NICK S. GOLDSM I T H ***** SUGARWOOD WAY

n acdkrv@r.postjobfree.com

M IA M I, FL 33186 305-***-****

C EL L

Summa ry: Legal professional with over twenty five years of management and supervisory

experience.

E mployment The Ferraro Law Fi rm

H istory: January 2013 thru March 2014

Firm Administrator

Oversee office relocation project – Process monthly submission requests for

reimbursements,

Request RFP’s for various move related issues * Review and update all insurance needs

* Review and approve vendor invoices for payment * Negotiate new legal research

contracts * Negotiate new copier lease contract * Negotiate new legal research contract

* Coordinate inter-city relocation of Washington, D.C. office * Human Resources *Keep

current all health insurance needs for active and non-active employees * Recruitment

of all new office hires * Updates to fi rm website and letterhead when needed *

Coordination of special events * Keeping t rack of all attorney time and costs and

making sure all are entered into system *Maintain and oversee facilities

Stok Folk & Kon, P.A.

October 2011 thru January 2013

Firm Administrator

Administrative – P rocess bi-weekly payroll * Assign tasks and coverage of staff

w here needed, negotiate lease terms for equipment and on-line legal

research * Update all health insurance

and liability insurance as needed * Maintain and update all suite security access *

Work directly with IT sub-contractor on all computer related repair, set-up and update

issues * Negotiate

and secure equipment and legal research contracts * Facilities Management * Training

of new hires in office procedures and equipment use * Head up marketing needs and

work directly with

website management firm on presentation, content and updates as needed *

Recruitment of all

new office hires including those of attorneys, paralegals and support staff * Monitor

and t rack all

vacation and sick t ime

Accounting – M anage General Ledger * Review and approve all vendor invoicing and

p rocess payments as needed * Process electronic daily bank deposits to multiple

accounts and record same * Oversee monthly client billing and make sure it goes out in

a t imely manner and that follow-up collection calls are made if needed * Process wire

t ransfers for Trust and Real Estate t ransactions * Record and enter 3rd -party vendor

i nvoices for payment and forward to clients for payment * Process credit card payments

for fees and services * Reconcile monthly bank and credit card statements * Maintain

petty cash and reconcile same * Issue Trust disbursements as needed * Process daily

check requests

SANDLER, TRAVIS & ROSENBERG, P.A. a nd

SANDLER & T RAVIS T RADE ADV ISORY SERV ICES, I NC .

July 1995 thru September 2011

Operations Manager/Production Department Supervisor

Personnel – A uthored office policy and procedure for inclusion to fi rms policy manual *

Recruitment and hiring of new office hires, Assist new hires with payroll set-up, sign in/sign out

procedures, approval of vacation and time off schedules * Review and approve weekly time

records and forward same to payroll * Perform employee counseling when required and perform

twice annual employee evaluations * Train all new hires in the use of all firm equipment

i ncluding telephones, copiers, Equitrac and kitchen equipment

F acilities – M aintain day-to-day relationship with landlord and building personnel * Program

security access for all employees and deactivate same when required * Periodic review of leases

to ensure that landlords are complying with terms of same *

Supervise and coordinate schedule of on-staff housekeeper for meeting set-ups and beverage

services * Draft, coordinate and supervise emergency evacuation procedures of building, make

sure that all emergency contact numbers for personnel and building services are current *

M aintain all staff parking information including requesting and assigning decals * Negotiate

and coordinate all office furniture purchases and deliveries * Contact building service personnel

w ith any servicing issues

Accounting – Review and approve all vendor invoices for all law firm locations * Approve

various

check requests for services and reimbursements * Maintain petty cash and reconcile same to

match receipts * Approve and request funds for postage meter accounts for all locations

Other – T rain and supervise Production (Office Services ) staff * Negotiate national pricing plan

for office supplies * Negotiate equipment leases and service contracts for all law firm locations *

Maintain inventory of all office supplies including computer and print supplies* Point of contact

for equipment maintenance and service * Supervise and authorize supply purchases for all law

firm offices * Supervision of firm wide document management and scanning initiative *

T roubleshoot computer/video issues when IT is not available * Periodic review of pricing

contracts to ensure vendors are complying to terms * Oversee the relocation of the Miami office

as well as relocations in Atlanta, Detroit (3), New York (3), San Francisco, and Washington, D.C

* Review and lay-out of text placement on annual seminar brochure

and various other practice

area brochures * Negotiate fi rm-wide law library research contract

Education: American Institute for Paralegal Studies Miami-Dade Community College

September 1990 – June 1991 September 1983 – June 1986

Paralegal Certification

Relevant M icrosoft Office, Access, Adobe in-Design, AccuRoute and InfoFinder* Quickbooks

P ro 2012

Skills: T imeSlips 2012 * Sage 50 (f/k/a PeachTree), ADP Run

References & Available upon request Further Employment 1994 & Prior - Available upon

request

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