Legal Secretary Resume

The profession of legal secretary is probably the most important one with respect to the functioning of a law firm or any other such organization. Along with normal secretarial duties such as attending telephone calls, scrutinizing mails, a legal secretary also has to perform many other duties specific to the legal profession. These include preparing legal documents, drafting office memos, client interviews, hearings and so on. Legal secretaries are employed not only in law firms but also in a variety of other places such as police forces, at barristers', insurance companies, etc. To become a successful legal secretary, you need to have computer skills, be polite, provide attention to detail and be able to meet deadlines. 

Jesse Love
546, University Boulevard,
Pine Bluff, AR, 65732
(233) 328- 7623
jesse.love@email.com

Career Goal

Seeking the position of a legal secretary in a reputed organization whereby I would be able to help it grow and further bring about my personal growth too.

Educational Background

• Achieved Associate Law Degree from the Philadelphia University, Philadelphia in the year of 1995.
• Obtained associate workshops on Legal studies along with communication skill development programs.
• Achieved Bachelor of Arts Degree from the New Jersey University, New Jersey in the year of 1994 at Political Science as the major. Business Economics was the second major in that issue.

Professional Excellence Summary

• Have over 12 years of experience in the legal field as the legal secretary.
• Have over 7 years of experience in common application.
• Have managerial skills and capacitated in taking heavy workload as a secretary.
• Have proven capacity to adopt with the new concepts and measures.
• Capacitated with first-paced functioning and persuasive work environment.

Known Computer Programming Skills

• Known Office Package: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook Express
• Known Operating Systems: Windows9X, Windows2000, Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Linux, Unix, MS DOS

Professional Background

2000- Present date: Work as the Legal Secretary for the Santana and Johnson Firm, Washington with the following responsibilities

• Provide the entire production of documents, legal motions, client forms and up-to-date briefs with typing, formatting and their generating.
• Provide required maintenance to case records.
• Offer required appointments planning along with migration case discussions.

1995- 2000: Worked as the Legal Secretary for the National Insurance Company, Dallas with the following responsibilities

• Offered the entire creation of documents, legal motions, client forms and up-to-date briefs with typing, formatting and their generating.
• Supplied required maintenance to case records.
• Carried out general secretarial jobs.

Also see the other legal secretary resume for one more sample.