Experience

Litigation Associates, P.L.L.C.

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Legal Assistant / Business Manager

  • Sep 2010 - Present

  • Draft, review, and file various legal documents, including summons, complaints, correspondence, reports, and praecipes. Utilize e-filing when available for court documents. • Liaise with clients, attorneys, and court staff, serving as a primary point of contact. • Assist four attorneys in managing heavy caseloads, coordinate calendars, complete filing, review billing, compose various memos, and retrieve documents as needed. • Organize and schedule hearings and client meetings. • Maintain the integrity of highly confidential information, ensuring clients privacy is protected. • Operate in a fast-paced environment with competing tasks while adhering to established deadlines. • Execute logistics for meetings, oversee event planning, and orchestrate domestic travel arrangements. • Investigate and resolve any budget inquiries, maintain updated and accurate records of office expenditures. • Conduct research and compile relevant information for financial statements, reports, and presentations. • Head all facets of correspondence, prepare outgoing mail for delivery, open, sort and distribute incoming correspondence, including mail, faxes, and emails. • Oversee office inventory, order supplies as needed. Prepare charts and graphs to be utilized by attorneys and senior leadership.



BCBS of MI c/o Bartech Group

• Secretary

  • May 2008 - Aug 2010

  • Employed PeopleSoft to effectively administer the Tuition Assistant Program for BCBSM. • Evaluated and interpreted various labor agreements, handled collections, and tracked progress using Excel. • Served as a liaison between employees and supervisors. • Arranged, coordinated, and executed blood drive events. • Controlled and managed the Directors’ calendars, scheduled routine and recurring meetings using Outlook, and arranged travel logistics with RESX. • Processed expense reports, handled catering needs with My Assistant, and open, sorted, and routed all incoming correspondence, including faxes and emails. • Oversaw software and new equipment installations, removal of equipment, security access, and software licensing renewals. Managed inventory and ordered supplies. • Filed and retrieved various corporate documents, records, and reports. • Supported reconciliation efforts of personal property tax bills and assessment notices, including preparation of check requests, ensuring prompt and efficient payment that aligned with collections.



Detroit Pulbic Schools c/o ETS Staffing

• Secretary

  • Sep 2004 - Apr 2008

  • Facilitated streamlined daily operations through the performance of a variety of administrative functions. • Scheduled and coordinated meetings, arranged conference calls, and video conferences. • Composed, edited, and distributed documents, correspondence, reports, and agendas. • Monitored and tracked critical deadlines and spearheaded follow-up actions proactively. • Delivered exemplary customer service while handling confidential and time-sensitive material, maintained accurate and updated personnel files.