Renee Hudec-Maley
Harrisburg
Summary
Results-driven management professional with proven ability to lead teams to success. Strong focus on team collaboration, operational efficiency, and achieving measurable outcomes. Adept at strategic planning, process improvement, and fostering culture of accountability and excellence. Known for adaptability and consistently meeting changing organizational needs.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Server
Feniccis of Hershey
Hershey, PA
09.2025 - Current
- Greet guests, prepare for large parties and events, offer menu and drink suggestions, upsell, opening and closing duties, process payments, maintain a friendly, professional and upbeat environment, excellent team player.
Office Manager
Crisp and Associates, LLC
Harrisburg, PA
02.2023 - 09.2025
- Recruiting, interviewing, offer letters and hiring manager for administrative staff and legal interns. Input was also encouraged by CEO for attorney hires.
- Implement new payroll systems
- Managed office operations, ensuring efficient workflow and adherence to company policies.
- Coordinated schedules and meetings for senior management, optimizing time management across departments.
- Tracking income and expenses for multi-million dollar law firm
- Marketing experience
- Client relations
- Document management
- Military criminal justice
- Streamlined administrative processes, enhancing productivity and communication within the office environment.
- State and Federal criminal justice
- Maintaining calendars and scheduling
- Tracking potential new clients
- Overseeing payments and payment plans for large client base
- Supervised support staff, providing training and mentorship to improve team performance and morale.
- Handled sensitive information with discretion, maintaining confidentiality of company documents and personnel records.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams on strategic projects, aligning operational goals with business objectives.
- Enhanced team productivity by delegating tasks effectively and overseeing daily workflow.
- Maintained accurate financial records by reconciling accounts payable/receivable transactions regularly to ensure balanced budgets.
Server
Hershey Italian Lodge
Hershey, PA
02.2022 - 07.2025
- Welcoming patrons
- Obtaining orders
- Ensuring patrons are well taken care of and comfortable
- Processing payments
- Processing patron private club memberships
- Reconciling receipts and income at the end of the shift
Paralegal/Office Manager
Stanley J. Brassington Law Office
Schuylkill Haven, PA
03.2020 - 01.2023
- Draft legal pleadings
- Answer phones
- Meet with clients
- Act as a liaison between the office and vendors
- Filing
- General office work
- Legal research
- Maintain client relations
- Process and review medical records for personal injury, social security disability and medical malpractice
- Summarize transcripts and medical records for timeline purposes
Criminal Case Coordinator
Fanelli, Evans & Patel, P.C
Pottsville, PA
10.2011 - 01.2020
- Prepared reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information
- Maintaining client relations throughout the process of their case in the criminal court system
- Scheduling clients and court hearings, negotiating new court dates when needed
- Summarizing transcripts and any and all discovery
- Collaborated with legal teams to gather necessary documentation and evidence for cases.
- Implemented quality control measures to enhance accuracy in case documentation.
- Acted as an advocate for clients when necessary, ensuring their needs were met and their voices heard throughout the case management process.
- Safeguarded client confidentiality by adhering to strict privacy guidelines and maintaining secure records management practices.
- Completed various administrative tasks such as making phone calls, answering emails and inputting data into systems.
- Maintained current knowledge of applicable procedures and compliance requirements to optimize effectiveness.
- Completed comprehensive evaluations of each assigned case at closure to assess overall effectiveness of interventions employed and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Provided thorough assessments of clients'' needs, resulting in accurate service referrals and appropriate resource allocation.
- Client preparations for hearings and potential trials
- Attending trials when needed
- Maintain attorney calendars and resolve scheduling conflicts
- Legal research
- Process and review discovery
- Work with various district attorney's offices on cases
- Assisted clients and their families with substance abuse solutions/programs
- Filing and drafting pleadings for family law cases as well
- Prepping clients for custody hearings and child support hearings
- Coordinated case management processes to ensure timely resolution of client issues.
- Collaborated with founding partner of firm with new hires, resume reviews.
- Developed and maintained comprehensive case files for effective tracking and reporting.
