Carrie Geldert
Boca Raton,Florida
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Office Manager
Proskauer Rose LLP
04.2020 - Current
- Manage daily office operations, facilities, and processes to ensure successful operational and strategic management of all administrative staff
- Liaise between attorneys and administrative staff to deliver administrative support while reallocating resources and headcount to meet efficiency goals
- Establish a Legal Support Assistant role; train and develop entry-level staff to foster advancement and a pipeline for recruitment
- Direct implementation of a voluntary retirement program for US Secretaries; including communication with all stakeholders, reassignment of attorney support, and coordination with Benefits to ensure seamless transition
- Develop course materials for administrative support staff
- Regulate and maintain support staffing ratios; reallocate staff and performance objectives as business needs and resources evolve
- Oversee Human Resources requirements, including; support staff recruitment, hiring, compensation performance evaluations, attendance reporting, and approve overtime requests
- Responsible for onboarding and offboarding of attorneys and staff
- Propose, budget and execute all Firm initiatives in location
- Investigate and hire third-party vendors
- Responsible for all operations, facilities, and management invoicing
- Collaborate with fellow Office Managers to ensure common firm-wide objectives are met
- Ensure landlord/building management compliance
Assistant District Attorney
Bronx County District Attorney’s Office
09.2003 - 07.2019
- Supervisor, Complaint Room / Arraignments, October 2012 – July 2019
- Responsible for all Assistant District Attorneys and Support Staff assigned to Complaint Room and Arraignments and for all accusatory instruments drafted and for the arraignment of all defendants
- Chief legal advisor on all charges and any plea offers or recommendations made to defendants
- Primary legal advisor to New York City Police Department for pre-arrest probable cause and post-arrest charging
- Instructor for New York City Police Department on Stop and Frisk protocol and CLE instructor for Raise the Age legislation and Alternatives to Incarceration
- General Crimes Trial Bureau, February 2006 – September 2012
- Lead counsel in homicide prosecutions and various other violent felony trials and hearings
- Draft and apply for search warrants; conduct investigations and evaluate evidence to develop cases for grand jury presentation
- Advise when probable cause exists to authorize arrests; compile necessary evidence to effectuate lawful arrests in investigations
- Conduct video statement interviews of defendants and supervise junior Assistants at trial
- Selected for the District Attorney’s Vehicular Homicide Prosecutions Task Force
- Grand Jury Bureau, April 2005 – February 2006
- Prepared and prosecuted a wide range of felony cases including assault, robbery, burglary, gun possession and attempted murders
- Investigated and evaluated cases prior to commencing a criminal action; drafted and reviewed all types of felony complaints; conducted video statement interviews of defendants; interviewed witnesses and investigated cases in preparation for presentation to the grand jury; presented a variety of cases to the grand jury; supervised Assistants in drafting accusatory instruments
- Criminal Court Bureau, September 2003 – March 2005
- Lead counsel in over one hundred misdemeanor jury and bench trials, including preparation of those cases reaching disposition prior to trial
Adjunct Professor of Legal Writing
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
09.2015 - 05.2016
- Present undergraduate legal writing course using the language of law to describe the operations of the legal system
- Teach a basic understanding of legal analysis, constitutional interpretation, briefing landmark constitutional cases, research and advocacy
- Formulate, dissect, and construct arguments for legal writing
- Developed course curriculum and materials to allow students a better understanding of the New York State legal distinctions
Summer Associate
Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP
06.2002 - 08.2002
- Conducted extensive legal research on numerous issues of corporate law
- Drafted motions, memoranda and discovery documents
- Participated in client meetings and corresponded with opposing counsel and government agencies
- Observed trials and depositions and made appearances in chambers
Human Resources Assistant
Clifford Chance
01.1999 - 06.2002
- Coordinated summer internship program for all non-legal departments
- Participated in recruiting and screening of administrative staff applicants
- Managed documents and maintained human resources databases
Education
J.D. -
Hofstra University School of Law
Hempstead, NY05.2003
B.A. -
State University of New York at Binghamton
Binghamton, NY01.1999
Skills
- Customer service
- Office management
- Organizational skills
- Office administration
Accomplishments
- Planned and coordinated [name or description] project.
- Worked directly with senior leadership to develop and administer $[number] per year department budget.
- Recognized by management for [Reason for recognition] which [Outcome statement].
- Investigated, identified and reconciled account discrepancies totaling $[Amount] in company savings.
- Coordinated [number] special public and private events.
- Sourced, negotiated and secured [Product or service] contract, resulting in $[Number] annual savings.
- Supervised team of [Number] staff members.
Admissions
New York, Admitted to practice
Timeline
Office Manager
Proskauer Rose LLP
04.2020 - Current
Adjunct Professor of Legal Writing
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
09.2015 - 05.2016
Assistant District Attorney
Bronx County District Attorney’s Office
09.2003 - 07.2019
Summer Associate
Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP
06.2002 - 08.2002
Human Resources Assistant
Clifford Chance
01.1999 - 06.2002
B.A. -
State University of New York at Binghamton
J.D. -
Hofstra University School of Law
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