1. Kris Mason
6342 Fairweather Drive
Anchorage, Alaska 99518
(907) 222-1680
KrisMason@hotmail.com
JOB OBJECTIVE:
To provide top-quality, conscientious service to my employer
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
 Over 25 years of extensive experience as an legal assistant with complex and
voluminous documents (civil and criminal defense in federal and state jurisdictions,
including, but not limited to: insurance defense, personal injury litigation, regulatory
and other various legal matters)
 Excellent ability to gather and analyze statistical data, research and generate reports
 Efficiently and cost effectively obtain documents for compliance to discovery
 Computer and database management skills
 Proficient in legal terminology, MS Word, MS Outlook and various other office
computer software programs
 Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
 Exceptional record maintenance skills
 Excellent ability to solve problems
 Excellent ability to compile information and prepare reports
 Excellent coordinating, planning and scheduling skills
 Ability to make administrative/procedural decisions and judgments
 Strong ability to compose and edit written materials
 Knowledge of general accounting principles and procedures
 Ability to perform research projects cost effectively and efficient
 Accurately type 65 - 70 wpm
 Handle official company correspondence efficiently and timely
WORK HISTORY:
Jun 2014 PDS Tech, Northwest Technical Services, 4401 Business Park Blvd., Bldg. N,
To Suite 26, Anchorage, AK 99503. Performs advanced secretarial, clerical, and
Present administrative duties for Executive level management. Assignments generally
involve work of a confidential nature and require knowledge of the practices and
procedures of the function, company products, policies, and programs. Facilitates
decision making. Assembles and analyzes information, prepares reports,
manuals, agendas, correspondence, and memoranda. Answers mail and inquiries
on own initiative, follows up with other departments to ensure that requests are
carried out. Coordinates activities across departments. Arranges and makes
notifications of appointments and travel reservations/arrangements. Answers
telephone calls, tactfully handles inquiries and/or transfers calls to appropriate
party. Checks and processes expense reports. May take dictation and transcribe

2. notes for letters, memos, or reports. Prepares materials in final form from very
rough and involved drafts which may utilize frequent use of technical terminology
and which combine materials from several sources. Plans layout of complex
reports and statistical tables. Interfaces with other Secretaries/Administrative
Assistants to share or coordinate workload.
Nov 2012 Schlehofer Law Offices, P.C., 800 E. Dimond Blvd., Suite 3-640, Anchorage,
To Alaska 99515. Legal Secretary. Word, Outlook, Adobe, Needles. This firm
Apr 2013 specializes in personal injury. Responsibilities include calendaring, filing, file
management, drafting and preparing legal documents for filing with the Court.
Jun 2010 Law Offices of Marston & Cole, P.C., 821 N Street, Suite 208, Anchorage,
To Alaska 99501. Legal Secretary. Word, WordPerfect, TimeMatters, Adobe,
Oct 2012 Outlook, ECF filing, Internet research. Mr. Marston practices real estate,
insurance defense, aviation, and other civil law. Mr. Cole practices criminal, fish
and game, aviation, real estate, and other civil litigation. Responsibilities include
calendaring, filing, file management, drafting and preparing legal documents for
filing with the Court, gathering documents from local and state police, gathering
medical records and maintaining those records, client contact, scheduling
appointments, and processing credit card payments receipts, handling incoming
mail, directing incoming telephone calls. Mr. Marston has recently been
appointed to the bench in the Superior Court.
Feb 2010 Adams & Associates, 3201 C Street, Suite 600, Anchorage, Alaska 99503.
To Legal Secretary. This firm specializes in temporary employment.
Jun 2010
Dec 2008 Wohlforth, Johnson, Brecht, Cartledge & Brooking, 900 W 5th Avenue, Suite
To 600, Anchorage, Alaska 99501. Word, WordPerfect, Adobe Professional 8,
Nov 2009 Novel, Internet research, calendaring, travel arrangements, file management, and
FTR Gold. This firm practices in the areas of public finance, business, securities,
banking, commercial, environmental, real estate, labor, employment, municipal
and state agency law, and civil litigation.
Dec 2007 Pentlarge Law Group, 1400 W Benson Blvd., Anchorage, Alaska 99503.
To Legal Secretary to Robert Jurasek. Word, Outlook Express, ECF filing, Abacus,
Dec 2008 Adobe. This firm specializes in personal injury. Responsibilities include
calendaring, filing, file management, drafting and preparing legal documents for
filing with the Court, client contact, scheduling, heavy volume transcription from
cassette tapes, drafting and preparing legal documents for filing with the Court,
and helping clients with the discovery process.
June 2005 Guess & Rudd P.C., 510 L Street, Suite 700, Anchorage, Alaska 99501
To Legal Secretary to James D. Linxwiler, Joseph J. Perkins, Jr., Pamela D. Weiss,
Dec 2007 and Joel Stratman. Word, Outlook Express, Internet Research, Elite, Adobe
Professional 8.0, ECF filing, and RCA filings. Mr. Linxwiler is a shareholder
who specializes in Oil & Gas, as well as Native law. Mr. Perkins is Of Counsel
and focuses primarily on Oil & Gas. Ms. Weiss is an associate whose work is an
assortment of insurance defense, Oil & Gas, and Native Law. Responsibilities
include calendaring, filing, file management, drafting and preparing legal

