Lydia Garcia-Mayer
Administrative legal assistant
Verona,New Jersey
Summary
Experienced legal professional with strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and deliver quality results in a timely professional manner
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Legal Assistant
A Better Solution NJ Divorce/Separation diation
Mountain Lakes, NJ
08.2023 - Current
- Work in law office specializing in divorce mediations
- Prepare legal documents on WordPerfect and Word
- Manage Outlook and hard copy calendar
- Schedule Zoom calls, mediations, and manage calls
- Create and forward DocuSign charge slips to clients
- Prepare bills with Timeslips, calculating hours and costs
- Upload legal documents on JEDS
- Open new case files and close old files
- Process credit card payments
Paralegal
Fitzgerald & Associates
West Orange, NJ
09.2019 - 06.2023
- Provided administrative support and assisted in the preparation of bankruptcy petitions.
- Managed the loss mitigation files from beginning to end.
- Compiled debtors' financial records, pay stubs, disability, unemployment, and additional data for the filing of bankruptcies and loan modifications.
- Prepared and uploaded loss mitigation applications and corresponding documents onto the DMM portal for review.
- Drafted and submitted loss mitigation appeals.
- Opened new files on Clio case management software and updated the Clio calendar.
- Conducted Spanish client intakes and provided attorney with relevant information.
- Screened incoming calls, coordinated conference calls, and prepared clients for creditors’ meetings.
- Regularly used NDA software, 13document.com, Stretto software and Clio software.
Legal Assistant
Bergwall Law Firm, P.C.
Fairfield, NJ
05.2017 - 08.2018
- Managed personal injury files and the collection of delinquent medical accounts
- Contacted debtors by telephone/mail or skip traced in order to solicit payments.
- Arranged for the repayment of debts.
- Filed judgments and Writ of Executions with the court.
- Used Quickbooks to create invoices, process and post payments, and pay outstanding bills.
- Opened new collection accounts on Debtmaster.
- Opened and organized new personal injury files; prepared and filed document requests, complaints, motions, and additional pleadings by E-file.
Consultation Specialist
Weinberger Law Group
Parsippany, NJ
07.2015 - 04.2016
- Conducted potential client interviews.
- Analyzed family law issues, confirmed case’s jurisdiction, and checked for conflict of interests.
- Recorded client information on Amicus software program.
- Scheduled consultations for attorneys in all five offices and updated attorneys’ Outlook calendars.
- Managed Spanish-speaking calls and emails for all five offices, often staying after hours to complete callbacks.
- Processed payments for new client consults.
Legal Assistant
McHugh & Imbornone
Florham Park, NJ
01.2010 - 09.2012
- Provided administrative support with personal injury, workers' compensation and municipal court matters.
- Conducted client intakes, set up new case files, PIP claims, and scheduled IME's.
- Drafted legal complaints, summonses, interrogatories, and filed pleadings with the court clerk.
- Managed office scheduling and kept accurate notes on deadlines, motions and other dates.
- Prepared and filed workers’ compensation claim petitions, and called the court for the disposition of municipal court matters.
- Recorded expenditures, conducted business and Charles Jones searches.
Education
Completed 2 Years - Paralegal Studies
Essex County College
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Wordperfect
- Google Docts
- DocuSign
- Timeslips
- Outlook Calendar
- Amicus software
- Stretto software
- Debtmaster software
- Clio calendar/case management
- Outlook calendar
- MyPC software
- Stretto software
- Quickbooks
- Legal transcription
- Collections
Languages
Timeline
Legal Assistant
A Better Solution NJ Divorce/Separation diation
08.2023 - Current
Paralegal
Fitzgerald & Associates
09.2019 - 06.2023
Legal Assistant
Bergwall Law Firm, P.C.
05.2017 - 08.2018
Consultation Specialist
Weinberger Law Group
07.2015 - 04.2016
Legal Assistant
McHugh & Imbornone
01.2010 - 09.2012
Completed 2 Years - Paralegal Studies
Essex County College
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