Mack Harrell

10 Lawrence Avenue
West Orange, NJ 07052
Home Phone: 973-731-6720
E-mail: mackharrell@verizon.net

WORK HISTORY
Thacher Proffitt & Wood, LLP, 1/07-2/09
Legal Secretary for two Partners and an Associate
a Assisted Trusts and Estates Partner in preparation of tax returns, wills, trus
ts, and correspondence, and in execution of trusts, wills, and agreements.
a Answered telephones for attorneys as well as others in the section in a profes
sional manner; took messages and forwarded calls to appropriate parties.
a Arranged for transportation.
a Entered attorney time and engagements in DTE.
a Maintained calendars for assigned attorneys using MS Outlook and scheduled mee
tings within parameters of attorneys' requirements.
a Drafted and/or revised routine correspondence and documents.
a Operated printers, facsimile machines, photocopying machines and pdf scanner.
a Maintained skills necessary to function effectively and meet all expectations
of my role, including the basic functions of our core technology tools.
a Created new client matter accounts (conflict checks, intakes, retainer letter
and file opening).
a Maintained contact lists for client matters for assigned attorneys.
a Revised documents (e.g., tax indemnity agreements, powers of attorney, etc.) f
or tax Partner.
a Prepared travel and expense reports and forwarded to accounts payable for proc
essing.
a Assisted with monthly billing including meeting Finance Department deadlines,
photocopying, revising invoices and final preparation of invoices for mailing.
a Provided coverage to other attorneys in section when assigned secretaries were
out of office or when workflow required/permitted.
a Designed a correspondence template and an invoice template for Trusts and Esta
tes.
Lerner David Littenberg Krumholtz & Mentlik, LLP, 2/05-1/07
Legal Secretary, Floating
a Entered attorneysa time and engagements in DTE.
a Answered telephones for attorneys as well as others in the section in a profes
sional manner; took messages and forwarded calls to appropriate parties.
a Arranged for transportation.
a Using MS Outlook, maintained calendars for assigned attorneys and scheduled me
etings per attorneys' requirements.
a Drafted and/or revised routine correspondence and documents.
a Operated office equipment such as printers, facsimile machines, photocopying m
achines and pdf scanner.
a Maintained skills necessary to function effectively and meet all expectations
of my role, including the basic functions of our core technology tools.
Fischbein Badillo Wagner Harding (now Cozen O'Connor) 2/02-2/05
Legal Secretary to Of Counsel in commercial real estate
a Assisted in commercial real estate closings.
a Answered telephones for assigned attorney in a professional manner; took messa
ges and forwarded calls to attorney.
a Entered attorney time and engagements in DTE.
a Drafted and/or revised routine correspondence and documents.
a Operated printers, facsimile machines, photocopying machines.
Quantum Staffing, Merlin Temps, The Affiliates; United Staffing Systems 4/01-2/0
2
Temporary legal secretary for various firms in New York City.
Brauner Baron Rosenzweig & Klein LLP 2/00-2/01
 Legal Secretary to two Partners in corporate law (mergers and acquisitions)
a Revised documents and produced black-lined versions as required.
Cravath Swaine & Moore 11/99-9/2000
Word Processing Operator in Word Processing Center
a Revised documents and produced black-lined versions as required.
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Personal Computer and Word Processing
a Developed word processing application together with documentation which increa
sed productivity of a busy outplacement office an estimated 50%.
a Developed database application to track clients recently discharged from state
mental hospital, resulting in 75% increase in report productivity.
a Developed an application of WordPerfect resulting in a 30-day saving in paperw
ork turnaround for intake processing in a busy mental health clinic.
COMPUTER SKILLS

Document Management
a iManage
a FileSite (with MS Outlook)
a PCDocs
a Soft Solutions
a DocsOpen
Document Comparison
a CompareRite
a WorkShare DeltaView
Word Processing
a MS Word 2003, 2007
a WordPerfect
Time Entry
a CMS Time Entry
a DTE Time Entry
E-mail
a Lotus Notes
a MS Outlook
Internet
a MS Internet Explorer
a Mozilla Firefox

EDUCATION
M.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
B.A., Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas