Administrative Assistant

Sheila Strutz

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Manor, Texas ***53

f5h2m3@r.postjobfree.com

512-***-**** – Cell

OBJECTIVE

Dedicated management professional seeking multi-tasking responsibility in legal or other office setting.

EDUCATION

• B.S. in Education – Mayville State University – September 1985 – May 1988

• “Conducting Serious Incident Investigations” – Labor Relations Alternatives, Inc. – October 1992

• “Advanced Course in Investigations” – Labor Relations Alternatives, Inc. – February 1994

WORK EXPERIENCE

Riggs Aleshire & Ray, P.C., Austin, Texas – September 2002 – May 2012

Office Manager/Legal Assistant

• Calendar management, pleadings and discovery under attorney’s direction for administrative law firm. Created client files and filed documents traditionally or using e-service. Conducted background and asset checks on opposing parties as needed by the firm. Coordinated depositions, assembled, and prepared evidence, exhibits, affidavits, and other documents for use in legal proceedings. Direct client interface during discovery, account receivable, retainer and trust accounts while maintaining a high level of client confidentiality in all aspects of the job.

• Responsible for maintaining and ordering office supplies. Handling of client files, vendor interaction and bank deposits.

Corpus Christi State School, Corpus Christi, Texas - April 2000 to September 2002

Rights Protection Officer

• Program Director advocating for the legal and basic human rights of individuals at the Corpus Christi State School. Complaint investigations by persons receiving services and other interested parties, resolved complaint, evaluated and reported on nature and extent of client complaints to leadership team.

• Conducted serious incident investigations including but not limited to deaths, injuries, sexual contact between clients, unauthorized absences. Reported such incidents to DHS and/or DFPS for further investigation if necessary.

• Chair of Human Rights Committee. Evaluated all individual treatment plans for individuals as well as all behavior modification plans to ensure due process of any rights restrictions.

• Staff training bi-monthly on Basic Human Rights and Abuse & Neglect.

• Assisted Quality Assurance Director with chart audits and writing Plans of Correction.

Hilliard & Munoz, P.C., Corpus Christi, Texas - July 1998 to April 2000

Legal Assistant

• Researched documents associated with environmental toxic tort cases. Assembled deposition notebooks. Developed detailed databases of chemicals disposed of by multiple defendants. Participated in mediations. Interaction with clients including completing interrogatories and other background information. Liaison with all experts associated with cases.

Edwards, Terry & Edwards, Corpus Christi, Texas – March 1998 to July 1998 (contract)

Investigator

• Wrongful death investigator.

September 1988 through March 1998

Various positions as a Program Director, Rights Protection Officer and/or Qualified Mental Retardation Professional relating to the protection, advocation and management of services of persons receiving services at various agencies.

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