Office Legal Secretary
Resume:
Lynne M. Skalka
Legal Secretary – Secretarial Support
Hammond, I N 46324
***********@*****.***
Work Experience
Legal Secretary
O’Connor Family Law, P.C. - Chicago, Illinois
J une, 2012 – Present
Secretarial support for litigation partner and associates; prepare cases for court; prepare trial exhibits and notebooks; draft pleadings, motions and correspondence; prepare Settlement Agreements; prepare discovery request; answer Interrogatories and Notice to Produce; draft Quit Claim Deeds; daily dictation; schedule all depositions and appointments; coordinate all meetings; set up new client files; make travel arrangements; respond to all client’s questions and concerns; manage attorney calendar; daily filing; receptionist duties; filing pleadings in the Circuit Court of Cook County; monthly billing time entry; handle all incoming and outgoing mail and various other office tasks.
Legal Secretary
Johnson & Johnson, Ltd. - Homewood, Illinois
October, 2011 – February, 2012
Secretarial support for various attorneys; prepare discovery request; answer Interrogatories; draft
responses to standard Notice to Produce; prepare Disclosure Statements and Quit Claim Deeds;
p repare all pleadings and motions; manage attorney calendar; draft correspondence for existing and
new files; set up files for new clients; client billing invoices; receptionist duties for the office; daily dictation; schedule appointments and depositions; various administrative duties for the office.
Legal Secretary
Stephen L. Baum, Ltd. and Andrew L. Spivack, Ltd. - Chicago, Illinois
May, 2010 – April, 2011
Secretarial support for sole practitioners; prepare all pleadings, motions and correspondence for
existing and new files; set up files for new clients; make t ravel arrangements; client billing; file
p leadings in the Circuit Court of Cook County; receptionist duties for the office; dictation; schedule appointments and depositions; handle all incoming and outgoing mail; respond to client’s questions and concerns; manage attorney calendar and various administrative duties for the office.
Legal Secretary
Schiller DuCanto and Fleck, LLP - Chicago, Illinois
January, 2008 – September, 2008
Secretarial support for various litigation partners and associates as a floater; daily correspondence, dictation, filing, monthly billing time entry; scheduling appointments; preparation of various pleadings and motions; prepare discovery documentation; various other office tasks depending on the assignment.
Legal Secretary
Berger Schatz - Chicago, Illinois
March, 1997 – January, 2008
Secretarial support for various litigation partners and associates; prepare cases for court; prepare trial exhibits; draft pleadings, motions, letters and agreements; prepare Marital Settlement Agreements, Parenting Agreements, Custody Agreements and Pre-Nuptial Agreements; deposition and
appointment scheduling, prepare and respond to discovery requests; analyze financial documentation;
respond to client’s questions and concerns; making travel arrangements; manage attorney calendar;
relieve receptionist; daily dictation; assist all partners and associates in the absence of their legal secretaries; responsible for ordering all books and materials for law library; responsible for all Martindale Hubbell and Sullivan Law Directory books; coordinate all associate meetings; filing;
monthly billing time entry; and various other office tasks.
Legal Secretary
Allan W. Master, Ltd. - Chicago, Illinois
September, 1994 – March, 1997
Secretarial support for sole practitioner; prepare all pleadings, motions and correspondence for existing and new files; set up files for new clients; file pleadings in the Circuit Court of Cook County; receptionist duties for the office; Dictaphone; schedule appointments and depositions; client billing; handle all incoming and outgoing mail; and various administrative duties for the office.
Additional Information
Technical Knowledge
Typing 80-90 WPM, Dictaphone, Switchboard, WordPerfect 8.0, Outlook 98 and 2010, Omega, ProLaw, TimeSlips, IManage, Office XP, Office 2003, Microsoft Office Word 2007 and 2010, Microsoft Windows, Excel
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