PAULA A. PRICE
Stone Mountain, GA 30083
Cell: 313-***-****
Home: 770-***-****
*****.*********@*****.***
Objective: Seeking a position that will fully utilize my skills and abilities, as well as, offer career and financial growth.
Employment
PIE Management, L.L.C., 1001 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan 48243
Administrative Assistant, 3/2009 - present
Responsibilities: Travel to and from Ft. Worth Texas twice monthly to interview and hire employees for special projects, the Cities of Fort Worth and Lancaster for temporary services. Create documents, word processing, typing and entering data for new and prospective clients. Creating and maintaining new employee data base. Managing and communications with clients and employees for special projects, as well as, coordinating with employees for shifts and locations of work sites. Coordinate second interviews with Operation Manager and CEO of company.
Pepper Hamilton, LLP, 36th Floor, Renaissance Center, Detroit, MI 48243
Administrative Legal Secretary, 8/2001 – 4/2009
Responsibilities: Included but were not limited to, working with one Of Counsel Attorney and two Associate Attorneys in the corporate/commercial law department. My expertise includes the City of Detroit land and water bonds and the Office of the Mayor, sports law, and entertainment law, corporate and commercial law. Typing of corporate documents, business, sports and entertainment contracts, loan agreements, amendments, status reports to clients, correspondence and brochures, filing, copying, answering incoming calls from media, clients and sport radio shows. Maintaining important case information, including sensitive materials for the City of Detroit. Recording and keeping track of incoming and outgoing daily mail. Coordinating and setting up office conferences and meetings and organization of attorney department meetings, outings and travel. Maintaining daily time and billing for attorney. Creating and preparing invoices and correspondence for and to clients. I organized the Detroit Annual Barristers Ball office party and dinner and other large social/business events. I was responsible for Of Counsel’s personal and business calendar, which included, doctor’s appointments, car maintenance and other events.
Bodman, Longley & Dahling LLP, 34th Floor, Renaissance Center, Detroit, MI 48243
Administrative Legal Secretary, 4/1997 – 8/2001
Responsibilities: Included but were not limited to, corporate law, banking, business law, litigation, typing of documents, business contracts, loan agreements, Wills and Trusts, amendments, status reports to clients, correspondence and brochures, filing, copying, answering incoming calls, taking messages, keeping an attorney’s daily schedule, keeping track of court dates and other pertinent case information, file organization, and handling of incoming and outgoing daily mail, setting up office conferences and meetings, organization of attorney group meetings and outings and daily billing for attorneys.
Landau, Omahana & Kopka, P.C., 26877 Northwestern, Ste. 408, Southfield, MI 48037
Legal Secretary, 11/1996 - 4/1997
Responsibilities: Included but were not limited to, typing of legal documents, medical and deposition summaries, status reports to clients, correspondence and brochures, filing, copying, answering incoming calls, taking messages, keeping an attorney’s daily schedule, keeping track of court dates and other pertinent case information, file organization, and handling of incoming and outgoing daily mail.
Garan, Lucow, Miller, Seward & Becker, P.C., 1000 Woodbridge, Detroit, MI 48207
Legal Secretary, 1/1989 - 11/1996
Responsibilities: Included but were not limited to, typing of legal documents, medical and deposition summaries, status reports to clients, correspondence and brochures, filing, copying, answering incoming calls, taking messages, keeping an attorney’s daily schedule, keeping track of court dates and other pertinent case information, file organization, and handling of incoming and outgoing daily mail.
Education
Sawyer School of Business, Van Dyke, Center Line, MI
September 1987 -May 1988
Executive Administrate Assistant Program
Skills
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Office
Adobe Acrobat PowerPoint
Excel Outlook
Internet Searching Transcriber
Dictaphone WPM 60 -65
Legal Terminology
References: Mr. William Phillips
Lawyer/CEO
Professional and Personal
Ms. Carla Dorsey
Lawyer
Professional and Personal
Ms. Kathy Lochmann
Lawyer
Professional and Personal
Ms. Karen Toliver
Legal Secretary
Personal
Amika Thornton
Paralegal
Personal