Connie Bila

I am 61 years old and live in the Lansing, Michigan.  I have worked as a legal secretary/assistant since 1987.  In September 2025 I resigned from my then current place of employment, where I worked 24 years, for medical reasons.  While I don’t know if I can return to work as a legal secretary/assistant, I believe I can still work in an office in an administrative capacity.  

I have approximately 38 years of legal secretarial/assistant experience.  I have worked in smaller and mid-size law firms with as few as 6 attorneys and as many as 25 attorney.  I have experience working in areas of law that include state court litigation, some appellate court litigation (Anderson & Stull, P.C., Lansing, Michigan - 1988-1994; Oade, Stroud & Kleiman, P.C., East Lansing, Michigan - 1995-2001), school law, including labor and employment, collective bargaining, administrative law (ie, State Tenure Commission, American Arbitration Association, Michigan Department of Education, Michigan Employment Relations Commission), school elections, and school finance issues (ie, preparation and school bond documents) (Thrun Law Firm, P.C., East Lansing, Michigan - 2001-2025).

I have worked with Microsoft Office 365.  I am not familiar with Excel, but I am willing to learn.

I am also familiar with Juris for purposes of recording attorney biliable time.

I have three Associate Degrees (ie, law enforcement (Delta College, Bay City, Michigan), legal secretarial (Baker College, Owosso, Michigan) and paralegal (Lansing Community College, Lansing, Michigan). I also completed my Bachelor’s Degree in urban development (Central Michigan, Extended Learning Program,  East Lansing, Michigan).