ELIZABETH (Lisa) AUSTIN

4001 Fannin Street #4714, Houston, TX 77004 - (713) 504-0370

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Highly motivated and dynamic legal secretary with over 20 years professional exp
erience supporting law firm management, with the skills to manage all aspects of
daily office operations.
Legal areas of expertise include Business and Banking Litigation, Insurance Defe
nse, Patent Prosecution (limited), Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Labo
r Law.
Exceptional organizational, oral and written communication, interpersonal, and p
roblem resolution skills.
Consistently produced top-quality work, exercising good judgment and exhibiting
professionalism at the highest level. Able to work in both independent and coll
aborative work environments.
Skill include great efficiency, Word, WordPerfect. Typing speed 90+ wpm.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
LEGAL SECRETARY
Supported attorneys and partners as well as managed daily office operation. Sup
ported document creation and management assistance including formatting, editing
, redlining and proofreading. Electronic filing experience with Southern, North
ern and Eastern District Courts of Texas; Western District of Oklahoma and Color
ado. General administrative responsibilities included coordinating conference r
ooms for meetings and depositions, travel arrangements, expense reports and Outl
ook for timesheets. Coordinated information flow between attorneys and departm
ents. Preparation of Briefs, motions, trial preps. Stayed after 5:00 when nece
ssary to complete a project.
Fulbright & Jaworski LLP Nov. 2002-July 30, 2009
Supported Co-Head of Litigation Group VII, also support senior associate and Of
Counsel attorney. Very heavy desk with difficult personalities. I supported th
at desk for 6 years. In January I decided to switch to floating for the change
of pace.

Pennie & Edmonds LLP Nov. 98-Sept. 2002

Supported two partners and one patent prosecution associate in the trademark lit
igation department, and one corporate law attorney.
Fenwick & West LLP Apr. 1995-Jun 1998
Support two litigation partners and four associates in labor defense firm.
Ropers, Majeski & Kohn Jan. 1991-Mar. 1995
Supported Sr. Partner and one Sr. Associate in medical malpractice defense firm.
Composed and sent out discovery and correspondence. Set up multiple doctor de
positions. When I left my desk was split between two secretaries.
Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger June 1987-Dec. 1990
Support number one billing attorney firm wide out of 300 attorneys. Very busy d
esk. Business and banking litigation practice. Filings and service of document
s to 77 parties with no computer. Late nights. Also helped in the word proces
sing department when not busy w/my own desk at night.
Brault, Graham, Scott & Brault July 1983-May 1986
Supported Sr. Partner in medical malpractice firm and one Sr. Associate. No com
puter. Generated Tables of Authorities and Table of Contents manually.