Denver Metropolitan Area
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.