Michelle Miller-Parks
Avon Lake,OH
Summary
Experienced Chief Deputy Clerk skilled in multitasking and seamlessly fulfilling various responsibilities and roles. Demonstrates a strong commitment to supporting administrative tasks and eagerly takes on new duties, providing assistance where needed. Recognized for punctuality and reliability, this dedicated coordinator is committed to delivering top-quality office support to Court staff and the public.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work History
Chief Deputy Clerk
Avon Lake Municipal Court
01.2016 - Current
- Assist Clerk in any areas that are needed
- Oversee office operations when Clerk is out
- Register traffic, criminal, civil small claims cases and parking tickets
- Process cases during in-court hearings in the courtroom, assist Judge and Prosecutors with case information as needed every Wednesday and cover other in-court days as needed
- Prepare files for hearings(run BMV's for traffic cases, contact jail and police dept for video hearings, set up transport for defendants coming from LCJ)
- Process, warrants, issue summons, hearing notices, certified and ordinary mail for service for hearings, set hearing dates, contact attorney's and other agency's for court business as needed
- Process bound over cases to Lorain County Court of Common Pleas and also process the cases that are bound back from Lorain Co
- Court of Common Pleas
- Process appeal cases
- Scheduled language interpreters for cases when needed for hearings
- Maintain current court appointed attorney list and Bail Bonding Co
- & Agent Lists
- Attend Yearly Clerk Conferences
- Appoint court appointed attorneys to cases as needed
- Coordinate with Lorain Co
- Adult Probation Dept for monthly court hearings and process the journal entries, warrants and termination notices and other probation requests
- General clerk duties, customer service, answering phones, process payments, filing, faxing, answering and processing the courts emails, warrant checks from police departments
- Process BMV modification forms, license forfeitures, registration and warrant blocks and court suspensions
- Prepare and process TPO's and No Contact Orders issued by the Court
- Cover other Deputy Clerk's job duties when needed
- Coordinate with RITA for monthly small claims cases filed
- Prepare and sign checks for refunds, disbursement of restitutions payments, etc
- Balance end of day(count monies taken in at front counter, credit card payments and online payments)
- Monthly Supreme Court transmissions
- Backup to weekly BMV transmission
- Backup payroll
- Absentia cases
- Schedule Go-To/Zoom meetings, work with word, excel, Outlook, Microsoft Office
- Work overtime or come in on weekends when needed
Legal Secretary Assistant
Lorain County Prosecutor's Office
01.2009 - 01.2016
- Prepare and processed legal documents in support of case actions, collect and request evidence for cases(police reports, medical reports etc)
- Kept prosecutors 'calendars current, scheduled meetings with victims and witnesses
- Accompany and provide support to victims in cases as needed
- Assist prosecutor during court hearings, preparation of filings, process case documents, coordinating correspondence and reviewing evidence for upcoming hearings
- Documented client interviews, hearings and depositions for evidentiary purposes
- Process journal entries, case filings, record yearly stats
- General office and secretary duties, customer service
Deputy Clerk IV/Team Leader
Lorain County Domestic Relations Court
01.2003 - 01.2009
- Assist Clerk with any duties or jobs as needed
- Independently handling numerous clerical tasks and office operations
- Bookkeeping duties
- Register and process traffic, criminal cases
- Interview families for arraignment hearings
- Assignment Commissioners backup when needed
- Process files, entries, and motions for hearings
- BMV Transmissions
- Customer service
- Word, Microsoft Office, Excel, Outlook
Legal Secretary
Lorain County Prosecutor's Office
01.2002 - 01.2003
- Register and process child support contempt cases
- Set hearings, issue warrants, process purge payments
- Assist prosecutor during hearings
- General secretary duties
- Customer service
Deputy Clerk
Lorain County Domestic Relations Court- Juvenile Division
01.1999 - 01.2002
- Register traffic, criminal and adult contributing cases
- Prepare files and run bmv and leads for hearings
- General clerk duties include processing journal entries, filing, payments, customer service, case stats and backup to other areas as needed
- Back up bookkeeper
- Interviews for hearings, location and postal checks
Bank Teller
BF Goodrich Credit Union
01.1996 - 01.1999
- General banking duties
- Assisted customers with processing transactions and resolving complaints
- Collected currency for deposit, verified deposit amounts and entered transactions
- Processed commercial depository bags and completed coin orders
- Balancing tills, atm machine
- Maintain Visa and ATM card accounts
- Customer service
Customer Service Cashier
Discount Drug Mart
01.1992 - 01.1997
- Courtesy center cashier
- Customer service, dog and fishing licenses, USPS and UPS services
- Balancing tills, process sales, refund and returns
- Process courtesy card applications, video rentals
- Stocking shelves, cleaning store
Education
General - Accounting & Office Management
Lorain High School
Lorain, OH06.1994
Skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Customer service skills
- Knowledge of office administrative functions
- Knowledge of procedures
- Knowledge of policies
- Knowledge of rules
References
- Jennifer Riedthaler-Williams, Honorable Judge (Cleveland Immigration Court), 38555 Thorton Lane, Avon, OH, 44011, 216-926-1378
- Diane Robertson, Administrative Assist. Finance(City of Westlake), 137 Curtis Drive, Avon Lake, OH, 44012, 440-670-4206
- Diana Malinkey, Administrative Assistant(Lorain Co. Prosecutor Office), 21255 Foster Road, Wellington, OH, 44090, 440-309-6127
Timeline
Chief Deputy Clerk
Avon Lake Municipal Court
01.2016 - Current
Legal Secretary Assistant
Lorain County Prosecutor's Office
01.2009 - 01.2016
Deputy Clerk IV/Team Leader
Lorain County Domestic Relations Court
01.2003 - 01.2009
Legal Secretary
Lorain County Prosecutor's Office
01.2002 - 01.2003
Deputy Clerk
Lorain County Domestic Relations Court- Juvenile Division
01.1999 - 01.2002
Bank Teller
BF Goodrich Credit Union
01.1996 - 01.1999
Customer Service Cashier
Discount Drug Mart
01.1992 - 01.1997
General - Accounting & Office Management
Lorain High School
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