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Paulette L. Patti
PPatti@cplawgroup.com
(312) 346-2800

Paulette Patti is a Legal Assistant with Carmen Patti Law Group, LLC. Ms. Patti provides administrative assistance for intellectual property matters and civil litigation matters. Ms. Patti assists with the preparation and filing of legal documents, the accounting for domestic and international property prosecution matters, and client correspondence.

Ms. Patti handled all day to day operations as an Office Administrator at Aronberg, Goldgehn, Davis & Garmisa. She interviewed and tested all non-legal staff members and was responsible for payroll, payroll taxes and various associated reports and also managed health care and insurance reimbursements. Ms. Patti negotiated with vendors for equipment purchases, facilities management. She developed and implemented new policies and procedures and worked with space planners and architects to coordinate a move to a new office space. Ms. Patti managed accounts receivable, accounts payable, and petty cash. She also compiled various management reports, Professional Liability Insurance applications and handled banking responsibilities.

Ms. Patti supervised an automated time and billing system and four clerical personnel as an Assistant Office Administrator at Schuyler, Roche & Zwirner. She resolved client and vendor billing problems and compiled highly detailed statistical and financial information. Ms. Patti worked successfully with legal and non-legal staff to develop and implement new policies and procedures. She developed and initiated a collection policy and effectively collected past-due accounts without client alienation. Ms. Patti handled accounts receivable, accounts payable and general bookkeeping duties. She also researched equipment needs and evaluated products.

Ms. Patti organized and prepared entries for data entry input as a Data Entry Clerk at Sidley & Austin. She entered time sheets, disbursements and billing on a computer. She also balanced and verified accuracy of output.

Ms. Patti earned a Small Business Management associates degree at Prairie State College.
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