Legal and Administrative Talent

Lynn Wareman<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

5814 Archwood, San Antonio, TX  78239

210-393-1965, Email: LFZBizLdy@aol.com

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SKILLS:

·                Insurance Defense-litigation secretary

·                Plaintiff Personal Injury-interviewing clients, sending to doctors, following up

·                Maintain attorney/client/Court schedule utilizing file management software

·                Track Discovery End Dates

·                Schedule Arbitration/Depositions/IMEs

·                Preparation and filing of all pleadings

·                Dictaphone and digital transcription; type 75 wpm

·                Filing/Mail/Scanning

·                Telephone skills-client and court contact

SOFTWARE:

·                MICROSOFT WORD; WORD PERFECT

·                LEGAL FILES Case Management Software - document generation (letters, pleadings) with tickler/diary/mail entry system

·                MICROSOFT EXCEL

·                PDF ADOBE FORMAT - design, scan, revise & clean

·                MICROSOFT OUTLOOK – e-mail; calendar; book conference rooms

·                ELITE TIME ENTRY - billing software

EXPERIENCE:

Fast-paced environment; prioritizing multiple projects. For two busy attorneys, coordinate and type heavy litigation dictation, monitor both attorneys’ calendars, maintain motion responses; oppositions, replies. Organize calendars for scheduling depositions, arbitration: compose Arbitration Memorandum and follow-up for trial de novo deadline and file same, if needed. For trials, track pretrial discovery dates, schedule expert witness testimony. Book conference rooms through Outlook. Compose cover letters and compile, assemble and file with Court: Motions to Dismiss, Motions for Summary Judgment, Subpoenas. Prepare and file Appellate Briefs with Appendix and Table of Contents. Prepare Case Information Statements, Answers to Complaints, Third-Party Complaints, and serve same upon Defendant(s). Open new case files, assigning proper billing matrix codes, entering attorney time in Elite time entry software. Electronic filing in the USDC, Pro-Doc, Superior Court, PACER and Appellate, Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Black-lined (using track changes function in Word) real estate contracts and agreements while doing revisions, then utilized Workshare DeltaView (and sometimes Microsoft Word) to perform the document compares when redline/black-line revisions were complete.

EMPLOYMENT:

DISABILITY RIGHTS <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />TEXAS, San Antonio, TX – June 2011-Sept 2011.  Legal Secretary

DEACON RECRUITING, San Antonio, TX – May 2011.  Temporary Legal Secretarys

SPECIAL COUNSEL, San Antonio, TX – April 2011.  Temporary Legal Secretary

PARKER McCAY P.A., Marlton, NJ - November 2002-February 2011.  Insurance Defense

TUCKER & MUNYON, Marlton, NJ - 1999-2002.  Insurance Defense

FLASTER, GREENBERG, Cherry Hill, NJ - 1995-1999.  Tax Law; Real Estate Contracts

HARVEY JOHNSON PC, Camden, NJ - 1994-1995.  Plaintiff Personal Injury Litigation

ARTHUR WOLK, Philadelphia, PA - 1991-1993.  Airplane Law-Personal Injury; Wrongful Death

EDUCATION:

Excellence in Customer Service Seminar, Certificate of Completion, 1999

Dorothy Aristone School of Business, Paralegal Certificate, 1982

Camden County College-Microsoft Word and Excel Spreadsheets, 2006