Dana Fortier

Current

• Owner at Fortier Virtual ~ Legal VA Services

Past

• Founder at The Academy for Legal Virtual Assistance
• Legal Assistant at Legal Industry Professionals

Education

• Southwestern Oklahoma State University
• University of Oklahoma

Recommended

11 people have recommended Dana

Connections

368 connections

Industry

Legal Services

Dana Fortier’s Summary

Fortier Virtual ~ Legal VA Services is a full service virtual legal support company for solo practice attorneys and small firms. We provide any and all services a law firm needs - but might not have the budget to hire all of these people full time.

Our services include:
* Phone answering
* Transcription
* Email management
* Client contact
* Document preparation
* Litigation support
* Litigation & trial management
* Calendaring & Docketing
* Research & writing
* Strategic planning
* New office set up & design
* Policy & procedure set up/implementation
* Training & development
* Staff search & interviewing
* New hire orientation
* And much more (just ask!)

Dana Fortier’s Specialties:

• Legal Assistant/Law Office Management
• Legal experience includes: Litigation, Real Estate, Corporate/UCC, Family Law, Estate Planning, PI, Medical Malpractice & Torts
• Office Automation & Virtual Office Management
• Executive Support
• Conference & Event Planning, Management & Execution

Dana Fortier’s Experience

• Owner

  Fortier Virtual ~ Legal VA Services

  (Legal Services industry)

  April 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)

  Providing professional executive-level support to entrepreneurs, attorneys, financial planners & advisors, business owners, coaches, speakers and authors as a proactive virtual business partner

Additional Information

Dana Fortier’s Interests:

Networking - where would we be without it? Cooking Gardening (yes, really!) Being with my friends & family Tweetups!

Dana Fortier’s Groups:

The Academy for Legal Virtual Assistants - http://www.legalvatraining.wordpress.com
VANetworking (http://www.vanetworking.com)
Michigan Virtual Assistants (http://www.michiganvas.com)
Motor City Connect (what an AMAZING group!)

•    PAs, EAs, VAs and senior Administrators
•    Motor City Connect
•    Legal Marketing
•    Litigation Support Professional Networking
•    The Sassy Ladies' Club
•    ABA Friends
•    Michigan Virtual Assistants
•    Virtual Assistant
•    Women For Hire
•    Home Office Warriors
•    VA Industry
•    Mentors and Mentees
•    Woman 2 Woman Business
•    NAVLA
•    International Virtual Assistants Association
•    Self-employed professionals
•    Virtual Assistant Connection - for VAs and their clients
•    Total Attorneys Practice Management Association
•    Lawyers & Legal Professionals using JD Supra
•    Smart Women's Coaching
•    Job HuntersSuccess Coaching Club
•    Smart Women's Cafe
•    Career Conquerors Job Club
•    Helping a Small Business Owner

Dana Fortier’s Honors:

Recipient of the VAccolade - November 2007 from VANetworking
IVAA Ethics Checked Virtual Assistant (Ver. No. 07-11-15214)
2009 IVAA Summit Planning Committee (Sub-Committee Chair - Speakers & Program Development)
IVAA's VAC (Virtual Assistant Connections) Coordinator
IVAA's Volunteer of the Month - October 2008
Forum Moderator - IVAA and VANetworking
Membership Director - Michigan Virtual Assistants

Dana Fortier’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch