Legal Assistant Resume
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Objective: To obtain employment while attending Confidential for my Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology
Education:
- Area of Study - Information Technology
- Diploma, Culinary Arts.
Employment Experience:
12/2006 - 6/2008 Confidential. New Berlin, WI
Legal Assistant
- Answered multi-line phone system, transferred calls and took messages.
- Assisted in setting up potential new clients.
- Created Summation databases for attorneys.
- Drafted and created letters for attorneys.
- Completed tasks as requested by attorneys.
2/2006 - 8/2006 Confidential, S.C. Milwaukee, WI
Paralegal
- Organized approximately 70 personal injury client case files.
- Contacted clients weekly to discuss the progress on their cases.
- Completed settlement statements for various attorneys as needed.
3/2005 - 9/2005 Confidential. Oak Creek, WI
Legal Assistant
- Worked at off site law firm preparing trial binders, compiling data for paralegals to use in trials.
- Created cover letters to mail out for transcripts to be summarized for experts involved in cases.
- Worked with Summation marking and adding information to database.
9/2003 - 1/2005 Confidential Brookfield, WI
Paralegal
- Completed Summation database searches for team of four attorneys.
- Created binders for use by attorneys in depositions.
- Found discrepancies and duplicate documents in database (created by outside vendor).
5/2000 - 5/2002 Confidential, MN
Production Assistant
- Managed coding staff of 60 - 120 people in MN.
- Created and managed Scanning QA teams in MN and DE.
- Created weekly reports for Senior Coding Manager containing production statistics for US and Philippines sites.
Skills and Additional Experience:
- Created and maintained databases using Microsoft Access and Summation.
- Extensive experience with creation and use of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and other Microsoft programs.
- Strong ability to work in deadline driven environment.
