1. Jo-Ann Blay-Rowan 154 Picton Street West
Goderich, ON N7A 2C7
519-440-2144
joannblayrowan@gmail.com
Qualification  Computer competency learning and adapting to new programs
Highlights  Quality oriented while maintaining efficiency
 Accuracy in all accounting functions for a small law firm
 Excellent communication and client care/customer services skills
Skills and Administration
Experience
 Managing social media pages and website, creating and managing
promotional materials, providing administrative support to
volunteers at meetings, composing agendas, minutes and budgets
for meetings and assisting with fundraising operation, marketing of
events and program development and implementation
 Drafted and Court filed documents, prepared correspondence,
including emails, Court briefs and accounts, met with lawyers and
clients, transcribed from dictation, scheduled with multiple Court
systems, attended before Justices of the Peace to process
Informations and Summonses in Provincial Offences Court and
guided municipal client to Court process documentation in Building
Code and By-law enforcement matters before a Justice of the
Peace
 Logistically planned and prepared budgets, newsletters,
pamphlets, brochures, posters, flyers and announcements,
composed PowerPoint presentations, agendas and minutes for
meetings, managed HR files and organized professional
development conferences
Leadership
 Leading small and large group meetings and working with
Treasurer and President Elect in a non-profit organization
 Mentoring law clerk student in a workplace environment
 Training and fundraising for and organizing participation in Quebec
City marathon and Nike Women’s Marathon in San Francisco for
the Arthritis Society and Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of
Canada, respectively
Client Service
 Scheduling and meeting with clients and reserving meeting rooms
 Directing incoming calls and greeting clients at reception

2. 2
Work Art aRound Town Coordinator 2015-2016
History Art aRound Town, Non-profit Organization, Exeter, ON
Legal Assistant/Law Clerk 2008-2014
Donnelly Murphy Lawyers Professional Corporation, Goderich, ON
Administrative Support 2004-2007
Roman Catholic Diocese of London
Ministry to Personnel, London, ON
Courtroom Clerk (contract position) 2004
Ministry of the Attorney General, Middlesex, London, ON
Law Clerk/Litigation Assistant 2003
McCall Dawson Osterberg Wallace, London, ON
Litigation Assistant 2002
Harrison Pensa, London, ON
Legal Admin Assistant/Law Office Administrator 1985-1990
Haines, Livingstone, London, ON – Accounting, including
accounts receivable and payable, monthly reports, financial
statements, yearly reports, payroll and year-end audit meeting
Education Huron’s Creative Countryside JCP Project 2015-2016
and Training Huron Business Development Corporation
St John Ambulance First Aid, CPR A & AED Certificate 2016-2019
Excel Training, CEL, Goderich, The Learning Hub 2016
Smart Serve Ontario Certificate 2015
Fanshawe College – Law Clerk 1995
Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario – Litigation Certificate
Fanshawe College 1977
Legal Secretarial Graduation Certificate
Clarke Road Secondary School, London 1976
Graduation Certificate – Business
Volunteerism/ Catholic Women’s League President 2015-2017
Memberships Clinton-Goderich-Kingsbridge Council, St. Peter’s Parish
CWL Huron-Perth Regional Treasurer
Goderich and District Horticultural Society 2016
Canadian Blood Donor Membership 2016
Maitland Trail Association Membership 2015
Celtic Festival Crew Member 2015
Fanshawe College Alumni Law Clerk Mentor 2012

3. REFERENCES
Joan van der Meer
Project Manager
Huron’s Creative Countryside JCP Project
237 King Street
BLYTH ON N0M 1H0
jvandermeer@smallbusinesshuron.ca
226-523-6337
The Honourable Mr. Justice Roland J. Haines
Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Court House
8 Huron Street
STRATFORD ON N5A 5S4
Roland.Haines@jus.gov.on.ca
519-271-0720
Reverend Gary Ducharme
St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church
156 North Street
GODERICH ON N7A 2V3
gducharme@dol.ca
519-524-8174