Taneswary Naga Raja

I worked for 2 partners and 4 associates. My major work is related to Civil Litigation and Employment Law.

I assist lawyers/partners to prepare and finalize the legal documents, and thereafter to file and serve them. I prepare service letters and sometimes a more elaborated letter on certain matters, according to lawyers/partners' instructions.

I also assist my lawyers/partners to do claims and to issue invoices to Clients for work done from time to time.

I communicate with clients to fix meetings and calls with solicitors, and assist with meeting arrangements and any other work relating to the same.

I did some accounting with CoreMatter, too. I believe it is an added advantage knowing basics in CoreMatter, as many firms have started using this.

Being a litigation secretary allows me to learn more about the preparation of the cause papers, not just by printing and compiling them. This firm, particularly the lawyers/partner that I worked with have given me the opportunity to draft basic cause papers by providing me a sample, and this has given me the clear picture of what I have learned during my degree days.

I have experience in handling some accounts by using CoreMatter, which, in fact, is very user-friendly. I have learned quite a few techniques to draft invoices and issue receipts for clients from my accounts team. My job does not stop at assisting lawyers in legal work, but I also managed to do some work relating to accounts.

Apart from that, I also assist my lawyers in booking flights and hotels for their work trips. I, too, communicate and handle the dispatch/runners to do service.

I often assist lawyers/partners in conducting searches, such as SSM, Bankruptcy, and File Searches.

During my employment as an Insolvency Associate, I have assisted the Private Liquidators in the administration of corporate restructuring and insolvency engagements, which include liquidation, receivership, judicial management, scheme of arrangement, and corporate voluntary arrangement.

I was also given the task to conduct a few site visitations and was given the opportunity to organize the events in which we get to meet and speak to the property purchasers on the possible ways to resolve their issues pertaining to the wound up developers/proprietors.

Apart from that, I have assisted my liquidators to lodge multiple forms with the Companies Commission of Malaysia, issue cheques and make payments, and drafted many important letters to Land Offices, TNB/Air Selangor, and most of the government agencies involved in a particular project.

Through my clerical job in R.Kengadharan & Co, I have learnt the following.

1. Collecting and updating client information and maintaining physical and electronic documents

2. Printing, photocopying and drafting correspondence, letters and emails to Clients, Opponents and Court.

3. Organizing the lawyer's schedule, booking flight tickets and hotel accommodations for matter-related trips or even personal trips sometimes.

4. Ordering office supplies, managing invoices and tracking petty cash

5. Welcoming clients and setting up an appointment between clients and lawyers.