Patricia M. Dilkes

****A Ralston Drive

Mt. Laurel, New Jersey 08054

856-***-****

856-***-**** (cell)

SKILLS

Experience in Google Docs; MS Word; Outlook; MS Office; Word Perfect; GroupWise and Google calendar systems; familiar with legal and medical terminology; New Jersey and Pennsylvania state and federal court filings; New Jersey municipal courts; transcribing/digital systems.

EMPLOYMENT

5/18 to 12/20

Garber Law Offices LLC, Mount Laurel, NJ

Legal Assistant for solo municipal courts attorney with personal injury and general law work. Position was part-time; laid off due to Covid.

1/17 to 1/18

Singley & Gindele Attorneys at Law, LLC, Gibbsboro, NJ

Legal Assistant/paralegal for small general law firm, working for three attorneys. Emphasis on insurance property litigation, personal injury, workers’ comp. Daily contact with clients, experts, adjusters. Draft motions, pleadings and discovery, demand packages, scheduling, with experience in Prevail case management system. This position ended when Thomas T. Booth, Jr. became a Superior Court Judge in Camden County (January 31, 2017) and his law practice was transferred to Singley & Gindele.

5/08 to 1/17

Law Offices of Thomas T. Booth, Jr., LLC, Voorhees, NJ

Secretary/paralegal for solo general law attorney. Emphasis on property insurance plaintiff litigation, personal injury, workers comp and municipal defense, including public defender for townships. Heavy client contact; draft motions, pleadings and discovery; demand packages; scheduling consults; file investigation tasks and everyday file maintenance duties.

9/05 to 5/08

Stephen Guice, P.C., Attorney-at-Law,

Barrington, NJ

Secretary/paralegal for solo general (plaintiff) law attorney. Heavy contact with clients on a daily basis; draft motions, pleadings, discovery and perform research; extensive work on PIP UM/UIM and PI pre-litigation and litigation files; breach of contracts; consumer fraud; demand packages; scheduling legal consults; file updates; investigation tasks and miscellaneous correspondence.

7/04 to 9/05

Charles Shipley Associates,

Marlton, NJ

Secretary to president/owner of Charles Shipley Associates and The Serious Money Corporation, a financial advisor and coordinator of 401k and health benefits programs for various corporations. Duties included preparing financial forecasts; preparing client reports with various correspondences; screening telephone calls; scheduling appointments and meetings; and daily general office duties.

2/86 to 7/04

White and Williams, LLP, Westmont, NJ

Executive Legal secretary to Managing Partner in satellite office of 200-attorney law firm (defense). Emphasis on insurance property defense work. Duties included client contact; attorneys timekeeping records; calendar scheduling; extensive monthly client billings; heavy dictation transcription; telephone screening; scheduling conference calls/meetings; photocopying; faxing; opening new case files; numerous administrative duties. Also worked for two senior associates in casualty/medical malpractice/products liability areas, both defense and plaintiff work. Prepared court pleadings for both State and Federal Courts (New Jersey and Pennsylvania). Heavy client contact, both in person and telephone.

2/83 to 2/86

White and Williams, LLP

Philadelphia, PA

Executive Legal secretary to Senior Partner in major Philadelphia legal defense firm. Commercial Litigation Department. Duties similar to those listed above in New Jersey.

3/83 to 3/84

Moorestown Resume Service

Moorestown, NJ

Prepared and edited resumes for clients, including meetings with clients and working with them to update their resumes and/or create resumes from scratch. Part-time position.

6/80 to 2/83

Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis

Philadelphia, PA

Legal secretary to Partner and Senior Associate in major (300-attorneys) Philadelphia legal defense firm - Litigation Department. Knowledge of both Pennsylvania and New Jersey court filings; duties similar to those noted above at White and Williams, LLP.

1976 to 2/80

Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.,

Philadelphia, PA

Secretary to Managing Partner in “Big 8" accounting firm in Management Consulting Department. Prepared extensive and numerous client opinions and bids, with similar secretarial duties as those listed above.

EDUCATION/OTHER:

Central Connecticut State College (one year)

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