Office Administrator/Legal Secretary

Posted on: 2008-04-02

BAHAAR A. HUSAIN 523 North 1st Street · Belleville, IL 62220 · (618) 741-9028 Professional Capabilities · Performing customer service, notarizing legal documents, bookkeeping, appointment scheduling, filing, data entry, ten-key, word processing, transcription, inventory control, proofreading, facsimile, mail, Internet, and other miscellaneous duties. · Proficient in the use of personal computers with Windows 98, 2000, Windows XP, as well as Microsoft software, including Excel, Access, PowerPoint, MS Word, and Word Perfect. · Excellent human relations and communications skills. Work History ERDMANN LAW OFFICE, Fairview Heights, IL, 05-2006 to current Office Administrator/Legal Secretary - Bookkeeping, inventory control, recommending system changes, appointment scheduling, creating new client files, filing, handling mail, writing checks, preparing quarterly tax reports, training new employees, facsimile duties, answering phones, drafting letters to clients, proofreading, transcription, notarizing legal documents, performing legal services at clients’ homes, preparing and drafting Wills, Power of Attorney forms, Deeds, and Subpoenas, preparing Annual Account Reports for clients, perform research projects for trials, etc. THE SHAW GROUP, Belleville, IL, 09-2005 to 04-2006 Customer Service Representative - Customer service, preparing detailed briefs, answering phones, preparing letters to clients, facsimile duties, contacting Offices of Hearings and Appeals for status updates, contacting Social Security Offices for updates and providing client information, contacting clients for updates, attending weekly trainings, etc. THE LINCOLN HOME, Belleville, IL, 03-2004 to 08-2005 Social Services Assistant/Receptionist/Volunteer – Performing social service duties, charting and recording patient/resident data on computer and file, answering calls and paging staff using multiple phone-lines, scheduling patient/resident transportation, counseling residents, handling and resolving complaints, assisting with meals, attending care-plan meetings, accompanying and supervising patient/residents during doctor and hospital visits, monitoring nursing aides, assisting residents with social activities, etc. SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS COLLEGE, Belleville, IL, 12-1999 to 08-2000 Registration Clerk – Register students on campus and via telephone registration, customer service, distribution of mail, filing, updating faculty and students with class information, training new employees, testing students, etc. BOATMEN’S BANK, St. Louis, MO, 11-1996 to 05-1997 Data Entry Operator – Performing data entry, ten-key, filing, customer service, distribution of mail, making multiples copies, sending and receiving fax, proofreading, attending monthly trainings, etc . Education Southern Illinois University of Carbondale, Scott Air Force Base, IL 05-2008/ 05-2009 Bachelor of Science in Workforce Education and Development SouthWestern Illinois College, Belleville, IL - Associate of Arts in Anthropology, graduated 2001 - Certified Medical Assistant, Graduated 1998 TCU Training Center, St. Louis, MO - Certified Data Entry Operator, Graduated 1996 Belleville Township High School East, Belleville, IL - Graduated 1992 References Upon Request