San Francisco State University

City College of San Francisco

Paralegal at Goodwin

San Francisco, California, United States

- Managing formation and dissolution of entities, including Corporations, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships; organizing files relating to entities and transactional, regulatory, and other legal matters.•	Drafting and revising confidential agreements, including Subscription Agreements, Limited Partnership Agreements, Operating Agreements, Transfer Agreements, Side Letters, and other related fund formation documents; and executing legal forms and/or documents via DocuSign.•	Assisting with new fund on-boarding and account openings, and updating and maintaining internal and external legal documents, including funds and/or clients spreadsheets.•	Researching Federal and State securities regulations in connection with fund formations.•	Preparing, reviewing, and filing legal forms and/or reports with the Internal Revenue Services, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)/EDGAR System, NASAA Electronic Filing Depository  (EFD) and registered agent services.•	Entered Daily Time Entry (DTE) on a daily basis and maintained file copies of released time entries.

Goodwin

Paralegal

- Processed stock option exercises, stock transfers, stock repurchases, terminations and stock certificates; and reviewed and updated Capitalization Tables.• 	Maintained minute books, due diligence and closing documents, and other corporate reports/transactions.•	Prepared documents to support attorneys and paralegals which may include transcribing from dictation, drafts, handwritten notes and/or oral instruction, redlining and proofreading documents.•	Processed Expense Reports, Check Requests, Travel Reimbursements, and Health Club Reimbursement Forms in accordance with accounting guidelines for the timekeepers.•	Maintained attorneys and paralegals calendars, including tracking of calls, events, deadlines, reminders and tasks; arranged travel by preparing itineraries and securing transportation and hotel reservations.•	Routed incoming mail and prepared outgoing mail and overnight packages using the postage-metering machine, scale, and Federal Express Power ship; coordinated messenger pickups and deliveries.•	Scheduled appointments, meetings and conferences for attorneys and paralegals, including coordinating catering services and special equipment.

Legal Secretary

- Prepared accurate, error-free, and properly formatted legal documents and correspondence from dictation and/or handwritten drafts; compiled, typed, revised, combined, printed, and stored documents.•	Opened new client and/or matter numbers; performed conflict checks; reviewed monthly bills and made appropriate transfers, write-offs, and corrections.•	Managed attorneys and paralegals emails, calendar appointments, and client contact lists; arranged travel by preparing itineraries, securing transportation and hotel reservations.•	Processed Expense Reports, Check Requests, Travel Reimbursements, and Health Club Reimbursement Forms in accordance with accounting guidelines.•	Opened and sorted mail for assigned attorneys and paralegals, and answered multi-line telephones and acted as the first point of contact for potential clients and current clients; retrieved voicemail messages and arranged conference calls.

Cooley LLP

- Reviewed monthly pre-bills and made appropriate transfers, write-offs, and/or corrections; applied retainers, on account fees, and on account disbursements for third-party billings; handled special billing requests from clients, i.e., travel detail and/or special billing formats.•	Tracked all incoming and outgoing mail and worked on special projects, such as arranging conference calls, meetings, and/or setting up web meetings.•	Processed Expense Reports, Check Requests, Travel Reimbursements, and Health Club Reimbursement Forms in accordance with accounting guidelines.•	Provided clerical support such as preparing correspondence for signature, retrieving corporate documents and updating contact databases.•	Assisted other Practice Team Assistants with overflow work and/or providing backup legal support for secretaries as needed.

Practice Team Assistant

- Maintained special projects as directed by paralegals and attorneys, including formatting and preparing word documents and/or spreadsheets, summarizing and finalizing reports, correspondence, memorandum and other legal documents.•	Prepared a variety of discoveries and pleadings and electronically filed and served legal documents as required by the state and federal courts.•	Managed attorneys and paralegals calendars, including scheduling trials, appointments, depositions, meetings, court hearings and telephone conferences.•	Performed back-up secretarial duties when needed.

Walsworth - WFBM, LLP

Legal Assistant

- Assisted paralegals and attorneys in preparing Prop 51 Binders, depositions’ documents and/or trial binders; organized, assembled, ordered, converted and saved legal documents appropriately.•	Managed to search legal documents through legal search engines; opened new case files and closed old files; sorted, filed, labeled, and indexed existing legal documents; processed, scanned, copied, and distributed incoming mail.•	Filed legal documents to courts in San Francisco Bay Area.•	Provided back-up support for the receptionist as required or assigned; answered phones and warmly greeted incoming visitors and clients to the Firm.

Ghena Euodia

Ghena Euodia