B'Nai M. Thomas
Pittsburgh,PA
Summary
Legal professional with experience in supporting attorneys and legal teams. Skilled in managing case files, drafting legal documents, and conducting research. Strong focus on team collaboration, reliable under changing needs, and results-driven. Known for communication skills, organizational abilities, and confidentiality.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Legal Assistant/Legal Secretary
Allegheny County Law Department
04.2010 - Current
- Major responsibilities to provide support for all Office of Children, Youth, & Families (OCYF), Behavior of Mental Health, and IV-D (Child Support) Assistant County Solicitors in all legal matters within the Department in addition to assisting and providing support to the Litigation Department
- Draft documents including appeals, pleadings, discovery request, medical records request, open records request
- File and follow up on all pleadings, motions and appeals while requesting and delivering legal transcripts for all in-house departments
- Schedule depositions while creating and maintaining monthly calendars for OCYF and Behavior of Mental Health
- Processing various payout case settlements for the Litigation Department
- Maintaining and processing all travel reimbursement and request for Continuing Legal Courses for department attorneys
- Provide support for satellite regional office paralegals and attorneys with filings.
- Ensure delivery of subpoenaed records to judge's chamber for trials
- Create and supply subpoenas to regional paralegal technical issues
- Interact daily with court personnel regarding scheduling and filings
- Maintained strict confidentiality, protecting sensitive client information as required by legal ethics and regulations.
- Scheduled and made appointments for five attorneys.
Paralegal
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis
10.2006 - 12.2009
- Major responsibilities to support attorneys in all legal matters
- Drafted and filed pleadings, motions, and appeals
- Interact daily with court personnel regarding scheduling and filing
- Scheduled all client appointments
- Prepared various legal correspondence
- Maintained daily calendars for all attorneys
Legal Assistant/Paralegal
Wendy Williams & Associates
11.2005 - 08.2006
- Major responsibilities to supported attorney in all legal and business matters
- Schedule and maintain daily calendar for attorney
- Drafted and filed pleadings, motions, and appeals
- Prepared various legal correspondence
- Daily interaction with court personnel regarding scheduling, filing, and transport of clients incarcerated for hearings and appeals
- Scheduled all client appointments
- Assisted with scheduling attorney visits with incarcerated clients
- Interviewed clients and reviewed all case information in office and at Allegheny County Jail
Law Clerk (Foreclosure Department)
Stone & Stone
10.2004 - 10.2005
- Support attorneys in all legal matters
- Filed all pleadings, motions, and appeals
- Recorded Deeds, Certified Court Orders, and Assignments
- Worked with Sheriff to provide filings that were required to be served
- Operated multi-line phone system
- Created and prepared legal drafts by organizing and assembling information for legal documents and forms.
Legal Records Clerk
Klett, Rooney, Lieber, Schorling
04.2000 - 09.2004
- Supported attorneys in all legal matters
- Maintained database of all offsite files
- Trained secretaries on a new software system
- Researched file history
- Corresponded weekly with management regarding progress of offsite files
Education
Some College (No Degree) -
Kent State University
Kent, OhioSkills
- Microsoft Office
- Outlook
- Word
- Excel
- Records Management
- Pennsylvania Unified Judicial
- CM-ECF - PACER
- Legal Key/Elite System
- OnBase Software
- Oracle JD Edwards Enterprise One
- MRI ProLease
- Scheduling/Planning
- File organization
- Calendar management
- Travel coordination
Timeline
Legal Assistant/Legal Secretary
Allegheny County Law Department
04.2010 - Current
Paralegal
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis
10.2006 - 12.2009
Legal Assistant/Paralegal
Wendy Williams & Associates
11.2005 - 08.2006
Law Clerk (Foreclosure Department)
Stone & Stone
10.2004 - 10.2005
Legal Records Clerk
Klett, Rooney, Lieber, Schorling
04.2000 - 09.2004
Some College (No Degree) -
Kent State University
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