Sharon McDonald
Oklahoma City
Summary
Dedicated professional with solid background in high-volume office environments focused on delivering exceptional clerical and operational support for professionals. Upbeat individual with friendly demeanor and sound judgment to handle diverse daily tasks with minimal oversight. Well-versed in managing office supplies, paperwork and project needs.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Floating Legal Assistant
Hartzog Conger Cason
11.2023 - 10.2025
- Worked as a floating legal assistant, covering for all legal secretaries/paralegals/legal assistants when they were off work for whatever reason.
- Then when the receptionist retired, I was placed at the receptionist desk to perform the receptionist job, while doing the floating legal assistant job from the receptionist desk.
Administrative Assistant to Chief Operating Officer and Receptionist
Cole, Paine & Carlin (CPC Insurance Agency)
07.2023 - 11.2023
- Handled receptionist duties, including answering 25 phone lines.
- Coordinated all corporate events and celebrations.
- Handled sensitive documents to support Chief Operating Officer.
Legal Assistant
Michelle Edstrom Law Office
04.2023 - 07.2023
- Worked as a Legal Assistant in Immigration Law.
- Implemented a new filing system and organized files in office and on computer.
- Assisted attorney with legal documents and correspondence.
Receptionist
Heritage Trust
03.2023 - 04.2023
- Worked as a receptionist answering phones.
Receptionist
Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority
03.2022 - 03.2022
- Worked as a receptionist answering phones, opening and distributing mail.
Legal Assistant
Collins, Zorn & Wagoner
Oklahoma City
08.2014 - 01.2017
- Legal Assistant for several attorneys.
- Practice includes contract law, insurance coverage law, tort and casualty losses, employment law, insurance defense and other civil litigation.
- Performed all secretarial duties, to include answering phones, filing, scheduling, docketing, opening and sending mail, transcription, typing correspondence, preparing documents to be filed in district courts, federal courts, and appellate courts (including e-filing), and all stages of billing.
- Kept case files organized from start to finish, including court pleadings.
Legal Assistant
Helms & Underwood
Oklahoma City
11.2013 - 08.2014
- Legal Assistant for oil and gas and litigation attorney.
- Performed all secretarial duties, to include transcription, answering phones, filing, scheduling, docketing, opening and sending mail, typing correspondence, preparing documents to be filed in all levels of courts, kept case files organized from start to finish, including court pleadings.
Legal Assistant
R. Ted Leslie
Edmond
04.2013 - 07.2013
- Legal Assistant for Workers’ Compensation practice.
- Performed all secretarial duties, to include answering phones, filing, scheduling, docketing, opening and sending mail, typing correspondence, transcription, preparing documents to be filed in Workers’ Compensation Court and District Courts, and all stages of billing.
Legal Assistant
Fenton, Fenton, Smith, Reneau & Moon
Oklahoma City
03.2010 - 02.2013
- Legal Assistant for two attorneys.
- Practice includes contract law, insurance coverage law, tort and casualty losses, employment law, insurance defense and other civil litigation.
- Performed all secretarial duties, to include answering phones, filing, scheduling, docketing, opening and sending mail, transcription, typing correspondence, research, preparing documents to be filed in district courts, federal courts, and appellate courts (including e-filing), keeping scheduling orders, and all stages of billing.
Legal Assistant
Looney, Nichols & Johnson
Oklahoma City
12.2004 - 03.2010
- Legal Assistant for practice including dictation, contract law, insurance coverage law, tort and casualty losses, employment law, workers compensation, insurance defense and other civil litigation.
- Performed all secretarial duties, to include answering phones, filing, scheduling, docketing, opening and sending mail, transcription, typing correspondence, preparing documents to be filed in District Courts, federal courts, and appellate courts (including e-filing), and all stages of billing, research, organization of legal file, including court pleadings, keeping scheduling orders, and kept files organized from start to finish of lawsuits.
Legal Secretary/Assistant
Career Futures
Edmond
06.2004 - 12.2004
- Worked various temporary positions assigned by this company, to include Britton, Ramsey & Gray; Gable & Gotwals; Steve Zrenda; and Sherman Reed.
- These positions mainly focused on general litigation, family law, insurance defense and corporate law.
Legal Assistant
Derryberry, Quigley, Solomon & Naifeh
Oklahoma City
05.2001 - 06.2004
- Legal Assistant for three attorneys.
- Preparation, redlining and revision of corporate contracts.
- Preparation and filing of deeds, trust documents, wills, power of attorneys, probates (prepared, filed and docketed), corporations and limited liability companies, real estate documents, leases, subleases, lease-leaseback transactions, research, civil lawsuits, insurance defense, federal filings, keeping scheduling orders, opinion letters, audit letters, transcription and general correspondence.
Education
Advanced Emergency Medical Technician -
Oklahoma City Community College
Skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Document management
- Event planning
- Confidentiality protocols
- Legal correspondence
- Customer service
- Time management
- Telephone etiquette
- File organization
- Conflict resolution
- Attention to detail
- Effective communication
- Team support
- Adaptability to change
- Problem solving
- Filing
- Accounting skills
- Calendar management
- Senior leadership support
- Highly organized
- Data entry
- Coordination
- Meeting planning
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Customer relations
- Report writing
- Records management systems
- Spreadsheets
- Videoconference preparation
- Proposal writing
- Grammar
- Travel planning
- Deadline oriented
- Mail management
- Professional communication
- Detailed meeting minutes
- Letter preparation
- Administrative operations
- Contract agreement preparation
- Record preparation
- Multi-line telephone system operation
- Types 70wpm
- Document preparation
- Spreadsheet management
Medical Experience
Worked in Medical Field from 1982 – 2001, EMT – 1st level paramedic, Licensed for 4 years
Affiliations
- family
- dogs
- camping
- fishing
- travel
Timeline
Floating Legal Assistant
Hartzog Conger Cason
11.2023 - 10.2025
Administrative Assistant to Chief Operating Officer and Receptionist
Cole, Paine & Carlin (CPC Insurance Agency)
07.2023 - 11.2023
Legal Assistant
Michelle Edstrom Law Office
04.2023 - 07.2023
Receptionist
Heritage Trust
03.2023 - 04.2023
Receptionist
Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority
03.2022 - 03.2022
Legal Assistant
Collins, Zorn & Wagoner
08.2014 - 01.2017
Legal Assistant
Helms & Underwood
11.2013 - 08.2014
Legal Assistant
R. Ted Leslie
04.2013 - 07.2013
Legal Assistant
Fenton, Fenton, Smith, Reneau & Moon
03.2010 - 02.2013
Legal Assistant
Looney, Nichols & Johnson
12.2004 - 03.2010
Legal Secretary/Assistant
Career Futures
06.2004 - 12.2004
Legal Assistant
Derryberry, Quigley, Solomon & Naifeh
05.2001 - 06.2004
Advanced Emergency Medical Technician -
Oklahoma City Community College