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LAURIE LADSON

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Georgia Assessments for the Certification of Educators Exam (GACE) in English, Grades 6-12

Eligible for Induction Pathway 4 Certificate

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Proficiency with Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Ability to work with Yardi and PC Law

Ability to work with operating systems, including both Windows and Mac OSX

Exceptional reader and writer with strong background and training in teaching and English Language Arts pedagogical practices

Great planning and organizational skills

Dedicated, hard-working, punctual, meticulous, passionate and creative, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Flexible and willing to accept new challenges

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LEGAL CLERK & ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT/RESEARCH ASSOCIATE/RECEPTIONIST/ASSISTANT PROPERTY MANAGER, LADSON LAW FIRM, P.C & MBL VENTURES, LLLP

2011-Present

Handled multiple roles in varied family businesses; managed commercial real estate accounts by overseeing and managing needs of multiple tenants for a number of properties, analyzing and updating leases, collecting rent; read and analyzed complex business litigation documents; conducted computer research on Westlaw and related online networks into factual and legal issues involved in various types of civil litigation, including personal injury, professional malpractice and business litigation as well as character defamation lawsuits; performed clerical/administrative work by filing important legal documents, digitizing and organizing all information regarding commercial real estate properties (leases, correspondence, maintenance, etc.), sending and receiving correspondence related to commercial real estate and the law firm; participated in meetings with clients, attorneys, and witnesses; performed dictation and filed important legal documents; answered phones and provided customer service to existing and potential clients and tenants and tended to bookkeeping duties for both the law firm and commercial real estate business, paying checks and keeping up with multiple accounting ledgers.

SALES/PART-TIME, ONE OF A KIND ART AND FINE CRAFT GALLERY

10/2006 to 02/2007

Customer service with knowledge of unique inventory, oversight of shipping, responsible for logs of daily transactions, cash handling experience.

CHILD SUPERVISOR, ASHLEY HALL, AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM

09/2005 to 02/2006

Worked with children in pre-K to second grade in after-school

care, overseeing and disciplining children during snack time

and while they played outside and inside, reading aloud

to them and leading artistic activities such as drawing, painting,

and coloring.

HOSTESS, INMAN PARK PATIO

06/2004 to 02/2005

Demonstrated excellent customer service skills by answering

telephones in a suitable and professional manner and reflected

ability to ensure that special requests are lodged and passed on

to restaurant staff.

EDUCATION

ARMSTRONG ATLANTIC STATE UNIVERSITY SAVANNAH, GA POST-BACCALAUREATE TEACHING CERTIFICATION PROGRAM: ENGLISH, GRADES 6-12, FALL 2011-SPRING 2013

GPA: 3.78

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA ATHENS, GA MED IN MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATION, FALL 2008-2010

GPA: 3.35

EMORY UNIVERSITY ATLANTA, GA BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ENGLISH, FALL 2002-2005

GPA: 3.587

Study Abroad: Oxford, England, Summer 2002

Activities: Theater, Directing, Sound Design

COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON CHARLESTON, SC TRANSFERRED TO EMORY UNIVERSITY IN FALL 2002

GPA: 3.7

Activities: Founder of Poetry Club

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