Tammy Sendelback
Ocean Shores,WA
Summary
Pursuing full-time role that presents professional challenges and leverages interpersonal skills, effective time management, and problem-solving expertise.
In 2019, I was involved in a serious car accident that resulted in a traumatic brain injury. My primary focus over the past few years has been recovery, and I am grateful to now be in a position to return to work. Throughout this journey, I have remained committed to personal and professional growth, ensuring that my skills remain sharp and relevant. This experience has also reinforced my resilience, adaptability, and problem-solving abilities - qualities that I believe are invaluable in the workplace.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Contract Paralegal/Legal Assistant/Legal Secretary
Robert Half Legal/LawDawgs/Boly Welch/Prince, Perelson & Associates
05.2011 - 08.2019
- Litigation Paralegal in the practice of insurance defense litigation
- Current knowledge of Federal and State court and discovery rules
- Extensive complex discovery document review, and organization of discovery, review medical records, prepare medical chronologies, prepare complex document productions, experience in e-discovery documents, deposition preparation, witness preparation, mediation experience, exceptional trial preparation, courtroom and trial experience
- Experience in handling lawsuits involving the strictest confidential material
- Entrusted with the most confidential client issues as a result of exceptional ability to promptly resolve and satisfy client needs
- Compelling communication skills and very personable, but professional with clients and opposing counsel
- Proficient in efiling
- Created, managed and maintained and case docketing calendars
- Maintained files, client billing, drafted correspondence, prepared, and maintained time records, daily, weekly, and monthly summary of time report for region
- Prepared and maintained travel and entertainment expense reports
- Additional administrative duties included coordinating complex travel arrangements, managing calendar, including scheduling and setting up appointments, conference calls, luncheons and dinners
Server
Shari’s
01.2018 - 06.2018
Contract ParaLegal Secretary
Ward & Klein, Chartered
09.2010 - 05.2011
- Provided paralegal, secretarial, and administrative support to founding Partner of Washington, DC office
- Maintained files, drafted correspondence, prepared, and maintained time records, daily, weekly, and monthly summary of time report for region
- Prepared and managed all aspects of extensive client billing, including identifying, preventing, and/or resolving billing pertaining to clients and coordinating with finance department
- Prepared and maintained travel and entertainment expense reports
- Additional administrative duties included coordinating complex travel arrangements, managing calendar, including scheduling and setting up appointments, conference calls and luncheons and dinners
Contract Insurance Agent/Producer/Broker
Bankers Life & Casualty & Capital Financial Partners
01.2009 - 02.2010
- Strong ability to persuade and influence others, interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community
- Solid ability to analyze and solve problems
- Excellent ability to gather data, compile information, and prepare reports
- Uncommon ability to utilize advertising and sales promotion techniques
- Remarkable ability to plan, organize, and implement a range of sales promotion programs and events
- Excellent ability to identify and follow up sales leads and referrals
- Strong interpersonal skills, team player ethics, and willingness to help all reach goals
- Customize insurance programs to suit individual customers, often covering a variety of risks
- Sell various types of insurance policies to businesses and individuals on behalf of Bankers Life & Casualty
- Interview prospective clients to obtain data about their financial resources and needs, the physical condition of the person or property to be insured, and to discuss any existing coverage
- Seek out new clients and develop clientele by networking to find new customers and generate lists of prospective clients
Executive Legal Secretary
McKee Nelson, LLP
01.2005 - 11.2008
- Company Overview: (Firm Closed)
- Provided paralegal, comprehensive administrative and secretarial support to international tax partner, tax litigation partner and former partner currently counsel to firm, as well as two associates
- Prepared and managed all aspects of client billing, including identifying, preventing, and/or resolving billing pertaining to clients and coordinating with finance department
- Drafted correspondence and communicated directly with clients
- Worked with clients and/or client representatives to facilitate logistics for conferences and large meetings both in and out of town
- Coordinated complex travel arrangements, managing calendar, including scheduling and setting up appointments, coordinating conference calls luncheons, dinners, and firm events
- Prepared and maintained travel and entertainment expense reports
- Designed and maintained effective filing system for assigned attorneys' files while meeting the firm's filing system requirements
- Prepared and maintained time records, daily, weekly, and monthly summary of time reports
- Assisted with administrative related tasks and projects
- Provided updates on status of assigned tasks to team and those tasks of assigned attorney's
- Provided extensive overflow assistance as needed, supporting up to 13 attorneys at a time
- Contributed to the team effort and was proactive in offering assistance to non-assigned attorneys working without secretarial support
- (Firm Closed)
Legal Assistant
Jenner & Block LLP
01.2003 - 01.2005
- Provided paralegal, administrative duties and support to government contracts partners and associates
- Developed departmental filing system
- Coordinated complex travel arrangements, managing calendar, including scheduling and setting up appointments, coordinating conference calls luncheons, dinners, and firm events
- Managed calendar, including scheduling and setting up appointments, conference calls and luncheons
- Provided all administrative assistance for Court of Federal Claims Bar Association President, including event planning for Annual Judicial Conference
- Prepared and managed all aspects of extensive client billing, including identifying, preventing, and/or resolving billing pertaining to clients and coordinating with finance department
Executive Legal Secretary
Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky
09.1997 - 12.2002
- Provided all paralegal, secretarial and administrative support to securities litigation partner and associate
- Maintained pleadings file, handled client billing and maintained those records
- Drafted correspondence, prepared and maintained time records and monthly summary reports
- Prepared and maintained travel and entertainment expense reports
- Consulted with department heads to develop overtime-staffing model, managed and implemented model
- Served as point person for attorney's seeking support and staff seeking overtime
- Additional administrative duties included coordinating complex travel arrangements, managed calendar, including scheduling and setting up appointments, conference calls and luncheons and dinners
Education
Notary Public -
Formerly Licensed Health and Life Insurance Agent -
Humanitarian Award -
Skills
- Client communication
- Legal research
- Case summaries
- File organization
- Office administration
- Proficient in MS office
- Document preparation
- Compliance monitoring
- File and records management
- Calendar management & oversight
- Proofreading
- Account administration
- Troubleshooting complex problems
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Customer service
- Attention to detail
- Reliability
- Effective multitasking
- Excellent communication
- Critical thinking
- Organizational skills
- Active listening
Timeline
Server
Shari’s
01.2018 - 06.2018
Contract Paralegal/Legal Assistant/Legal Secretary
Robert Half Legal/LawDawgs/Boly Welch/Prince, Perelson & Associates
05.2011 - 08.2019
Contract ParaLegal Secretary
Ward & Klein, Chartered
09.2010 - 05.2011
Contract Insurance Agent/Producer/Broker
Bankers Life & Casualty & Capital Financial Partners
01.2009 - 02.2010
Executive Legal Secretary
McKee Nelson, LLP
01.2005 - 11.2008
Legal Assistant
Jenner & Block LLP
01.2003 - 01.2005
Executive Legal Secretary
Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky
09.1997 - 12.2002
Notary Public -
Formerly Licensed Health and Life Insurance Agent -
Humanitarian Award -
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