Jade Grant
Harrison Township,Michigan
Summary
My objective is to obtain a challenging position within a positive reinforcement style workplace. Motivated and adaptable employee with an extensive background in office settings/procedures and workplace expectations. Skilled in organizing, planning, and managing daily clerical needs. Supportive and focused team player with active communication and relationship-building skills. Comfortable in high-volume work settings and dedicated to maintain efficient and friendly service to coworkers and customers. Hard-working employee seeking opportunities to utilize skills and expand professional knowledge while facilitating company growth.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Legal Secretary
Thomas Krall, Krall Law Office PLLC
Saint Clair Shores, MI
09.2023 - Current
- Review and organize documents related to personal injury cases and responsible for maintaining an organized file system for all case related materials.
- Coordinate medical record requests from records clerks, physicians and medical facilities.
- Draft pleadings, discovery responses, demand letters, and other legal documents related to personal injury cases.
- Extensive contact with clients, courts, adjusters/insurance companies, and other parties involved in cases.
- Maintain client contact information database.
- Conduct appointments with clients on interrogatories and recorded responses, review answers with attorneys and preparing answers in final form for submission.
- Maintain client confidentiality.
- Compile evidence such as police reports, medical records, photographs, accident reconstruction reports via FOIA and HIPAA requests.
- Create and update client profiles, complete file tasks, and track status of case activities utilizing case management system (MyCase).
- Monitor progress of pending cases through regular follow-up with appropriate agencies.
- Use state and federal electronic filing systems.
Server
Ale & Eddie's Taphouse
Warren, MI
01.2023 - 01.2024
- Takes orders for food and drinks in a fast paced environment, ensuring accuracy when entering items into the POS system.
- Provided menu recommendations and answered questions regarding food ingredients and preparation methods.
- Resolved customer complaints professionally while maintaining positive attitude towards guests throughout dining experience.
- Assisted other waitstaff members during peak hours, helping to serve additional customers when needed.
Deputy Court Clerk / Accounting Clerk
41-A District Court
Sterling Heights, MI
06.2019 - 12.2022
- Organizing / handling criminal files and traffic files and the management of file information within the courts paperwork
- Following a filing system to ensure the office organization
- Extensive telephone work with the public and in person public contact / problem solving
- Process different payment methods, bonds on files, ticket payments, and pleadings
- Handle money being paid to the court on a daily basis and end of day talley up of monies received daily i.e
- Online payments, phone payments, in-person payments with checks and/or money orders, credit/debit, and cash
- Ensuring the organization of office policies and procedures on a consistent basis
- Making sure to properly execute said policies and procedures given with responsibility of monies allocated and balancing drawers properly for proper organization of payments within the court
Legal Secretary
Fischer, Garon, Hoyumpa
Mount Clemens, MI
10.2016 - 06.2019
- Extensive contact with clients, various courts and attorneys.
- Prepared correspondence, memos, reports and other legal documents for criminal, traffic, and limited domestic cases.
- Maintained attorney calendars by keeping track of appointments, meetings and conferences.
- Coordinated court filings including scheduling hearings, filing deadlines and calendaring events.
Hostess/Server
Fishbone’s/London Chop House
St. Clair Shores, Michigan
11.2014 - 06.2019
- Performed opening and closing duties such as setting up the dining area, restocking supplies..
- Set up for various types of events/parties
- Handled money transactions accurately while following company procedures for handling cash payments.
Internship
Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office
Mount Clemens, MI
06.2014 - 08.2015
- Shadowed Assistant Prosecutor assigned to Judge Mary Chrzanowski (06/2015-08/2015)
- Answering telephones and taking messages for Judge Matthew Switalski's office (06/2014-07/2014)
- General Office work which included filing, copying and pulling court files
- Observing many court proceedings such as felony trials, juvenile hearings and drug court
- Assisted Judge's Prosecutor with tasks such as filing of confidential Pre-Sentence Investigation Report files for prosecutor’s office
General Office Clerk
Christopher T. Fischer, Esq.
Mt. Clemens, MI
06.2014 - 08.2014
- Assisted with filing, organizing and scanning documents, records and other confidential materials for attorney
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Paralegal Studies
Macomb Community College (some college)
Warren, MISkills
- Administrative Support
- Case/ Records Maintenance
- Schedule Management
- Creative Problem Solving Abilities
- Court Procedures
- Payment Collection/ Accounting Support
- Excellent Customer/ Public Service
- Sensitive Material Handling
- Outstanding employee communications / collaborations
- Multitasking and organization of work product and work space
- Proficient with operating multi-line phones, fax, Microsoft Windows (word, outlook, etc), Adobe Acrobat, case management system (MyCase)
References
Christopher T. Fischer, Esq.
Attorney at Law
P: (586) 530-2229
E: cfischer@fghrlaw.net
Vera Shouneyia
Judicial Assistant
P: (248) 505-1717
E: Vera.Shouneyia@macombgov.org
Avis H. Choulagh, Esq.
Attorney at Law
P: (586) 405-0341
E: law@avis-law.com
Timeline
Legal Secretary
Thomas Krall, Krall Law Office PLLC
09.2023 - Current
Server
Ale & Eddie's Taphouse
01.2023 - 01.2024
Deputy Court Clerk / Accounting Clerk
41-A District Court
06.2019 - 12.2022
Legal Secretary
Fischer, Garon, Hoyumpa
10.2016 - 06.2019
Hostess/Server
Fishbone’s/London Chop House
11.2014 - 06.2019
Internship
Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office
06.2014 - 08.2015
General Office Clerk
Christopher T. Fischer, Esq.
06.2014 - 08.2014
Some College (No Degree) - Paralegal Studies
Macomb Community College (some college)
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