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ELIZABETH (Lisa) AUSTIN 4001 Fannin Fannin Street #4714, Houston, Houston, TX
77004 - (713) 504-0370 504-0370
______________________________________________ ______________________ _________________________________________________ __________________________________ _________ _ Highly motivated and dynamic legal secretary with over 20 years professional exp erience supporting law firm management, with the skills to manage all aspects of daily office operations. Legal areas of expertise include Business and Banking Litigation, Insurance Defe nse, Patent Prosecution (limited), Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Labo r Law. Exceptional organizational, oral and written communication, interpersonal, and p roblem resolution skills. Consistently produced top-quality work, exercising good judgment and exhibiting professionalism at the highest level. Able to work in both independent and coll aborative work environments. Skill include great efficiency, efficiency, Word, WordPerfect. Typing speed 90+ wpm. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE LEGAL SECRETARY Supported attorneys attorneys and partners as well as managed daily office operation. Sup ported document creation and management assistance including formatting, editing , redlining and proofreading. proofreading. Electronic filing filing experience with Southern, North ern and Eastern District Courts of Texas; Western District of Oklahoma and Color ado. General administrative administrative responsibilities responsibilities included coordinating coordinating conference conference r ooms for meetings and depositions, travel arrangements, expense reports and Outl ook for timesheets. Coordinated information flow between attorneys and departm ents. Preparation of Briefs, motions, trial preps. Stayed after 5:00 when nece ssary to complete a project. Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
Nov. 2002-July 30, 2009
Supported Co-Head of Litigation Group VII, also support senior associate and Of Counsel attorney. Very heavy desk with difficult personalities. I supported th at desk for 6 years. In January I decided to switch switch to floating for the change of pace. Pennie & Edmonds LLP
Nov. 98-Sept. 2002
Supported two partners and one patent prosecution associate in the trademark lit igation department, and one corporate law attorney. Fenwick & West LLP
Apr. 1995-Jun 1998
Support two litigation partners and four associates in labor defense firm. Ropers, Majeski & Kohn
Jan. 1991-Mar. 1995
Supported Sr. Partner and one Sr. Associate in medical malpractice defense firm. Composed and sent out discovery and correspondence. Set up multiple doctor de positions. When I left my desk was split between two secretaries. Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger
June 1987-Dec. 1990
Support number one billing attorney attorney firm wide out of 300 attorneys. attorneys. Very busy d esk. Business and banking litigation practice. Filings and service of document
s to 77 parties with no computer. Late nights. Also helped in the word proces sing department when not busy w/my own desk at night. Brault, Graham, Scott & Brault
July 1983-May 1986
Supported Sr. Partner in medical malpractice malpractice firm and one Sr. Associate. puter. Generated Tables of Authorities and Table of Contents manually.
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77004 - (713) 504-0370 504-0370
______________________________________________ ______________________ _________________________________________________ __________________________________ _________ _ Highly motivated and dynamic legal secretary with over 20 years professional exp erience supporting law firm management, with the skills to manage all aspects of daily office operations. Legal areas of expertise include Business and Banking Litigation, Insurance Defe nse, Patent Prosecution (limited), Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Labo r Law. Exceptional organizational, oral and written communication, interpersonal, and p roblem resolution skills. Consistently produced top-quality work, exercising good judgment and exhibiting professionalism at the highest level. Able to work in both independent and coll aborative work environments. Skill include great efficiency, efficiency, Word, WordPerfect. Typing speed 90+ wpm. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE LEGAL SECRETARY Supported attorneys attorneys and partners as well as managed daily office operation. Sup ported document creation and management assistance including formatting, editing , redlining and proofreading. proofreading. Electronic filing filing experience with Southern, North ern and Eastern District Courts of Texas; Western District of Oklahoma and Color ado. General administrative administrative responsibilities responsibilities included coordinating coordinating conference conference r ooms for meetings and depositions, travel arrangements, expense reports and Outl ook for timesheets. Coordinated information flow between attorneys and departm ents. Preparation of Briefs, motions, trial preps. Stayed after 5:00 when nece ssary to complete a project. Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
Nov. 2002-July 30, 2009
Supported Co-Head of Litigation Group VII, also support senior associate and Of Counsel attorney. Very heavy desk with difficult personalities. I supported th at desk for 6 years. In January I decided to switch switch to floating for the change of pace. Pennie & Edmonds LLP
Nov. 98-Sept. 2002
Supported two partners and one patent prosecution associate in the trademark lit igation department, and one corporate law attorney. Fenwick & West LLP
Apr. 1995-Jun 1998
Support two litigation partners and four associates in labor defense firm. Ropers, Majeski & Kohn
Jan. 1991-Mar. 1995
Supported Sr. Partner and one Sr. Associate in medical malpractice defense firm. Composed and sent out discovery and correspondence. Set up multiple doctor de positions. When I left my desk was split between two secretaries. Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger
June 1987-Dec. 1990
Support number one billing attorney attorney firm wide out of 300 attorneys. attorneys. Very busy d esk. Business and banking litigation practice. Filings and service of document
s to 77 parties with no computer. Late nights. Also helped in the word proces sing department when not busy w/my own desk at night. Brault, Graham, Scott & Brault
July 1983-May 1986
Supported Sr. Partner in medical malpractice malpractice firm and one Sr. Associate. puter. Generated Tables of Authorities and Table of Contents manually.
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