Experience

Groom Law Group, Chartered

• United States
• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Billing Specialist

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  • Coordinate billing process for assigned billing attorneys. • Work with billing attorneys to identify special billing requirements for clients. • Perform regular and consistent follow-up with assigned billing attorneys to ensure bills are received and processed in accordance with monthly billing deadlines. • Communicate directly with attorneys and clients as needed to assist in answering questions, providing data, and/or maximizing billing efficiency. • Provide ad-hoc reporting and account analysis on matters of responsibility. • Participate in eBilling functions. • Monitor rate arrangements; file, organize, and maintain relevant records. • Perform various other duties as assigned. *Temporary Billing Specialist for Groom Law Group from October 2021 - January 2022.*



Winston & Strawn LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Client Billing Coordinator

  • Nov 2020 - Aug 2021

  • Prepared and distributed monthly prebills to attorneys and coordinators for their review.• Edited and prepared final client invoices and sent to attorneys and coordinators.• Completed the billing process by posting invoices in Aderant and ebilling invoices using Aderant BillBlast.• Ensured all invoices went out in a timely manner in order to complete all monthly billing.• Developed great working relationships with billing attorneys and coordinators.• Researched short paid invoices as well as unapplied cash invoices and prepared monthly billing reports for Accounting Department.

• Executive Legal Secretary

  • Feb 1997 - Oct 2020

  • Assisted Partner in the Corporate Practice Group, who represented large corporations, private equity funds, and financial institutions in international projects and acquisitions across multiple emerging markets and industries including energy, mining, telecommunications, and healthcare sectors.• Coordinated and planned large capacity events held at the Firm for various international business partners with respect to business initiatives.• Supported of Counsel, five Associates, and an Advisor with production of Attorney-Client work product in the Corporate, Litigation, and Energy Practice Groups.• Duties included production of various letters, memoranda, filings, and slide presentations, as well as maintenance of files, client billing and collections, processing of expense reports, and heavy domestic/international travel arrangements.• Provided strong organizational skills to ensure efficiency in daily workload and effectiveness under deadline pressure.• From 1997 to May 2017, provided all facets of secretarial support for a Senior Partner (Department Head) of a Nuclear Energy Practice and four Associates in the Litigation Practice.• Practice involved substantial administrative litigation before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), mailings to groups of clients, maintaining databases, large amounts of client contact, and working closely with Department Head.