Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Legal Assistant with diverse and extensive experience in assisting all levels of attorneys from summer associates to senior partners. Expertise includes an emphasis on FCC regulatory practice. Demonstrated interpersonal, professional, managerial and legal skills. Established reputation for being customer oriented. Dedicated to supporting associates and partners as well as training new colleagues. Organized and versatile. Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Assisted multinational law firm’s communications group specializing in FCC practice. Focus on broadcast law with significant experience in common carrier field. • Conducted detail-oriented research and analysis, prepared FCC Forms, in-house memoranda and client advisories, and lobbied extensive network of FCC staff to expedite processing of applications. • Served as sole legal assistant assigned to processing of all audit request letters for the firm’s DC and Northern Virginia offices for three years, including conducting appropriate due diligence, drafting, finalizing and distributing same. • Selected by peers to serve as legal assistant representative to the firm’s Team Leader meetings.
Confidential Secretary to Meg Greenfield, Editorial Page Editor • Screened incoming calls, prepared correspondence, performed accounts payable for artwork, and resolved complaints and inquiries of callers. Senior Clerk, Credit Department • Handled credit/collections on individual and business accounts. • Researched credit worthiness and customer inquiries, resolved account disputes, prepared correspondence and maintained records.
Legal Assistant • Assisted law firm in document production in an anti-trust suit between members of the burglar alarm industry and a major telecommunications company. • Visited designated sites and assisted attorney in the selection of pertinent records and materials. • Designated and implemented the filing procedure for the maintenance of each plaintiff’s files and records.