Real Estate Manager

Patrice Parham

***** *********** ****, ********* *** 708-***-****

Richton Park, Illinois 60471 *******.******@*****.***

AREAS OF LAW

Real Estate, Litigation, Consumer Credit, Corporate, Reinsurance, Public

Finance, Intellectual Property, Bankruptcy, Family Law

EXPERIENCE

THE LAW OFFICE OF HARRY SCHROEDER, P.C. (Temporary Assignment)

Secretary/Office Manager 2009-2010

Worked for solo practitioner. Areas of practice include divorce, estate

planning, criminal, real estate and litigation. Responsibilities included

docketing, composing and editing of documents, scheduling appointments,

collection of payments from clients, generating bills, ordering office

supplies, dictaphone transcription, external/internal communications,

ordering transcripts and scheduling of depositions.

NEAL GERBER & EISENBERG

Legal Secretary 2007-2009

Responsibilities included organization of file management system, screening

incoming calls, organize internal/external meetings, coordinate travel

arrangements, process time and expense reports, typing and editing of

lengthy documents, managing attorneys' calendar, scheduling conference

calls and opening/closing of files.

Floater Secretary

Organized file management system, screening incoming calls, organize

internal/external meetings, coordinated travel arrangements, processed time

and expense reports, typed and edited lengthy documents, managed attorneys'

calendar, scheduled conference calls and opened/closed files. Served as

back-up floater secretary for the real estate and intellectual property

department.

PUGH JONES JOHNSON & QUANDT

Legal Assistant 2006-2007

Worked for three partners in the Public Finance/Bond Department. Prepared

Prospectus and IGAs. Worked primarily in the government sector. Scheduled

meetings, time entry, travel arrangements heavy document revisions and

client contact.

SCHWARTZ COOPER

Legal Secretary 2004-2006

Worked for the bankruptcy department head and two associates.

Responsibilities included filing of Chapter 11, Chapter 13 and Chapter 7

for corporations and related schedules, revised documents, answered

telephones, arranged travel and heavy client contact.

Floater Secretary

Originally hired as a floater secretary. Offered position as secretary in

the bankruptcy department.

DLA PIPER US

Legal Secretary 2001-2003

Worked for a partner and two associates. Heavy emphasis in transactional,

commercial and residential real of HUD insured properties. Duties included

heavy administrative, typing, filing, review and screen incoming calls,

assembly of closing binders, process time and expense reports, opening new

client/matter numbers and coordination of travel arrangements.

Floater Secretary

Originally hired as Floater Secretary. After working at DLA Piper as

floater for three months offered a permanent position in the real estate

department. Duties as a floater secretary included typing, filing, review

and screen incoming calls, process time and expense reports, opening new

client/matter numbers and coordination of travel arrangements.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

LOVELL WHITE DURRANT, Billing Coordinator, 1998-2000. Responsible for the

firms billing to clients for services rendered. Edited and inputted bills

utilizing Elite and Access programs. Worked extensively with the London

office (home office) regarding installation of billing programs and problem-

solving issues involving the Chicago office billing system. Opened all new

client/matter numbers for the Chicago and Washington office. Programmed

firm's copiers with the newly assigned client/matter numbers. Served as

the firm's in-house travel agent.

EDUCATION

LOOP JUNIOR COLLEGE (N/K/A HAROLD WASHINGTON COLLEGE)

Major: Psychology

DUNBAR VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Major: Secretarial Practice

SKILLS

Typing 80 wpm, Word, Outlook, Excel, Power Point, WordPerfect, Elite,

Carpe Diem, Access, Hummingbird, IManage, Juris, Soft Solution, Dictaphone

References furnished upon request.

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