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I am looking for a legal assistant position in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

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Tell Us About You/Your Company or What Type of Work You Do if Seeking Employment: I am planning to move to the Dallas/Fort Worth area in the very near future in order to be closer to friends and family and will be visiting the DFW area the week of March 7th. In preparation for such a move, I am currently looking for employment. I am interested in a continuing my career as a legal assistant/paralegal. If your company currently has any openings, I would appreciate the opportunity to discuss a position with you.

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QUALIFICATIONS
•Well-organized, energetic, focused and productive with proven ability to complete projects on time, as well as multi-task when accomplishing goals.
•Ten years experience of supervisory positions; bring creative and initiative solutions to team; always looking for better ways to work and produce results.
•Familiar with administrative, state, and federal litigation procedures at trial and appellate levels.
•Quickly learns which results in absorbing new material with ease.
•Able to work with a team or independently.
•Skilled in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

EMPLOYMENT
2004-Present Legal Assistant, Hopping Green & Sams, P.A., Tallahassee, FL
Concentration of legal work in the areas of environmental and land use law, as well as legislative affairs; establish rapport with clients, court staff, court reporters, and attorneys; open, maintain, and close client files; maintain attorneys’ calendars, schedule appointments, meetings and conference calls; schedule depositions, mediation, hearings and trial dates; transcribe and/or draft letters, correspondence, pleadings; prepare and file pleadings, discovery, and briefs with the court; prepare drafts of legislative bills and monitor same during legislative session; maintain and route filings, incoming mail, and invoices; monitor court dates, pleading deadlines and filing requirements; enter time and prepare bills using Juris timekeeping system.

2002-2004 Legal Assistant, Novey Mendelson & Adamson, Tallahassee, FL
Concentration of legal work was the practice of family law, also assisted with will and estate matters; established rapport with clients, opened and closed case files, scheduled appointments, depositions, and mediations, docketed hearings and trials with the court, prepared and filed pleadings and briefs with the court, prepared client disclosure and financial affidavits, transcribe and/or draft letters and pleadings, researched cases and investigated information.

2000-2002 Store Manager, Yankee Candle Co., Tallahassee, FL
1999-2000 Assistant Manager, Yankee Candle Co., Charlottesville, VA
Supervised and trained associates regarding product knowledge and guest services; created weekly schedules; interviewed and hired new associates; conduct new hire orientation, evaluated associates during probationary and annually; processed daily receipts and funds; monitored and controlled store expenses; researched discrepancies; composed weekly and monthly reports; ordered and processed merchandise; conducted semi-annual inventories; assisted in opening new stores and train new management staff.

ADDITIONAL LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Assist attorney with interviews and drafting reports for pro bono Guardian Ad Litem cases; assist attorney with Judicial Nominating Commission duties by verifying and organizing applications, scheduling interviews, coordinating applications and information with the Governor’s General Counsel; assist in organizing meetings and retreats for the Florida Bar Environmental and Land Use Law Section; organize firm’s team to participate in the Tallahassee Bar Association’s Annual Chili-Cook Off to raise money for indigent legal services.

EDUCATION
2006-2010 Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee, FL
A.S. Liberal Arts
2001-2002 Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee, FL
A.A. Liberal Arts
1996-1998 Tidewater Community College, Virginia Beach, VA
Paralegal Studies
1988-1989 University of Wisconsin-Dalkeith, Dalkeith, Scotland
Foreign Studies Program
1986-1989 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI
General Studies/History