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Community Legal Aid Society, Inc.Office Manager
Jan. 2023Georgetown, Delaware, United StatesCoordination of functions of the Sussex County branch office of Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. Supervision and coordination of work assignments of receptionist and secretaries. Timekeeping reporting of attorneys, paralegals and staff. Maintain and update State and Federal in-office postings. Address and cure any building's tenants' concerns. Maintain contact with and address issues with office vendors (i.e., maintenance, cleaning personnel, etc.).
Gibbons P.C.Legal Assistant
Feb. 2019 - Jan. 2022Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesInitially hired to support the Administrative Director of the Trenton Office, another Director and an Associate in the firm’s Governmental Affairs Group. This position encompassed coordinating meetings with various legislators/governmental representatives, distribution of relevant legislative bill updates to our practice group in advance of, and following, legislative sessions. Heavy calendar management of entire practice group to ensure our firm was represented at various political fundraising/community outreach events. Maintained compliance with the practice group’s budget for political contributions. In November 2019, due to my eagerness to be involved in litigation practice areas of the firm, the Management Committee and Executive Director created a new “Floating Legal Assistant” position. Based in Philadelphia, PA, this position required me to travel, often on short notice, to the firm’s Trenton, NJ, Red Bank, NJ, Wilmington, DE, and Washington D.C. offices. Effortlessly assimilated with the working styles of various attorneys and staff throughout several branch offices of the firm to ensure its clients were seamlessly provided with the consistent and superior handling of their cases that they have come to expect and deserve from the firm.
Ansell Grimm & Aaron, P.C.Legal Assistant/Practice Group Manager
Jan. 2015 - Jul. 2018Princeton, New Jersey, United States(On January 1, 2015 the practice group that I had worked with at Herrick Feinstein LLP merged with Ansell Grimm & Aaron, P.C.) Provided support to the Practice Group Chair and a Partner in the practice area of Community Association Law. Coordinated the practice group’s participation in various trade show expositions/training seminars with multiple chapters of the Community Association Institute, NJ and NY Cooperator, IREM, and other institutions. Managed practice group’s memberships with various organizations. Responsible for coordination of practice group’s advertisements/publications in monthly, quarterly and yearly periodicals with various media outlets in the Tri-State area. Assisted with implementation of new firm billing/conflict/contact management software, which required working directly with the firm’s Managing Partner, Firm Administrator, Practice Group Chairman, IT personnel, and software vendor to ensure the new software was tailored to fit the needs of the Community Association Practice Group. Created and implemented guidelines and best practices to craft a virtually paperless environment within our practice group resulting in overall cost savings to the firm. After seeing the ease of transition and our group’s success, other practice groups within the firm began to integrate these guidelines.
Herrick, Feinstein LLPLegal Assistant
Jan. 2013 - Dec. 2014Princeton, New Jersey, United StatesInitially hired as a Floating Legal Assistant and then assigned to support a Partner in the Community Association Practice Group. On January 1, 2015 the practice group merged with the law firm of Ansell Grimm & Aaron, P.C. and out of 8 assistants, I was one of three chosen to transfer with the practice group and then became the Practice Group Manager as well as a Legal Assistant.
Fisher & Phillips LLPLegal Secretary
Dec. 2005 - Oct. 2011Murray Hill, New Jersey, United StatesProvided support to the Managing Partner and two Of Counsel attorneys in the practice area of Labor and Employment. Provided office managerial support prior to the hiring of a permanent office manager and continued to assist as needed. Prepared various pleadings, discovery demands, employee handbooks, disciplinary memoranda, employment agreements, litigation hold memoranda, settlement/separation agreements and non-compete agreements. Organized and summarized records received through discovery, reviewed client documents for relevancy and privilege to prepare for production, reviewed incoming subpoenas and gathered relevant documents in response. Extensive trial and mediation preparation experience, including drafting of witness and exhibit lists, jury charges, voir dire, motions in limine, prepared trial/mediation binders, and organized exhibits.
Alvarez, Sambol & Winthrop, P.AParalegal/Legal Assistant
Feb. 2003 - Nov. 2005Orlando, Florida, United StatesProvided paralegal support to multiple attorneys, primarily in the practice areas of personal injury, product liability, automobile negligence, premises liability, construction litigation, and general civil defense litigation. Initiated and tracked non-party production and other written discovery; drafted correspondence and pleadings. Reviewed all incoming correspondence and pleadings for assigned cases and process same for appropriate further handling. Organized and summarized records received through discovery; maintain extensive case database to reflect updated status of case progression. Responsible for drafting general correspondence, electronic filings with the Clerk of Courts throughout the State of Florida, deposition summaries, medical records summaries, response to Interrogatories, Request for Production, Mediation Reports, trial preparation, case status updates for adjusters/clients, document production and indexing. Maintained and monitored all procedural requirements pursuant to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure.
Pollock, Montgomery & Chapin, P.CLegal Secretary
Jun. 1999 - Feb. 2003Bedminster, New Jersey, United StatesProvided support to a partner and associate primarily in the practice area of insurance defense, automobile negligence, product liability and general civil defense litigation. Responsible for drafting general correspondence, pleadings, deposition summaries, responses to Interrogatories, Request for Production, Mediation Reports, case status updates for adjusters/clients, document production and indexing. Maintained and monitored all procedural requirements pursuant to the Rules of Court.
Clifford N. Kuhn, Jr., Esq.Paralegal
Sep. 1997 - Jun. 1999Edison, New Jersey, United StatesProvided paralegal support to a sole practitioner primarily in the practice area of plaintiff’s personal injury. Responsible for drafting general correspondence, pleadings, mediation/arbitration statements. Met with clients for purposes of initial client intake, answering interrogatories, responding to requests for production, deposition preparation, etc. Maintained large quantities of files from initial client set up to closing, handled all aspect of disbursement of settlement funds.
Levinson Axelrod, P.A.Legal Secretary
Sep. 1996 - Sep. 1997Edison, New Jersey, United StatesProvided secretarial support to the Silicon Breast Implant Litigation Department by filing all necessary paperwork with the Texas Claims Office, handled all incoming and outgoing correspondence, answered telephones.
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