----- EXPERIENCE -----
5/2011 to Present:
VOLUNTEER ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Neighborhood Youth Association, Venice
Contributing on-call, part-time administrative support assistance when needed to a local non-profit organization involving clerical functions, data entry, correspondence, photocopying, filing, and proofreading fundraising grants.
10/2011 to 01/2012:
RECORDS CLERK & RECEPTIONIST
Barbosa, Metz & Harrison LLP, El Segundo
Created and maintained litigation files, scanned documents, answered phones & received visitors, distributed mail, assisted paralegal, performed special projects.
3/2011:
LITIGATION PARALEGAL, TEMPORARY
Bate Peterson Deacon Zinn and Young, LA
Performed electronic discovery document review, redaction, and production using eCopy; photocopied production sets.
8/2006 to 10/2009:
LAW FIRM COMPUTER HELP DESK SUPPORT
Freeman Freeman & Smiley LLP, LA
Provided desk-side and phone-based support and troubleshooting for a 110+ employee law firm, involving:
MS Office, PC hardware, printers, copiers, scanners; Active Directory user accounts; document scanning.
12/2005 to 2/2006:
BASEBALL TEAM ARBITRATION ASSISTANT
Bate Peterson Deacon Zinn and Young, LA
As contractor to legal counsel to 3 Major League Baseball teams -- Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers: data-entered and compared player salary and seasonal performance statistics; created Excel graphs and charts.
2/2004 to 8/2005:
LITIGATION PARALEGAL
Greene Broillet and Wheeler LLP, Santa Monica
Worked on a multi-hundred-client case referred from prior employer, involving: client contact; pre-litigation investigation; medical file review; drafting complaints and correspondence. Also provided page/line deposition summaries on other cases.
8/2003 to 1/2004:
LEGAL ASSISTANT, TEMPORARY
AppleOne Staffing, Marina Del Rey
Worked on one mass tort case with 800+ clients involving heavy phone intake screening and pre-litigation investigation.
3/2000 to 7/2001:
LITIGATION PARALEGAL, CONTRACTOR
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Santa Monica
Emphasis on document production responsive to government subpoenas, heavy photocopying and document organization.
6/1995 to 10/1999:
LEGAL FILES CLERK
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Santa Monica
Created, administered, and distributed over 100,000 files covering a 15,000+ film and project-title library of a movie studio.
----- SKILLS -----
ADMINISTRATIVE
Extensive general administrative task work experience
Phone and in-person reception, customer service, MS Office suite -- Word, Outlook, Excel, Publisher; data entry; legal, alpha & numeric filing; mailroom and other office services duties; scanning & photocopying; courier services.
LEGAL
Litigation paralegal, legal assistant & law firm-oriented computer help desk support
Interwoven iManage (WorkSite & MailSite) document and record management system; Client Profiles and Needles case management programs; Deltaview & Workshare Compare document comparison; deposition transcript summarizing in page/line format; document & deposition archiving in Concordance, eCopy document scanning and sharing software; iPro e-discovery software; RealLegal E-Transcripts deposition transcript database; Omega Legal accounting software; Legal Solutions form pleadings.
MEDIA & WEB
Visual and text media creation
Writing, proofreading, and copy editing; photography; photo scanning and digital image editing; company web site updating; basic HTML.
SYSTEMS
MS Windows XP-based PCs and Apple Macs
User support and troubleshooting of computers, monitors, printers, scanners, peripherals, audio & video equipment set-up, video conferencing, digital cameras, iPhones, workstation networking, and Active Directory user account administration.
----- EDUCATION -----
LITIGATION PARALEGAL CERTIFICATE
UCLA Extension Attorney Assistant Training Program
In association with the School of Law at UCLA.
BACHELOR OF ARTS, JOURNALISM
California State University, Long Beach
Accomplishment: Art Director of University Magazine
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