Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Legal Assistant
Hope Earle Lawyers and Advisors
03.2024 - Current
Managing the diaries of 3 lawyers, including organising internal meetings, meetings with clients, or with Counsel.
Answering phone calls that come to the office, and transferring them to the correct person (lawyer, accounts, etc), or being able to answer their questions.
Preparing basic Court documents such as Application for Divorces and Consent Orders.
Assisting in preparing and finalising more complex documents such as obtaining instructions for Affidavits, collating annexures fo Affidavits and obtaining instructions for Financial Statements:
Drafting letters regarding the service of Court documents, as well as organising process servers for when personal service is needed.
Drafting letters regarding financial disclosure.
Filing of documents on the Commonwealth Courts Portal.
Creation of Briefs for Counsel, both on eBrief or a hard copy brief.
Assistance in managing files and ensuring that deadlines are met.
Collating financial disclosure ensuring that requirements of Orders are met.
Scanning, photocopying, and filing of file notes.
Creation of Cost Agreements and initial letters to clients.
Drafting of Divorce Applications (supervised by lawyers who review the work after).
Booking of Counsel, Mediators, Family Report Writers and other expert witnesses.
Administrative Assistant
Oxford Partners Lawyers
07.2023 - 03.2024
Assisted solicitors with their daily work.
Attended to answering the phone and taking new client enquiries.
Using LEAP, Outlook, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and various other systems to assist in daily work tasks.
Calling Barrister Lists and briefing barristers for family law matters.
Transcribing dictations from solicitors.
Drafting letters to clients.
BARISTA
CREME
09.2022 - 06.2023
Attending too and taking orders on the front register, including drinks and food orders
Created wide variety of hot and cold drinks in average shifts with consistently positive customer satisfaction scores
Maintaining stock levels of various fresh pastries, cakes and take away food throughout the day
Rotating stock
Opening the store in the mornings including starting the coffee machine, moving the outside dining area out onto the footpath, preparing cakes for display
Closing the store in the afternoons including, closing and cleaning the coffee machine, moving the outside furniture inside, packing and refrigerating any left over products, sweeping and mopping the floor.
WAITRESS
La Porchetta
12.2020 - 09.2022
I was responsible for taking orders, either at a customer's table or over the phone, ensuring that all the needs of the customers' requests were catered for
Organising bookings to tables, ensuring that all COVID health precautions were acknowledged
Taking orders from customers, ensuring that the order is correct
Opening the store, ensuring that everything is set up to run successful operations
Closing the store, ensuring that everything is cleaned and packed away for the open the following day.
CAFÉ COORDINATOR
McDonald's
06.2016 - 05.2021
Organised the correct amount of stock based on trends in customer purchases, ensured adequate staffing of the café, and created weekly emails informing other department managers of what was happening in café
Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently
Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity
Serving customers at Front Counter and Drive Thru, including money transactions
Making various hot drinks and coffees
Performed duties in accordance with applicable standards, policies and regulatory guidelines to promote safe working environment.
Education
Bachelor's Degree - Law And Criminology
Deakin University
Melbourne, VIC
01.2026
Victorian Certificate of Education -
Ballarat High School
Ballarat, VIC
12.2019
Skills
Written Communication
Critical Thinking
Cultural Awareness
Interpersonal Communication
Problem-Solving
Teamwork and Collaboration
Flexible and Adaptable
Good Telephone Etiquette
Safety and Sanitation Standards
Responsible Alcohol Service
Legal Standards
Hospitality Management
Certification
RSA, December 2020, December 2023
Drivers Licence, August 2019, August 2023, Probationary License (P's) Continues onto full license in August 2023.
Timeline
Legal Assistant
Hope Earle Lawyers and Advisors
03.2024 - Current
Administrative Assistant
Oxford Partners Lawyers
07.2023 - 03.2024
BARISTA
CREME
09.2022 - 06.2023
WAITRESS
La Porchetta
12.2020 - 09.2022
CAFÉ COORDINATOR
McDonald's
06.2016 - 05.2021
Bachelor's Degree - Law And Criminology
Deakin University
Victorian Certificate of Education -
Ballarat High School
RSA, December 2020, December 2023
Drivers Licence, August 2019, August 2023, Probationary License (P's) Continues onto full license in August 2023.
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