3. documents for filing with the Court, transcription from cassette tapes, preparing
initial disclosures.
Nov 2004 Robert Half & Associates, Lake Mary, Florida.
To Legal Secretary. This firm specializes in temporary employment.
Mar 2005
Mar 2003 Aglietti, Offret & Woofter, 733 W 4th Avenue, Suite 206, Anchorage, Alaska
To 99501. Legal Assistant to J. Robert Woofter, Jr. Word, Excel, FTR Gold,
Aug 2004 Windows ME Edition, Outlook Express, Internet research, Palm Desktop, Abode
5.0. Mr. Woofter specializes in family law, real estate/contract law, personal
injury, and criminal law. Responsibilities include calendaring, file management,
drafting and preparing legal documents for filing with the Court, client contact,
scheduling, transcription from cassette tapes and CD’s using FTR Gold.

4. Oct 2000 State of Alaska, Department of Law, Office of Special Prosecutions and
To Appeals, 310 K Street, Suite 308, Anchorage, Alaska 99501. Appellate
Mar 2003 Secretary. MS Office 8, Microsoft Internet Explorer, FTR Gold, Windows 2000,
Groupwise Mail, Law Desk 32, Premise, Adobe 5.0, Netscape. The primary
responsibility of this position is to support the appellate attorneys. The duties of
this position include: typing tasks using Microsoft Word 97 to prepare appellate
briefs, legal pleadings and correspondence, filing documents in the various courts
in the state and federal systems, obtaining trial files from the District Attorney’s
office and transcripts from the court, maintaining the OSPA library and brief
bank, and filing pleadings in OSPA files. Other duties include transcription from
cassette tapes and CD’s, backup administrative clerk duties such as screening and
routing telephones and incoming visitors. Knowledgeable of U.S. District Court
and Ninth Circuit proceedings.
Jan 1996 Law Offices of Greg Oczkus, 430 W 7th Avenue, Suite 202, Anchorage, Alaska
To Anchorage, Alaska 99501. Legal secretary. Windows 95, MS Office 8,
Sept 2000 WordPerfect 5.1, 7, and 8, Best Case Bankruptcy Program, Excel, Microsoft
Internet Explorer, Netscape, Outlook Express, and Quicken. This firm specializes
in bankruptcies, real estate, commercial and tax problems. Responsibilities
include: High volume word processing involving correspondence, pleadings, and
exhibits, filing, telephones, Internet, e-mail, outgoing mail, and client intake, and
other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION:
Sep 1996 University of Alaska - Anchorage, Anchorage,
To Alaska, Part-time student, upper level mathematics.
May 2001
Mar 1992 Moore-Norman Vo-Tech, 4701 12th Avenue NW, Norman, Oklahoma
To Intro to DOS and WordPerfect 5.1
May 1992
Jan 1980 St. Petersburg Junior College, St. Petersburg, Florida
To Business Courses
June 1980
June 1978 Lakewood Senior High School, St. Petersburg, Florida
High School graduate, 3.7 GPA.
MILITARY SERVICE:
1981-1986 U.S. Air Force – Honorable Discharge