Tanika Faith Russell
Huntsville,AL
Summary
To obtain a position enabling the usage of my leadership, multi-tasking, written & verbal communications skills and experience. Looking to utilize my skills in a team and result driven environment.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Administrative Assistant
Oakwood Adventist Academy
Huntsville, AL
08.2025 - Current
- Maintain student attendance database
- Maintain student records
- Prepare incident reports
- Prepare report for medical events
- Assist teachers with daily tasks
- Assist with daily scheduling
- Assist with ordering office supplies
- Respond to emails
- Answer phones
Administrative Assistant
Norfolk Circuit Court
Norfolk, Virginia
03.2014 - 07.2024
- Assisted Supervising Deputy Clerk
- Assisted with interviews for new hires
- Managed a team of 10-15 employees
- Assisted Comptroller with financial transactions, balancing, reports, and audits
- Assisted with tax set-off process
- Processed passport applications
- Trained new hires
- Assigned duties
- Assisted judges with jury inquires and process
- Addressed customer complaints and inquires
- Disbursed restitution checks to victims
- Processed and disbursed checks for passports
- Organized & scheduled training classes
- Responded to emails and voicemails
- Updated monthly stat reports
- License, Permit, Finance, and Jury
Deputy Clerk II
Norfolk Circuit Court
Norfolk, Virginia
07.2005 - 03.2014
- Processed garnishments, debtor interrogatories, confess judgments, writs, and levy’s
- Processed orders signed by judges
- Responsible for maintaining a paperless database in CIS Maintenance System
- Trained new hires
- In-Court clerk for civil jury trials
- In-Court clerk for habitual offender
- Assisted in opening complaints and law suits
- Swore in jury panel, jurors, and witnesses
- Prepared jury trial orders for judges
- Responded to inquiries from Court official, litigants, attorneys, and the general public
- Opened and processed appeal, forfeitures, expungements, and adoption cases
- Prepared appeals for Court of Appeals and Supreme Court
- Prepared and process dockets
- Set cases with Chief Judge
- Maintained exhibit shelf
- Destroyed evidence
- Processed and posted order of publication
- Received and opened mail
- Opened new divorce and lawsuit cases, and processed requested services
- Processed services and updated returns in Case Management System
- Civil Division
Deputy Clerk I
Norfolk Circuit Court
Norfolk, Virginia
03.2004 - 07.2005
- Calculated and receipted all Land Record documents on the Financial Management System
- Balanced all checks and cash daily
- Trained new hires
- Indexed and scanned deeds in Record Management System
- Assisted in checking documents and assigning instrument numbers
- Received and opened mail
- Answered phones and assisted the general public
- Deeds Division
Education
Associate of Applied Science Degree - Computer Systems Applications
ECPI Technical College
Richmond, VirginiaSkills
- Leadership ability
- Team Building
- Detail Oriented
- Oral & Written Communication
- Organization
- Multi-tasking
- Data Entry
- Proficient in MS Office
- CIS
- CCMS
- RMS
- FAS
- Esign
- Agilejury (Circuit Court Database)
- Renweb
- Facts Management
- HP Laser Jet 2200D
- Xerox Machine
- Fax Machine
- Typewriter
Timeline
Administrative Assistant
Oakwood Adventist Academy
08.2025 - Current
Administrative Assistant
Norfolk Circuit Court
03.2014 - 07.2024
Deputy Clerk II
Norfolk Circuit Court
07.2005 - 03.2014
Deputy Clerk I
Norfolk Circuit Court
03.2004 - 07.2005
Associate of Applied Science Degree - Computer Systems Applications
ECPI Technical College