Linda Conrad
Summary
- Positively contribute to team-based environments while meeting tight deadlines.
- Exemplary keyboarding, transcription, and proofing skills.
- Driven and resourceful administrative professional assisting with the work of high-achieving executives/attorneys.
- Organized and dedicated Document Specialist/ Legal Assistant with a proven track record of strong decision-making skills to manage multiple, concurrent tasks.
- Self-motivated work ethic to perform effectively in independent or team environments.
- Strong prioritization, planning, and critical thinking skills to multitask in fast-paced settings.
- Experience assisting with the work of high-achieving executives and attorneys. Successfully manages high-volume workloads in rapidly changing environments.
- Dedicated Document Specialist/Legal Assistant bringing years of experience in the legal and manufacturing industries. Completes assigned tasks with a focus on quality.
- Dependable and quick-learning team player with effective communication and organization skills.
Overview
48
48
years of professional experience
Work History
Independent Contractor
Independent Contractor
09.2021 - Current
- Prepared depositions, court hearings, and transcripts from audio and/or visual platforms.
- Transcribed projects consisting of correctional institution inmate telephone conversations.
- Delivered outstanding service to customers to maintain and extend relationships for future business opportunities.
- Set, enforced, and optimized internal policies to maintain responsiveness to demands.
- Built library of models and reusable knowledge-base assets to produce consistent and streamlined business intelligence results.
- Collaborated closely with clients to better understand the entire project scope.
- Introduced new methods, practices, and systems to reduce turnaround time.
- Generated reports detailing findings and recommendations.
Document Specialist/Legal Assistant
Godfrey, Leibsle, Blackbourn & Howarth, S.C.
01.1986 - 01.2017
- Prepared deposition and hearing transcripts from audio and/or visual recordings for 7+ attorney firm
- Produced transcripts of multi-speaker telephone conferences, town hall meetings, and ordinances.
- Prepared pleadings, research memos, and appeals for filing in state and federal courts
- Prepared estate planning documents
- Interacted with clients in person and by telephone
- Maintained attorneys' schedules, files, and timekeeping procedures Customer service and Receptionist coverage, as needed
- Produced and provided contract review, including, but not limited to, purchase contracts, employment contracts, multi-city agreements for shared services, manufacturing, non-compete agreements, multi-million dollar real estate development agreements, bylaws, and CCRs, to name just a few
- Proficient in Word Perfect and Microsoft W, and
- Manipulated and converted documents to meet the needs of individual personnel or projects.
- Built and updated diverse documents, charts, tables, and mail merge using various programs.
- Provided support for document controls and worked with contract documents.
- Carefully review all documents and reports for completeness and accuracy.
- Checked accuracy and completeness of documents to identify deficiencies and recommend corrective actions.
- Monitored due dates and deadlines and worked to submit all documents on time or early.
- Maintained document archive and file server of approved documents and drawings to provide easy traceability and retrievability.
- Coordinated document exchange between departments, contractors, suppliers, and customers.
- Enforced use of standardized forms and templates to achieve uniformity of communications across departments and functions.
- Liaised with project teams, vendors, and third parties on documentation flow, handover, and project close-out.
- Created project control documentation to support the needs of important projects.
- Pitched in to assist litigation and real estate department with special projects and tasks.
- Transmitted documents, organized revisions, and tracked changes.
- Prepared digital files, physical documents, and work requests in compliance with company guidelines.
- Transmitted documents, organized revisions, and tracked changes.
- Transmitted documents, organized revisions, and tracked changes.
Executive Administrative Assistant, Vice President
Ajay Sports, Inc
01.1983 - 01.1986
- Completed invoicing
- Data entry
- Customer service
- Prepared presentations, materials, and documentation for use by executives in meetings and engagements.
- Seamlessly interacted with colleagues to plan and complete special projects.
- Handled scheduling for executive's calendar and prepared meeting agenda and materials.
Word Processing/Legal Assistant
Godfrey, Leibsle, Blackbourn & Howarth, SC
01.1981 - 01.1983
- Produced briefs, pleadings, research memoranda, discovery requests/answers, appeals for filing in state and federal courts, discovery from audio and visual recordings
- Created templates for merging with a data file, thereby creating a full package of documents, i.e., estate planning, discovery, and default packages, to name a few.
- Maintain attorney's schedule
- Worked alongside attorneys, administrative assistants, and fellow legal assistants on complex cases and legal processes.
- Managed accounts and client records of clients, observing confidentiality and extreme discretion.
- Supported partners and associates in areas of appellate and complex commercial litigation.
- Reviewed, edited, and proofread legislation drafts for proper grammar, spelling, punctuation, and formatting.
- Developed positive working relationships with courts, clients, law enforcement members, and attorneys.
- Produced legal documents such as briefs, pleadings, and appeals.
- Reviewed, edited, and proofread litigation for proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
- Contacted clients to schedule appointments and discuss the progress of cases.
- Researched statutes, decisions, legal articles, and codes.
- Communicated pertinent information to clients via phone, email, and mail.
- Revised and finalized letters, briefs, and memos.
Word Processor/Data Entry
Ajay Sports, Inc
01.1974 - 01.1981
- Prepared correspondence, agreements, etc., for the company's executives' review
- Entered data for orders coming into the company
- Customer service and receptionist coverage as needed
- Entered data into databases in alphabetic and numerical order.
- Prepared data by compiling and sorting information.
Secretary
Beardsley Porcelain Painters
01.2019 - Current
- Responsible for club communications and emails
- Responsible for taking and preparing minutes
Education
Antioch Community High School
Skills
- Deadline Adherence
- Commercial Projects
- Corporate Regulations
- Legal Document Preparation
- Microsoft Applications
- Litigation and Contracts
- Legal Discovery
- Transcription Software
- Appeals, Motions, and Complaints
- Active Listening
- Memo Drafting and Typing
- Westlaw
- Legal Terminology
- Pretrial Agreements
- Microsoft Word
- Legal Correspondence
- Client Interview recordings
- Special Projects
- Word Processing
- Review of Pleadings
- Clerical Support
- Exhibit Preparation
- Document Scanners
- Typing Speed
- Hearing and Depositions
- Westlaw and LexisNexis
Timeline
Independent Contractor
Independent Contractor
09.2021 - Current
Secretary
Beardsley Porcelain Painters
01.2019 - Current
Document Specialist/Legal Assistant
Godfrey, Leibsle, Blackbourn & Howarth, S.C.
01.1986 - 01.2017
Executive Administrative Assistant, Vice President
Ajay Sports, Inc
01.1983 - 01.1986
Word Processing/Legal Assistant
Godfrey, Leibsle, Blackbourn & Howarth, SC
01.1981 - 01.1983
Word Processor/Data Entry
Ajay Sports, Inc
01.1974 - 01.1981
Antioch Community High School
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