Legal Secretary
Whitelaw McDonald Lawyers
01.1995 - 03.2000
- Organized files for court proceedings.
- Created, indexed, and maintained client binders.
- Scheduled and made appointments for numerous lawyers.
- Filed documents with courts on behalf of lawyers.
- Received and placed telephone calls to clients and prospective clients.
- Transcribed legal documents and phone conversations.
- Screened telephone calls and forwarded to appropriate departments.
- Prepared and processed itemised invoices for lawyer billing.
- Planned and organized internal and external events, meetings and conferences.
- Researched and booked reasonably-priced and comfortable airfare, hotels, conference rooms and ground transportation for senior leadership.