Legal Transcriptionist

OBJECTIVE:
To obtain a challenging position where I may contribute my paralegal, managerial, and organizational abilities within the business profession.


EDUCATION:
Kaplan College, Miami, FL
Bachelors in Paralegalism, and Law Office Management, March •••••
Midstate College, Carthage, IL
Associate of Applied Science Degree Paralegal Services, May •••••
Southeastern Community College, Keokuk, IA
Secretarial Science Degree, May •••••

OFFICE SKILLS
Operate computers using WordPerfect,•••••, •••••, Microsoft •••••; Lotus Excel;
Quicken; and Bookshelf. Install and replace hardware components such as floppy
Drives, hard drives, and cooling fans. Install software into computers.
Answer •••••line switchboard, take accurate messages, transfer calls efficiently,
Medical transcription, dictation, Peachtree, Quicken Books, Quick Books.
Perform accounting procedures such as payroll, ledger posting, accounts receivable, and accounts payable, financial statements.
Operate telephone in professional manner to schedule appointments with judges, other attorneys, and clients.
Keep clients and co-workers informed through written communication. Utilize using correct grammar and punctuation.

PARALEGAL SKILLS
Produce legal briefs and appellate brief with accuracy.
Perform legal research; cite, check, and shepardize; and conduct research with tax records.
Prepare operative documents such as trusts, wills, estates, legal contracts.
Review client files, gather informal and format facts for discovery, prepare
Litigation chart, prepare interrogatory questions, prepare exhibits for trial, set up courtroom for trial, draft documents such as complaints, responses, petitions, and letters.
Proficient with legal terminology.
Specialize in Family Law, Real Estate, and Criminal Law, Probate.
Typing ••••• words per minute. Dictation ••••• w.p.m.

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EXPERIENCE

Paralegal•••••August ••••• April •••••
Schroeder Law Office, Burlington, IA •••••

Paralegal: Client interviews, fact gathering, pleadings, motions, investigations,
Dissolutions, deeds, articles of incorporation. Implemented a legal tickler system with docket control system. Prepare trial notebooks and trial exhibits and discovery. Scheduling of clients, depositions and conferences between judges and attorneys. Filing, typing, tracking of time reports on client cases. Legal briefs, volunteer lawyers project, pro-se divorce packages, and claims.

Service Representative•••••October ••••• October •••••
Manpower Temporary Services, Fort Madison, IA •••••

Service Representative: Staffing Specialist, Interview potential employees with testing. On-site staff representative in manufacturing industries, marketing, typing, filing, represented Manpower in Court of Law regarding garnishments. Worked with customers and employees and matching the right individual with their business. Criminal background checks, drug testing, Work Compensation claims, work comp codes, credit applications, empact software, Microsoft •••••, faxing, on-site investigations. Remedy Payroll for Manpower Temporary Services Employees. Buying and Purchasing products for Manpower Services.

Legal Secretary•••••May ••••• •••••
Crowley, Bunger, Pothatakis, Burlington, IA •••••

Temporary fill-in: Researched medical summaries; typed; copied; prepared interoffice memos on office software and e-mail; prepared interrogatories. Available only when other employees are on vacation.

Legal Secretary•••••May ••••• December •••••
Beckman & Hirsch Attorneys, Burlington, IA •••••

Conducted legal research, prepared pleadings and discoveries, copied client copies, prepared interoffice memos on office software, e-mailed, met with clients.

Administrative Assistant•••••April ••••• August •••••
Donnellson Health Center, Donnellson, IA •••••

Promoted from receptionist to secretary to office manger to administrative assistant within one year. Trained new employees. Filed and thinned residents charts for physicians by keeping current diagnosis and psychological reports and archiving old reports. Maintained daily census reports and prepared weekly and monthly graphs for accounting. Prepared new hall list for Administrator. Created flyers and support group letters for families of Alzheimer patients. Maintained employee health files and regular files for state inspection. Supervised purchase orders and time cards. Filed documents. Typed collection letters, memorandums, and in house bulletins. Entered data in Lotus •••••, containing the census daily reports.
REFERENCES

Steven J. Crowley
Attorney at Law
••••• N. 3rd Street, Suite •••••
Burlington, IA •••••
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Nicholas Pothitakis
Attorney at Law
••••• N. 3rd Street, Suite •••••
Burlington, IA •••••
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Collin Druck
Microbyte Solutions
••••• N. Main Street
Burlington, IA •••••
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Tonya Boltz
••••• Dorcas Drive
Keokuk, IA •••••
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