Legal Secretary Administrative Assistant

ALICIA BOCIAN Teaneck, NJ (t) 201-***-**** (c) 201-***-****

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Paralegal, Legal Secretary and Administrative Assistant with extensive New York, New Jersey and Federal Court litigation experience Trial Preparation Represented both Plaintiffs and Defendants

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Dunn Lambert, L.L.C., Paramus, New Jersey 2/18 – 2/20

Legal Secretary/Paralegal

Assisted in all phases of litigation work for New Jersey cases and E-filed documents

Prepared trial notebooks, all documents needed for trial and scheduled depositions

Assisted in all phases of litigation work for New York cases and E-Courts filed

documents

Independently prepared motions, correspondence and pleadings

Filed and researched documents using PACER

Gallo Vitucci Klar LLP, Hackensack, NJ 8/17-1/18

Litigation Paralegal

Assist trial attorney in preparing exhibits, witnesses and documents for trial

Assist in all phases of litigation work for New York and New Jersey cases

Schedule depositions and IMEs

Follow up on outstanding discovery items

Barrett Lazar, LLC, Maywood, NJ 3/12 – 4/13

Insurance Defense Legal Secretary

Extensive transcription work for the Managing Partner in preparing correspondence, pleadings and motions for filing with the New Jersey Court system

Responsible for first line communication with clients; direct inquiries according to need

Melli Guerin & Wall, P.C., Paramus, NJ 11/03 -11/08

Insurance Defense Paralegal

Drafted answers to interrogatories and discovery demands for New York State insurance fraud cases

Reviewed deposition transcripts and created summaries for attorneys’ review

Prepared Motions to Strike Plaintiff’s Complaint, assisted in preparing Summary Judgment Motions, prepared Stipulations of Dismissal for NYC Court system, Long Island and Westchester Court Systems

Assisted in preparation of various legal documents needed in the defense of legal matters

*Ms. Bocian has been doing legal work since 1991. She has worked for Davis, Saperstein and Salomon, P.C., Dollinger & Dollinger, P.A., Okin, Cohen & Hollander, Winne Banta Hetherington Basralian & Kahn, P.C. and Goldsmith & Richman, P.A.

EDUCATION & SKILLS

Bachelor of Science, Mathematics and Economics, SUNY Stony Brook, NY

Certified Paralegal - Certificate of Scholarly Distinction, National Academy for Paralegal Studies,

Middletown, NY

MS Office Suite, PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records), WordPerfect X4, Digital Dictaphone, Electronic Court Filing for Superior Court of New Jersey (ECF), E-Courts filing for New York State Supreme Courts Notary Public in New Jersey

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