Administrative Assistant High School

Melinda Care

*** **** ***** ****, ********, PA 19520 610-***-**** abiyc4@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Proficient in current Microsoft Office Suite programs, and AS400 Systems

Excellent organizational and time management skills

Able to develop and apply new skills in a fast-paced environment

Experience with legal terminology and Dictaphone

Typing speed 70 wpm

WORK EXPERIENCE

Receptionist

Hobart West Solutions - Temporary Employment Agency

11//08 - 11/08

presently registered

Exton, PA

Managed front office for corporation, answered telephones, greeted clients

and acted as security watch

Legal Secretary/Paralegal

Lachall, Cohen and Sagnor 4/30/07 - 11/06/07

144 West Market Street, West Chester, PA

Managed law office for Real Estate/ land development attorney

Drafted legal memoranda, letters/correspondence and pleadings and time

keeping

Answered telephones and scheduled client appointments, greeted clients

Managed client file systems, manual and electronic, created and archived

client files

Responsible for mail handling, faxing and scanning documents and email

correspondence

Drafted and filed correspondence for new corporations, ordered and

assembled corporate books

Responsible for billing invoices monthly and special projects, and research

when necessary

Legal Secretary/ Administrative Assistant

5/5/06- 5/31/06

Bernard Personnel- Temporary Employment Agency presently

registered

415 Eagleview Blvd

Exton, PA 19341

Legal Secretary for Alita Rovito, Esquire at Chester County Courthouse

Master's Unit. Scheduled appointments, answered telephone, created and

filed documents, distributed and processed mail, greeted clients, updated

client database and coordinated miscellaneous projects as needed.

Legal Secretary/Paralegal

Rubino and Hoey, LLC 8/20/02 - 4/15/05

Mark Blank, Jr., Attorney

50 Darby Road, Paoli, PA

Managed law office for three attorneys practicing in all areas of law

Drafted legal memoranda, letters/correspondence, pleadings and Bankruptcy

petitions

Answered telephones and schedules client appointments, greeted clients

Managed client file systems, manual and electronic, created and archived

client files

Responsible for mail handling, faxing and scanning documents and email

correspondence

Responsible for ordering supplies and inventory and miscellaneous duties

Responsible for all office machine operations and maintenance

Typed and Proofread articles for the Chester County Bar Association's Law

Reporter

EDUCATION

Principles of Marketing January-May 2002

Liberal Arts Major

Received Marketing credit toward Degree Program/ Honor Student

Delaware County Community College

Exton, PA

MOUS Certification Training May 1996-April 2002

Received certificates for successful completion of software applications in

Basic Computer Applications, DOS 6.2, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Microsoft

Office Suite (Word, Excel 5.0 and PowerPoint 4.0), Lotus/Windows 5.0,

WordPerfect/Windows 6.1, Access 2.0, Desktop Publishing, Quark Xpress3.3,

CorelDraw! 5.0, MS Mail/Schedule+, Internet and World Wide Web applications

Springhouse Computer School

Exton, PA

Comprehensive General Practice Paralegal Program March 1999-October

2000

Completed Diploma program in general areas of law including Corporate,

Criminal, Bankruptcy, Family Law, Legal Research and Legal Writing, Civil

Litigation, Trusts and Wills, Real Estate and Computer Applications

including Lexus Nexus

American Center for Technical Arts & Sciences

Malvern, PA

Graduated October 2000

Basic College Math I and II March - October 1996

Completed Basic College Math I and Math II courses successfully

Immaculata College

Malvern, PA

High School Diploma (Honor Roll Student) Graduated May

1980

Completed general studies with Major in English

Turner Ashby High School, Dayton, Virginia

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