Claire Sterling

• Business formation and setup
• Marketing
• Hiring/firing
• Payroll
• Scheduling
• Answering phones/dispatch
• Inventory
• Legal/regulatory compliance
• Accounting and quarterly tax filings

I was the only administrative employee at the company and handled all office functions (remotely).

• Client intake and updates
• Drafting correspondence, pleadings, and discovery
• Scheduling and docketing
• Drafting correspondence, pleadings and discovery
• Dictation and transcription of hearings, depositions, pleadings and correspondence
• Background checks, tracking down witnesses and defendants, conducting interviews and other investigative tasks
• Supervising legal assistants
• Assisting with voir dire and trial technology

I left this firm after Jim Logan retired.

• Client communications and updates
• Scheduling and docketing
• Drafting pleadings, correspondence, and discovery
• Deposition preparation
• Witness tracking and interviews
• Exhibit and trial preparation
• Trial assistance

I left this firm when they discontinued remote work opportunities as the COVID pandemic faded.

• Prepare and submit grant applications
• Prepare, revise, and close out research budgets
• Review and approve grant expenses in compliance with federal regulations and individual grant terms
• Receive, administer, and oversee awarded grants
• Assist with marine mammal care
• Train, feed, and provide medical care to Northern sea otters, ice seals and Stellar sea lions

I left this job with sadness because COVID decimated visitor attendance and one of the administrative positions had to go. I volunteered because my stepmom had been diagnosed with pulmonary sarcoidosis and needed extensive help avoiding COVID infection.

• Preparing correspondence, pleadings, and discovery
• Receiving and processing mail, answering phones and greeting visitors
• Prepare Wills, Advanced Medical Directives, Power of Attorney, and other estate planning documents
• Incorporate, license, and file annual 990Ns for corporate entities
• Filing, scheduling, and docketing
• Transcribing interviews and proofreading client depositions
• Accompanying attorney on marine disaster salvage operations
• Filings in federal and state court electronic systems

I left this position because my husband's job transferred him from Kenai to Seward.

• Maintain attorney calendars and facility calendars
• Receive and process mail and incoming calls
• Transcribe dictation and interviews
• Prepare correspondence and reservations of coverage
• Investigate legal malpractice claims
• Retain and assist cure counsel as needed

I left this job because we moved to Alaska and the law firm in Kenai offered me increased responsibility. While I enjoyed my time at OSB, the duties were rather basic and left me often feeling underutilized.