Transcription / Legal Secretarial

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Professional Summary

·     Approximately thirty years experience in administrative support – primarily Legal Secretarial and Transcription.   Accurate typing of 100+ wpm; strong editing and proofreading skills; proficient with word processing software.      

·     Currently self-employed, dba LeBook Business Services, Petaluma, CA (1997 to present).  Offering complete business services which include transcription and legal word processing, bookkeeping, desktop publishing, and computer technical support.

·     Capable of transcribing digital sound files via email or the Internet, as well as micro-cassette tapes.  Possess broadband Internet access, color inkjet and laser printing.

·     Legal Secretarial experience includes a working knowledge of most aspects of the law including corporate, criminal, and civil litigation, and a familiarity with court rules and procedures. 

Professional Experience

1997 to Present - LeBook Business Services, initially in Overland Park, KS; relocated to Petaluma, CA in October 2003 - Offering services such as legal typing and transcription, desktop publishing, web design, writing,  computer consulting, and bookkeeping. 

1995 to 1997 - Computer Consultant:  Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, as Help Desk Analyst; Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Merriam, KS, as Network Administrator/Analyst.

1994 to 1995 - Self-Employed consultant, Mill Valley, CA.  Legal typing and transcription, bookkeeping, computer consulting.

1991 to 1994 - Mata-Engelbert Associates, Sausalito, CA.  Managing Partner of executive placement agency.  Recruited and placed computer professionals, as well as secretaries.  

1988 to 1991 - Park Inns International Worldwide Hotel Group, San Francisco, CA.  Office Manager and Executive Assistant to the President.

1985 to 1988 – Freelance Legal Secretary – Worked for more than thirty law firms in the San Francisco Bay Area; provided legal typing and transcription services. 

1984 to 1985 - Jerry D. Tiedt & Co., Inc., Carlsbad, CA.  Secretary to the President.

1980 to 1984 - Hancock, Rothert & Bunshoft, San Francisco, CA.  Legal Secretary.  

1979 to 1980 - Oscar Padilla Insurance Co., San Diego, CA.   Secretary. 

Education

- BOILING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL, Spartanburg, SC (1978)

- LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES, Riverside, CA

- CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES, San Diego, CA and Kentfield, CA

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