ANITA TERRY PICKETT 12510 RAIA LANE, HOUSTON, TX 77071 HOME: 832-426-4495 / CELL: 832-978-4362 ap13b0642@westpost.

net EDUCATION Southwestern Professional Institute a" Houston, TX a" Legal Assistant Studies Paralegal Certificate National Association of Legal Secretaries a" Professional Legal Secretary (PLS) Certificate Bryman College a" Houston, TX a" Computer Information Systems Studies Certificate Triton College a" River Grove, IL a" Business Administration Studies EXPERIENCE 3/2008 a" 1/2011 WILLIAMS, MORGAN managing Mr. Williamsa IP case docket calendar; setting up and maintaining trial notebooks, managing telephone inquiries while taking appropriate action; setting up and coordinating complex travel arrangements; scheduling meetings and conference calls; drafting correspondence and discovery responses; Dictaphone transcription; and inputting time entries. In connection with the Intellectual Property cases, duties consisted of downloading, maintaining and organizing electronic court filings to and from the Eastern District of Texas via its Electronic Court Filing system; assisting in trial preparation; coordinating, reconciling and maintaining expense records and invoices that required proficiency with software applications including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, TABS, and the Texas Eastern District Courtas Electronic Court Filing System. Layoffs because of major clientele loss, as well as several partner resignations. 9/2007 a" 3/2008 AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER providing administrative support for attorneys including time input; reconciling expense reports; creating and updating charts; court filings and other duties as needed which required the ability to multi-task while working within demanding time frames; as well as proficiency with software applications that included expert levels of MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook. This was a contract assignment. I accepted a full-time position. 9/2006 a" 9/2007 AUBREY aDICKa MARTIN, a"HOUSTON, TX a" REAL ESTATE LITIGATION Legal Assistant/Executive Secretary a" DUTIES: Supported partner by determining the type of home warranty deed needed in a particular situation by examining, preparing and distributing via facsimile and/or email the general warranty deeds, special warranty deeds, deeds of trust, quit claim deeds, and various powers of attorney; billing and time entry input; meeting and greeting clients and visitors; and assisting other litigation attorneys in the firm of Zukowski, Bresenhan & Sinex with litigation matters. I accepted a

challenging litigation opportunity. 7/2004 a" 9/2006 DONOVAN assisting attorneys with inputting time entries; reconciling expense reports and invoices; creating and updating charts; preparing and revising PowerPoint presentations; court filings and other duties as needed. This required the ability to perform multiple tasks while working within demanding time frames; as well as proficiency with software applications that included expert levels of MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook. This was a contract assignment. I accepted a full-time position. 4/2003 a" 7/2004 STINNETT THIEBAUD drafting answers to discovery; communicating verbally and in writing with all courts; creating necessary documents for court filings in Texas state and United States District Courts all of which required proficiency with court administrative procedures; maintained docket calendar; Dictaphone transcription; Notarization of documents; client contact, time input, billing, arrange depositions, meetings and flight itineraries; meeting and greeting clients and visitors Firm headquarters in Dallas closed its Houston office 1/1999 a" 4/2003 CHAMBERLAIN, HRDLICKA a" HOUSTON, TX a" COMMERCIAL LITIGATION Executive Legal Secretary to John Glover, Partner - Commercial Litigation a" DUTIES: Provided executive administrative expertise in an environment that required maintaining confidentiality; managing client files and docket calendar; setting up and coordinating travel arrangements; coordinating, reconciling and maintaining expense records and invoices; scheduling depositions; arranging meetings and conference calls; drafting correspondence and discovery; Dictaphone transcription; time entry; court filings; managing many commercial litigation files; client contact; medical record requests, creating and issuing subpoenas to courts and to others as needed; court filings; meeting and greeting clients and visitors. Partner stepped down for health reasons. Resume of Anita Terry Pickett Page 2 1/1987 a" 1/1999 VINSON & ELKINS, LLP a" HOUSTON, TX a" (CIVIL DEFENSE) ADMIRALTY/MARITIME, AIDS LITIGATION, ANTI-TRUST, APPELLATE, ARBITRATION/MEDIATION, BUSINESS, COMMERCIAL, CLASS ACTION, ERISA, GENERAL LITIGATION, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, LABOR Scott Atlas, Partner Business Litigation; Allen Van Fleet, Partner Anti-trust; Roland Garcia, Partner General Litigation a" DUTIES: Provided executive administrative expertise in an environments that required diplomacy, tact, Confidentiality and organization while managing several hundred active litigation files with pleadings ranging from appellate briefs that included tables of authorities and tables of contents; as well as drafting answers to discovery; communicated both verbally and in writing with the highest level contacts (internal and external) on a regular basis; proficient with all courts and court administrative procedures; created necessary document for filings in Texas State, United States District, Courts of Appeals and Supreme courts; electronic court filings in Texas state court via JIMS a" Justice Information Management System; trial preparation - created trial notebooks from the inception of case; client contact, time input, billing, PDF/Scanning/fax copier equipment, Dictaphone transcription; Notarization of documents; docketing, arrange depositions, meetings and flight itineraries; meeting and greeting clients and visitors;

firm reorganization, massive firm layoffs. ORGANIZATIONS Greater Houston Legal Secretariesa Association 1997 Circulation Committee Chairman 1996 Circulation Committee Co-Chairman SKILLS a- LEGAL: (PLAINTIFF AND DEFENSE) Familiar with all courts and administrative procedures, filings in all courts; electronic court filings, trial preparation, draft documents, type briefs, medical requests, subpoenas, client contact, time input, billing, PDF/Scanning/fax copier equipment, docketing, arrange depositions, meetings and flight itineraries a- AREAS OF LAW: Commercial Litigation, Compliance (Sarbanes Oxley Act), Insurance Defense, Medical Malpractice (incl. Fen-Phen), Personal Injury, Class Action Suits, Products Liability, Admiralty, Maritime Law-Jones Act, Labor Law, Bankruptcy, Intellectual Properties, Real Estate, Wrongful Death, and Premises Liability a- COMPUTER SOFTWARE PROGRAMS: Proficient in Microsoft Word, Office, Outlook, Corel WordPerfect, Abacus, Access, Citrix, CMS Time Entry, Compare Rite, DTE Time Entry, Excel, Full Authority Cite Check, GroupWise, PowerPoint, Orion Time Entry, Right Fax, TABS3/Practice Master/ Serengeti (Invoice and Time Entry), Lotus Notes Desktop, (JIMS) Justice Information Management System Civil and Criminal databases, and Westlaw a- DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: PC Docs, Corel Soft Solutions, Hummingbird, iMANAGE (Interwoven) and World Docs REFERENCES Available Upon Request