HOLLY A. PRATTI

**** ***** ****** ****

Knoxville, TN 37922

H 865-***-****

C 865-***-****

Administrative Assistant/Legal Secretary

High energy professional secretary. I have excellent verbal, written, and telephone

communication skills, and computer knowledge. Known for working independently and

making excellent judgment calls, being highly organized and detailed, and managing time

effectively.

EXPERIENCE

P&L Consultants, LLC., Knoxville, TN

Bookkeeper (2007 to present)

*Efficient keeping of all of the firm’s books

Mario Brothers Carting Company, Copaigue Harbor, NY

Office Manager and Personal Assistant (2005-2007)

*COMPLETELY revamped a challenged company by devising a business plan, which focused

particularly on scheduling drivers in an organized manner using time management and reducing

fuel costs

*STRUCTURED a process to keep track of all containers and duration of use

*INNOVATED the price to rent containers as well as a definitive means of being paid

*PROFESSIONALLY HANDLED all business calls, devising routes for the drivers, keeping

track of all of the containers, and which customers paid

*METICULOUSLY kept all of the books for the company, including the collection of gas

receipts and expenses of the drivers

*EFFICIENTLY HANDLED the planning and running of all errands for the business

Feldman, Rudy, Kirby & Farquharson, P.C., Westbury, NY

Legal Secretary (1/1990 to 2001) (1st party property insurance law)

*RESPONSIBLY prepared all legal documents and composing ten attorneys’ correspondence,

including motions and appellate briefs

*SUCCESSFUL in handling all of the attorneys’ diaries, i.e. calling opposing attorneys to

confirm and adjourn all depositions, Examinations Under Oath, conferences, meetings, and

other appointments

*EFFECTIVELY HIRED, TRAINED, AND NURTURED entire secretarial staff

*FACILITATED AND ARRANGED travel plans for the entire staff

*SOLVED PROBLEMS of the influx of office customers under all types of circumstances,

using a friendly, yet professional approach to problem solving

*NEAT, ORDERLY, AND EFFICIENT performance, as well as management of time and

resources

*EXEMPLARY typing, computer, shorthand, and transcribing skills

*METICULOUSLY TRACKED inventory and maintained all office supplies

GEICO Insurance Company, Woodbury, NY

Human Resources Clerk (1987-1989)

Part time position to help finance my college tuition

*After less than a year of typing and distributing memorandums to over 1600 employees,

assisting them with questions and problems, answering phones, and filing, I was given

responsibilities of a full time employee, such as:

*EFFECTIVELY HANDLED Worker’s Compensation and Disability Forms for all employees;

and

*EFFICIENTLY FACILITATED the process of an employee’s maternity leave

EDUCATION

Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY

A.A.S. Degree, Legal Secretarial Science

3.85 GPA on the 4.0 scale

Graduated Magna Cum Laude; member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

Received Switzer Foundation Award for excellence in legal secretarial studies

REFERENCES

Donald J. Feldman, Esq., Sr. Partner

Stuart D. Markowitz, Esq.

Doreen Spagnuolo, Esq.

Lawrence Montanez, III, Co-owner of P&L

Michael Rainwood, Owner of Mario Brothers Carting

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