SILAS GETHERS
Jersey City,USA
Summary
Dedicated and detail-oriented Records Clerk and Manager with 10 plus years’ experience in managing and organizing legal documents, accompanied with a proven record of maintaining accurate and up to date record accounts that result in accurate and up to date legal documentation with efficiency and productivity in the legal department. Having vast experience in mailrooms and office services has also complemented my journey in the legal department which includes office services, running Mailrooms, Shipping and Receiving, Loading Dock, Court Clerk and Process Server.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Records Clerk
Venable LLP
01.2024 - Current
- Technical proficiency with essential soft skills including legal document management software iManage and Microsoft Office.
- Performing general office activities, maintaining records in an orderly manner, interpreting and preparing legal documents for office convenience and storage.
- Organizing files and retrieving an entity’s paperwork, both physically and electronically, with on and off-site storage.
- Photocopy, Color Copy, Reprographics, Velo binding, Multiple Exhibit Tabs
Office Services Specialist
Timeless Fashions
03.2021 - 01.2024
- Client Services, Event Planning, Greeting Clients, Food & Refreshments, Coordinating Conference Rooms, Seating Arrangements, Document Services, Catalogue Review, Scanning, Color Copy, Audio Visual Equipment, Scanning Materials, Shipping & Receiving, Mail, FedEx, UPS, Postal Mailing
- Maintained mail room inventory for smooth operations to ensure sterile workspace.
- Securing the Facility, Inspecting, Maintaining Clean Appearance & the Upkeep of All Machinery & Functions, and Checking Safety Systems.
Legal Records Coordinator/Mailroom/Office Services
Robinson Brog Leinwand & Greene
03.2015 - 03.2020
- Maintained files and retrieved information from computer and manual filing systems, iManage, Court Clerk, Process Server.
- Entered data and prepared documents, spreadsheets, reports and other materials, Reprographics, Color Copy, Black & White, Multilayered Exhibit Tabs.
- Scanned, saved and organized hard copy and digital documents in a computerized file library.
- Assisted customers by answering routine administrative questions and resolving problems.
- Perform mail room duties including stamping, sorting, logging, Fed EX, International packages, and UPS shipments and scanning. Mailings, Postage Machine, Post Office Run.
- Updated indexes and file data for legal and official documents.
Receiving Room Supervisor
McGraw-Hill
12.2010 - 03.2015
- Assisted in loading and unloading incoming freight from various vendors.
- Used equipment such as pallet jacks and forklifts with safety and efficiency.
- Inspected incoming shipments to verify adherence to specifications.
- Maintained necessary inventory to meet shipping and receiving demands.
- Worked with carrier representatives to handle shipping and delivery needs.
- Prepared packages, calculated postage and verified details for shipments.
- Generated accurate work orders, bills of lading and shipping orders to manage accurate routing of materials.
- Sorted incoming mail by department to prepare for distribution.
Mailroom
Blank Rome LLP
01.2001 - 12.2010
- Operated mail processing equipment and manually sorted mail, photocopy, multi-lettered & numbered exhibit tabs.
- Placed incoming and outgoing letters and packages into containers based on destination and type.
- Loaded letters into automated processing equipment and maintained continuous flow when feeding letters to be sorted.
- Weighed parcels, calculating costs based on type, total weight, and final destination.
- Obtained signatures from recipients to release registered and special delivery parcels.
- Juggled multiple projects and tasks to ensure high quality and timely delivery.
Education
High School Diploma -
George Wingate HS
Brooklyn, NY06.1978
Skills
- Records management
- Filing
- Accuracy
- Document Imaging
- Archive Management
- Inventory Management
- Clerical Tasks
- Efficiency
- Scanning
- Data Cleanup
- Document Organization
- Spreadsheet Creation
- Teamwork
- Communication
- Customer Service
- Attention to Detail
- Record Management
- Problem Solving
- Microsoft Office
- Training
- Process Documentation
- Document Destruction
- Data Entry
- File systems coordination
- Document control
- IManage Platform
- Electronic document preparation
- Shipping and Receiving
- Mailroom
- Organizing or sorting incoming and outgoing mail
- Data representation
- Multitasking
- Facilities Management
- Collaboration
- Organization
- Troubleshooting
- MS Office
Timeline
Records Clerk
Venable LLP
01.2024 - Current
Office Services Specialist
Timeless Fashions
03.2021 - 01.2024
Legal Records Coordinator/Mailroom/Office Services
Robinson Brog Leinwand & Greene
03.2015 - 03.2020
Receiving Room Supervisor
McGraw-Hill
12.2010 - 03.2015
Mailroom
Blank Rome LLP
01.2001 - 12.2010
High School Diploma -
George Wingate HS