DIANA BURTON

255-D Shawmont Avenue * Philadelphia, PA 19128

Home: 215- 508-1727 * Cell: 215- 317-6616
Email: db637d58@westpost.net
Career Profile
* Objective:
To obtain a position that uses my professional and organizational skills.
* Experience:
Two decades of experience as a legal assistant.
The Mayor's Commission on Aging, Philadelphia, PA
Position: Senior Aide, August 2009 to the present.
I am currently stationed as a part-time employee at the Philadelphia Commission
on Aging. I am responsible for filing, posting accounts, researching mortgages,
opening/closing files, imputing information via computer and general office dut
ies. My immediate Supervisor is Andrea Nicholson. Her telephone number is 215-
765-900 x 5211.
Gordin & Berger, P.C., Philadelphia, PA
Position: Legal Secretary, January 2003 until December 2008
I was the assistant to the sole attorney specializing in collections. My resp
onsibilities included; court filings, preparation of legal documentation, schedu
ling appointments and depositions, answering and screening telephone calls. I l
istened to and addressed the concerns Judges, Court personnel, attorneys and cli
ents orally and through the mail.
Salaman & Salaman, P.C., Philadelphia, PA
Position: Legal Secretary, 1993 to 2002
I was the assistant to two attorneys in this firm. My responsibilities includ
ed; court filings in several States, preparation of legal documentation, schedul
ing appointments and depositions, answering and screening telephone calls. I li
stened to and addressed the concerns Judges, Court personnel, attorneys and clie
nts orally and through the mail while maintaining an office filing system.
Michelman & Bricker, P.C., Philadelphia, PA
Position: Legal Secretary, 1990 to 1993
I was the assistant to David Michelman, Esquire who specialized in waste mana
gement. My responsibilities included; court filings, preparation of legal docum
entation, scheduling appointments and depositions, answering and screening telep
hone calls. I listened to and addressed the concerns Judges, Court personnel, a
ttorneys and clients orally and through the mail while maintaining an office fil
ing system.
* Skills
Windows 2000
Windows Vista
Internet Research

* Education
McCary Junior College, Philadelphia, PA
Associate's Degree in Law, 1988
* Activities
I am a life-long member of the Pinn Memorial Baptist Church. I have been a memb
er of the Sanctuary Choir for twenty (20) years. Presently I am serving as the
President. I am also a twenty-two (22) year member of the African-American Hist
ory Ministry and chaired that Ministry for five years. Also, I was the Chairper
son of the Pinn Memorial Baptist Church's 100 Year Anniversary Committee (a thre
e year project), where I supervised nine sub-committees.