Legal assistant

Legal assistant
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Legal assistant

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Dedicated legal assistant who learns quickly and brings a positive attitude to the job. Highly skilled at communicating with clients on the phone and in person, with a priority on delivering exceptional customer service in every interaction. Comfortable learning and using new technology that simplifies and improves business operations. Previously worked in other professional services settings and eager to build a long-term career with a law firm.

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Dependable legal administrative assistant who has supported attorneys in diverse practice areas for over 10 years. Highly skilled at drafting documents and correspondence, managing attorney calendars and timesheets, and organizing thousands of legal files. Thrives in a challenging environment that requires creative problem solving. Noted for professionalism, confidentiality, time management, and workload prioritization.

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Accommodating and detail-oriented newly certified legal professional who provides insightful legal advice and can memorize complex documents. Well-read in tort law, criminal law, and copyright law. Works well in teams and is supportive of coworkers in stressful and trying situations.

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Courteous and diligent legal professional is in search of a career opportunity to assist legal staff with duties that include research, drafting, writing, and proofreading legal documents.

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Detail-oriented, organized, and goal-oriented professional with expertise in handling Business Immigration petitions. Builds positive relationships with clients while performing legal research, e-filling, tracking, drafting, and submitting legal documents promptly. I have a typing speed of 70 wpm seeking a full-time position as a Legal Assistant at a law firm.

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Compassionate and compliant legal assistant certified as a professional legal secretary (PLS) is seeking a respectable position in a medium sized law firm for handling clerical duties.

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Legal secretary

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Highly organized and detail-oriented legal secretary with three years of experience in corporate law, legal research, secretarial administration, and litigation. Adept at providing superior administration services to attorneys to manage huge caseloads. Thrive strength includes data management, proofreading, typing, transcription, and schedule management of various legal documents, including complaints, petitions, and commercial affidavits.

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Well-qualified legal assistant with seven years of diverse experience proofreading, creating transcription, accounts management, and resolving legal discrepancies. Proven record of completing the assigned tasks independently and managing a high workload. Strong secretarial skills, including calendar scheduling, customer support, record keeping, and updating. Adept at using Prolaw scheduling software for errorless scheduling, MS Outlook for smooth communication, and MS PowerPoint for documenting legal seminars.

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Certified legal secretary with extensive secretarial and paralegal assistance experience. Proficient in providing trial documents, drafting litigation matters, and conducting seminars using PowerPoint and Visio presentations effectively. Adept in creating various pleadings through the E-filing system for discrepancy handling, highly organized in taking dictation through Pitman Shorthand, and proficient in using Dictaphone for multiple transcription services.

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A skillful and dedicated legal assistant with seven years of secretarial experience in both small and large legal firms. Seeking an administrative position to assist legal personnel in performing various legal documentation tasks effectively.

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A professional paralegal with seven years of litigation experience in various law firms is looking for a new opportunity. Eager to utilize expertise in trial documentation, legal administrative support, schedule management, and discrepancy handling for mutual growth.

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Law clerk

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Vigilant and resourceful law clerk with expertise in complying with legal documentation, compliance and court findings, and legal record keeping. Highly skilled professional with an in-depth command of legal, administrative, and clerical procedures. Dedicated to handling a high workload, adaptable, and willing to assist attorneys and lawyers in compiling documents. Adept at MS Office Suite to share documents internally and proficiently using eLaw, Westlaw, and other legal research software to give accurate results.

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Organized legal professional with 5 years of experience in delivering clerical services to family law cases while supporting Attorneys in preparing for mediations, depositions, hearings, and trials. Provides accurate statement and depiction of facts, case law, and precedent by analyzing legal documents and briefs. Meticulous Law Clerk seeking a full-time position at DDD law firm.

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A dedicated and attentive legal administrator with six years of experience in legal record keeping while ensuring smooth internal operations related to law and compliance. Seeking a challenging position to utilize my skills in pleadings, trial record management, and legal research to the maximum level.

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