Vanessa Harrison
Douglasville,GA
Summary
Legal Assistant with track record of success in field, attention to detail and proactive mindset. Seeks opportunities to improve processes and workflows for team benefit. Conscientious, hardworking and excels at multitasking in fast-paced environments.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Data Entry Clerk
Solicitor General State Court
07.2022 - Current
- Performed data entry from court and jail documents and other sources into computer systems.
- Created court files for Prosecutors.
- Provided support to attorney's in regards to data entry processes.
- Created spreadsheets for more efficient recordkeeping.
Criminal Information Supervisor
Fulton County Sheriff Office
11.2020 - 11.2021
- Directed and supervised team of 15 employees in the FC Jail Intake Division
- Fingerprint/Identify inmates using Livescans, cameras and IRIS technology
- Ran criminal history reports, researched arrest warrant documents for accuracy
- Conducted staff meetings and trainings to discuss and implement operational policies and procedures to ensure efficiency and accuracy of workflows
- Performed Administrative duties daily
- Mediated conflict resolutions within the team
- Evaluated staff performance during annual reviews and provided feedback on areas of improvement.
Legal Secretary
Fulton County Public Defender Office
12.2017 - 11.2020
- Legal Support to five Public Defender Attorneys
- Answered incoming calls from clients and attorneys to provide assistance or route calls to appropriate personnel
- Organized case files by creating and maintaining document filing systems for easy retrieval of information
- Greeted visitors to the office in a professional manner while providing support to attorneys as needed
- Acted as liaison between clients, inmates and attorneys
- Attend court hearings
- Filed and archived open and closed court files.
Deputy Clerk II
Fulton County Solicitor General Office
02.2013 - 12.2017
- Initiated all Fulton County Municipal Battery Domestic Violence, Stalking, Assault, Traffic, child abandonment and regular criminal cases for prosecution
- Ran GCIC criminal and drivers history reports for Prosecutors.
- Researched, filed and archived closed court case files
- Communicated with attorneys, judges, municipal personnel regarding court case files
- Trained new staff for the Domestic Violence Pre-Accusation Department
Records and Documents Assistant
Fulton County Registration and Elections Office
02.2012 - 02.2013
- Managed Receptionist area, including greeting visitors, responding to telephone and visitors requests for information
- Handled incoming and outgoing voter's correspondence
- Copied, faxed, organized files, developed spreadsheets and scanned voter's registration material
- Verified, corrected and updated voter's information in the Fulton County Voter's Registration database
- Served and assisted the public at various election polling sites.
Senior Court Office/Revenue Assistant
New York State Surrogate's Court, Westchester
08.2004 - 10.2010
- Certified and/or exemplified Probate, Administration, Voluntary Administration Estate Files.
- Reviewed, processed, applied court fees and docket numbers to estate files.
- Manually transcribed estate court hearings.
- Researched death records via microfiche dating back to 1801.
- Accurate data entry via court computer system.
- Answered phone calls from the public regarding legal inquiries or other information requests.
Education
Associate of Applied Science -
NYC College of Technology Brookyn
Security Awareness -
GBI Training Center
Skills
- Policy Enforcement
- Team Building
- Legal Administrative Support
- Goal-Oriented
- Training and Mentoring
- Exceptional Communication Skills
- Proficient in Odyssey, Tracker, ICON, Word, Excel
- Document Proofreading
Timeline
Data Entry Clerk
Solicitor General State Court
07.2022 - Current
Criminal Information Supervisor
Fulton County Sheriff Office
11.2020 - 11.2021
Legal Secretary
Fulton County Public Defender Office
12.2017 - 11.2020
Deputy Clerk II
Fulton County Solicitor General Office
02.2013 - 12.2017
Records and Documents Assistant
Fulton County Registration and Elections Office
02.2012 - 02.2013
Senior Court Office/Revenue Assistant
New York State Surrogate's Court, Westchester
08.2004 - 10.2010
Associate of Applied Science -
NYC College of Technology Brookyn
Security Awareness -
GBI Training Center
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