1. Diana Barwald
2366 East 6600 South
Cottonwood Heights, UT 84121
Cell: 801-455-6100
Email: diana.barwald@gmail.com
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
 Over 33 continuous years’ legal experience.
 Notary Public in Utah since 1986. My current commission expires on 12/17/2018.
 Highly skilled in the use of computers and the internet, including Microsoft Office, Outlook, Adobe
Acrobat Professional, basic Excel, NetDocs, Worldox, the Salt Lake County Recorder’s website (and
other county recorder websites in Utah), filing pleadings online with District Court (with GreenFilings),
bankruptcy court, bankruptcy court of appeals; filing business documents through the Utah Department
of Commerce (some online).
 Transcribe court hearings from CD.
 Learn very quickly, possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, and type approximately
70 words per minute.
 Able to work independently with minimal supervision.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Legal Secretary; May 1995 – June 2015
Cohne, Rappaport & Segal (merged with Parsons Kinghorn Harris in February 2015)
n/k/a Cohne Kinghorn, Salt Lake City, UT
 Prepared legal documents, briefs, contracts, agreements, pleadings and correspondence with regard to
business/corporate, estate planning, real property, bankruptcy.
 Obtained employer identification numbers through the IRS website; obtained EDGAR filing codes from
the SEC website.
 Scheduled depositions, arranged for court reporters.
 Filed various small business reports with the SEC online via EDGAR; researched EDGAR filing
software and reduced company expense by finding more user friendly, less expensive software.
 Working knowledge of the Utah Department of Commerce website.
 Organized and maintained files; improved file location indexes for each attorney worked for.
 Initiated and organized monthly staff meetings, prepared agenda.
 Performed occasional paralegal duties and billed time as such.
Legal Secretary; 1993 – 1995
Office of Attorney Discipline, Salt Lake City, UT
Gathered information, composed documents and correspondence, transcribed hearings involving attorney
complaints.
Paralegal; 1991 – 1993
Legal Aid Society of Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, UT
Began as legal secretary, advanced to paralegal after one year.
Interviewed potential clients, composed pleadings and correspondence involving family law issues.
Legal Secretary; 1990 – 1991
Kim Mosier, Esq.
Maintained files, filed documents, kept accounts for Bankruptcy Trustee.

2. Legal Secretary; 1987 – 1990
McKay, Burton & Thurman, Salt Lake City, UT
Maintained files, filed documents, kept accounts for Bankruptcy Trustee.
Legal Secretary/Office Manager; 1986 -1987
William Oxley, Esq., Salt Lake City, UT
Maintained files, filed documents, set appointments, ordered supplies for general practice attorney.
Legal Secretary/Office Manager; 1981 – 1986
Students’ Legal Services, Normal, IL
Began as a legal secretary, advanced to office manager after 2.5 years.
Maintained files, filed documents, ordered supplies, filed funding applications for legal service to Illinois State
University students.
EDUCATION
Computer program training courses at New Horizons Computer Learning Center, of which the most current are
as follows:
Microsoft Word – 2010 Level Two 03/23/2012, Level Three 04/12/2012 (certificates obtained)
Outlook – 2010 Level One 10/23/2012, Levels Two & Three 11/02/2012 (certificates obtained)
(have also had training in Adobe Acrobat Professional, Excel, WordPerfect and former versions of
Microsoft Word)
Clerical training classes through the CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act), Bloomington, IL,
1980 - 1981
West Leyden High School, Northlake, IL
Graduated 1973
VOLUNTEER WORK
KUED Pledge drives – answering phones and taking pledge information once or twice per year since 2007
through my employment with Cohne Rappaport & Segal.
PERSONAL
Excellent health, married, physically active, talented artist.
REFERENCES
Upon request.