Profile
Senior Legal Assistant with 9 years of experience supporting litigation and corporate transactional practices at AmLaw 200 firms. Specializes in e-discovery management, court filing compliance across federal and state jurisdictions, and contract lifecycle coordination. Reduced document-review turnaround by 31% through workflow redesign and reduced filing errors to zero over a 3-year period.
Work Experience
Senior Legal AssistantMar 2019 - Present
Hargrove & Wentworth LLP, Austin, TX
- Managed end-to-end e-discovery workflows for 14 concurrent commercial litigation matters, cutting document-processing time by 31% by implementing Relativity batching templates.
- Drafted and proofread 200+ court filings per year for USDC Western District of Texas, maintaining a zero-error record across 3 consecutive years of external audits.
- Coordinated deposition scheduling for 40–60 witnesses annually, negotiating availability across opposing counsel and court reporters to compress average scheduling cycle from 11 days to 6 days.
Legal AssistantJun 2016 - Feb 2019
Castellan Corporate Advisors, Dallas, TX
- Supported a 6-attorney M&A practice by tracking 85+ active NDAs and purchase agreements in ContractPodAi, reducing missed renewal deadlines by 94%.
- Prepared closing binders for 22 transactions totaling over $1.4B in deal value, ensuring all signature pages, exhibits, and secretary certificates were compiled within 48-hour close windows.
- Onboarded and trained 3 junior legal assistants on firm document-management protocols, reducing onboarding time from 4 weeks to 2.5 weeks.
Legal Administrative AssistantAug 2014 - May 2016
Prentice & Dalton Attorneys at Law, San Antonio, TX
- Processed and calendared 150+ client intake files annually in Clio, maintaining a 99.3% data-accuracy rate verified by quarterly audits.
- Researched Texas state court procedural rules to draft a 12-page internal compliance guide adopted firm-wide, eliminating 3 recurring filing deficiencies.
- Reduced monthly billing-statement cycle from 9 days to 5 days by restructuring the attorney time-entry review process in collaboration with the billing coordinator.
Education
Associate of Applied Science, Paralegal Studies2012 - 2014
Austin Community College, Austin, TX
Graduated with Honors; coursework in Civil Litigation, Legal Research & Writing, and Business Law