Sandra Monko

I was hired to help the attorneys, and legal assistance in the OKC and Enid office. Plus enter attorney time, assembling Supreme court and District Court pleadings and taking them to to be filed and picking up documents from the Judge

• While I enjoyed this job very much, there wasn't enough work to keep me busy

• Worked with John Mee, Jr., Vernon Hyde, and Sara Hawkins on Estate Planning, and Probates
• Also helped others when needed
• This was a temporary job as the had several employees out on medical leave
• I enjoyed working at the firm very much

• Receive incoming calls and helped with answering questions from adjusters, Workers Compensation Court, and attorneys
• Organize medical and court filings, request medical records, and indexed all in binders and folders on the computer
• File Forms with Workers Compensation Court, docket discovery, send out discovery, and review
• Draft letters to doctors regarding medical on claim and purpose of exam requested
• Carry out tasks assigned by the attorney

• Perform basic bookkeeping using Abacus software such as recording and maintaining daily financials, prepare reports and trial balances, track accounts payable and receivable, generate invoices for billing to clients, kept track of outstanding balances, worked with insurance companies on billing guidelines, sent Lede file invoices to multiple legal e-billing software companies, set budgets, and entered client payments
• Ordered office supplies, handled all benefits from monthly payment premiums and renewal
• Perform paralegal work when required such as prepare pleadings and send to the workers' compensation court for filing and correspondence to doctors regarding medical history and reason for appointment plus letters to opposing counsel regarding date and time of doctor's appointment.

• Case Manager for Workers' Compensation department
• Receive incoming calls from clients, adjusters and defense attorneys regarding medical treatment, TTD checks, settlement, and status
• Carry out the work needed to keep the case moving forward, input notes into Trial Works case management system, review discovery and respond, review files and medical records to determine next step in case
• Delegate work for fillings, order medical records and handle all correspondence, meet with clients, docket appointments and handle any action that needed to be done after pre-hearing conference

• Performed basic bookkeeping using Excel, enter rent amounts and utilities on spreadsheets for accounting purposes, post and deposit all checks remotely, calculate and enter oil and gas amounts
• Perform general office duties such as sending out letters to tenants, ordering supplies, open, sort, and distribute mail, make travel arrangements, help answer telephones and help with all office machine maintenance including entering postage on postage machine, back-up computers each week and IT work
• Handle the daily responsibilities of the Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry ("OCPM"), including organizing groups of volunteers from outside of Oklahoma, read letters from prisoners and organize letters for the volunteers to send out the requested materials to the prisoners
• Proofread, edit and organize weekly and bi-monthly letters and envelopes to go out to over 1,000 prisoners across the country
• Maintained prisoner database

• Prepared and processed correspondence and legal documents, such as complaints, summons, subpoenas, motions, briefs and organizing exhibits
• Filed pleadings with court clerk and federal court (ECF)
• Coordinated with vendors and process servers
• Obtained client information and completed various forms
• Received and placed telephone calls, scheduled and made appointments and travel arrangements, prepared and distributed invoices to bill clients or pay account expenses, docket court dates and deadlines, maintained documents in paper and electronic format, maintained client information and opened and organize files

• Administered, directed, and reviewed employee benefit programs, including health, dental, disability, life, flexible spending plan, 401(k) and pension plan, working with insurance brokers and plan carriers
• Mediate between providers and employees by assisting in handling employees' benefits-related questions and issues
• Completed, verified, and processed forms and documentation for administration of FMLA, COBRA, insurance claims, rollovers, distributions, loans, hardships, workers' compensation and QDRO's
• Plan and conducted new employee orientations to explain all benefits
• Processed paperwork for new employees and entered employee information into HRIS database
• Prepared and distributed written and verbal information to inform employees of changes, training, and wellness news
• Conducted training for employees on carriers' websites and in benefits selection on HRIS database
• Ran statistical reports concerning hires, terms, and benefit plans
• Computed deductions and enter data for payroll
• Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve hardware, software, or other network and system problems to provide technical assistance to employees, also took calls on help desk from employees on formatting pleadings and database questions
• Set up equipment for employee use, performing or ensuring proper installation of cables, operating systems, or appropriate software
• Provided support for voice mail system and telecom system
• Maintained records of daily data communication transactions, problems and remedial actions taken

• Worked directly with attorneys in determining and understanding needs and case requirements
• Maintained Summation databases, including administration, load file management and document loading
• Created coding specifications and coordinated discovery document services with vendors
• I was hired to work on a specific securities case and when the case settled, my job ended.

• Responsible for managing the overall litigation support function
• Work directly with attorneys and paralegals in determining and understanding needs and case requirements, recommending strategy and implementing technology solutions for document management and trial presentation
• Administered and maintained databases
• Created coding specifications and coordinated discovery document services with vendors
• Prepared and conducted trial presentations using Trial Director
• Handled maintenance of computer network, equipment and software
• Another firm joined Woska Hasbrook and change were make and some of us were laid off.

• Prepared legal correspondence and documents, including briefs, appeals, summonses, subpoenas, complaints, motions, and organize exhibits
• Met with clients to discuss details of case and to collect information
• Worked directly with Tenth Circuit Court on administration of death penalty appeal cases
• Communicated with clients on death row and family members
• Summarized depositions and trial transcripts
• Docketed court dates and deadlines, scheduled and made appointments