Lynne Braver, Cap Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas Area

Austin, Texas Area

Austin, Texas Area

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Provided support for Managing Partner/CEO of 125 attorney firm.• Maintained confidential files regarding firm management.• Coordinated complex calendar and client meetings.• Managed voluminous files for major museum clients, including acquisition files.• Drafted correspondence for attorney signature.• Arranged complex domestic and international travel itineraries. • Provided secretarial support in areas of art law, corporate governance, complex business transactions, litigation and estate planning.

• Provided support for Honorary French Consul in Cleveland.• Independently responded to inquiries from French citizens including liaison with French Consulate in Chicago.

• Assumed Legal Secretary Coordinator duties in addition to position as legal secretary.• Supervised 20 legal secretaries and assigned overflow work.• Trained new hires including “train to legal,” and prepared evaluations of secretaries.• Wrote Litigation Department “Training Manual for Secretaries,” including court forms, court procedures and anatomy of a legal case.• Edited three editions of “Secretarial Procedures Manual” and “Training Outline.”

• Provided support for partner and associates in litigation department of 470-attorney national firm.• Coordinated schedule and organized meetings to facilitate partner's extensive involvement with professional and nonprofit organizations.• Applied extensive knowledge of federal and state court procedures to produce wide variety of legal documents and pleadings.• Drafted correspondence for attorney signature.• Provided practice management assistance, including billing, time-keeping, business and personal calendar maintenance and travel arrangements.• Liaison with clients, co-counsel, opposing counsel and courts.• Provided support for confidential corporate internal investigations.• Traveled to Phoenix, AZ to provide on-site support for 8 senior attorneys defending multi-million dollar malpractice case.