Renee A. Ciminelli
Williamsville
Summary
Dedicated professional with solid background in high-volume office environments focused on delivering exceptional clerical and operational support for professionals. Upbeat individual with friendly demeanor and sound judgment to handle diverse daily tasks with minimal oversight. Well-versed in managing office supplies, paperwork and project needs.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Administrative Assistant
Phillips Lytle
Buffalo
02.2026 - Current
- Time entries for 3 different executive Attorneys.
- Conflict checks.
- Closing packages - scanning, tabbing and sending back to lender.
- Drafting legal documents.
- Schedule closings and appointments.
- Expenses and time travel.
- Manage executive calendars and schedule appointments for senior partners.
- Notarization.
- Organize office events, meetings, and conferences to enhance team collaboration.
- Handle customer inquiries in a timely fashion while maintaining high standards of customer service.
Legal Assistant/Closer
Boorman Law, PLLC
Tonawanda
03.2021 - 01.2026
- Full time administration and support in high volume real estate firm.
- I wear many hats at Boorman Law from being the face of the office, approving contracts, handling all mail as well as the calendar, faxes, and doing all of the closings.
- Very efficient and positive, making sure things stay on schedule so there's no overlapping or unnecessary issues within our work day. Time management is very important.
- Representation of clients at real estate closings. I do up to 8 real estate closings per day when busy.
- Reading bank documents, notes, mortgages, legal documents and notarization.
- Scheduling appointments and daily communication with major clients and agents.
- Preparation of Deeds, Affidavits, Power of Attorneys, drafting of Contracts on TransactionDesk.
- Assists with pulling taxes, water statements, and ordering title.
- Post closing- obtaining final title policies, mailing Deeds and Mortgages.
Office Administrator
Vallone Law Firm, PLLC
Cheektowaga
02.2018 - 03.2021
- All day-to-day administration in a high volume real estate firm.
- Daily correspondence of various legal agreements and other documentation.
- Answered the phones lines and assisted clients with getting them to the right person or attorney.
- Scheduling appointments and daily communication with clients.
- Preparation of Deeds, Affidavits, and Title Insurance.
- I closed most of the sales in the Office at the time and prepared all of the Paralegals' files for them.
- Assisted with ordering title insurance and abstracts, surveys, paying water escrows and helped obtain payoff letters from lenders.
Legal Assistant/Paralegal
Ramos & Ramos
Buffalo
10.2016 - 01.2018
- Prepared files for real estate closings. I learned a lot of post closing bank work and scanning documents back to the banks then overnighting them back to the lender after closing.
- Drafting approval letters for other attorney offices, sale documents and we had our own title company so I also drafted Title Insurance.
- Took most of the calls that came in and directed them to the correct departments.
- Assisted with ordering title searches and survey maps.
- Helped clients schedule their house closings.
Assistant Office Manager
MORE THAN A SMILE ORTHODONTICS
Williamsville
05.2014 - 10.2016
- Assisted the office manager with anything she needed mostly overseeing the front desk and kept things organized.
- Made sure our daily calendar stayed on schedule while working efficiently and professionally.
- Scheduling appointments and daily communication with patients.
- Representation of the doctors going over fees with patients and selling braces.
- Obtaining billing and insurance information from various insurance companies.
- Correspondence with other medical offices and emailing records.
Patient Care Coordinator
BUFFALO SPINE AND SPORTS MEDICINE
Williamsville
03.2010 - 05.2014
- All day-to-day administration and support.
- Triaging pain calls, scheduling MRI's and injections in a very high volume doctor office.
- Correspondence with 4 doctors and three physician assistants regarding patient care.
- Took up to 80 calls a day and directed the calls accordingly.
- Inputting health insurance information into computer system and verifying coverage.
- Calling prescriptions into pharmacies and helping with patient referrals.
Education
Clarence Senior High School
Clarence, NYSkills
- Microsoft Word
- Excel
- Transaction Desk program
- Docusign
- Needles
- EMR
- Smokeball
- LEAP
- Centricity
- E Clinical Works
- Expert Time
- Metastorm
- iManage
- Efficient typist
- Multitasker
- Quick learner
- Calendar management
- Legal document preparation
- Conflict checks
- Notarization
- Time tracking
- Customer relationship management
- Event coordination
- Document organization
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Team collaboration
- Task prioritization
References
Available upon request.
Work Credentials
Notary Public of the State of New York
Computer Experience
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Transaction Desk program, Needles program, EMR, Smokeball, LEAP, Centricity, E Clinical Works.
- Developed relationships with various customer populations from medical to legal.
- Extremely efficient typist (65 to 80 wpm).
- Multitasker and quick learner.
- Always looking to learn new things and grow.
Timeline
Senior Administrative Assistant
Phillips Lytle
02.2026 - Current
Legal Assistant/Closer
Boorman Law, PLLC
03.2021 - 01.2026
Office Administrator
Vallone Law Firm, PLLC
02.2018 - 03.2021
Legal Assistant/Paralegal
Ramos & Ramos
10.2016 - 01.2018
Assistant Office Manager
MORE THAN A SMILE ORTHODONTICS
05.2014 - 10.2016
Patient Care Coordinator
BUFFALO SPINE AND SPORTS MEDICINE
03.2010 - 05.2014
Clarence Senior High School