Leslie Arredondo
Elk Grove
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Legal Secretary
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Office of Legal Affairs
03.2024 - Current
- Formatting and proofreading pleadings, motions, briefs, statements, discovery responses, declarations,
- Preparing contact update forms, peremptory strike lists, and subpoenas;
- Copying and assembling exhibit binders and discovery documents;
- Review outgoing legal correspondence prepared by or for staff counsel’s signature
- Calendar deadlines for prehearing/settlement conferences, investigatory hearings , and evidentiary hearings
- Review, screen, and process incoming documents and correspondence;
- Create, organize, and maintain case files in accordance with Office of Legal Affairs' file management system (e.g., hard copy case files, the OLA electronic filing system, ProLaw and shared network folders);
- Coordinate legal services, such as service legal documents and transcription requests
- Process incoming mail for assigned attorneys
- Provide general clerical support to 8 attorneys
Family Law Legal Assistant
Mayer & Young, PC
01.2024 - 03.2024
- First point of contact for all clients and potential clients
- Answer main phone line and redirected calls to the appropriate staff member
- Received, scanned, electronically saved, and forwarded all mail
- Managed the firm calendar
- Managed client information on case management system (Clio)
- Managed physical and electronic files for existing and new clients
- Drafted judicial council forms, declarations, stipulation and orders, financial disclosures, attorney input statements, and other Family Law-related motions
- Provide administrative support to all levels of staff
- Translate for Spanish speaking clients/potential clients
- Scheduled appointments with clients, opposing parties, and/or opposing counsels
- Daily use of printing/copying/scanning/ faxing machine
- Maintained office organization
Family Law Legal Assistant
Samra Dhillon & Associates
06.2022 - 12.2023
- Drafted and finalized correspondence with clients, opposing counsels, opposing parties, and with other professionals (i.e court reporters, process servers, private investigators, realtors) per the attorney’s instructions
- Interviewed clients to gather facts in preparation of family law motions, responses to family law motions and responses to discovery demands
- Calendared hearings, deadlines, and meetings for attorneys
- Drafted judicial council forms, declarations, stipulation and orders, financial disclosures, attorney input statements, and other Family Law-related motions
- Drafted and finalized Discovery demands, Form Interrogatories-Family Law
- Drafted and finalized responses to discovery demands
- Prepare exhibit binders for trials
- Transcribed videos and dictations
- Provided support during trials
- Maintain confidential files for all clients
- Provide support in Spanish as needed
- Provide support for attorneys as needed
- Frequent use of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Google Docs
- Daily use of printing/copying/scanning/faxing machine
Administrative Assistant
Samra Dhillon & Associates
03.2022 - 06.2022
- First point of contact for all clients and potential clients
- Answer main phone line and redirected calls to the appropriate staff member
- Received, scanned, electronically saved, and forwarded all mail
- Managed the firm calendar
- Formatted and forwarded correspondence for Workers Compensation cases
- Managed client information on case management system (Clio)
- Provide administrative support to all levels of staff
- Translate for Spanish speaking clients/potential clients
- Scheduled appointments for filing at the Court
- Daily use of printing/copying/scanning/ faxing machine
- Maintained office organization
Student Volunteer
Clinica Martin-Baro
03.2019 - 03.2022
- First point of contact for all patients
- Provide support to doctors and other medical professional volunteers as needed
- Follow up calls with patients
- Translated in Spanish for all patients
- Working with other student volunteers to organize health/legal workshops while being culturally sensitive
- Organizing community events for patients of the Clínica
- Filing and scanning important and confidential medical records
- Prepared correspondence going out to healthcare partners
- Writing referrals for patients for mental health, vision, dental, legal, and medical insurance services
- Scheduling appointments for lab tests & filing results
- Making agendas for all meetings
- Utilized Word, Excel, and Microsoft Outlook
- Experience with telehealth and utilizing zoom due to COVID-19 regulations
Legal Assistant
Nyman Turkish PC
08.2021 - 02.2022
- Assisting attorneys with initial application phases for administrative law cases
- Scheduling clients for application appointments
- Completing, filing & mailing legal documents/client applications
- SSA-3441, SSA-827, SSA-16, SSA-821, SSA-8001, SSA- 3368, DWD
- Conducting several client appointments in Spanish
- Conducting several client appointments daily to gather the necessary information required for Social Security Disability Applications
- Preparation of initial application paperwork to be filed online and sent to the Social Security Administration
- Providing efficient, diligent and excellent customer service to clients
- Use of legal management software and Microsoft Office
- Proficient in Prevail and Litify
Education
Paralegal Studies Certificate -
American River College
Sacramento, CA12.2024
Bachelor's of Arts in Criminal Justice, Minor in Political Science and Minor in Latinx Studies, Cum Laude -
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA05.2021
Skills
- Bilingual (Spanish)
- Skilled in case management systems (ie Lawyaw, Clio, ProLaw, CMS)
- Able to work independently and collaboratively with all levels of staff by being an effective communicator, having a strong work ethic, and being responsible
- Organized, detail-oriented, honest
- Strong internal and external customer service skills
- Establish and maintain cooperative work relationships
Timeline
Legal Secretary
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Office of Legal Affairs
03.2024 - Current
Family Law Legal Assistant
Mayer & Young, PC
01.2024 - 03.2024
Family Law Legal Assistant
Samra Dhillon & Associates
06.2022 - 12.2023
Administrative Assistant
Samra Dhillon & Associates
03.2022 - 06.2022
Legal Assistant
Nyman Turkish PC
08.2021 - 02.2022
Student Volunteer
Clinica Martin-Baro
03.2019 - 03.2022
Paralegal Studies Certificate -
American River College
Bachelor's of Arts in Criminal Justice, Minor in Political Science and Minor in Latinx Studies, Cum Laude -
San Francisco State University
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