ILEANA M. PITUI

Bayonne, NJ *****

H: 732-***-**** ac58qn@r.postjobfree.com C: 201-***-****

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SUMMARY

• 15 years - experience as Law Clerk in the Justice, Public Order and Safety Industries.

• As Law Clerk at Registry Office (General Clerks Office) of Law Court, I supervised the activity of the office, trained the new employees, striving to find better solution to improve the activity; every year I got the highest annual evaluation coefficient of the activity.

• I have assisted unrepresented persons as Court Navigator Volunteer of New York County Housing Court at Civil Court of the City of New York, County of New York - Housing Court Manhattan between October 2014 – 2016.

• I have been performing activity as a Guardian ad Litem (GAL) of Civil Court of New York City – Housing Part since January, 2016, to present.

• Fluent in English, Romanian and Italian.

SKILLS

• Administration/Law, Management, Public Relations, Communications, Organizational and Interpersonal Skills

• Computers: MS Office, Open Office, Document Management System INTERESTS

• Law and Legal services / Administration / Services / Management EDUCATION

• Bachelor Degree in Law, at Law Faculty “Simion Barnutiu”, Sibiu, Romania – Educational equivalent in the United States of Juris Doctor Degree from an Accredited US Institution of Graduate Legal Education according to Academic Equivalency Evaluation from 09/27/2013 of The Trustforte Corporation New York, USA.

• I sat for the bar examination in November 2004 session organized by NUBR Mures Bar, being admitted to practice as solicitor lawyer in Romania according to the Decision no. 118/ 12.09.2004 of Mures Bar Committee.

• High School Diploma in Economy and Commerce - Targu - Mures, Romania

• Security Guard Training Certificate – Heartbeat Security Service, Bronx, New York

• Electronic Filing in the Supreme Court Certificate – New York State Courts Unified Court System

• Certificate for Guardian (MHL&81.39), Court Evaluator (MHL&81.40) pursuant to Part 36 of The Rules of the Chief Judge – New York County Lawyers Association – NYCLA - Continuing Legal Education Institute - New York City, NY

• Certificate in Effective Management Systems – Southern Connecticut State University

• Certificate in Strategic Marketing, International Marketing, Sales & Negociation – The Institute for Global Business – The University of Akron ILEANA M. PITUI

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EXPERIENCE

1. ELDER LAW, WILLS & TRUSTS PARALEGAL

At Katya Sverdlov, Esq., 30 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005

• legal research

• maintaining contact clients

• drafting documents: power of attorney, health care proxy, wills, trusts, guardianship etc.

• filing documents to the courts

• retrieving documents from the courts

• preparing correspondence; receiving/ sending mail

• printing, scanning, copying documents

• administrative-secretarial tasks

2. Guardian & Court Evaluator (Mental Hygiene Law & 81.39 - 81.40) New York State Supreme Court – New York and Kings Counties

(03/15/2018 – PRESENT)

3. Civil Court of New York City, County of New York – Housing Part Guardian ad Litem (01/2016 – PRESENT):

• I represent in the law court the New York City's most vulnerable people - namely, physically and mentally impaired people facing an eviction proceeding in Housing Court

• A Guardian Ad Litem or “GAL” is someone the Judge chooses to help a person who cannot come to court or protect their rights.

• In Housing Court, GALs work to help the person they are appointed to represent solve their Court case. This includes interview them and assess their needs, represent them in the Court, getting help from agencies that offer services the person needs, and trying to work out an agreement with the landlord that protects the person’s rights, report to the court about all taken steps.

• Providing day-to-day administrative support including: managing schedules, setting-up meetings, travel arrangements, expenses reports, legal invoices, maintaining legal project lists, telephone coverage, general clerical support (scanning, copying, ordering supplies, etc.). 4. New York County Housing Court, Manhattan

Court Navigator Volunteer at Housing Part ( 10/2014 – 01/2016):

• I have been trained by the New York County Housing Court to assist unrepresented persons, low-income or no - income persons

• I directly assist unrepresented persons, I interview them about their requests and defenses

• I help them how to find a law and a lawyer on the Law Help website

• I help them to find resources in the courthouse and outside the court

• I help them to collect and organize documents needed for their cases

• I accompany the unrepresented persons during the hallway negotiations with opposing attorneys

• I accompany them in conferences with the judges or the judges' court attorneys. 5. Kamatek, LLC – Highland Park, NJ 08904

Administrative Assistant – (04/2013 - present)

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As part of the administration office, I work part time and my activities are:

• Handle all the correspondence with the accounting firm

• Input on the computer the tax information and expenses of the company and provide the report to the accounting firm

• Public relations in person and by phone.

6. Law Court of Targu Mures, Romania

Court/Law Clerk – (08/1999 - 03/2013)

As part of the Law Court, I was supervised by the President of the Law Court, and my activities and responsibilities were:

• Worked in the General Clerks Office operating computerized record system of the law court

• Being the only one Registry Office for the entire Law Court, I worked with Civil Law, Family Law, Criminal Law, Financial – Banking Law, Real-Estate Law, Contracts Law, Land Law - Law Court Targu - Mures has no specialized divisions.

• Calculated and explained judicial registration fees

• Worked with the clients, lawyers, litigants providing information on judiciary policies and procedures, in person and on the phone

• Received, reviewed for accuracy and completeness the complaints, legal claims, indictments and petitions, set up their subject - matter and recorded/inputted them into the court’s computerized case management system regarding case information (ECRIS); issued index case numbers for new cases; entered parties’ contact dates into Judicial Information System

• Prepared new case files by completing data entry and filed documents

•Received, opened and sorted mail and copied documents as needed

• Composed correspondence, edited, faxed and scanned letters and documents

• Provided international legal assistance

• Kept the evidence of jurisprudence

• Kept the monthly/annual financial track of summons, affidavits of service and the other judicial acts of communication procedure/service of process

• Searched laws and judicial documents

• Participated in team/work unit meetings

• Prepared and typed judicial statistics reports

Name and address of employer:

Judecatoria Targu - Mures

No. 1, Justitiei,

Targu - Mures, Romania

Tel. : +40 - 265 - 260919

Fax: +40 - 265 – 260580

http://portal.just.ro/320/SitePages/contact.aspx?id_inst=320 ILEANA M. PITUI

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REFERENCES

Katya Sverdlov, Esq. – Estate Panning, Elder Law Services, New York, NY – Phone:212-***-****; ac58qn@r.postjobfree.com

Marcel Miclea, Esq. – Immigration Attorney, Michigan – (C): 586 - 303 – 7499; ac58qn@r.postjobfree.com

Vadim Goldshteyn, Esq.– Lawyer at Law Office of A. Stark, Bronx, NY – phone:718-***-****; ac58qn@r.postjobfree.com

Ioana Spirache, Esq. – Becker & Associates P.A. Imigration Law Firm,Boca Raton,Fl 33487- phone: 561-***-****; ac58qn@r.postjobfree.com

Teodora Albu – Law Court Targu – Mures, Romania – President – ac58qn@r.postjobfree.com – phone: 0040 – 265 – 260919

Viorica Miclea – Auto-Owner Insurance Company, Michigan -

(C): 586 - 303 - 7498

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