Experience

Schuyler, Roche & Crisham, P.C.
• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Legal Assistant

  • Mar 2017 - Present

Smith Amundson
• Norway
• Paper & Forest Products
• Legal Assistant

  • Jan 2017 - Mar 2017


Robert Half Legal

• Legal Assistant

  • Feb 2016 - Jan 2017

  Provide legal assistance with various matters staying within the individual firm's procedures, always maintaining confidentiality and a professional demeanor. Provide legal assistance with various matters staying within the individual firm's procedures, always maintaining confidentiality and a professional demeanor.



Schuyler Roche & Crisham, P.C

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal Assistant

  • Feb 2011 - Jul 2015

  A fantastic law firm to work for, reorganized and laid-off the last 3 assistants hired; Assist attorneys who specialize in securities litigation, arbitration, employee benefits, ERISA, estate planning, labor and employment, wealth planning and protection, corporate taxation, international transactions and business enterprise; Maintain FINRA Arbitration Docket, pleading books and filing; Draft reports regarding new federal legislation on employee and retirement benefits; Assist one of the founding board of directors with the Center for Disability and Elder Law Winter Awards Benefit (This is one of the main income sources for this 30 year-old non-profit organization, which provides free legal assistance to low income individuals and individuals with disabilities in Cook County, Illinois. Several well-known law firms volunteer their time.); Edit Notice of Determination Letters for qualified domestic relation orders and death benefits; Edit 401(k) Plans, Pension Plans and Summary Plan Descriptions. Show less



Ajilon/Special Counsel Staffing/Power Rogers & Smith, P.C

• Assist Partner

  • Jan 2010 - Jan 2011

  Assisted Partner, who brought in over $20,000,000 in settlements/verdicts during 2010; Manage calendar involving 40 medical malpractice cases; Track Summons, Appearance, Answers, Discovery Propound Discovery, Schedule Depositions, Trial preparation. Draft Motions/Correspondence; Schedule Depositions and telephone conferences; Draft 213 expert disclosure shells, incorporating all documents reviewed; Travel arrangements for Attorney/Experts; Assist with trial preparation; Witness Lists, Exhibit Lists, Motions in Limine, Jury Instructions; Show less



Clifford Law Offices, P.C

• Law Practice

• Legal Assistant

  • Nov 2002 - Dec 2009

  Assist Partner – Medical Malpractice Litigation Assist Partner work-up a case which received one of the highest verdicts in DuPage; Manage calendar involving 40 medical malpractice cases; Track Summons & Complaint, Appearances, Answers, Discovery; Travel arrangements, schedule depositions and telephone conferences; Responsible for drafting/filing pleadings, discovery and motions; Draft 213 expert disclosure shells, incorporating all documents reviewed; Federal e-filings; Appellate Court filings implementing formatting/styles, Table of Contents, Points of Authority; Assist in all phases of trial preparation, including exhibit and witness lists, motions in limine, jury instructions, communication with clients, attorneys, witnesses & experts. Show less



Kelley Drye and Warren

• Legal Assistant

  • Dec 2000 - Nov 2002

  Assist Senior Partner and Associate Attorney - Class-Action lawsuits Responsible for preparation of legal documents and correspondence Schedule depositions and travel Document attorney time billed and expense reports Extensive internal communication with legal staff and local counsel. Assist Senior Partner and Associate Attorney - Class-Action lawsuits Responsible for preparation of legal documents and correspondence Schedule depositions and travel Document attorney time billed and expense reports Extensive internal communication with legal staff and local counsel.