P A T R I C I A A. C L A R K
Fairfield, CA 95833
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Education:
Patten College; Oakland, CA - BS Liberal Arts (Pending)
Legal Secretaries Association Inc.; S.F., CA - Certificate; L.S. Course
Heald Business College; Oakland, CA - Certificate; Word Processing
Laney Junior College; Oakland, CA - Business Administration; 06/76-02/83
Software Skills:
MS Word, Word Perfect 5-12, FTR Gold, Lotus 123, Excel, Time Slips, Time
Matters, Quick Books, Peachtree, PowerPoint, LexusNexis, Lotus Notes,
Outlook Express, I-Manage, PC Doc's, ProDocs, Digital Transcription (FTP
up/download), transcription 80 wpm, and Internet.
Employment Summary:
Executive Assistant-Legal Secretary; Premier, Spherion & Randstad; Phoenix,
AZ (09/01 - 05/10)
- Provided advanced administrative support to senior level executives;
- Maintained vice president's and executive vice president's
calendar/schedules and scheduled meetings;
- Assisted Sr. Managing Director in keeping track of project deadlines and
deliverables;
- Organized group events, coordinated meetings; offsite, handled conference
room set-up, etc.;
- Prepared agendas, meeting materials, spreadsheets, PowerPoint
presentations and updated documents;
- Answered telephones, provided backup support to other executives as
needed;
- Screened internal/external correspondence; emails, voice mails, routed
appropriately;
- Records maintenance of corporate files/libraries including meetings,
agendas, minutes, and policies, etc.
- Handled travel arrangements, expense reports; executive-level and budget
preparation;
- Drafted correspondence; memorandums, tables, charts, proposals, and legal
documents;
- Ordered supplies, reconciled equipment orders, and generated purchase
orders;
Legal Secretary-Bradford Staff; S.F., CA (08/90-12/98)
- Areas include workers' compensation, personal injury, estate planning and
civil litigation;
- Calendared deadlines, scheduled depositions, set-up medical examinations
and research information;.
- Prepared court filings; drafted discovery, compiled medical chronologies
and witness booklets;
- Client relations included the courts; judges, attorneys, experts and
clients;
- Coordinated travel, processed expense reimbursements, processed A/P-A/R,
scheduled conferences;
Legal Secretary-Office Manager - Fouke, Wertsch & Hayes; S.F., CA (02/85-
06/90)
- Maintained operation of estate planning firm;
- Calendaring; processed court filings, composed and drafted various legal
documents; wills, trusts;.
- Heavy interactions with courts; opposition, clients, investment brokers
and banking institutions;
- Processed purchases of office supplies; analyzed supply requisitions;
generated monthly billing reports
and maintained on-site/off-site storage of records;
- Maintained firm banking; reconciled bank statements, processed billing;
A/P-A/R, general ledger,
invoicing, collections, prepared individual taxes and bookkeeping and
resolved disputes with vendors;
- Supervised and trained summer law clerks and support staff;
Construction Secretary-Admin. Assistant - Converse Consultants; S. F., CA
(01/81-02/85)
- Secretary supporting a Senior VP, General Manager, Site Engineers and on-
site staff;
- Office management of copier, fax & repair, postage meter, telephone
system;
- Managed petty cash fund, ordered business cards, letterhead and office
supplies;.
- Completed banking; statement reconciliation, A/P-A/R; billing, expense
allowances, generated reports
-Maintained calendars of VP, Directors, Mangers and field engineers along
with maps, distributed project
reports, mail and scheduled site inspections;.
- Processed new hires; up-dated and maintained employee forms; including I-
9's and personnel records;
- Time keeper for engineers, employees; sick leave and vacations;
REFERENCES PROVIDED UPON REQUEST