Legal Resume

The legal profession requires strong verbal and analytical skills, and your descriptions of your expertise should display such. Detail your work experience, including any unpaid internships, as long as it pertains to the legal field. