AMELIA N. PARNELL

**** ***** **** ******, ************, PA 19131

215-***-**** (cell)

CAREER OBJECTIVES

I am an experienced, retired legal secretary seeking to fulfill employment in the capacity of legal assistant or administrative assistant in a legal department or law firm where I may utilize my. My preference would be part-time but I am not opposed to full time employment. I have previously worked for several Fortune 500 Companies before officially retiring in 2014.

My employment background is listed as:

EMPLOYMENT

ARAMARK CORPORATION – September 28, 2008 – October 3, 2014 (Reduction in Force instituted)

Administrative Assistant – Real Estate Department –

Provided support to Lead Attorney and two paralegals. This position includes drafting legal contracts, leases, abstracts, correspondence and memos. Process for payment real estate tax bills, payroll, filing and maintaining departmental database. In addition, I provide clerical support to the Director, Compliance Administration.

PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE - LEGAL SECRETARY – June 17, 2001 – September 26, 2008

Legal Secretary – Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel

Provided secretarial support to the SVP and Deputy General Counsel and six (6) attorneys. This position include assisting attorneys and paralegal with rule change filings and amendments to the SEC, maintain and update rule change database and legal contract database, maintaining official files, scheduling appointments and routine administrative secretarial functions.

BELL ATLANTIC, PA 1969 – SEPTEMBER 29, 2000 (Verizon)

SKILLS:

6/1/99 – 9/29/00

Executive Assistant – Director, General Business Sales & Services

Provided routine administrative and secretarial support to director of General Business Services/Systems and Technology. This position included being the point of contact between the new hires/transferees and HR with respect to benefits, payroll, and department procedures. This position is considered highly confidential due to the nature of pay incentive and wages for over 60 managers.

3/31/97 - 5/31/99

Executive Assistant/Legal Secretary – General Attorney, Labor & Employment Law

Provided secretarial support to the General Attorney and four (4) Labor & Employment Law Counsel within Bell Atlantic’s Legal Department. This task included typing and filing briefs, complaints, Commission filings, and Arbitration filings, arrange depositions, Lexis search, maintaining files, scheduling appointments and routine administrative secretarial functions.

8/15/1989 - 4/1/1997

Executive Assistant/Legal Secretary – General Attorney, Regulatory Law

Provided secretarial support to the General Attorney and eight (8) Regulatory Attorneys within Bell Atlantic Law Department. This task included typing and filing briefs, testimonies, answers to complaints with Public Utility Commission and Court filing proceedings, maintaining files, scheduling appointments and routine administrative secretarial duties.

COMPUTER EXPERTISE

Point of contact for entire Legal Department to install and connect new PCs onto the network. Working knowledge of PC hardware and software applications. These applications would include: DOS, Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, WordPerfect and Lotus.

EDUCATION

Business Law 101 and 102 and Business Marketing courses at University of PA – Wharton Evening School (Philadelphia, PA)

Business Marketing courses – Temple University – Center City (Philadelphia, PA)

Washington School for Secretary – Washington, D.C.

Eastern High School – Washington, D.C.

Dynamics of Labor Relations, Plymouth Meeting, PA

Quality Improvement Process Management, Winter Park, Florida

Banyan VINES Administration, Woodbridge, NJ

Banyan Advance VINES Administration, Woodbridge, NJ

Problem Solving for Banyan VINES Network

References upon request.

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