Resume of Velma J. Melton

Velma J. Melton

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********@*****.*** FORT WASHINGTON, MD 20744 240-***-**** (CELL)

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WORK HISTORY

LEGAL PLACEMENTS, INC. – 901 15TH STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON, DC 20005 7/1999 - PRESENT

Supervisor: Joanna Davis – 202-***-****

Legal Secretary: General legal secretarial duties, including complex word processing (which includes production of litigation pleadings and other litigation documents, contracts, agreements, general correspondence, forms, etc., utilizing Microsoft Office Suite and WordPerfect), prepare and file legal documents with courts and regulatory agencies, tape transcription, process conflicts reports and generate new business memoranda, screen and manage telephone calls, keep attorney calendars, schedule and coordinate meetings and conferences, make travel arrangements, enter time, prepare and process expense reports/check requests, light paralegal duties, maintain agendas, Internet research, filing, general office maintenance, other duties as assigned.

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES – 805 BRIGHTSEAT ROAD, LANDOVER, MD 20785 1/1998 – 7/1999

Supervisor: Mabel Demby – 301-***-****

Office Manager/Department Secretary: Generate foster care home studies for department of ten social workers. Also prepared memos, charts, queries and reports regarding same, as well as general secretarial and accounting duties. Maintained daily office functions, and performed data filing utilizing various filing media (folders, disks, etc.).

IKON OFFICE SOLUTIONS – 4900 SEMINARY ROAD, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22311 3/1996 – 1/1998

Supervisor: Susan Henry, Manager – 800-***-****

Data Entry Operator: Ran enormous amount of client queries daily, entered same in a variety of databases to keep 40 sales representatives and clients with up-to-date information. Also back-up to administrative assistant.

STAR TEMPORARIES – 1628 L STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON, DC 20017 7/1994 – 3/1996

Office Manager/Administrative Assistant: Approximately two-year temporary secretarial assignment at JMB Properties, where I worked for the President of the Company. Duties included providing executive communications to staff members, clients, vendors and others, keeping President organized, managing and maintaining personnel files with contact support to main headquarters in Chicago, logging accounts receivable and petty cash, balancing books, screening and managing telephone calls, managing calendar, scheduling and coordinating meetings and conferences, making travel arrangements, preparing and processing expense reports and check requests, preparing agendas, word processing (including tape transcription), filing, general office maintenance.

CLAIMS ADMINISTRATION CORPORATION – 15400 CALHOUN PLACE, ROCKVILLE, MD 20850 7/1993 – 7/1994

Supervisor: Laura Phillips

Word Processor: Responsible for generating letters and claims forms utilizing WordPerfect, processed daily production reports, removed messages from message retrieval data bank and replied to same.

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP (AIG) – 70 PINE STREET, NEW YORK, NY 11212 8/1989 – 7/1993

Supervisor: Patricia Jones

Word Processor: Generated letters, memos, statistical correspondence, charts and queries. Also responsible for logging accounts receivable, maintaining petty cash accounts, filing, and other duties as assigned.

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EDUCATION

COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND – 8730 MITCHELL RD., LAPLATA, MD 206**-****-**/2002 – 05/2003

Major: Information Technology/Accounting – Business Administration

PSI INSTITUTE – 505 8TH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 11/1986 – 04/1987

Certificate in Computer Programming (Cobol, Fortran, RPG II Assembler)

DRAKE BUSINESS SCHOOL – 15 PARK ROW, NEW YORK, NY 12/1983 – 09/1985

Certificate in Legal, Medical and Executive Secretarial Typing with an emphasis on Word Processing

Received Business English Award

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

• Antitrust

• Litigation

• Intellectual Property

• Communication

• Patent & Trademark

• International Trade and Dispute Resolution

• Environmental

• Technology & e-Commerce

• Education

• Trusts & Estates

• Corporate & Securities

• Mergers & Acquisitions

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SPECIAL SKILLS

• Microsoft Office Suite (including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, Outlook Express)

• Microsoft Windows

• MacPac

• Document Management Programs (DocsOpen, iManage, Hummingbird)

• 75-80 WPM Typing Speed

• Tape Transcription

• Time Entry Software (Elite, WSI, CarpeDiem, DTE, Javelin)

• DeltaView and CompareRite Redlining Software

• Adobe Reader

• Legal Key Recordkeeping Software

• Internet Research

• GroupWise

• WordPerfect

• AccuRoute

• Genifax

• MS-DOS

• Excellent People Skills

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