Cheryl Powers Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Pittsburgh

Legal AssistantDuties include assisting three attorneys, in addition to other firm attorneys when needed, in all phases oflegal operations including, but not limited to:Administrative Responsibilities:Processing firm mail; typing; proofreading; processing of highly confidential/sensitive legaldocumentation and correspondence, including maintaining a diary system for one appellate attorneyand one litigation attorney; coordinating deposition, meeting and trial schedules; personal interactionwith clients on a regular basis; file organization; and filing.Legal Responsibilities:Assist in litigation matters in appellate; medical malpractice; products liability; insurance defense; andother areas of civil litigation; drafting miscellaneous pleadings

Duties include assisting three attorneys, in addition to other firm attorneys when needed, in all phases of legal operations including, but not limited to:Administrative Responsibilities:Processing firm mail; typing; proofreading; processing of highly confidential/sensitive legal documentation and correspondence, including opening of new suits; maintaining diary system for three litigation attorneys; coordinating deposition, meeting and trial schedules; personal interaction with clients on a regular basis; file organization; filing and back-up receptionist. Legal Responsibilities:Assist in litigation matters in medical malpractice; insurance defense; employment law; unemployment compensation law and other areas of civil litigation; drafting miscellaneous pleadings

Duties included assisting in busy legal office consisting of two attorneys and two legal secretaries, in addition to one attorney in another office; solely maintaining one attorney's medical auditing company, as well as his law office; responsible for all phases of operations including, but not limited to:Administrative Responsibilities:Research and preparation of highly confidential/sensitive legal documentation and correspondence; scheduling client's appointments; client intake; file organization; maintaining court calendars and statute ticklers; maintaining clients' costs advanced bank account; completing light bookkeeping, including processing and payment of client costs advanced and quarterly reports.Legal Responsibilities:Preparation and maintenance of all real estate and bank loan closings, necessary documents for real estate closings, all estate files, including inheritance tax returns and first and final accounts; preparation of all aspects of workers' compensation matters, including preparation of findings of fact; preparation and maintenance of all aspects of personal injury matters, including preparation of demands and discovery documents; preparation and maintenance all aspects of social security matters and I.D.E.A. matters (with attorney); preparation of wills and powers of attorney; drafting discovery documents; meeting with clients to review case documents; preparation and maintenance of all other miscellaneous legal matters presented by attorney.

Duties included coordinating medical reviews for workers' compensation cases; coordinating and facilitating physicians to review cases; creating and maintaining files; maintaining calendar control; preparing inventory and determination sheets; and bookkeeping, including processing and payment of bills, billing and quarterly reports.

Duties included attendance of monthly meetings and recording meeting minutes, miscellaneous typing and filing, creating and maintaining office files and preparation of yearly budget. In addition, bookkeeping, including billing, monthly payroll, quarterly reports, preparation of W-2 forms, collecting and maintaining water and sewage records, traffic violation records and all Pennsylvania and Borough required accounting manuals.

Duties included preparation of various documents, scheduling of hearings, opening and docketing mail, answering telephones, and all other general secretarial procedures.

Duties included supervision of busy legal office consisting of two attorneys and two legal secretaries. Also, responsibility for all phases of day-to-day operations including, but not limited to:Administrative Responsibilities:Preparation of highly confidential/sensitive legal documentation and correspondence, scheduling clients' appointments, maintaining court calendar for attorneys, creating and maintaining office files and bookkeeping, including billing, bi-weekly payroll and quarterly reports.Legal Responsibilities:Preparation of bank loan closings, preparation of documents for real estate closings, including mortgages, notes, riders, certificates of title, deeds, settlement sheets and title insurance documents, preparation of estate documents, including inheritance tax returns and first and final accounts, minimal courthouse, and maintenance of case calendar to assure timely filings and meeting al courthouse/statue of limitation deadlines.

Duties included docketing all incoming criminal mail, proofreading all legal citations in appellate briefs, preparing "Tables" pages in all appellate briefs, answering telephones, scheduling appointments, making travel arrangements and updating legal library.