Mary Kennedy
Rapid City,SD
Summary
Self-motivated Legal Assistant facilitates case management for law firms. Offers broad spectrum of legal services under attorney supervision. Manages highly confidential information with professionalism and integrity.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Legal Assistant/Administrative Assistant
Cedar Tree Native Law
Rapid City, SD
10.2024 - Current
- Answer phones, calendar deadlines and appointments, draft pleadings, email management, set up of the new office, order office supplies, and run errands.
Paralegal
Compass Rose Law Firm
Rapid City, SD
05.2024 - 07.2024
- Answering the firm’s phone, maintaining the firm docket, calendaring of deadlines, client intake, drafting pleadings, indexing pleadings
Paralegal
Gunderson Palmer Law Firm
Rapid City, SD
07.2018 - 04.2024
- My most recent position was in the areas of worker’s compensation and insurance defense
- My duties included maintaining the attorney docket, calendaring of deadlines, receiving, sorting, profiling large claim files, and bookmarking of medical records
Paralegal
Gunderson Palmer Law Firm
Rapid City, SD
07.2018 - 04.2024
- In my first 5 years with the firm, I have worked for a few attorneys primarily in the area of estate planning, including answering phones, client intake, scheduling of appointments, conflict checks, profiling of documents, drafting trusts, wills, powers of attorney and guardian nomination forms, attending will signing ceremonies, and providing safekeeping of original documents
- In addition, I have experience in business formation, drafting contracts for municipalities, file organization, obtaining source deeds, drafting of various types of deeds, arranging recording of the same, drafting and filing pleadings through Odyssey
Administrative worker
Kugler Oil Company
Rapid City, SD
04.2018 - 07.2018
- Seasonal office position encompassing answering phones, completing inventory, communicating with product dealers/salespersons, receiving and fulfilling orders
- Using computer programs such as AGRIS and Smart Border to complete forms for a broker in Canada to get trucks hauling Kugler products approved and across the border
airman
United States Air Force
Cheyenne, WY
06.2009 - 12.2010
- During my time in the Air Force, I worked in the Services field primarily in fitness
- I deployed for four months to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2009 where my duties were supervising Afghani and Turkish men building the flight line on base
Education
BS - professional legal studies
National American University
Rapid City, SD06.2020
AS - paralegal studies
Indian River State College
Fort Pierce, FL05.2017
Skills
- Time Management
- Document Preparation
- Multi-tasking
- Organized
- Notary Public
- Client communication
- Proofreading
- Microsoft office
- Document filing
- Scheduling/Planning
- Estate planning
- Mail handling
Hobbies and Interests
- Yoga
- Reading
- Travel
Timeline
Legal Assistant/Administrative Assistant
Cedar Tree Native Law
10.2024 - Current
Paralegal
Compass Rose Law Firm
05.2024 - 07.2024
Paralegal
Gunderson Palmer Law Firm
07.2018 - 04.2024
Paralegal
Gunderson Palmer Law Firm
07.2018 - 04.2024
Administrative worker
Kugler Oil Company
04.2018 - 07.2018
airman
United States Air Force
06.2009 - 12.2010
BS - professional legal studies
National American University
AS - paralegal studies
Indian River State College
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