DENISE CASTRACUCCO

70 Underhill Street
Tuckahoe, New York 10707
(H) (914) 346-5623/(C) (914) 439-9197, E-Mail: Cdenise890@aol.com

EMPLOYMENT
10/08-3/09 WELCO REALTY CO.,INC., New Rochelle, NY
Executive Administrative Assistant to Principal Broker and Legal Department
-Interact with Brokers/Clients/Landlords
-Prioritize E-Mails on Outlook/Meetings/Calendar
-Respond Immediately to E-mails/write correspondence
-Arrange site meetings
-Create/Update Brochures/Flyers
-Coordinate Broker Conferences
- Letters of Intent/Brokerage Agreements/Leases
-Heavy phone/filing/shorthand/shipping

6/08-9/08 HODGES, WALSH & SLATER LAW FIRM, White Plains, NY

Legal Secretary- Litigation/Criminal Lawyer
- Manage Calendar/Court Appearances
- Interact with Clients/Schedule Conferences
- Assist attorneys in all phases of case management, from initial
intake to litigation and trial preparation.
-Prepare Retainer Agreements, pleadings. Draft subpoenas, summons, discovery demands.
-Maintain, organize and manage client files, discovery materials.
-Trial Preparation, coordinate materials and prepare trial notebooks and court exhibits.
-File Pleadings and Motions with the Court.
-Calendar Court Appearances and Coordinate Calendars for multiple parties for Examinations Before
Trial and Depositions.
-Maintain daily appointment calendars and coordinate meetings.
-Data entry, open new client files, enter time slips for billing.
-Draft correspondence, perform secretarial duties/answer phones. Heavy client contact.
- Dictation/Dictaphone Transcription/Filing

10/07-5/08 D’ANDREA & GOLDSTEIN, Scarsdale, NY

Sr. Legal Secretary-Litigation/Real Estate Partner
- Manage Calendar/Court Appearances/Closings
- Interact with Clients/Attorneys/Title Insurance Closers
- Type all Documents using MS Word/Outlook
- Track Billable Hours/Billing
- Dictation/Transcription/Answer Phones/Filing

1996 - 2007 MICHAEL CASTRACUCCO & SONS MASONRY, INC., Bronxville, NY

CFO/Executive Assistant
- Create Job Estimates using Quickbooks/Track Jobs
- Enter Receivables/Payables
- Employee Payroll
- Enter payroll/billing
- Type correspondence using MS Word
- Advertising/Seek Clients
- Answer phone/filing

1990 - 1996 CURTIS, MALLET-PREVOST, COLT & MOSLE LAW FIRM, New York, NY
Sr. Legal Secretary- Litigation/Criminal/Real Estate Partner+ 2 Associates
- Interacted with clients/scheduled meetings/conferences
- Typed all correspondence using WordPerfect
- Travel Arrangements/Expense Reports
- Daily Calendar
- Tracked client billable hours
- Dictation - tape and shorthand
- Answer phones/filing
- Assist paralegals with closing files

1985 - 1990 AMERICAN BRANDS COMPANY, Greenwich, CT

Mergers & Acquisitions Department - Assistant to CFO
- Interacted with all clients
- Scheduled meetings and conferences
-Arranged Events/Parties for Board Members and Clients
- Travel Arrangements/Expense Reports
- Tracked daily stock fluctuations for various companies
- Kept all high profile/confidential files
- Answer phones, Dictaphone/shorthand
EDUCATION
- Iona College, New Rochelle, NY – Business
- Graduated Simmons Business School in White Plains, NY- Interned at IBM A/FE Corporation in Pleasantville, NY

SKILLS - Microsoft Word,Outlook,Excel,Powerpoint,WordPerfect,Quickbooks,Shorthand,Dictaphone