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• Transcribed and/or prepared legal documents, including powers of attorney, health care powers, abstracts, trusts and trust amendments, wills and codicils. Notarized documents when required. • Prepared and assembled federal and California exemption applications for numerous private foundations and public charities; submitted same to appropriate taxing authorities and agencies, including Internal Revenue Service, California Franchise Tax Board, California Secretary of State, and California Attorney General. • Prepared ruling requests and deletion statements for submission to Internal Revenue Service. • Created and submitted grant deeds to county recorders in California and other jurisdictions; interactions with title company. • Prepared and submitted probate documents to appropriate California courts; sent out notices of hearing to service list. • Handled consistently heavy telephone call load composed of high profile clients. • Recorded attorney time on timesheets for calculation of billable hours. Interfaced with Records and Accounting departments in preparation of new clients, matters, and files, as well as client bills. • Trained newly hired personnel; created desk manual for Personal Planning procedures.

• Prepared legal documents and correspondence from handwritten draft or taped transcription. Proofread all work product; followed through for signatures, duplication, mailing. • Provided assistance in closing/acquisitions of hospitals by corporation, including preparation of schedules and necessary distribution to appropriate parties. Provided assistance for stock option program, including preparation of personalized mailing for over 600 persons. Proofread corporate Proxy Statement for annual submission to stock exchanges and Securities and Exchange Commission. • Managed business travel arrangements, flight, hotel, and car rental reservations. Prepared internal travel request forms and itineraries. • Distributed annual reports and related information to interested parties; notified appropriate personnel of additions/deletions to corporate mailing list.

• Prepared scientific manuscripts for publication and grant applications for submission to federal and private agencies, principally the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation; some manuscripts reproduced directly from my typed copy. Numbers of grants and manuscripts produced annually approximately 30 and 40, respectively. Mailed out requested scientific reprints of published articles.• Utilized university science library for research purposes in assembly/distribution of dossiers for faculty promotion and recruitment. Assisted other staff in graduate program and purchasing duties. • Trained other personnel in use of word processor and design of purchasing forms on diskettes for use by staff members. Wrote word processing manual for internal use.• Collaborated with Molecular Biology Seminar Chair in coordination of sectional seminar series, including publicity, appointment schedules, and arrangement of meeting rooms, luncheons, and hotel rooms for speakers. • Served as assistant to Molecular Biology Director on special projects such as recruitment of faculty and Biological Sciences Chair and annual evaluation of present faculty. Prepared illustrations, graphs, tables, and complex equations for molecular biology and laser physics manuscripts, grant applications, and poster session presentations; designed graphic representations for internal use in Molecular Biology office.

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