VALERIE SANCHEZ

Temporary work assignment entering traffic citations into the court management system

• Temporary work assignment entering traffic citations into the court management system

• Supervised 22 employees in the Clerk's Office, Court Specialists unit and the Manpower staff in Family Court
• Oversaw and supervised daily operations; Plan, assign, supervised, and coordinated the work of the Legal Process Clerk and Court Specialist classes, and ensured adequate coverage for all legal processing activities in the Family Clerk's Office
• Hire staff; provide staff training, schedule work assignments, and mitigate workload backlogs
• Conduct performance reviews and evaluations, provide feedback on accomplishments and areas of need, and knowledge of progressive discipline procedures
• Provide additional training to staff that are performing below expectations
• Researched new changes in laws, Local Rules of Court and California Rules of Court
• Provided changes in processes and procedures to staff and public
• With the implementation of Odyssey, the Court's case management system , managed 22 manpower employees in addition to the Court Specialist staff, to implement paperless court files
• Created processes, training and supervised the staff to prep and scan the court files for upcoming court hearings
• Over the time of the project, identified and streamlined processes to make the scanning project more efficient
• Created procedures and trained staff on processes for E-filing
• Assisted in preparing training materials and presentation for attorneys and their staff for a Brown Bag Session on E-filing
• Compiled and prepared training materials for the Santa Clara County Family Bar Association members for Default/Uncontested Dissolution processing training
• Provided a training session for the attorneys and their staff
• Supervised and managed the Family Court Clerk's Office's in Sunnyvale and Morgan Hill prior to consolidation of the Family Court Clerk's Offices at the Family Justice Center Courthouse
• I managed the building issues at the Sunnyvale Courthouse and was the first point of contact for the judges

• Receive, examine and process legal documents, court files and orders for completeness and accuracy, including Ex Parte matters and Default/Uncontested Judgments
• Examine the legal documents for compliance with the Code of Civil Procedure, Family code, California Rules of Court and the Santa Clara County local rules
• Advise the judicial officer of any deficiencies in the legal documents
• Performs legal research of statutes in applicable area of law
• Complete the Law and Motion worksheets of a factual analysis of the matters on calendar for the judge's review prior to the hearing

• Examines and process legal documents for conformance to legal requirements; review forms and file legal documents related to court proceedings
• Answer questions and advise attorneys and the public of legal processes, procedures, court calendars and documents
• Receive and accept payments, fines and deposits
• Process and issue legal documents such as Request to Enter Defaults, Writs, Abstracts, Renewal of Judgments and Change of Venues
• Sort and process incoming mail
• Lead assignment including delegating work assignments, assist with procedural questions and train employees on assignments

• Receive and process court mail
• Assist the public with pulling court files, research and answering questions
• Place documents in court files
• Pull court files for upcoming hearings