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Camari Cook

East Orange,NJ

Summary

Reliable Administrative Assistant/Secretary successful at maintaining complex docket systems, tracking deadlines and effective at taking on large and small tasks with little guidance . Successfully, applies leadership abilities and thrives in a professional business environment. Driven to maintain ethical standards while providing top-notch assistance to attorney's litigants and court users. Focused solid administrative support background that provides the willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet goals.

Overview

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15 Years of professional experience

Work History

Judicial Secretary

New Jersey Superior Court
East Orange, United States
07.2021 - Current
  • Photocopy and allocates all correspondence, documents and other printed materials , receives, sorts and disburses incoming and outgoing mail, maintained departmental personnel files with utmost confidentiality;
  • Open's judge's calendar for scheduling of cases, entered data of judge's case proceedings for evaluation, collected, compiled and submitted electronically monthly statistical reports and fee waivers;
  • Gathered, logged and deposited litigant's passports, evidence, probation officer's badges and vests inside vault, communicated and reported safety regulations inquires to General Operations and maintenance
  • Sustained office supplies, stock and placed purchase requisitions to maintain levels and routes invoices through proper signature process;
  • Organizes office equipment functions and supplies and upholds a well-stocked inventory to promote efficient operations;
  • Reported and distributed work orders, transcripts, passport, evidence, probations officer's badges and vests inside vault, communicated and reported safety and regulations inquiries inquiries to General Operations and maintenance;
  • Facilitates communications by forwarding emails, transferring calls and filing documents,
  • Answer high-volume multi-phone line system assisting litigants and attorneys’ with judicial matters/concerns,

Judge's Secretary/Clerk

New Jersey Superior Court
Newark, NJ
12.2018 - 11.2019
  • Demonstrated great teamwork skills with staff members involved in production and transport of temporary and final restraining orders;
  • Created and updated continuing trial calendar dates and mandatory judge's meetings;
  • Liaisons with law clerks, court clerks and secretaries as to court dates, adjournments and dismissals;
  • Logged and faxed orders of temporary restraining orders to various vicinage's, states and sheriff's offices for service of defendant's;
  • Confirmed and served defendant's final restraining orders and dismissal orders.

Judge’s Secretary

New Jersey Superior Court,
Newark, NJ
03.2019 - 08.2019
  • Provided secretarial support to the Presiding Judge of the Municipal courts of Essex County;
  • Performed a variety of administrative office support, assisting with scheduling and coordinating newly appointed judge's training schedule;
  • Processed weekend coverage and scheduled judge's events, appointments and divisional conferences;
  • Collected, logged and maintained judge's financial annual reports, monthly backlog, judicial in-session visit evaluations and comprehensive judicial orientation program materials;
  • Organized and distributed correspondence of informational material, agendas and updated filing system;
  • Responsible for safeguarding highly confidential materials and documents.

Judge

New Jersey Superior Court, Superior Court
Newark, Jersey City, NJ
01.2018 - 05.2019
  • Managed judge's trial and relist calendar through Outlook calendar and performed call backs for court dates, adjournments and telephone hearings;
  • Request for interpreters using Osmosis database and associated and updated attorneys' information using FACTS database;
  • Responsibly affixed judge's signature using NJ KIDS database as to bench warrants, release and remanded detainees;
  • Entered data, updated and extracted reports using multiple databases such as: FACTS PROMIS GAVEL, OSMOSIS and E-COURTS;
  • Created and recorded judge's binders of trial cases, notes, guidelines and procedures including law clerks new hire and orientation materials;
  • Coordinated communications, taking calls, responding to emails and interfacing with litigant's;
  • Draft correspondence, faxed, filed and scanned legal documents as needed.

Judge's Secretary

New Jersey Superior Court
Newark,
04.2018 - 04.2018
  • Assisted law clerk with preparation and arranging judge's calendar;
  • Entered data into PROMIS GAVEL creating Judgement of Convictions (JOC's), calculated jail credits, applied fees and updated inmate information;
  • Anticipated leadership needs by preparing and gathering records, reports, case files and correspondence;
  • Greeted attorneys', litigants and court users as to directions of appropriate locations and administrators.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Public Administration Public Affairs And Policy

Rutgers University School of Public Adminsitration
Newark, NJ
05.2021

Associate of Science - Paralegal Studies

Essex County College
Newark, NJ
05.2017

Skills

  • Skills & Abilities
  • Outstanding communication skills, critical thinking and organizational abilities
  • Provides great customer service skills and effective with accuracy as to large case loads, managing multiple dockets using time management abilities,
  • Useful effective listening skills while resolving discrepancies Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Excel and PowerPoint and legal databases
  • Efficient multitasker and able to work well under pressure

Work Availability

monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline

Judicial Secretary

New Jersey Superior Court
07.2021 - Current

Judge’s Secretary

New Jersey Superior Court,
03.2019 - 08.2019

Judge's Secretary/Clerk

New Jersey Superior Court
12.2018 - 11.2019

Judge's Secretary

New Jersey Superior Court
04.2018 - 04.2018

Judge

New Jersey Superior Court, Superior Court
01.2018 - 05.2019

Bachelor of Science - Public Administration Public Affairs And Policy

Rutgers University School of Public Adminsitration

Associate of Science - Paralegal Studies

Essex County College

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