Wannabe Full Time "Cake Decorator"
Resume:
LAURA Y. PONZIO
HOUSTON, TEXAS *****
OBJECTIVE: To secure a high-impact position with a firm who encourages professional growth and stability.
ABILITIES: PeopleSoft, Word, WordPerfect, Comparite, DeltaView, PC Docs, World Docs, Soft Solutions, I-Manage, GroupWise, MS Outlook, XT, Power Point, Excel, Time Slips, Juris, Elite, Dictaphone, Alpha Database, ACT, type 80,
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
11/12/07 University of Houston Systems –Executive Administrative Assistant
to present Brief Description: Performed executive administrative assistant duties for the Internal Auditing Department which entailed typing correspondence, filing, verified monthly cost center reconciliations, reconciled procurement and travel cards, ordered supplies, scheduled meetings for the department, took notes at meetings and sent out to various systems, typed and produced Board of Regents Audit Agenda briefing booklet for distribution, verified monthly and biweekly payroll verifications, coordinated department functions and birthday celebrations, and I kept Director’s calendar on Outlook.
3/01 to Self Employed/Contract Employment – Legal Secretary
10/07 Brief Description: Long term Legal Secretarial assignments for civil litigation firms practicing in toxic tort, med mal, maritime, insurance defense, real estate, bankruptcy, energy, corporate finance, entertainment, and securities litigation. Secretarial assignments included word processing, proof reading, redlining documents; monthly time entry; sending out final bills; scanning documents to PDF format for e-mail distribution; travel arrangements via direct internet access; filing; and filling in for secretarial assignments where needed.
5/97 to 3/01 Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P. – Legal Secretary/Floater
Brief Description: I performed secretarial assignments in litigation, real estate/corporate finance, labor, environmental, appellate, intellectual property sections of the firm.
2/96 to 4/97 Scott, Douglass, Luton & McConnico, L.L.P. – Legal Secretary
Brief Description: Legal Secretary – Civil litigation firm with a senior partner/associate and legal assistant assignment who specialized in energy and general business litigation on a plaintiff/defendant side of docket. Duties included typing pleadings, discovery, transmittal letters, briefs, monthly time entries, updating contact lists and database input, filing, distribution to counsel of record/clients, coordinated travel arrangements and scheduled meetings.
3/89 to 1/96 Self Employed/Contract Employment – Legal Secretary
Briggs Legal Staffing
Scott Douglass, Luton & McConnico, L.L.P.
Cotton, Bledsoe & Tighe
Brown Parker & Leahy
Butler & Binion
Brief Description: Long term Legal Secretarial assignments for civil litigation firms practicing in insurance defense, maritime, real estate, bankruptcy, energy, corporate finance, entertainment and personal injury.
06/87 to 4/88 John Alden Life Insurance Company – Executive Secretary
Brief Description: Performed executive secretarial duties for the Vice President of Telemarketing, which entailed AIDS research and compliance, coordinated monthly newsletter, corporate meetings and insurance high-risk research projects.
3/84 to 4/85 Randall Process Systems – Senior Word Processor
Brief Description: Typing detailed proposal bids, start-up manuals, corporate meetings, corporate contracts for in-house counsel
SELF EMPLOYED SEASONAL WORK – Portfolio upon request
Event Coordinator – decorate start to finish for themed parties for birthdays, weddings, quinces
Catering Supervisor - Benny Ferrell Catering Co.
Sales Assistant - Houston Plants and Garden World
EDUCATION:
1992-1993 The Art Institute of Houston – Diploma in Graphic Design
1991-1991 Houston Community College – basic courses taken
1978-1979 El Paso Community College – basic courses taken
1974-1978 Eastwood High School – El Paso, Texas
REFERENCES
Paul Brauer
King & Pennington
711 Louisiana, Suite 3100
Houston, Texas 77002
James Cleary
Martin, Disiere & Jefferson
808 Travis, Suite 1800
Houston, Texas 77002
Diana Fowler
Wilson, Cribbs & Goren
2500 Fannin
Houston, Texas 77002
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