Rachael Pernic

Selling 50-50 charity raffle tickets at NRL Rugby League games.

• Duties included but not limited to drafting and editing documents, filing, collecting, opening and sorting mail, writing and banking cheques, payment of accounts, copying documents, arranging for copies of building plans, courier deliveries and other administrative tasks.

• Managing Partner’s busy diary including scheduling meetings with clients and solicitors
• Typing, amending and distributing Leases, Deeds, Agreements and correspondence to clients and solicitors
• Scheduling all travel arrangements and tracking and recording travel expenses
• Tracking and accounting for office expenses using correct client codes and invoicing procedures
• Drafting and distributing monthly client bills
• Creating PowerPoint presentations for client meetings
• Managing, closing and archiving client files.

• Standing in as relief secretary providing administrative assistance to solicitors, partners and managers in various departments such as litigation, property, employee relations, banking and finance, intellectual property, human resources and marketing
• Duties included: Diary management – scheduling meetings and appointments
• Word processing legal documents and correspondence
• Creating PowerPoint presentations for client meetings
• Preparation and distribution of client bills
• Event management – providing assistance in organising firm events
• Closing and archiving client files.

• Managing Partners busy diary including scheduling meetings and appointments with clients and Counsel
• Management of Partner’s personal company accounts including drawing & depositing cheques and reconciliations
• Management of company insurance policies, wages, personal accounts and other personal affairs of partner
• Typing and amending commercial deeds and agreements, family law documents, affidavits, leases and other legal documents
• Coordinating overseas and domestic travel plans
• Organising and supervising temporary secretarial staff
• Conducting first interviews for support staff including receptionist and junior/intermediate secretaries
• Training & supervising junior secretaries
• Managing client files and records (including trust accounts) and closing and archiving files.

• Typing and amending commercial deeds and agreements, family law documents, affidavits and correspondence between clients, Solicitors and Barristers
• Lawpoint Enquiry Searches
• Entering time sheets and maintaining billing records on New Locus
• Maintaining client files and records, file closing and archiving.

• Filing Court documents in Federal, Supreme, District & Local Courts
• Conducting searches at Land Titles Office, Office of State Revenue & Australian Securities Commission
• Typing and formatting letters, faxes, memos and court documents for both Plaintiff and Defendant
• Liaising with clients, solicitors and barristers on behalf of the firm
• Preparation and distribution of monthly accounts to clients
• Reception duties including answering all incoming telephone enquiries and transferring calls, arranging meetings, opening and distributing mail, sending and receiving couriers and faxes, maintaining client files.