Workers' Compensation Paralegal
Krasno, Krasno & Onwudinjo
Pottsville, PA
06.2005 - 04.2010
- Greeted clients and guests professionally and courteously to cultivate and maintain welcoming atmosphere
- Maintained client files
- Client intakes
- Maintaining and Updating client medical files for work specific injuries
- Instructing clients for upcoming hearings and doctor appointments
- Scheduling appointments and hearings
- Scheduling and preparing files for depositions
- Answering phones when needed
- Assisted other staff members when needed
Head Server/Manager
Various Restaurants
Pennsylvania
01.1994 - 01.2005
- Scheduling
- Ensured that the employee rules were followed
- Terminated staff when required, up to and including attending unemployment hearings with the owner
- Trained and mentored new staff on service standards and best practices.
- Oversaw daily operations, ensuring high-quality service and guest satisfaction.
Education
Specialized Business - Paralegal Studies
Schuylkill Institute of Business And Technology
Pottsville, PA10.2002
High School Diploma -
Minersville Area High School
Minersville, PASkills
- Managing budgets
- Document review
- FMLA
- HR legal compliance
- Accounting and finance experience
- Payment reconciliation
- Filing
- Office record organization
- Handling insurance claims
- Data visualization software proficiency
- Accounting
- Payroll direct deposit management
- Debt collection negotiation
- Employment law case experience
- Conversion optimization
- Payroll
- Criminal defense law
- Talent management
- Lease or rental agreement management
- Calendar management
- Client communication management
- Case management
- Social media client interactions
- Excel formulas
- Process improvement
- Document Management
- Office supply management
- Budget preparation
- Transcription
- Data visualization projects
- Office activity coordination
- Dropbox
- Administrative experience
- QuickBooks
- Typing
- Trial preparation
- Clear language communication
- Developing staff training programs
- Google Workspace
- Appointment scheduling
- Contract management in legal services
- Employment & labor law
- Writing skills
- Human resources
- Legal Research
- Financial data reconciliation
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Employee relations
- Managing teams
- Accounting software
- Paralegal experience
- Time management
- Call center management
- Talent acquisition
- Cash handling
- Event Planning
- Attention to detail
- Records management
- Payroll record maintenance
- Business support for legal executives
- Conflict management
- Financial record maintenance
- Adobe Acrobat
- Accounts Receivable
- Documentation review
- Zoom
- Expense reports
- Case management software
- Client relationship management
- Addiction counseling
- Full cycle recruiting
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Staff development
- Google Calendar
- Databases
- Court-related public interaction
- Professional networking
- Anatomy knowledge
- Section 8
- Customer service
- External recruiting
- E-filing court documents
- Legal Drafting
- Research
- Contract review
- Relationship building
- Microsoft Word
- Windows
- Word processing
- Health information management
- Guest services
- Marketing analytics
- Achieving HIPAA compliance
- Microsoft Outlook Calendar
- Record keeping
- Public relations
- Microsoft Access
- Productivity software
- Microsoft Teams
- Regulatory legal research
- Electronic health records (EHR) management
- Training
- Data entry
- Volunteer recruitment
- Communication platforms
- Phone etiquette
- HIPAA
- Regulatory compliance
- Estate planning
- Payroll tax
- Interviewing
- Experience with individuals with substance use disorders
- Legal motion preparation
- Analytics
- Employment law
- Legal research
- Strong work ethic
Certification
- Paralegal Certificate
- Certified Notary Public
Languages
English
Timeline
Server
Feniccis of Hershey
09.2025 - Current
Office Manager
Crisp and Associates, LLC
02.2023 - 09.2025
Server
Hershey Italian Lodge
02.2022 - 07.2025
Paralegal/Office Manager
Stanley J. Brassington Law Office
03.2020 - 01.2023
Criminal Case Coordinator
Fanelli, Evans & Patel, P.C
10.2011 - 01.2020
Workers' Compensation Paralegal
Krasno, Krasno & Onwudinjo
06.2005 - 04.2010
Head Server/Manager
Various Restaurants
01.1994 - 01.2005
Specialized Business - Paralegal Studies
Schuylkill Institute of Business And Technology
High School Diploma -
Minersville Area High School
Personal Information
- Work Permit: Authorized to work in the US for any employer
- Visa Status: Authorized to work in the US for any employer