Matea Lerato
Litigation Legal Secretary
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About
Highly skilled and accomplished Legal Secretary and a Law graduate with a strong track record of attention to detail, accuracy and exceptional critical thinking. The experience I have accumulated in these years in the legal field has contributed to the best and most successful matters that I have worked on. I possess the crucial ability to maintain composure in high-pressure situations.
Experience
Legal Secretary - Dyason Attorneys
(2024-04)
- General litigation, Debt Collection, Commercial Litigation
- RAF: lodgements, summons, applications and trials/default judgements
- Medical Negligence from Statutory Notice to Trial
- Unlawful arrest from Pleadings to Trial
- Curatorship: Applications by way of motion for Curator ad litem and Curator bonis (from interception to finalisation)
- Trust: applications to appoint trustee by way of motion application
- Utilise and manage platforms such as Case Lines and Court Online proficiently
- Divorce and Estates
- Correspondence and interaction with clients, attorneys and advocates
- Lexpro system
- Medi-help system
- Liaising medico-legal appointments
- Dictaphone
- Handle FICA documents on a day to day basis
- Conduct client verification in line with FICA
- Perform KYC (know your customer/client) and FICA checks for new and existing clients
Legal Secretary (Voluntary) - Phetla Attorneys
(2023-08 - 2024-03)
- Third party claims RAF and Unlawfully arrest
- Drafting legal documents such as summons, affidavits and related documentation
- Liaising Medico legal assessments
- Utilize and manage platforms such as Caselines and Court Online
- Section 129 notices and companies act
- Conducting legal research
Education Assistant - Tsegofatsong Special School
(2021-01 - 2021-10)
- Getting the classroom ready for lessons
- Assisting learners with school work and teaching
Admin Clerk - Moleleki a Tlala Transport and Projects
(2017-01 - 2019-12)
- Answering of the telephone
- Typing
- Compile and maintain records of business transactions
- Maintain moderately complex indexes and files
- Emailing, filing and faxing
- Assisting children who need additional assistance to complete tasks
- Assisting teachers to plan learning activities and complete records
Education
Diploma in Law - Law - University of South Africa (2021)
Higher Certificate - Economics and Management Sciences - University of South Africa (2022)
Grade 12 (Matric) - St Josef's Comprehensive School (2014)
