CYNTHIA HANNER

ch10f60fa@westpost.net
(405) 473-3108 - cell
OBJECTIVE: To secure a position as a Paralegal/Legal Assistant/Legal Secretary/
Administrative Assistant utilizing my education, skills, experience and talents
to the best of my ability to enhance my employer.
EDUCATION:
Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, OK
Major - Secretarial/Office Management
1980 - Certificate in Secretarial Science with emphasis in Office Management.
Rose State College, Midwest City, OK
Major - Legal Assistant
1999 - Associates in Applied Science - Legal Assistant
SPECIAL HONORS: Presidentas & Deanas Honor Roll 1997, 1998 & 1999.
Member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
HOLDEN & CARR, Oklahoma City, OK
April 2007 to December 2010
Type of Law: Appellate Practice, Bad Faith, Construction, Officers & Directors,
Environmental, ERISA, Excess, Insurance defense, Labor & Employment, Litigation
, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home Defense, Products Liability, Professional Li
ability, Surplus Lines, Transportation.
Position: Legal Assistant/Secretary to 3 attorneys in the firmas Oklahoma City
office.
Responsibilities: Docket/appointment maintenance through Practice Master; set u
p all depositions, client meetings and conferences/teleconferences for the OKC o
ffice conference room; prepared all legal pleadings/correspondence and weekly re
ports to insurance companies; summarized depositions; summarized medical records
; scanned in daily mail and sent via e-mail to all attorneys/secretaries/paraleg
als assigned to that particular case; scanned in all documents/deposition transc
ripts/correspondence as the OKC office is a paperless office (all original docum
ents sent to Tulsa office to be put in the actual case file); filed all pleading
s for OKC and Tulsa offices at the Oklahoma County Courthouse; filed all federal
pleadings electronically; filed all Supreme Court pleadings for OKC and Tulsa o
ffices; maintained all office refreshments, office supplies, copy machine, posta
ge machine and computers for the OKC office; posted ad for support staff and per
formed all initial interviews (I was the only support staff for this office unti
l Sept. 2010); ran all local errands for the OKC and Tulsa offices; maintained a
petty cash account.
SPECIAL HONORS: Firm Employee of the Year for 2009.
LOONEY, NICHOLS & JOHNSON, Oklahoma City, OK
Sept. 2001 to March 2007
Type of Law: Insurance defense, including, but not limited to, automobile/truck
, premises liability, bad faith, employment, oilfield pollution/downhole losses,
professional liability, construction, products liability, breach of contracts,
aviation; personal injury, wrongful termination.
Position: Legal Assistant/Paralegal to Brandon S. Nichols, Attorney.
Responsibilities: Docket/appointment maintenance (Docket Book & Amicus Attorney
4.1.1); preparation of legal documents/correspondence; file maintenance; interv
iewed & worked with clients on details of their case; reviewed medical bills/rec
ords of clients; some legal research (book & Lexis Nexis); filed pleadings (stat
e & federal electronic filings); ordered & maintained all office supplies; maint
ained firmas resume; maintained Senior partneras e-mail account.
HENSON, HENSON, HENSON, MARSHALL & MILBURN, Shawnee, OK
August 1993 to May 2000
HENSON, HENSON & HENSON, Shawnee, OK
May 1980 to May 1982
Type of Law: Civil, Divorce, Employment, Foreclosures, Guardianships, Probate,
Wills, Powers of Attorney, Trusts, Title Opinions.
Position: Legal Secretary/Receptionist
Responsibilities: Docket/appointment maintenance; prepared all legal documents/
correspondence; file maintenance; answered phone; took care of all walk-ins; mai
ntained legal library; maintained indexes for all abstracts, title opinions, and
copies Wills, Trusts and Powers of Attorney; processed all daily mail.
DON S. BUSHONG, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW (Deceased - Aug. 1993), Shawnee, OK
Oct. 1987 to June 1990 (Full-Time)
June 1990 to August 1993 (Part-Time)
Type of Law: Civil, Divorce, Wills, Trusts, Guardianships, Probate, Powers of A
ttorney.
Position: Legal Assistant/Secretary/Receptionist/Bookkeeper
Responsibilities: Docket/appointment maintenance; prepared all legal documents/
correspondence; file maintenance; filed all pleadings & legal documents; maintai
ned legal library; research; prepared all accounting spreadsheets for Guardiansh
ips; Court appearances with Attorney; took notes in client meetings with Attorne
y; maintained Attorney timesheets; prepared client statements; prepared all payr
oll reports - state and federal.
GREGORY B. JACKSON, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Shawnee, OK
June 1990 to July 1992 (Part-Time)
Type of Law: Workersa Compensation; Personal Injury; Probate; Family Law; Bankr
uptcy; Civil.
Position: Legal Assistant/Secretary/Receptionist/Bookkeeper
Responsibilities: Docket/appointment maintenance; prepared all legal documents/
correspondence; file maintenance; filed all pleadings & legal documents; maintai
ned Attorney timesheets; prepared client statements; prepared all payroll report
s - state and federal.
BANCFIRST (formerly The Federal National Bank), Shawnee, OK
May 1986 to May 1987 - Bookkeeping Clerk
May 1985 to May 1986 - Accounts Payable Clerk/Wire Technician
May 1982 to May 1985 - Commercial Loan Secretary
SKILLS:
Type 70-85 wpm; Dictation transcription.
Ten Key by touch, Shorthand
SOFTWARE:
Practice Master; Microsoft Outlook, CaseMap, Tabs, Amicus Attorney 4.1.1; Lotus
1, 2, 3; MS Word; Windows 98; Windows XP; Windows NT Networking, WordPerfect 5.1
, 6, 7, 8, 12 - Legal Suite 11.
References available upon request.