Founder, At Your Service Legal Document Prep
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Founder, Legal Document Assistant (LDA) at At Your Service Legal Document Prep
- Founder, Notary Public & Signing Agent at Nob Hill Notary Services
- Closing Agent Affiliate at ISGN
- Past
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- Legal Word Processor/Legal Secretary Night Staff at Chapman and Cutler LLP
- Technical Document Specialist at Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Legal Word Processor at Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP
- Legal Word Processor at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
- Legal Document Specialist Coordinator at Morrison & Foerster LLP
- Merchandising Assistant at Williams-Sonoma Corporate
- Legal Word Processor at Total Pharmaceutical Care
- Administrative Assistant at Xerox Worldwide Business Research Center
- Secretary, Marketing Department at Epson America
- Administrative Assistant, Marketing at Clarion Corporation of America
- Front Desk Clerk at Marriott Corporation
- Education
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- National Notary Association
- National Paralegal College
- Microsoft Office Specialist Program
- Palos Verdes H.S.
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Cheryl Meril’s Summary
After having worked ten years in legal document production at law firms such as Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chapman and Cutler LLP, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and Morrison & Foerster LLP, Ms. Meril obtained a paralegal certificate at National Paralegal College. Ms. Meril then obtained her Notary Public Commission from the State of California in October of 2008.
In late 2009, Ms. Meril founded At Your Service Legal Document Prep and Nob Hill Notary Services, both serving the San Francisco community.
Prior to working in the legal field, Ms. Meril worked in marketing divisions for such companies as Xerox Worldwide Business Research and Epson America.
Cheryl Meril’s Specialties:
Notary Public, Legal Document Assistant, Loan Signing Agent/Mobile Notary, Digital Courier Specialist and Process Server
Cheryl Meril’s Experience
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Founder, Legal Document Assistant (LDA)
At Your Service Legal Document Prep
(Legal Services industry)
November 2009 — Present (9 months)
Provides self-help legal and related legal document preparation services. Additional services include Safedocs™ Digital Courier, Notary Public and Process Server services. Member of California Association of Legal Document Assistants and Certified by the National Notary Association.
Legal Document Assistant Reg #2009-0000044, Exp. 03/04/11, City and County of San Francisco. We are not attorneys. We can only provide self-help services at your direction. -
Founder, Notary Public & Signing Agent
Nob Hill Notary Services
(Legal Services industry)
October 2009 — Present (10 months)
Notary Public, Mobile Notary and Loan Signing Agent services. Certified and background screened by the National Notary Association.
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Closing Agent Affiliate
ISGN
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2009 — Present (10 months)
I facilitate loan signings and notarize documents on behalf of ISGN as its Closing Agent Affiliate
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Legal Word Processor/Legal Secretary Night Staff
Chapman and Cutler LLP
(Partnership; Law Practice industry)
August 2007 — April 2008 (9 months)
Night staff legal document word processor and legal secretary support.
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Technical Document Specialist
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
(Partnership; 1001-5000 employees; Law Practice industry)
November 2004 — October 2006 (2 years )
Supported three floors of attorneys and staff for their legal and technical document needs as the sole document support staff person from 3:00 pm - 11:30 p.m.
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Legal Word Processor
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP
(Partnership; Legal Services industry)
October 2003 — November 2004 (1 year 2 months)
Legal Word Processor - night shift. After I left, this law firm merged with another firm. The Firm used to be called Preston Gates & Ellis LLP. "Gates" is Microsoft's Bill Gates' father.
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Legal Word Processor
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
(Partnership; Law Practice industry)
April 2000 — October 2003 (3 years 7 months)
Started in 1999 as a contract employee for the Word Perfect to Microsoft Word formatting conversion of documents. Later hired as a legal word processor on the Firm's night staff.
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Legal Document Specialist Coordinator
Morrison & Foerster LLP
(Partnership; Law Practice industry)
November 1997 — October 1998 (1 year )
Coordinated and assigned workflow for the legal document specialists department - night shift.
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Merchandising Assistant
Williams-Sonoma Corporate
(Retail industry)
September 1996 — November 1997 (1 year 3 months)
Supported retail buyers and support staff for various retail based projects including inventory shipment monitoring, marketing sales guide materials and purchase order tracking.
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Legal Word Processor
Total Pharmaceutical Care
(Pharmaceuticals industry)
January 1992 — January 1994 (2 years 1 month)
Assisted Barry Cosgrove, General Counsel, with Legal Word Processing for company acquisitions.
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Administrative Assistant
Xerox Worldwide Business Research Center
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 1989 — February 1991 (2 years 2 months)
Transcriber for Vincent P. Vacarelli, VP of Business Research Development
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Secretary, Marketing Department
Epson America
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
March 1981 — March 1983 (2 years 1 month)
Secretary to Bob Adams, Marketing Coordinator OEM Div.
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Administrative Assistant, Marketing
Clarion Corporation of America
(Privately Held; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
February 1980 — March 1981 (1 year 2 months)
Assisted Don Coleman, VP of Marketing Operations and Fred Deutsch, Marketing Manager
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Front Desk Clerk
Marriott Corporation
(Public Company; MAR; Hospitality industry)
April 1979 — February 1980 (11 months)
Front Desk Clerk at the LAX Marriott.
Cheryl Meril’s Education
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National Notary Association
Certificate(s) , Notary Signing Agent , 2008 — 2009
Background screened as a Certified Notary Signing Agent.
- Activities and Societies:
- National Notary Association Member.
Obtained certificates of completion for the NNA's 2009 Emerging Identity Manager Conference including: 1. Notary Best Practices 2. Identity Proofing and Trusted Enrollment Agents
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National Paralegal College
Certificate , Paralegal , 2007 — 2008
4.0 GPA
- Activities and Societies:
- California Association for Legal Document Assistants (CALDA) Member & 2009 Conference Attendee
National Notary Association (NNA) Member and Conference attendee 2009
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Microsoft Office Specialist Program
Certificate(s) , Expert MS Word, MS Powerpoint, MS Excel , 2002 — 2002
- Activities and Societies:
- Microsoft Office Expert Specialist - Excel, Word & PowerPoint
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Palos Verdes H.S.
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Cheryl Meril’s Groups:
California Association for Legal Document Assistants (CALDA) member
National Notary Association (NNA) certified member
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