ANNETTE G. OVERCASH
Gastonia, North Carolina email: *******@*****.***
Mobile: 704-***-****
NC Certified Paralegal
Clerical Support Event Organizer – Public Relations – Published Writer
EXPERIENCE
Vintage Ribbon - October 2013 - Current
Gastonia, NC
Co-Owner
Furnishings and decorative pieces, original headboards, novel chalkboards and more, created from vintage finds
Industrial Distribution Group - August 2012 – March 2013
Belmont, NC
Buyer’s Assistant – Temporary Position
Provided administrative assistant support to industrial purchasers, review of purchase orders for accuracy and
coordinated updates with vendors and purchasers, multiple other clerical duties as assigned, 10 key use
Ted A. Greve and Associates, PA - October 1999 –October 2011
Charlotte, NC
Paralegal
o NC Certified Paralegal # CP01177 – Administrative Assistant to attorneys
o Able to multi-task, work under time constraints with an attention to detail, and organizational skills
o Skilled Microsoft Office, Word, Outlook, and Needles Case Management Software, 10 key, excellent
typist
o Gather accurate information to establish personal injury liability, medical payments, and Social Security
Disability insurance claims and appeals – proficient in the search for insurance coverage
o Experience with personal injury, medical malpractice, and Social Security Disability case file preparation
o Considerable client interaction, new client intakes, handling heavy volume of incoming calls, emails,
and mail; meeting with new and established clients
o Established effective written and verbal communication skills; experienced writer and public speaker
o Created and implemented successful public relations strategy
o Event Organizer, planning and implementing monthly events, including informative/educational events,
community outreach activities and staff socials
PUBLICATIONS/EDITING
o Contributing Columnist, Carolina Paralegal News, published by North Carolina Lawyers Weekly, Column
title: “You Are the Link,” 2007-2012 (Annette G. Church)
o Published “A Haven In Our World,” in North Carolina State Bar Journal, 2010 Fall Issue (Annette G.
Church)
o Creator, Editor, and contributing writer to staff quarterly newsletter, TAG TEAM
EDUCATION
o UNC-G, Greensboro, NC May 1978 - June 1979
o Gaston College, Dallas, NC 1979 - 81
o Continuing Legal Education Courses, Approved by NC State Bar 2005 – 2013
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
Thomas Ainsworth, III
Attorney
Downer, Walters, & Mitchener
701 E. Morehead Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
Office: 704-***-****
Email: **********@*********.***
Roger Rizk
Attorney
Ted A. Greve & Assoc., PA
1201 N. Tryon Street
Charlotte, NC 28206
Mobile: 704-***-****
Email: **********@***.***
Nancy K. McCoy
Attorney
Law Office of Nancy K. McCoy
7810 Ballantyne Commons Parkway, Suite 300
Charlotte, NC 28277
Office: 704-***-****
Email: **********@**************.***
Christine Diem
Owner
Legal Logistics
Charlotte, NC
Mobile: 704-***-****
Email: *************@*****.***
Stephen B. Goad
Attorney
Ted A. Greve & Assoc., PA
1201 N. Tryon Street
Charlotte, NC 28206
Mobile: 704-***-****
Email: *********@*******.***
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Robert D. Jenkins, Attorney at Law - August 1997 – September 1999
Gastonia, NC
Legal Secretary
Secretarial duties as only support staff to solo practitioner and courtroom assistant, responsible for copious trial notes
(practice closed October 1999)
Parkwood Baptist Church – May 1985 – March 1994
Gastonia, NC
Outreach Secretary-to Minister of Outreach (Shelby J. Mathews) Assisted with coordination of weekly church-wide
visitation and women’s ministry events; Responsible for substantial church literature order and distribution (Sunday
School, devotional, and other); Data entry - maintained attendance records, and other
event and ministry responsibilities; high level of confidentially required.