Legal professional with history of supporting courtroom procedures and ensuring accurate documentation. Proven ability to collaborate with legal teams and maintain composure under pressure. Committed to efficient case management and adaptability to changing needs.
Diligent Program Assistant with background in case management. Known for supporting judicial procedures and maintaining orderly proceedings. Demonstrated skills in record-keeping and legal documentation.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Courtroom Clerk Remote Child Support Court
Oregon Judicial Department
05.2024 - Current
Maintained a professional courtroom environment to facilitate smooth proceedings by effectively managing logistics and addressing any issues that arise.
Used "For the Record" and tape recorders to take verbatim notes of testimony in administrative proceedings.
Ensured timely submission of required court documents to relevant parties, contributing to a smoother legal process.
Assisted judges in managing court proceedings by coordinating schedules, preparing orders, and ensuring proper follow-up on cases.
Facilitated productive interactions between the court system and community members by providing timely responses to inquiries regarding case statuses or procedural questions.
Answered telephone calls, took messages and transferred calls to appropriate colleagues.
Responded to in-person and telephone requests for information from general public, attorneys and other involved parties.
Performed routine data entry or document management.
Court Operations Specialist - Judicial Assistant
Oregon Judicial Department
06.2022 - 05.2024
Scheduler for the Juvenile Court Appointed Attorney (CAA): Daily, assign attorney agency when applications are received through the Juvenile Data Entry CAA queue in Odyssey, add the case and agency assigned to the CAA Pending Listing spreadsheet, Weekly, send the spreadsheet to attorney agencies for assignment, (this report is above what they receive nightly).
Communicate daily with attorney agencies both through email and by phone.
Specialized understanding and technical expertise regarding an entire process beyond what is expected of the lower levels.
Possess the ability to not only perform all of the steps in a process with multiple or gradually more complex steps, but to also recommend modifications for improvement to the process itself (or to the performance measures designed to evaluate such process) based on expertise and experience.
Exercise independent judgment and discretion, based on experience, when selecting applicable guidelines and alternatives in order to apply criteria established by statutes, rules, policies, and procedures in responding to questions from OJD staff, public and private sector agencies and the general public.
Work involves the application and interpretation of financial, statistical, and accounting data, or other data, facts, procedures, and policy relating to a function of OJD.
Delivered prompt and accurate information to judges, attorneys, and parties regarding case status updates.
Acted as liaison between courts department heads for budget planning purposes which led to more streamlined resource allocation.
Police Clerk
Jacksonville Police Department
03.2005 - 06.2022
Perform duties as the Records/Property/Evidence Clerk.
Supply administrative support to Police Department.
Enter data into the Records Management System (RMS) daily.
Enter approved reports of stolen items into LEDS / NCIC.
Train new officers in the Enterprise system for report writing.
Maintain inventories of all forms and written information, log and track all ordinance violations.
Post any wanted posters or any prioritized information that is directed to Police Department on bulletin board.
Generate case report jackets to be available for back up when officers start newest case records.
Answer police telephone lines at all times.
Contact officers by radio, cell phone or call dispatch, or if not high priority, post note on bulletin board for next available officer.
Maintain inventory on impounded vehicles.
Keep all police forms updated and have ready for use by the officers.
Print out monthly log, put in police statistics folder, and start new month for officers.
Process all new alarm systems.
Track all false alarms.
Notify alarm recipients of Ordinance policy and send invoices for all false alarms.
Maintain City of Jacksonville Police and Fire Surcharge Relief program fiscally.
Accounts Receivable for Police Department.
Perform criminal background checks on new Police and Fire Department personnel, check driving records, license plates, stolen gun records, etc.
All cases that are completed are sent to the State.
Maintain officer's monthly activity stats.
Assisted officers in obtaining vital information by promptly conducting background checks and warrant searches as needed.
Boosted officer productivity during high-volume periods using advanced multitasking skills to juggle multiple tasks simultaneously without sacrificing attention to detail.