Legal Secretary Cover Letter

Carlene R. Lewis
3348 Ward Road. New York, NY 10001
Phone: 914-988-3197. Email: lewis999@hotmail.com

August 5, 2010

Mr. Richard T. Blanks
Manager, Legal Secretary Administration
ABC LLP
600 Lexington Avenue
New York

Dear Mr. Blanks

As an adept professional with an outstanding legal background of 4+years possess commendable emotional intelligence thereby working exceptionally well without stress in fast-paced work environment imperative for furnishing world-class legal professional support. This is a result of solid legal knowhow acquired as a result of certification in the form of certified legal secretary specialist: Intellectual property from Legal Secretaries International Inc. in addition to my commitment.

Some core professional competencies responsible so far for demonstrated legal excellence are as follows:

• Exceptional communication skills both oral and written has had been facilitating me to draft excellent varying kinds of document as required by the legal system. This includes but not confines to correspondence, pleadings, memoranda to proofreading documents for errors and correcting it up.
• The aforementioned tasks also very well indicate towards my command over legal terminology apart from understanding of legal aspects of businesses.
• Furthermore the appreciable computer proficiency also works for me in coordinating court filings including filing of pleadings via electronic filing procedures as mandated and approved by the court as and when required.
• Have had also been taking care of all the legal administrative services perfectly varying from preparing check requests for vendor statements to other administrative tasks.
• Keeping in view the client’s satisfaction as a prerequisite for firm’s success I remain in forefront in reviewing, sorting and distributing mail; the calendars due dates from documents, letters and other mail received.  Additionally have been answering telephones and recording messages.
• My professional commitment further can be gauged by my active participation in office secretarial back-up system for absence coverage to ensure smooth running of legal operations.
• Moreover strong legal ethics facilitates me to maintain the confidentiality of the information including that of some loyal clients’ thereby expanding the credibility and repute that the current law firm i.e. XYZ LLP takes pride in.

Therefore I am certain of providing required litigation support services as anticipated in your job description at careerbuilder.com dated mm/dd/yy. Hence given my past experience in legal environment and illustrated expertise look forward to an opportunity to discuss the value that I can bring to the organization.  I appreciate your kind consideration and hope to see you soon.

Sincerely
Carlene R. Lewis