Susan Nichole Kerns is seeking career advancement opportunities in the legal field. She has experience working as a paralegal intern at Blalock Law Firm where she schedules appointments, researches deeds, prepares legal documents, and assists with filing. Kerns is expected to graduate with a Paralegal Certification from Chattahoochee Technical College in April 2017. She also has experience working in administrative roles at Kroger, where she scheduled appointments, answered calls and emails, maintained inventory and billing paperwork, and trained new hires. Kerns has strong organizational, research, and communication skills as well as knowledge of legal software programs.

1. Susan Nichole Kerns
Acworth, GA.  (678) 499-7070  skerns2010@gmail.com
Seeking Opportunity for Career Advancement in the Legal Field
STRENGTHS
Strict adherence to tight deadlines; Excellent organizational skills; English grammar acumen used well for editing and proofing legal
documents; Entrusted with highly confidential document handling.
TECHNOLOGY SKILLS
Knowledge of legal research tools such as LexisNexis and Westlaw; Windows, MS Office 2016 (MS Word, MS Outlook, MS PowerPoint,
Excel).
EDUCATION
CHATTAHOOCHEE TECHNICAL COLLEGE Marietta, GA
Paralegal Certification Expected April 2017
Administrative Assistant Diploma Program
Cumulative GPA: 3.86
EXPERIENCE
BLALOCK LAW FIRM CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Paralegal/Legal Assistant Internship Oct. 16- Present
• Fields phone calls and schedules attorney appointments.
• Reads, summarizes, and archives head attorney’s emails.
• Creates dockets and reminders for scheduling appointments, hearings and depositions.
• Researches deeds and prepares new deeds for transfer.
• Preparation of Wills and Power of Attorney Paperwork.
• Performs mailing and file maintenance while maintaining client confidentiality.
• Visits the courthouse, meets with court clerks and goes through the filing process.
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KROGER MARIETTA, GA.
Administrative Assistant Jan. 14- Aug. 15
• Scheduled appointments for and maintained the schedules of multiple members of management.
• Returned and answered phone calls and E-mails for the store management team.
• Maintained and reconciled inventory and billing paperwork.
• Processed new hire paperwork and kept files up to date and organized.
Drug/GM Manager June 01- Jan. 14
• Was in charge of daily operation of a $50k week department.
• Managed schedules for 6-10 people.
• Was in charge of ordering and inventory management.
• Trained new hire personnel.
• Reconciled department paperwork.
CERTIFICATIONS Notary Public, State of Georgia
MEMBERSHIPS CCLPA
REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST