DEBRA ANN VAN HOOK
RESUME
P E R S O N A L
Debra Ann Van Hook
Hustonville, Kentucky 40437
Home: 606-***-****; Cell: 606-***-****
Email: ac36s6@r.postjobfree.com
E D U C A T I O N
Sullivan University 2011 Paralegal Certificate
Danville High School 1983 GED
C O M P U T E R S K I L L S
Windows 7, 2010, 95, 98, 2000, Office 97 & Office 2000
Microsoft Word, Microsoft Works, Microsoft Excel, Word Perfect
Outlook
10 Punch
Kronos Payroll
Juris
Adobe 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, Adobe Distiller 9, Adobe Acrobat 11
Bounceback (Used in County Attorney’s Office)
Quickbooks 2005, 2011 & Quicken
Electronic Court Filing (ECF) with Federal and State Courts.
A W A R D S & C E R T I F I C A T E S
Notary Public; Expiration October 24, 2021
In 1998 was awarded Laboratorian of the Year Award;
In 1998 Lab Corp Department Manager of the Year;
In 1997 was awarded the Monster Inventory Award for the #1 Supply Department in the Company;
W O R K H I S T O R Y
August 2016 to Present
RANKIN & BAKER, PLLC. 606-***-****
306 West Main Street, Stanford, Kentucky 40484
Position: Legal Assistant
Services Offered by Law Office
Family Law, Civil Law, Criminal Law, Estate, Probates, Auto Accidents, Personal Injury, Real Estate
Duties:
Prepare all the following documents for filing and signatures:
Motions, Orders, Wills, POAs, Living Wills, Petitions, Responses
Greet all clients, schedule all appointments for meetings, consultations, conferences, depositions, mediations
Make travel arrangements for hearings, conference & depositions
Answer phones, filing, order supplies
August 2004 to January 2016
SWINFORD LAW OFFICE 859-***-****
271 West Short Street, Ste. 505, Lexington, Kentucky 40507
Position: Legal Assistant/Office Manager
Services offered by this Law Office:
Criminal (Federal and State), Civil, Family Law, Estate & Probate Law, Elder Law, Auto Accidents, Personal Injury, Real Estate.
Duties:
Prepare all documents to be electronically filed through Federal and State Courts
Perform the majority of the legal research in the office
Prepare all the following documents for filing and signatures:
Estate Planning, Family Law, Domestic Law, Motions, Orders, Subpoenas, and Summons
Greet all clients, schedule all appointments for meetings, consultations, conferences, depositions
Make travel arrangements for hearings, conferences, depositions
Answer phones, filing, Quickbooks client billing, bank deposits, order supplies
Pay all bills for office, accounts payable, accounts receivable
Payroll for the office; Prepare monthly, quarterly and yearly taxes
April 2004 to August 2004
FRANKLIN COUNTY ATTORNEY 502-***-****
Franklin County Courthouse, 222 St. Clair Street, 2nd Floor, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
Position: Administrative Assistant (Temporary)
Duties:
Phones, Filing, Typing & Filing Complaints, Warrants, Summons with Clerk’s Office
Prepare all Cold Check letters
Customer Service
Worked at the County Attorney’s Office for a short time due to it only being a temporary job.
July 2002 to October 2002
January 2004 to April 2004
KELLY TEMPORARY SERVICES 502-***-****
Louisville Road, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601(Worked for Kelly in Frankfort area twice)
Position: Data Entry Operator and Administrative Assistant
Duties:
First position was for a Data Entry Operator for this company at Unisys Corporation. Was hired fulltime with Unisys in October 2002
I left Unisys went back to work for Kelly was assigned to the Franklin County Attorney’s Office
The contract with this office ended in April of 2004. I then went to work for the Franklin County Attorney’s Office as a temporary employee.
October 2002 to November 2003
UNISYS CORPORATION
300 Fair Oaks, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
Position: Domain Services Representative
Duties:
Entered Kentucky Medicaid Prior Authorization requests in the computer system for review and return to medical providers or pharmacies
Was promoted to Senior Help Desk Operator, assisting in solving inquiries and problems providers would have with the approvals or denials of requests
Trained new team members.
October 2001 to May 2002
TRANTER LAW OFFICE 859-***-****
100 Main Street, Nicholasville, Kentucky 40356
Position: Legal Secretary
Services offered by this Law Office:
Criminal (State), Family Law, Estate Law, Auto Accidents, Personal Injury, Real Estate, Bankruptcy
Duties:
Prepare all the following documents for filing and signatures:
Estate Planning, Family Law, Domestic Law, Motions, Orders, Subpoenas, and Summons, Correspondence.
Perform the majority of the legal research in the office
Greet all clients, schedule all appointments for meetings, consultations, conferences, depositions
Make travel arrangements for hearings, conferences, depositions
Answer phones, filing, client billing
March 1996 to September 2001
LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
2201 Regency Road, Lexington, Kentucky 40503
Position: Distribution Manager
Duties:
Immediate Supervisor of the Courier Department with 32 couriers in three different locations in Central and Eastern Kentucky
Supervisor of the Supply Department
Payroll for Courier & Supply Employees
Inventory & Ordered all supplies for Lexington, Paintsville, and Stanford locations
Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable
Maintain and track maintenance of all company automobiles
Prepared courier route sheets for all locations
Dispatch all couriers to different locations for stat pickups
Interviews with prospective employees; hired all new employees in the Distribution Department
Performed evaluations and yearly raises for employees
Prepare all accident reports, worker’s compensation paperwork and reports, insurance documents
Communicated on a daily basis with several of the accounts we service
I was promoted twice while employed with the company.
November 1993 to March 1996
KELLY TEMPORARY SERVICES
Perryville Road, Danville, Kentucky 40422
Position: Computer Operator
Duties:
Performed data entry at Lab Corp through Kelly.
November 1991 to December 1992
STEIN MART STORE
Atlantic Blvd. Jacksonville Beach, Florida
Position: Office Manager
Duties:
Supervisor of Cashiers (15+)
Preformed interviews of all prospective employees
Performed evaluations, recommended raises
Payroll for all employees through Kronos Payroll
Bank deposits
Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable
Balance all register each day
Prepared all accident reports, worker’s comp reports and insurance reports.
April 1989 to May 1990
ALLEN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Danville, Kentucky and Winchester, Kentucky
Position: Equipment Operator and Laborer
Duties:
Worked several locations around Central Kentucky
Worked with black topping crew as flagman
Operator of the following equipment:
Backhoe, Bulldozer, Roller, Compactor, Grader, Frontend Loader, Excavators, etc.
R E F E R E N C E S
WANDA BROWN
C and L Court Reporting
1320 Travis Drive
Richmond, Kentucky 40475
H) 859-***-****
E) ac36s6@r.postjobfree.com
RONALD D. BOWLING, ESQ.
271 West Short Street
Lexington, Kentucky 40507
W) 859-***-****
E) ac36s6@r.postjobfree.com
BERNIE HARTUNG
Bernie Hartung & Associates
P. O. Box 8545
Lexington, Kentucky 40533
C) 859-***-****
E) ac36s6@r.postjobfree.com
TINA MITCHELL
Franklin County Attorney’s Office
Franklin County Courthouse
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
W) 502-***-****
R. KEENON SWINFORD
Madison Co. Public Defender’s Office
116 North 2nd Street
Richmond, Kentucky 40475
W) 859-***-****
C) 859-***-****
E) ac36s6@r.postjobfree.com
CARLA MURPHY
6412 KY Highway 698
Hustonville, Kentucky 40437
H) 606-***-****
C) 606-***-****
E) ac36s6@r.postjobfree.com