1989 - 06.1991
- Sorted and delivered mail for office.
- Ordered office supplies and forms for office and processed all incoming and outgoing mail daily.
- Assembled policies for insured and attached forms pertaining to coverage.
- Processed cancellations.
- Served as back-up for computer room.
Education
Diploma -
F.L. Schlagle High School
Kansas City, KansasSkills
- Typing 60 wpm
- Ten-key
- Posting machine
- A/P
- A/R
- Payroll
- Calculators
- Copying machines
- Business Management Course
- Switchboard
- Postage machine
- Graphics/Freelance
- Legalworks
- Word
- Word Perfect
- Webview
- Summation
- CaseNet
- Excel
- Power Point
- Westlaw
- Windows
- QuickBooks
- Softsolutions
Timeline
Legal Administrative Assistant
Seyferth Blumenthal & Harris LLC
04.2012 - Current
Legal Administrative Assistant
Husch Blackwell LLP
06.2004 - 04.2012
Administrative Assistant Cardiac Surgery
Children’s Mercy Hospital
03.2004 - 05.2004
Legal Assistant
Evans & Dixon, L.L.C.
02.2002 - 12.2003
Legal Assistant/Office Manager
Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.
06.1999 - 11.2001
Admin. Associate to Claims Manager
Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.
12.1997 - 06.1999
Claims Adjuster
Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.
06.1995 - 12.1997
Customer Service Associate
Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.
06.1991 - 06.1995
Mail & Supply, Policy Assembly
Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.
02.1989 - 06.1991
Diploma -
F.L. Schlagle High School