James Geib
Middlesex,NJ
Summary
Experienced legal professional with strong communication, time management, and multitasking skills. A driven and detailed-oriented individual with a strong desire to use analytical and problem-solving skills to meet goals.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Judiciary Clerk 2
New Jersey Courts
New Brunswick, NJ
09.2024 - Current
- Manages high-volume court dockets using systems such as FACTS, eCourts, PCSAM, and JEDS.
- Reviews and delegates court documents, including adjournment requests, notices of appearance, substitution of attorney letters, motions, and other legal materials.
- Facilitates communication between attorneys and clients regarding court dates, filing deadlines and other important information related to their cases.
- Scans and uploads court documents that are given to me immediately after court proceedings have concluded.
- Dockets and schedules domestic violence contempt cases, as well as violation of probation and weapons seizure cases.
- Assigns pro bono attorneys to indigent defendants.
Violations Clerk
New Jersey Courts
Somerset, NJ
07.2024 - 09.2024
- Utilized computer systems used by the court such as eCourts, e-MACS, PCSAM, and ATS/ACS.
- Entered information from traffic tickets into the computer and filed the tickets away.
- Accepted payments for traffic tickets in the form of cash, cards, checks, and money orders.
- Scheduled certain traffic tickets for court based on what the violation was.
- Mailed out court date notices to defendants after scheduling cases.
- Sorted through incoming mail and gave it to the Court Administrator.
- Responded to telephone calls and email correspondence from defendants and attorneys.
Legal Assistant
New Jersey Office of the Public Defender
Somerville, NJ
03.2023 - 02.2024
- Performed data entry tasks into case management systems such as eCourts and InfoShare.
- Responded to telephone and email requests for information.
- Reviewed files and other documents to obtain information to respond to requests.
- Organized and maintained both physical and digital filing systems to establish sortation standards.
- Operated office equipment such as computers, copiers, and scanners.
Pretrial Services Intern
New Jersey Courts
Somerville, NJ
06.2022 - 12.2022
- Conducted interviews with criminal defendants to determine if they qualified for a public defender.
- Scheduled and helped moderate virtual Central Judicial Processing court hearings.
- Assisted with running RAP sheets of criminal defendants on pretrial monitoring.
- Sorted through returned pretrial monitoring appointment notices and made case notes in each appropriate case file.
- Gained valuable knowledge of judicial system procedures through observation in both in-person and virtual court proceedings.
Education
Master of Science (M.S.) - Criminal Justice
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH12.2023
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Criminology
The College of New Jersey
Ewing, NJ12.2021
Skills
- Multitasking
- Time management
- Attention to detail
- Problem-solving
- Interpersonal communication
- Strong work ethic
- Critical thinking
- Reliability
Timeline
Judiciary Clerk 2
New Jersey Courts
09.2024 - Current
Violations Clerk
New Jersey Courts
07.2024 - 09.2024
Legal Assistant
New Jersey Office of the Public Defender
03.2023 - 02.2024
Pretrial Services Intern
New Jersey Courts
06.2022 - 12.2022
Master of Science (M.S.) - Criminal Justice
University of Cincinnati
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Criminology
The College of New Jersey