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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS An experienced and professional legal assistant with excellent organizational, computer and interpersonal skills. Able to work independently, meet deadlines, handle confidential information and work in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment. * Typing at 85 w.p.m. * Dictaphone Transcription * Foundation IP * Windows XP * Aderant * Advanced Microsoft Office EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman, Sunnyvale, CA August 2015 - July 2017 Legal Assistant * Prepare applications, responses and other patent prosecution documents for filing via Electronic Filing System (EFS) with the United State Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) * Conduct searches for Patents & other Publications using the USPTO database system PAIR * Proactively prepare and file IDSs based on related cases cited art * Enter and release attorney time into Aderant * Compose formal documents for inventors' signatures * Assist Docketing department with entering docket dates and deadlines into FIP Class Action Research & Litigation, Penryn, CA December 2013 - May 2015 Administrative Assistant * Prepared legal documents for local court filings ensuring adherence to court rules. * Scheduled process servers for service of legal documents upon individuals * Prepared client billing statements * Processed and deposited client payments DPMG, Sacramento, CA 2011 - 2013 Medical Transcriptionist * Transcribed via 98% accuracy via Dictaphone physician medical analysis and report ensuring daily quota was met * Edited medical reports via handwritten remarks