Dorina O'Toole

Litigation Legal Assistant at Sheridan Ross P.C.

Denver Metropolitan Area

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Experience

  • Litigation Legal Assistant at Sheridan Ross P.C.
    Oct 2019 - Present · 6 yrs 10 mos

    Support three patent litigation attorneys with calendaring, client intake, expense reimbursements, and travel arrangements. Prepare claim charts and research as needed. Download court e-filings and circulate to team members, draft shell pleadings, update team attorneys' pro hac vice cases, review/edit pleadings and prepare working, hearing and trial notebooks. Prepare attorney admissions (including pro hac admissions) to various jurisdictions. Plan party/gatherings for the litigation team, as well as the summer associate program and legal staff gatherings. Input time entries for contract members of the litigation team and process their invoices. Train and mentor new legal assistants in the litigation department with software and administrative tasks. Assist with file transfers throughout the firm when attorneys leave. Assist the legal department as needed.

  • Litigation Legal Secretary at Holland & Hart LLP
    Jan 2001 - Oct 2019 · 18 yrs 10 mos

    Supported four partners (one tax attorney, one corporate attorney and two commercial litigation attorneys) with client intake, correspondence, memos, timekeeping, filing state and federal pleadings via electronic. Serve subpoenas and summonses when necessary. Assist with Bill of Costs. Prepare hearing and trial documents/notebooks and maintain filing system on a constant basis. Support other support staff when needed.

  • Legal Secretary at Berenbaum Weinshienk PC
    Jun 1999 - Jan 2001 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Supported an estate planning partner and two business associates. Prepared estate planning documents, along with presenting the estate documents to clients and notarizing same. Transcribed correspondence and business agreements, and input timekeeping records.

  • Legal Secretary at Bruno Bruno & Colin
    Oct 1997 - Jun 1999 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Supported a litigation partner and a paralegal with various duties consisting of filing pleadings, transcribing briefs and correspondence, input timekeeping records, and maintained legal filing system for the team.

  • Legal Secretary at Leprino Foods
    Apr 1995 - Oct 1997 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    Supported the Legal and Tax Department consisting of the corporate counselor and tax manager and seven support personnel. Prepared and/or transcribed memos, letters, reports, spreadsheets, database and agreements for the Legal Department. Maintained the entire legal filing system. Prepared monthly reports for local counsel invoices and process for payment. Assisted all internal and external customers.