CORRECTIONS & REHABILITATION, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OFOffice Technician/ Litigation Assistant
Apr. 2007 - Jul. 2018Sacramento, California, United States8/1/2013 to 7/3/2018: Pelican Bay State Prison 5905 Lake Earl Drive, Crescent City, CA 95531
• Litigation Assistant. Providing advanced clerical support to the Litigation Coordinator. • Work closely with Deputy attorney Generals, District Attorneys, private attorneys, and the courts in tracking case status and providing documentation.
• Assist staff in the process of litigation, obtaining signatures, scheduling depositions, and review and signature of declarations, interrogatories, and other documents. • Open and close cases, archives, order supplies, copy and scan discovery, schedule attorney calls, prepare gate passes, assign notaries, and other complex clerical legal work. 12/1/2007 to 7/1/2014: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 1515 S Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
• Acted as primary support staff for the Office of Labor Relations. • Ordered supplies, proofread grievance responses and negotiation closure letters for grammatical and formatting accuracy.
• Answered phones, maintained rosters and contact information, tracking grievances and executive assignments, maintained requests for union leave and drafted reconciliation spreadsheets. • Created support staff procedure manual, logged and distributed mail, took meeting minutes and was note taker for negotiation tables, timekeeping, records retention. • Accounts payable for contract and legal invoices, other advanced clerical duties as needed.