Legal Assistant Data Entry

PATRICIA EDWARDS

Brooklyn, NY ********.********@*****.*** 917-***-****

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Legal Assistant with 19+ years of experience working with large law firms. Personally, handled 60+ clients, including correspondence resolutions, and customer support daily. 85 WPM typist, highly proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook as well as remote work technologies such as Zoom. SKILLS

• Microsoft Office • LegalKey • IManage

• CourtAlert • Information Classification • Data Entry

• Administrative Assistance • Trademark Administration • Correspondence Reporting EXPERIENCE

McDermott Will & Emery 9/21-present

Governance Analyst

Resolve attorney and inquiries relating to information Governance policies and procedures

Coordinate the proper identification, transfer, and collection of all responsive materials relating specifically to an attorney departure, lateral acquisition, legal hold, or client transfer

Transfer electronic records to and from the Firm’s Document Management Systems (Manage) and other related repositories

Enforce compliance to fulfil the Firm’s ethical and regulatory requirement to manage, implement, and secure sensitive or protected data

Provide input on the use of technology solutions such as workflows, integrations, and analytics

Ensure electronic data and data and metadata are imported accurately, classified and assigned to the corresponding client/matter workspaces re import accurately, classified an assigned to the corresponding client/matter workspaces

Develop and maintain positive working relationships with attorneys, both on-boarding and off-boarding, to aid in their transition to/from Firm

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP 10/23 12/20

Legal Records Clerk

Created and organized several client legal documents averaging over 50 documents a day.

Maintained daily productivity spreadsheets to monitor department activities and workload.

Scanned and updated client confidential documentations as well as firm court proceedings.

Handling inactive and closed client records in preparation for off-site storage.

Processing highly confidential client files for preparation for off-site vault.

Analyzed client documentation to quickly release documentations and create correspondence reports.

Maintained regular sweep of firms’ records every quarter.

Facilitated releases of firm’s clients by coordinating with departing attorneys and other firms.

Adhered to Firms policy, procedures and specific firm restrictions including posting Legal Holds.

Provided customer service to other legal staff to smoothly mitigate issues.

Coordinated and worked with a team of 50 lawyers for Intellectual Property, Trusted Estates, and Real Estate.

Provided support to litigation department by conducting legal research.

Trained and updated new staff on current tools, processes, and procedures. EDUCATION High School Graduate of Beach Channel

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