Legal Word Processor /

Legal Word Processor /
Transcriptionist (111 WPM)

Dave O’Connell


20515 Sterncroft Court · Montgomery Village, MD 20886
Cell: 301-977-6033
· [email protected]

TECHNICAL SKILLS Cassette Transcriber Adobe PhotoShop 9.0

Word 2003 11.6 Yahoo! SiteBuilder
Excel 2003 11.6 Carpe Diem Time Entry
PowerPoint 2003 11.6 OmniPro Optical Scanner
Outlook 2003 11.8 WorkSite and Interwoven
Access 2003 11.6 Olympus Digital Transcriber
Publisher 2003 11.6 WordPerfect 11.0
Adobe Acrobat 7.0
DOCSOpen

ACCOMPLISHMENTS · Animal Welfare

Created American Senior Cats website, http://SeniorPetsProgram.org

Created and Moderated Yahoo! animal rescue groups:

http://Pets.Groups.Yahoo.com/group/AmericanSeniorCats

http://Pets.Groups.Yahoo.com/group/Black_Cat_RescueUSA

http://Pets.Groups.Yahoo.com/group/Senior-Cat-Rescue

Elevated multiple Humane Society of the United States links to top of Care2 Most Active Stories short list:

HSUS VIDEO—Humane Society of the United States Charging Forward for Animals! Epic Battle on Many Fronts—To End Animal Suffering! (http://tinyurl.com/23hbdg)

WASH DC—End Pet Homelessness! Walk for the Animals Sunday, Sep 23, 11 AM at the Sylvan Theater (http://tinyurl.com/ytf8ub)

VIDEO--"Behind Closed Doors - The Horrors of Animal Hoarding." Humane Society of the United States (http://tinyurl.com/2ef3za)

Created Best Friends Network communities:

HSUS • Humane Society of the U.S. (http://network.bestfriends.org/hsus)

Animal Welfare League Montgomery Co (http://network.bestfriends.org/awlmc)

·         Furnished impeccable verbatim transcripts of heavily accented South American, Central American, and Southeast Asian witness testimony.

·         Integrated Legal MacPac Macro Suite for Word 2003 into Custom Toolbars capable of conforming all MacPac Styles to a desired Font or Format with a single mouse click.

·         Harnessed PowerPoint 2003 formatting styles to conform a disparate array of uniquely formatted presentations into one presentation and one design template.

·         Salvaged severely fractured Word 2003 tables with flawed column placement, column font appearances, Word styles, default cell margins, cell vertical and horizontal alignment, decimal tabs, borders and shading, background and table width measurement mode (inches or percent of total).

SKILLS · Typing: 120 WPM (highest score 117)

·         Keyboarding: 111 WPM (zero percent errors)

·         Compose and utilize advanced Word and Excel 2003 Toolbars, Keyboard Definitions, Styles and Macros, to format, index, and recall text.

·         Assemble, format and convert Adobe PDF Slideshows and Pack-and-Carry PowerPoint Slide Shows.

·         Expertly operate traditional and four-track multi-channel audiocassette transcribers, variable speed playback, and Dictaphones.

·         Train and assist Microsoft Office, WorkSite, and Interwoven end users.


EXPERIENCE

Feb. 1982 ‑ Word Processor Operator/Transcriptionist (Home Office)

Present Legal Secretarial Word Processor Operator (Temporary Employee)

·      Court Transcriptionist.  Create and revise Word 2003 documents of all varieties on Toshiba Satellite A75 laptop, from handwritten copy, typewritten copy, audiocassettes, or sound files.

·      Create Word 2003 transcripts of administrative, civil and criminal proceedings, depositions, and association meetings and conventions, corroborating audiocassettes and court reporters’ notes.

·      Temporary Agency Employee.  Midtown Personnel, Select Staffing, Legal Placements. Optimize and operate Office 2003 and Adobe Creative Suite 2 for Windows XP.

·      Customize advanced Word and Excel 2003 Macros, Keyboards, and Toolbars.

·      Create, revise and proofread letters, reports, proposals and cost proposals, civil and criminal litigative pleadings, depositions, wills, subpoenas, and pension plans, using Word 2003 columns, tables, tables of contents, indexes, merge lists, footnotes, and red herrings.

·      Transcribe dictated audiocassettes and sound files.

·      Perform DocXAnalyst cleanup of OmniPro optical scanner output.

·      Solve technical problems (e.g., MacPac Word 2003 style anomalies and document corruption issues; advanced Word table calibrations) for secretarial support staff.

·      Convert Office files to Adobe PDFs and PDFs to Office files.

·      Maintain complete schedule flexibility for all work shifts, unlimited overtime, and floating administrative support to secretaries, receptionists and docket clerks.

Aug. 2006 ‑ Word Processor Operator

Aug. 2007 BDO Seidman, LLP, Bethesda, Maryland

·      Create and modify Excel financial statements and Word notes to financial statements for a variety of nonprofit clients, e.g., World Wildlife Fund, D.C. School Board, and Blue Cross/Blue Shield

·      Maintain and modify complex financial statement templates, comprised of complex Excel workbooks and intricate Word tables, utilizing array of customized Office toolbars.

·      Reproduce and bind steelback financial statements with Unibind S925 Heat Binding System.

Sept. 1977‑ Word Processor Operator Word Processor Operator

Feb. 1982 ICF Incorporated Levitan, Ezrin, Cramer, West & Weinstein, Chtd.
Washington, D.C. Chevy Chase, Maryland

Word Processor Operator Word Processor Operator

U.S. Solicitor of Labor PBSD Kennedy for President Committee
Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C.

Word Processor Operator Word Processor Operator

Kelly Services Ameritemps
Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C.

VOLUNTEER SERVICE

Dec. 2005- American Senior Cats

Present Montgomery Village, Maryland
Create and administer network of online resources promoting the rescue, foster, and adoption of senior and adult cats.

Dec. 2005- Animal Welfare League of Montgomery County, Maryland (AWLMC)

Present 501(c)(3) Animal Shelter and Foster Network
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Disinfect cages, feed, socialize, and care for shelter cats. Promote adoption open houses online, in The Washington Post, and in the Gaithersburg Gazette

April 2006‑ O’Malley /Brown

Nov. 2006 Martin O’Malley for Governor Campaign
Rockville, Maryland

Webmaster, http://SeniorPetsProgram.org

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