NZ Experience
Senior legal assistant
Providing support to two teams with a total of 25 authors within the firm practicing litigation and criminal prosecution.
Duties included:
• File management, including opening and closing files, maintain updated matter lists and ensuring all matters are kept up to date;
• Conducting legal research;
• Billing process, from the organization of the authors to the drafting, processing and sending out invoices to clients, as well as emailing and chasing debtors;
• Preparation of electronic bundles and documents for Court; and
• General administration tasks such as diary management, handling communications to the team via email and telephone, arranging travel and accommodation, contacting other services such as IT and the accounts department within the firm and ensuring that all authors have their needs met in order to effectively complete their tasks.
Legal assistant
Providing support to a team of seven authors practicing litigation and employment law as well as assisting in any training regarding electronic processes.
Duties included:
• File management;
• Billing processes;
• Training authors in and assisting in creating electronic casebooks and how to use various electronic programs;
• Assisting the IT department with various tasks including trouble shooting and system testing;
• General administration tasks; and
• Assisting other departments to ensure authors have their needs met and are able to focus on client work.
Infrastructure Operations Coordinator
Assisting
Education
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts majoring in Sociology and Criminology