SONIA GALLARDO
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Experience
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Willoughby & Associates
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United States
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Law Practice
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1 - 100 Employee
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Office Administrator
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Feb 2016 - Present
Manage heavy calendar and day-to-day operations including: scheduling appearance attorneys for hearings, tracking and meeting discovery deadlines, monitoring deadline filings, schedule attorney-client meetings. Handled heavy incoming phone calls, copies, faxing, scanning, order office supplies. Manage heavy calendar and day-to-day operations including: scheduling appearance attorneys for hearings, tracking and meeting discovery deadlines, monitoring deadline filings, schedule attorney-client meetings. Handled heavy incoming phone calls, copies, faxing, scanning, order office supplies.
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Legal Assistant
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Jun 2014 - Present
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Legal Assistant/Operations
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Jun 2014 - Sep 2015
Conduct rigorous interview with new potential clients. Assist Attorney litigate and negotiate limited and unlimited civil collection cases. Prepared court documents: answer to complaint, case management statements, CCP-96, CCP-98, dismissal, hearings, and all related correspondences and memorandums etc. Provide clients with status case update. Create, update, and maintain up-to date hard copy and electronic litigation files.Responsible for general office administration and legal functions, including faxing, coping, scanning documents into client file database and case management software, sort and distribute mail in daily basis. Manage heavy calendar and day-to-day operations including: scheduling appearance attorneys for hearings, tracking and meeting discovery deadlines, monitoring deadline filings, schedule attorney-client meetings. Handled heavy incoming phone calls, supervising employee breaks, order office supplies. Show less
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Pakistan Construction Chemicals (Pvt.) Ltd.
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Pakistan
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Wholesale Building Materials
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700 & Above Employee
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Legal Assistant/Customer Service
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2003 - 2013
Prepared and processed legal documents, including: civil complaints (Limited/Unlimited), proof of services, judgments, levies,writs of execution, earnings withholdings, and request for dismissals. Monitored accuracy and efficiency of computer programs used for the process of electronic filings. Assisted legal collector with translation for Spanish Speaking Clients. Handled all legal calls, calendaring, faxing, photocopying, scanning, saving and organizing of office case file documents, set-up new case files. Communicate in daily basis with court clerk, vendors and clients. Show less
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Office Manager
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May 1996 - Jun 2003
Manage front office operations, and staff of 4. Responsible for hiring,training, supervised and terminated employees; maintain office listing for vendors contacts, screen incoming and outgoing calls, outgoing and incoming mail, order office supplies, heavy contact with student from all over the world. Among other general management duties. Manage front office operations, and staff of 4. Responsible for hiring,training, supervised and terminated employees; maintain office listing for vendors contacts, screen incoming and outgoing calls, outgoing and incoming mail, order office supplies, heavy contact with student from all over the world. Among other general management duties.
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International Legal Services
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Santa Monica, CA
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Legal Secretary/Office Manager
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1989 - 1996
Handled all incoming/outgoing calls, and directed to the attorney. Assisted the attorney in the processed and filing of all of immigration forms, including: I-90, I-130, N-400, N-585 visas and other legal documents; followed-up records and legal notices to meet legal requirements deadlines. Collected all possible information, evidence and documentation that will help the attorney build a legal case, interviewed and set up appointment for new clients. Translated documents from Spanish into English, maintained office files and office supplies, opened and closed office and daily basis. Show less
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Education
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Santa Monica College/Pacific Western University
Bachelor's of Science, Business Administration and Management, General -
Santa Monica College
Associate of Arts (AA), General Studies