PERSONAL RESUME OF
TINA G. KEESLING
**** ** ****** **** *** Lake City, Florida 32024 Cell: 386-***-****
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Paralegal with a solid business background. Dedicated office professional with strong work ethics and proven ability to accomplish tasks efficiently, timely and accurately. Excellent computer skills.
Innovator – review office applications and sought out by staff at all levels for input in solving business-related problems.
Team Player - Decisive team leader with extensive experience working with colleagues and superiors to research, secure and fine-tune latest office technology. Proven ability to educate and assist co-workers in transition from old practices, procedures, and equipment.
Motivated – Self-directed. Attentive to details that set final work product above others. Assess requirements well in advance and determine most effective way to achieve successful results.
Communicator – Well-developed oral and written communication skills which result in productive relationships not only with colleagues but also with clients, other department heads and business leaders.
EXPERIENCE
PARALEGAL- HERBERT M. WEBB 9/10/2010 thru 03/29/2016
Paralegal
Paralegal to Mr. Herbert M. Webb. Interviewing of the client for Bankruptcy, Dissolution of Marriage, and prepared all work. Draft pleadings, prepared motions and orders for filing with the court, dictation by Mr. Webb, draft probate pleadings, prepared hearings for Court, communicate with accountant, closed files, extensive work with the public. Some litigation, Some probate, (attended seminar on “Probate from start to finish wills, living wills, last will and testaments, ordered office supplies, answered telephone, greet clients, kept the calendar, Microsoft word, Best Case Bankruptcy Program and office manager.
MEDICAL STAFF COORDINATOR 3/02/2006 thru 6/01/2006
Medical Staff Coordinator
Credentialing Department and working with the medical staff for Lake City Medical Center in Lake City, Florida. Extensive work with the medical staff. Prepared all credentialing applications and documents for the medical staff, call schedules and assistant to the Director of Physician Services. (this job was not for me).
PARALEGAL – ROBINSON, KENNON & KENDRON 3/2004 thru 6/2005
Paralegal
Paralegal to attorneys, Dissolution of Marriage and prepared all work. Draft pleadings, prepared motions and orders for filing with the court, dictation, draft pleadings, prepared hearings for court.
DEPUTY CLERK FOR U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURT 5/13/2002 thru 10/29/2004
Intake Clerk
I took in bankruptcy petitions, pleadings, answering information telephone calls for court at times, doing BNC’s (341 for bad addresses and Order of No Assets) and I would do Case Management when someone was absent from work.
PARALEGAL – ROBBINS LAW OFFICES 3/03/1996 thru 5/10/2002
Paralegal
Paralegal to attorneys, initials factual interviewing of the client for Bankruptcy and Dissolution of Marriage and prepared all work. Draft pleadings, prepared motions and orders for filing with the court, dictation, and draft probate pleadings, prepared hearings for court, hiring of office staff, payroll for office staff and communicate with accountant. Computer work in both database and Microsoft Word, Microsoft Works, Office Manager and extensive work with the public.
PARALEGAL – DAVISSON and DAVISSON 1/1994 thru 12/1995
Paralegal
Paralegal to attorneys, initials factual interviewing of the client for Bankruptcy and Dissolution of Marriage and prepared all work. Draft pleadings, prepared motions and orders for filing with the court, dictation, and draft probate pleadings, prepared hearings for court, hiring of office staff, payroll for office staff and communicate with accountant. Computer work in both database and Microsoft Word, Microsoft Works, Office Manager and extensive work with the public. I opened the bankruptcy department for their law firm in trying to check out the bankruptcy business for their office.
PARALEGAL – WALTON LEGAL SERVICES 6/1982 thru 1/1994
Paralegal
Paralegal to attorneys, and office manager. Completely set up the Anderson Office from the very start with little supervision. Scheduled appointments, initial factual interviewing of the client and prepared all documents for Bankruptcy and Dissolution of Marriage procedures and prepared all work. Draft pleadings, prepare motions and orders for the filing with the court, did court filing for all documents, care of the overall office equipment, mail correspondence, office supplies, accounts receivables for operating and trust accounts. Extensive work with the public.
EDUCATION
Ocala High School – Graduate June 6, 1964, Diploma – Ocala, Florida
Central Florida Junior College – Paralegal Degree – Graduate December 1966
Florida State University – 1966 thru 1967 – Paralegal studies – Attended 1 year.
INTEREST & ACTIVITIES
Member of Indianapolis Paralegal Association
Tennis, Professional Photographer and Water Sports
and Stained Glass
State of Florida Notary Public
Member of National Conference of Bankruptcy Clerks
PROGRAMS I AM FAMILIAR WITH
PC Law, Microsoft Word, West Law Bankruptcy Program and Best-Case Bankruptcy Program.
REFERENCES
Upon request.