Sonia Grijalva
Legal Assistant
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
Reliable Legal Secretary successful at maintaining complex docket systems, tracking deadlines and coordinating depositions.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Legal Secretary II
Law Offices of Richardson, Fair & Cohen
Los Angeles, CA
04.1997 - 10.2023
- Prepared correspondence, memos, reports and other legal documents.
- Coordinated court filings including scheduling hearings, filing deadlines and calendaring events.
- Maintained attorney calendars by keeping track of appointments, meetings and conferences.
- Answered incoming calls from clients and attorneys to provide assistance or route calls to appropriate personnel.
- Drafted, edited and finalized legal documents such as pleadings and motions.
- Scheduled depositions, mediations and arbitrations with parties involved in litigation cases.
- Composed and revised legal documents, letters, depositions and court documents.
- Mailed and arranged for delivery of legal correspondence to clients, witnesses and court officials.
- Opened new client files and new matters in E-Counsel.
- Processed summonses, subpoenas and complaints.
- Organized and prioritized case loads of 3 attorneys.
- Processed electronic or physical court filings for attorney's practice.
- Organized case files by creating and maintaining document filing systems for easy retrieval of information.
Education
High School Diploma -
Southwest Middle College
Los Angeles, CA05.1995
Some College (No Degree) -
Southwest College
Los Angeles, CASkills
- Civil Law
- Case Coordination
- Drafting Legal Documents
- Schedule Maintenance
- Document Preparation
- Administrative Support
- Legal Documentation and Reporting
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Legal Secretary II
Law Offices of Richardson, Fair & Cohen
04.1997 - 10.2023
High School Diploma -
Southwest Middle College
Some College (No Degree) -
Southwest College