JOAN L. HOWARD
**** ****** *****, ***. #*, Longmont, Colorado 80501
775-***-**** (cell phone)
Professional Experience:
September 2005 – Feb 2011 University of Nevada, Reno of the Nevada System of Higher Education
Office of the General Counsel – Legal Secretary II
1664 N. Virginia St., MS 550, Reno, NV 89557
Legal administrative support to the General Counsel and Assistant General Counsel – litigation, computer and general administrative duties, including word processing, data entry, calendaring and e-mail; Proficient with Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Word 2007, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook and the University’s accounting software.
July 2005 – Sept. 2005 Office Team – 5420 Kietzke Lane, Reno, NV 89511 – 775-***-****
Specialized Administrative Staffing – secretarial/clerical/administrative – legal and otherwise.
Sept. 2004 – June 2005 City of Reno – City Attorney’s Office
1 East First Street, 3rd Floor, Reno, NV 89501
Secretary to Patricia A. Lynch (city attorney) and 3-4 deputy city attorneys performing a variety of general secretarial and computer administrative duties.
March 1998 – June 2004 Metz Lewis LLC (law firm) – 11 Stanwix St., 18th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Legal Administrative Assistant – Provided all administrative/secretarial assistance to three attorneys in different areas of law, mostly civil litigation. Proficient with Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Word 2003, Excel, WordPerfect 8, Outlook.
July 1997 – March 1998 Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C. (law firm) – Pittsburgh, PA
Secretary to two Intellectual Property attorneys performing all secretarial/administrative tasks such as all computer work, copying, faxing, creating and maintaining files. Microsoft Office software.
Oct. 1996 – June 1997 Davis Reilly, P.C. (law firm) - Pittsburgh, PA
Secretary to principal attorney of collection firm.
April 1991 – Sept. 1996 Goehring, Rutter & Boehm, P.C. (law firm) – Pittsburgh, PA
Secretary – Worked for different attorneys in different areas of law such as estate administration, estate planning, family and corporate law, computer system duties as well as training temporary secretaries.
Oct. 1989 – April 1991 Charles L. Desmone & Associates (architectural firm) – Pittsburgh, PA
Secretary/Bookkeeper/Office Manager – Sole office personnel.
Sept. 1987 – Oct. 1989 Frumerman Associates, Inc. (Consulting Chemical Engineers)
Pittsburgh, PA – Secretary/Bookkeeper; Sole office personnel.
April 1986 – August 1987 Steel Structures Painting Council, a research organization affiliated with Carnegie-Mellon University
Technical typing, data entry; coordinated approximately 100 exhibitors for SSPC annual meeting and assisted in New Orleans with that meeting.
Resided in Boulder, Colorado from 1974 through 1986.
References:
Mary Phelps Dugan, General Counsel
University of Nevada, Reno
1664 N. Virginia Street/MS 0550
Reno, NV 89557
Frank H. Roberts
Assistant General Counsel
University of Nevada, Reno
1664 N. Virginia Street/MS 0550
Reno, NV 89557
Cathy Bandoni
University of Nevada, Reno
1664 N. Virginia Street/MS 0550
Reno, NV 89557