LINDOKUHLE S. MATHEBULA

Conduct legal research i.e., investigate the facts of cases and ensure that all
relevant information is considered. This includes:
• Identifying appropriate laws, judicial decisions, legal articles, and other materials that are relevant to assigned matters.
• Researching public documents, records, and law books.
• Gathering and analyzing research data such as statutes, decisions, legal articles, codes, and documents.
• Reviewing pending legislation.
• Collating publicly available information on individuals and companies.
• Conducting and/or reviewing CIPC searches; and
• Completing and checking legal forms for accuracy.
• Coordinate and organize research and knowledge for verification and access by legal professionals in need.
• Analyze and summarize research information and prepare written reports.

Co-ordinate and manage projects, including due diligence investigations, to ensure that all relevant documentation is indexed, allocated and reviewed, tasks and work streams are completed on time and on budget, and deliverables are delivered on time and on budget:
• Manage document flow, analyzing documents and determining how they should be dealt with and who they should be referred to,
• Maintaining records and indexes,
• Data and record administration,
• Communicating with team members, allocating tasks and documents across work streams,
• Following up where necessary and ensuring that tasks are completed and deliverables are delivered on time,
• Collating first drafts of documents and reports for review by legal professionals.

Day to day assistance in sending out complaint notices in respect of Tax Practitioners related matters; receipt and analysis of responses, liaising with Parties to the matter, preparation of cases for Professional Conduct Committee (PCC) meetings; Bundle preparation and presentation of matters to PCC, and
attending to collection of any Fines due. Drafting publications of all guilty findings in matters allocated.
• Attending to disciplinary cases from end to end and reporting regularly to PM’s and PD on progress.

• Drafting of pleadings, notices and applications in the Magistrate and High court
• Filed documents with courts on behalf of attorneys
• Scheduled all appointments, appearances and briefings
• Answered and directed calls using multi-line switchboard
• Transcribed legal documents and phone conversations
• Prepared legal correspondences and wrote professional letters for legal assistants and attorneys
• Attending to trial matters
• Assisting counsel with all aspects of trial and motion preparations
• Attending consultations with clients
• General legal administration
• Litigation procedures and third-party claims
• Client liaison
• Identify and solve matters that are not of a litigious nature
• Identify cases of a litigious nature and hand over to legal practitioners
• Keeping clients up to date with their matters
• Invoicing to clients
• Lodging RAF claims

• Prepared legal briefs, pleadings and motions
• Assisted counsel in preparing answers, providing documentation and information for discovery request
• Drafted responses for exceptions on foreclosure procedural errors
• Reviewed contracts and reported findings to support legal team in development of breach of contract defenses
• Researched state statutes, decisions, legal articles, codes and documents
• Opening files, organizing and maintenance of client files and invoices
• Drafting correspondences and legal documents
• Making travel arrangements for the attorneys
• Arranging medico-legal appointments and requesting invoices and expert reports
• Answered telephone calls and responded to daily emails and messages
• Organized meetings between attorneys and clients
• Welcoming clients to the practice
• Administration duties, opening files, keeping invoices
• Making copies