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Walker Law Group, P.A

Administrative Legal Assistant Confidential,
February 2007 to April 2008. Performed work in trusts and estates, corporate law and as the TABS III billing clerk. I worked as the assistant to the owner/partner as well as the estates and trusts paralegal and one corporate paralegal. Largest percentage of my time was consumed by billing and administrative tasks. Proof documents for both the corporate, trusts and estate and trusts paralegals. Prepare corporate minutes for limited liability companies and corporations as needed. Prepare correspondence to clients concerning legal projects and billing matters. Maintain client data books for Mr. Walker for immediate access to pertinent client information. Maintain and create files in both the GoldMine program and TABS III program. This became a three (3) day a week position and was my reason for leaving the firm.

Purcell, Flanagan & Hay, P.A.

Legal Secretary: January 2005 to December 2006. I worked in business law and trusts and estates. I worked for a business law attorney and paralegal full time as well as two attorneys on an interim basis. Perform as liaison between satellite office and Jacksonville, Florida main office. Creation of entity books for corporations and partnerships. Subsequent to the business law assignment I was a full time assistant to a high-level paralegal in trusts and estates. Assist in creation and preparation of correspondence, estate planning documents, client contact personally and by telephone/e-mail, important document binders for estates, enter timekeeping for attorneys and paralegals, enter client information and status into firm database, update and maintain client contact list in Outlook, maintain Outlook and Practice Master calendar, make travel arrangements, register attorneys and paralegals for seminars/workshops and other miscellaneous office duties.
Smith Hulsey & Busey

Legal Secretary: March 2004 to December 2004. I worked in estate planning and Trusts. I was a secretary to a partner and one associate. Draft codicils, trust amendments, durable powers of attorney and various other estate planning documents for partner and revise documents produced by partner and associate. Perform Dictation and input timesheets for attorneys. There was extensive interaction with the partner’s clients in person, by telephone and e-mail. Work in Wealth Transfer Program (estate planning document production program). Keep a calendar and contact list in Outlook for partner. Handle monthly statements for partner as well as notating payment of all statements in log after paid receipts from accounting department. Maintain a tickler system. Make arrangements for attendance of attorneys at conferences and seminars as well as travel arrangements.

Confidential
Legal Secretary: February 2000 to January 2004. I was an assistant in the Estate Planning Department as a Secretary for one senior partner and two associates. Assist in preparation of wills, trusts, powers of attorney, living wills and other related estate planning documentation. Assist associate in initial drafting of estate planning documents. Input time into AboutTime system. Work on correspondence (all documents in Docs Open system). I interfaced with clients in person and by telephone.

Confidential,

Legal Secretary: 1996 to 1999Trusts and estates, corporate law, litigation. I was an assistant to two litigation attorneys and one estate planning/corporate attorney. Transcribe, compose and input large volume of correspondence, court filings and back up documentation for litigation attorneys. Prepare wills, durable powers of attorney, living wills and trusts and correspondence for review and finalization by estate planning attorney. Prepare Internal Revenue Service forms, Secretary of State forms and the Register of Deeds office in individual counties. Prepare annual meeting minutes, first meeting minutes, articles of incorporation and bylaws for corporate clients and other related office duties.

SKILLS
Microsoft Office
Adobe Acrobat
Excel
Power Point
Tabs III
GoldMine 6.7
Corel Flow (flow charts)
Showcase (for Duval County Courts)
Sunbiz
Internet research

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