Nanette Smith Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga

Working directly with three partners, acted as sole support to assist as they began a new Environmental boutique firm in 2008. In June 2013, assisted the firm as it merged with another environmental firm, more than doubling in size. Responsibilities include case management/project management; drafting due diligence memos; document review and organization utilizing Adobe to assemble and Bates-label documents for discovery production; direct e-mail correspondence with consultants and clients; legal research; proofreading / “Blue Booking”; electronic filing in Federal and State Court civil cases; assisting with trial preparation tasks (notebooks, exhibits, demonstrative aids).

Atlanta, Ga

Managed all aspects of a small business including payroll, billing, file maintenance, basic accounting/bookkeeping, and supply inventory; created and maintained tracking spreadsheet for profit/loss and end-of-year financial reports; coordinated two office relocations in May 1997 and August 2006. Litigation Assistant responsibilities include: draft pleadings and correspondence; file pleadings with State and Federal trial and appellate courts (including e-filing with State court, US District Courts, and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals; assisted with case review and analysis (summarized medical records and depositions to assist attorney in recognizing strengths and weaknesses of the cases); assisted with trial preparation and at trial, including witness preparation, exhibit production, on-going file organization, voir dire, and witness coordination; client liaison – developed and maintained close communication with clients.

Atlanta, Ga

Performed general secretarial and legal assistant duties including typing, dictation transcription, filing, file management, billing, copying, and answering/screening phone calls. Litigation Assistant responsibilities include: drafted pleadings and correspondence; file pleadings with State courts; assist with trial preparation and at trial, including witness preparation, exhibit production, on-going file organization, voir dire, and witness coordination; client liaison – developed and maintained close communication with clients.

Paralegal Certificate (With Honors)

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science And Government