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Education
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Thenuga Sutharsan

Markham,ON

Summary

Legal professional with strong focus on administrative and clerical support in fast-paced environments. Skilled in managing legal documents, coordinating schedules, and maintaining confidentiality. Team-oriented, adaptable, and driven by results. Known for reliability and effective communication, ensuring smooth operations and client satisfaction.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Legal Administrative Assistant

Sanka Law Office
02.2023 - Current
  • Supporting the attorney in closing documents- prepare and review.
  • I handle the firm's banking operations, including financial transactions and coordination with financial institution
  • Provide customer support and assistance for any issues
  • Answer telephone and assist customers
  • Resolve customer concerns via telephone/email
  • Opening new files and sending initial emails to clients
  • Scheduling times for appointments as well as initially welcoming clients
  • Communicate to all clients via phone and email
  • Organizing files and updating discharges
  • Familiar with PcLaw, Unity, aswell as Closer.
  • Welcoming clients for walk-in aswell as appointments
  • Familiar with banking and bookkeeping
  • Handle all in person banking, regarding the Trust account and all other in relation to final closing funds.

Private Tutor

Self-employeed
03.2022 - 03.2023
  • One on one session to help answer question or help they needed
  • Collaborated with students to complete homework assignments, identify lagging skills, and correct weaknesses
  • Used positive reinforcement, repetition, and review to help students master challenging material.
  • Collaborated with students to complete homework assignments, identify lagging skills, and correct weaknesses.
  • Built strong rapport with students through active listening, empathy, and genuine interest in their success.

Walmart Associate

Walmart
01.2021 - 01.2023
  • Backroom associate as well as on floor.
  • Assisted customers looking for certain items
  • Resolve customer complaints in person.
  • Stock items on floor and tidy the backroom.
  • Unload trucks as well.

Service Representative

Western Jewelry
07.2019 - 06.2021
  • Answer telephone calls and assist customers
  • Process customer returns, answer questions about the merchandise, and manage exchanges
  • Completing money transfer transactions
  • Process customer payments by cash, credit/debit card
  • Reporting to management relating inventory balance, shortages, defective items, and price-lists
  • Recording purchases, performing a physical count of inventory
  • Resolve customer complaints via phone and email
  • Sell products and services
  • Inform customer of deals and promotions
  • Working with the customer service manager to ensure proper customer service is being delivered

Front Desk

Delta Academy
09.2019 - 03.2020
  • Worked with children and teens
  • Helped younger children going to school for the first time in fall get prepared and practice a routine
  • Helped children learn how to use indoor voices and how to follow rules
  • Served them their snacks and lunches with safety regulations
  • Kept them safe and in the zone when playing outside
  • Marked tests and uploaded general information about each child into the computer program offered by the teachers
  • Took in payments and such when they first applied to the program

Education

Bachelor of Science - Major in English & Psychology

University of Toronto
Toronto, ON
05-2026

Skills

  • Strong decision making and leadership skills developed as a member of various extracurricular activities
  • Effective communicator and display strong initiative in resolving issues of customers
  • Adapts well to new environments and situations both in independent and team situations
  • Consistently complete all given tasks with efficiency and reliability
  • Able to work well under pressure and solve conflicts independently
  • Can manipulate Microsoft Word to conduct different tasks, able to use the provided tools (creates tables, graphs, simple pictures, captions)

Accomplishments

  • Promoted to Legal Assistant after 6 months of administrative assistant work.
  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
  • Facilitated the firm's smooth transition to a paperless system.
  • Acted as the lead Legal Assistant on multiple international asylum cases.


Languages

Tamil
Native or Bilingual

Interests

  • Volunteer Travel
  • Gym Workouts
  • Sharing travel tips, recommendations, and insights with fellow enthusiasts
  • I enjoy helping others and giving back to the community
  • Exploring famous landmarks, historical sites, and cultural attractions in a new destination

Timeline

Legal Administrative Assistant

Sanka Law Office
02.2023 - Current

Private Tutor

Self-employeed
03.2022 - 03.2023

Walmart Associate

Walmart
01.2021 - 01.2023

Front Desk

Delta Academy
09.2019 - 03.2020

Service Representative

Western Jewelry
07.2019 - 06.2021

Bachelor of Science - Major in English & Psychology

University of Toronto
Thenuga Sutharsan