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Current
employment
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February, 2003 – Present The Patt Organization/Keystone
Hospitality
Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania
Personal Assistant & Office Manager
Personal Assistant to owner of the company. All
office typing which includes correspondence, financing requisitions, news
releases, meeting minutes, and all transcription. Discuss ideas for new
project names, themes and tourism attraction. Coordinate and schedule
meetings, flight arrangements and accommodations. Organize and log all
engineering, architectural and design plans and specifications. Handle all
work orders and tenant concerns relative to owner’s developments which consist
of shopping centers, residential communities, and a mobile home park.
Research various comparables for building and interior design ideas,
architects, engineers, consultants, etc. Assist in planning groundbreakings
and special events. Basic management of the office. Owner also owns and
operates Lake Raystown Resort (www.raystownresort.com);
The Atherton Hotel (www.athertonhotel.net);
The Summit at Shiloh (www.summitatshiloh.com);
Independence Place (www.statecollegetownhomes.com).
Future hotel developments in Hershey and Harrisburg, PA.
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Professional experience
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September, 2000 –
February, 2003
McIntyre, Dugas, Hartye & Schmitt
Legal Secretary
Transcription of correspondence, pleadings and briefs. Keeping
a trial attorney’s schedule up to date and setting depositions.
August, 1999 –
September, 2000 Computer
Learning Network
Director’s Assistant and Office
Manager
Initially
my position was to manage the office and assist the director of corporate
training at the Altoona
site. An opportunity in February, 2000
came about to manage a new corporate training site in Bedford.
The duties entailed setting up the new office and hiring staff. Handling all customer calls and scheduling
of training with the customers and trainers.
Some sales, public relations and advertising were also required and
basically ensuring that the office ran smoothly and efficiently.
I
had also taken an opportunity to temporarily fill in for an instructor on
leave, which entailed evening classes 3 days a week. I instructed a small class in the Office
Professional course, which included typing, English, office procedures and
basics in Corel WordPerfect.
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September, 1991 – December, 1998
Farrell Law Office
Paralegal
Draft
legal documents used in Real Estate Law, Corporate Law & Civil Law. Abstracting at various courthouses to clear
titles for loans, home purchases and refinances. Draft correspondence,
settlement statements, interrogatories, deposition notices, complaints, deeds,
mortgages, promissory notes, leases, subpoenas, agreements, etc. Research performed for interrogatories and
answers to complaints. Contacts with doctors, lawyers, realtors, lenders,
clients, insurance agents and other professionals in order to obtain information
for cases or closings. Contacts were
also made in order to set depositions or trial appearances. Handling all escrows for real estate
transactions and disbursement of checks.
Conducting real estate closings.
Data entry relative to clients and the progress of their cases and
computing billable time. Update
corporate books, draft shareholder agreements, minutes, bylaws and issue
stock.
August, 1989 – September, 1991 Jubilirer,
Carothers, Krier & Halpern
Legal Secretary
Transcription
which included correspondence, drafting complaints, interrogatories,
deposition notices, corporate documents. Leases, shareholder’s agreements,
general agreements, appointment setting, organization of a tickler system,
review cases with the attorney and update corporate books. Organize files and summarize deposition
transcripts. I also hired and trained
a young high school student who eventually became the secretary to one of the
partners.
October, 1987 – July, 1989
Levy, Kneen,
Boyes, Goldstein & Wiener
Legal Secretary
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which included correspondence, drafting legal documents, deposition notices,
leases, settlement statements, agreements, etc. Setting appointments with clients and
organizing the tickler system and organize files.
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