Samantha Lawson
Kyle
Summary
Essential Qualifications / Experience Summary
Legal professional with extensive experience in providing top-tier administrative and legal support. Proven track record of managing case files, conducting thorough legal research, and assisting in trial preparation. Highly reliable team player with strong focus on efficiency and adaptability in fast-paced legal environment.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Lifeworks Coordinator/ Resident Specialists
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio, Texas
- The Lifeworks Coordinator is responsible for making residents feel at home by building a neighborhood atmosphere through event planning, business outreach, and marketing to residents, businesses, clients, and vendors.
- Effectively manage all events with appropriate resources including staff and volunteers.
- Coordinates and completes all local purchases of marketing and/or promotional materials, logo and/or event supplies competitively to maintain budget and achieve maximum quality for resident events.
- Continuous outreach to local businesses/vendors to participate, contribute and sponsor resident events.
- Uses social media to advertise community events via posts and calendar, and tracks RSVPs.
- Uploads photographs, albums, and videos to Facebook and Instagram pages.
- Professionally responds to inquiries posted on social media.
- Fosters a positive working relationship with military and community organizations devoted to the well-being of residents by attending meetings and being an active participant in local events.
- Develop annual LifeWorks budget and manage costs on a monthly basis for successful event coordination.
- Resident Specialists—the community ambassadors creating excitement about the property and the exceptional living experience we deliver.
- Working with prospective residents to identify their needs and help them find the perfect home.
- Screening and approving qualified applicants in accordance with company policy, Fair Housing regulations and local laws; preparing leases and associated move-in documentation.
- Delivering the highest level of resident satisfaction through responsive, consistent, positive and professional interactions.
- Responsible for making residents feel at home by building a neighborhood atmosphere through event planning, business outreach, and marketing to residents, businesses, clients, and vendors.
Legal Assistant
The State Attorney office
Escambia, Florida
06.2022 - 05.2026
- Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules.
- Drafted correspondence and maintained organized filing systems for easy access.
- Maintained strict confidentiality, protecting sensitive client information as required by legal ethics and regulations.
- Duties involve the performance of clerical and administrative tasks related to criminal court proceedings; setting up Attorneys calendar; screening calls and mail; transcribing, providing general; data input; and preparing legal documents and correspondence.
- Update case management system and notes.
- Accompany ASA to court and assist as required.
- Coordinate depositions, meetings and or court appearances including space, time, place and notify all participants.
- Receive and process Law Enforcement electronic media.
- Arrange travel itinerary and hotel accommodations and reimbursement forms.
- Establish and maintain effective communication with attorneys, court personnel, victims, witnesses, law enforcement personnel, and other parties relevant to assigned cases in both verbal and written form.
- Research and prepare reports as necessary.
- Secure supplemental case information.
- Responsible for administration activities as required.
- I am also on our wellness board and the committee board for our office.
- Responsible for performing a variety of administration duties in assisting an Assistant State Attorney with case preparation.
- Assisted attorneys in preparing legal documents and case files.
- Conducted legal research to support ongoing cases and client inquiries.
Admin Assistant/Event Coordinator
Texas Kidney Foundation
San Antonio, Texas
08.2019 - 12.2019
- Serve as the administrative assistant to the CEO of the Texas Kidney Foundation: manage and distribute information within our office.
- Send and receive correspondence, Organize and schedule meetings and appointments using outlook and Gmail calendars/email.
- Researches and creates presentations for donors, board members, sponsors and others.
- Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
- Lead event coordinator for the Texas Kidney Foundation: Planned, coordinated and oversaw all aspects of the Texas Kidney Foundation Walk and Family Fest at Nelson Wolfe Stadium, the TKF Live It Up event.
- Liaise with vendors, exhibitors, and stakeholders during the event planning process to ensure everything is in order.
- Manage all event set-up, tear down and follow-up processes.
- Maintain event budgets.
- Book venues, entertainers, photographers etc.
- Conduct final inspections on the day of the event to ensure everything adheres to the event standards.
- Assess an event’s overall success and submit findings.
- Plan with the client, scout and book locations, food, entertainment, staff and cleanup.
- Build and adhere to an event budget to avoid project overruns.
- Track event key performance areas and identify items to work on for future events.
- Serves as the administrative assistant to the CEO of the Texas Kidney Foundation.
Medical Records Technician/ Receptionist
Seton Heart Institute
Round Rock, Texas
02.2018 - 08.2019
- Retrieve patient medical records for physicians, technicians, or other medical personnel.
- Plan, develop, maintain, or operate a variety of health record indexes or storage and retrieval systems to collect, classify, store, or analyze information.
- Corresponds with outside medical facilities to request pertinent medical information to place in the medical record using appropriate medical release forms.
- Tracks requests and performs follow-up ensuring receipt of information requested.
- Maintains patient confidentiality, and confidentiality of medical records, in compliance with the Privacy Act and HIPAA regulations in all work activities.
- Files/scans laboratory, radiology, and other reports in appropriate sections of the electronic medical record within prescribed time period.
- Operate office equipment, such as voice mail messaging systems, and use word processing, spreadsheet, or other software applications to prepare reports, invoices, financial statements, letters, case histories, or medical records.
- Explain payment options, including sliding scale fees, Medicare, Medicaid, BCBS, Cigna, Aetna and other forms of payment assistance.
- Verify and ensure completeness of patient registration documentation.
- Verify and enter patient data into the electronic medical system (Athena and Phreesia).
- Work closely with the nursing, provider, medical assistant, and extended care teams to ensure smooth patient flow and reduce cycle time.
- Collects deposits or co-payments/deductibles prior to the patient being seen by the provider per company policies.
- Responsible for closing and/or end of day processes, including but not limited to, daily posting of collected monies into the electronic medical system and balancing the drawer for end of day deposit.
- Responsible for retrieving patient medical records and maintaining patient confidentiality.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Criminal Justice/ Paralegal
Pensacola State College
Pensacola, FL06-2029
Skills
- Fast learner
- Scheduling/Planning
- Microsoft office
- File organization
- Calendar management
- Legal research
- Document drafting
- Document filing
- Writing and editing
- Legal/Court processes
- Notary public
Timeline
Legal Assistant
The State Attorney office
06.2022 - 05.2026
Admin Assistant/Event Coordinator
Texas Kidney Foundation
08.2019 - 12.2019
Medical Records Technician/ Receptionist
Seton Heart Institute
02.2018 - 08.2019
Lifeworks Coordinator/ Resident Specialists
Lackland Air Force Base
Associate of Applied Science - Criminal Justice/ Paralegal
Pensacola State College
Personal Information
Title: Legal Assistant