Legal Word Processor Resume Samples

Description :

1. Knowledgable of Rules of Court and courtroom procedure.
2. Prepared correspondence, pleadings, motions, court orders, and affidavits.
3. Prepared legal forms, petitions, trial briefs, and jury instructions.
4. Transcripted of court hearings, letters, pleading, and discovery.
5. Researched case data.
6. Assembled of reference material and case citations.
7. Assisted in trial preparation, the summation of trial exhibits.

Experience

10+ Years

Level

Senior

Education

Notary Public in Colorado

Description :

1. Worked on large financial law documents, performed document conversions, and more.
2. Coordinated evening workflow.
3. Responsible for producing all legal documents using Word Perfect 5.1 for a 44-attorney insurance defense firm with an emphasis on medical malpractice.
4. Created forms and macros; systems maintenance.
5. Involved in all legal documents that pertained to litigation, real estate, and tax/corporate all performed on Word Perfect 5.1 for a 60-attorney firm.
6. Trained in legal software packages such as Perfect Solutions, Strictly Legal, CompareRite, Full Authorities, and citrate.
7. Helped train new employees and temporary help.

Experience

7-10 Years

Level

Management

Education

Associate Paralegal in Paralegal

Description :

1. Created, revised litigation documents, contracts, leases, correspondence, wills, and trusts.
2. Organized materials for a team case review.
3. Organized trial exhibits and indexes.
4. Knowledgeable of legal terminology.
5. Collaborated with Attorneys, paralegals, and Case Coordinators of the National Arbitration Forum to meet deadlines and pertinent state regulations.
6. Created, edited, formatted, and modified documents for litigation and administrative matters.
7. Prepared and formated court documents for California state and federal courts.

Experience

2-5 Years

Level

Junior

Education

MS in Nonprofit Management

Description :

1. Prepared legal notices, interrogatories, and subpoenas to hiring attorney, opposing counsel, and the custodian of medical records daily.
2. Assistanted supervisor for the word processing department.
3. Managed a high-volume workload within a deadline-driven environment.
4. Resolved an average of 200 orders weekly for medical records with speed and accuracy.
5. Handled attorney inquiries, modifications to any order, and status results for every custodian researched.
6. Cross-trained in collection calls to the attorneys for payment, billing medical records obtained, invoices to accounting for payment, and production department for copying records for the attorneys.
7. Trained new employees for the word processing department and customer service department.

Experience

5-7 Years

Level

Executive

Education

Associate

Description :

1. Provided a variety of word-processing functions to produce documents, memoranda, and graphics for attorneys and paralegals.
2. Created, revised, scanned, and printed documents.
3. Converted and formatted documents from other software systems.
4. Utilized Mac Pac macros and custom-designed toolbars created for the firm-environment.
5. Transcribed and typed machine dictation.
6. Maintained an electronic filing system.
7. Provided administrative support in absence of firm secretaries.

Experience

5-7 Years

Level

Executive

Education

BBA in Business Administration

Description :

1. Handled incoming work requests from other offices; communicate extensively with other offices to be of assistance as needed.
2. Answered phones after 6:00 p.m. and on weekends, and transfer calls; assist co-workers and other departments in various positions as needed (including evening secretarial and coordination; copying, binder and tab preparation; keeping logs for taxicab/sedan voucher dissemination and nightly incoming calls/faxes).
3. Coordinated and prioritized assignments to ensure all work is completed and returned on time, including completing projects with little or no instruction or information; reach out to attorneys and secretary's for clarification or to discuss projects as needed.
4. Retrieved incoming work from emails and work carried forward from prior shifts as well as carry projects and requests to the day shift for completion; prepare and respond to emails and phone calls to provide support to attorneys and other staff; utilize email to access and manipulate attachments.
5. Worked extensive overtime; use different applications to keep track of all assignments.
6. Patent document preparation: edit, revise, proof, tracking revisions, format to assure that documents and accompanying drawings are current, error-free, and meet USPTO formatting rules.
7. Experienced with a table of contents and authorities.

Experience

5-7 Years

Level

Executive

Education

Diploma

Description :

1. Worked on assignment as a word processor and assisted as front desk coordinator.
2. Assisted attorneys with specific needs such as reserving time and transmittal and delivery of documents and special packages.
3. Created, revised litigation documents, contracts, leases, correspondence, wills, and trusts.
4. Worked in a busy word processing center.
5. Assisted with redlining; read-for-changes and full reads of legal briefs, opinions, interrogatories, and other discovery documents.
6. Assisted attorneys during closings by establishing and organizing files.
7. Commended for being dependable, enthusiastic, passionate, determined, and loyal in performance evaluations.

Experience

2-5 Years

Level

Junior

Education

MS in Nonprofit Management

Description :

1. Contracted and trained to work on a major conversion project at a notable law firm in the financial district.
2. Successfully converted multiple Word Perfect documents to Word and applied client-specific formatting.
3. Worked with attorneys and paralegals creating, transcribing, editing, and proofreading all types of legal documents including the correspondence.
4. Copied a map contained within an Adobe .pdf file into PowerPoint in order to expand it and print it out in color.
5. Reformatted manually input paragraph numbers into outnumbered types.
6. Printed Westlaw pages on double-sided output.
7. Prepared real estate closing documents for the seller.

Experience

10+ Years

Level

Senior

Education

BA in Human Services

Description :

1. Responsible for typing submitted to the Word Processing Center.
2. Utilized machine's editing functions, transcription from various types of source information/handwritten materials, proofread all materials.
3. Worked on Wang word processor.
4. Extensive transcription of motions, briefs, pleadings, correspondence, and charts.
5. Drafted, formated, proofread, revised, and edited legal and corporate.
6. Legalized documents, convert documents from PDF to Excel, Word, and other programs, apply formatting and styles.
7. Prepared, formatted, edited confidential legal correspondence/documents.

Experience

5-7 Years

Level

Executive

Education

HS or Equivalent

Description :

1. Provided word processing support to all attorneys and paralegals.
2. Consisted of maintaining the daily work log and transcribing legal documents consisting of pleadings, motions, reports, briefs, contracts/agreements.
3. Provided word processing support to all attorneys and paralegals.
4. Consisted of maintaining the daily work log and transcribing legal documents consisting of pleadings, motions, reports, briefs, contracts/agreements.
5. Provided assistance to Firm attorneys with preparation of legal documents, extensive use of pdfDocs in order to set up title binders.
6. Transcribed, proofread, and otherwise produced civil, litigation, and corporate documents as required from both audio and written sources.
7. Produced SOP for the word processing department with regard to standardization of various document formats by way of standardized macros.

Experience

2-5 Years

Level

Junior

Education

Certificate in Paralegal