Offering a decade of experience as paralegal and law clerk, with background spanning criminal, personal and family law across wide range of legal issues

  Extensive background in legal research, discovery, documents/forms, and correspondence along with court filings, litigation and court proceedings, calendaring, legal billing, and supporting administrative functions

  Highly effective communication, consultation, presentation, and interpersonal relation skills; solid experience in working with clients, attorneys and related legal/justice system stakeholders

  Sharp business acumen; successfully launched and managed paralegal services company, with sole accountability for full-scope operations spanning business development, contracting and client services through administrative, accounting and financial

  Excel in prioritizing, coordinating and managing workflow to maximize productivity and efficiency and meet critical deadlines

Paralegal, United Auburn Indian Community; 2006-2008

  Worked directly with tribal members to address and resolve diverse personal issues spanning property, financial, criminal proceedings, and family law

  Effectively arranged and participated in meetings with counsel and members

  Proficiently conducted complex legal research and evaluated benefit eligibility as well as prepared all legal correspondence and court filings

Paralegal and Owner/Operator, Litigation Support Services; 2002-2006

  Successfully launched and operated small business specializing in paralegal services; primarily contracted through Office of the Federal Defender to deliver comprehensive paralegal support

  Efficiently received legal discovery and distributed to counsel, indexed and cataloged discovery, reviewed documents, and conducted legal research as well as transcribed from audio to text, prepared court filings and managed routine correspondence

  Actively met with counsel, opposing counsel, clients, and client family members

Paralegal, Law Offices of Douglas Lehrman; 1998-2002

  Position included extensive client contact, from meeting to determine eligibility for status in U.S. through liaising with USINS throughout petitioning process

  Effectively collected background information, prepared forms and court filings, wrote declarations and routine correspondence, and managed all legal billing; included court calendaring as well as meeting and conferring with counsel

Law Clerk-Paid Internship, Office of the Public Defender, Sacramento County; 1998-2000   

  Made court appearances representing criminal and family law clients under supervision of attorneys

  Facilitated competency visits with County Jail inmates and County mental facility clients; conducted interviews to evaluate and define mental competency/capacity and constitutional right to decline psychotropic medications

  When determining client competent to refuse medications, went before judge and collaborated with attorney in representing and advocating for client rights

Law Clerk-Unpaid Internship, Federal Defenders Office, Eastern District of California; 2000

  Capitalized on opportunity to gain valuable experience in criminal law and legal research

BS, History, California State University-Sacramento; pending 3 units

Juris Doctorate, Lincoln Law School of Sacramento; 2003