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Saul Colon

Saul Colon

Jersey City,NJ

Summary

Detailed communicator and investigator who has spent over 15 years analyzing data, building knowledge, ensuring 100% accuracy in everything I do, meeting and greeting clients, using technology, streamlining processes, and making peoples' lives better, including my coworkers. Loves learning, growing, using strengths and achieving! I pride myself as an individualizer, strong listener and writer, musician, and am honored to be known as a customer service superstar. I've served an extremely diverse national and international client base, including corporations, business owners, nonprofit, business owners and people from all ethnicities and income levels. I am a business professional by day and an entrepreneurial event professional by night. I started Its Saul Good from the ground up, based on my love of parties, events, people, and building excitement for businesses and individuals. At Its Saul Good, I promote and manage operations for special events, order equipment, create invitations, find and book entertainment, DJs, musicians, and caterers.

Strategic Planning Consultant known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Specialize in urban planning, demographic analysis, and sustainable development strategies. Excel in critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication. Thrive in collaborative environments to deliver innovative planning solutions.

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience
1988
1988
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Event Planning Consultant

Its Saul Good
06.2014 - Current
  • Manage all business operations, including client service, billings, pricing, and deadlines; receive excellent feedback, including one who indicated his event was the best he's seen.
  • Continue to grow business through successful grassroots marketing and PR / reputation building effort, promote services in person, on social media, via email and with a referral base.

Legal Administrative Assistant

Federal Defenders of New York
Manhattan
11.1999 - Current
  • Company Overview: Federal Defenders of New York provides legal services free of charge for people accused of federal crimes.
  • I successfully do my part to promote their mission, and ensure our clients receive the finest legal representation available at any price.
  • This takes hard work, intelligence, research, and resolve.
  • My job involves many facets: client service, office administration, attorney and coworker assistance, research, and delivering items to courts.
  • I meet people where they are by maintaining composure through difficult situations with clients and their families in crisis, enter, maintain, and manage a large amount of data and documents, and streamline operations for attorneys, paralegals, investigators, and social workers.
  • By modeling professional, respectful behavior through my service, interaction, and choices, it's my goal that people learn they do not have to be defined by past mistakes.
  • Federal Defenders of New York provides legal services free of charge for people accused of federal crimes.

Legal Assistant

Jones Day
01.1996 - 01.1999
  • Company Overview: Jones Day is a multi-million dollar international firm with 39 locations.
  • At Jones Day, I investigated items in house, at other firms and libraries.
  • I served papers, subpoenas, and interpreted client documents.
  • I kept both our clients' best interests and bottom line profitability at heart 100% of the time.
  • With all I did, I ensured the legal process worked, and worked well.
  • Jones Day is a multi-million dollar international firm with 39 locations.

Education

State University of New York Empire State College -

State University of New York Empire State College

Legal Office Administration - High School , Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management

Kingsborough Community College

Bishop Ford High School
Brooklyn, NY

Graduate -

Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School

Skills

  • Customer Service
  • Social Media
  • Event Planning
  • Receptionist Duties
  • Marketing Communications
  • Legal Assistance
  • Telephone Skills
  • Microsoft Office
  • Administration
  • Entertainment
  • Research
  • Westlaw
  • PowerPoint
  • Social Networking
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Software Documentation
  • Music Industry
  • Transcription
  • Confidentiality
  • Scanners
  • WordPerfect
  • Outlook
  • Data Entry
  • Microsoft Word
  • Garageband
  • Legal Research
  • Public Speaking
  • Communication
  • Investigation
  • Sales Operations
  • Online Marketing
  • Retail Sales
  • Social Media Marketing
  • Public Relations
  • Leadership
  • Marketing Strategy
  • Advertising
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Switch board
  • Outlook Express
  • JavaScript

Languages

Spanish

Timeline

Event Planning Consultant

Its Saul Good
06.2014 - Current

Legal Administrative Assistant

Federal Defenders of New York
11.1999 - Current

Legal Assistant

Jones Day
01.1996 - 01.1999

State University of New York Empire State College -

State University of New York Empire State College

Legal Office Administration - High School , Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management

Kingsborough Community College

Bishop Ford High School

Graduate -

Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School
Saul Colon