Beverly Becker Email & Phone Number

San Antonio, Texas

Provided extensive typing and transcribing, opened and closed client files, acquired file data using CounselLink. Conducted initial discoveries; maintained docket sheets. Ensured file lists were updated and tracked deadlines of work assigned to other attorneys. Made travel arrangements and reviewed all faxes.Achievements:•Provided executive support to one attorney and his legal assistant and provided well-organized and detailed indirect assistance to three additional attorneys.

San Antonio, Texas

Customized template forms to prepare wills, engagement letters, and probate pleadings. Opened new files, and answered phones. Organized the office filing system, put together A/P and A/R processes.Achievements:•Brought annual and/or final accounting information up to date with the Court, after sustained lapses in adhering to this annual requirement.•Created a system to track copying and postage expenses for each file using Microsoft Word. •Brought 50 client files up to current status by filing documents and establishing a unformed order.

San Antonio, Texas

'CONNELL & BENJAMIN, 2006 -- 2009Performed extensive typing, transcribing, and backup switchboard support. Maintained hard and Microsoft Outlook calendars. Reproduced relevant documents, assembled file folders and filed, indexing all documents. Maintained docket sheets for cases and composed first drafts of correspondences. Achievements:•Supported a managing partner and a junior partner with heavy workloads and high billables.•Consistently met all deadlines, including inputting discoveries for attorney responses.•Put forth extra effort to remain current with filing including filing during weekend hours.

San Antonio, Texas

Performed heavy typing, transcribing, maintaining hard calendar and calendar in Abacus. Reproduced relevant documents, maintained docket sheets, composed first drafts of correspondences and deposition summaries. Faxed documents. Achievements:•Entrusted to provide dedicated assistance to a senior shareholder who retired, then rolled into supporting three attorneys (one of whom was also a senior shareholder) and their legal assistant. •Transferred one attorney’s recorded time from Excel to Abacus in order to facilitate client invoicing.•Proofread all documents produced by attorneys, correcting innumerable errors. •Took initiative calendaring court settings/depositions/appointments, rectifying frequent attorney omissions to either calendar these events themselves or request calendaring by support staff.

San Antonio, Texas

Maintained hard and automated Microsoft Outlook calendar; composed first drafts of correspondences. Reproduced relevant documents, maintained docket sheets, faxed, typed, and transcribed documents. Achievements:•Within four weeks brought client files up-to-date and initiated a system of individual folders that made records for experts, discoveries, contact sheets and other data readily accessible for attorney perusal. •Within seven to 10 days, updated both hard and Outlook calendars with current appointments, court settings and due dates for pleadings by manually pulling information from each file.

San Antonio, Texas

Reproduced voluminous documents and maintained docket sheets for cases, composed first drafts of correspondence, pleadings and discoveries. Proofread client billings, faxed documents and performed extensive typing and transcribing. Maintained both hard and Microsoft Outlook calendars.Achievements:•Characterized by supervising attorney as being a "hard act to follow". •Created "contention interrogatories" that were subsequently forwarded to plaintiff attorneys. •Routinely and timely produced highly voluminous discovery documents to opposing council. •Caught and rectified a calendar error with for an out-of-county, Monday 10:00 a.m. deadline by “going the distance” to ensure the Answer was timely filed at the courthouse at 9:58 am.

San Antonio, Texas

Maintained mediation files, including scheduling, calendaring, developing a tickler system, and keeping case docket sheets. Typed, transcribed and took light shorthand.Achievements:•Loyally served one of the name shareholders for 17 aggregate years (including employment at another firm) before his retirement. Attained a productive and collaborative relationship, successfully dissolving his reputation for being “challenging” by remaining on board after he went through seven secretaries within as many days prior to my employment. •Provided secondary support to an additional seven to eight attorneys through the years ranging from junior partners to attorneys right out of law school.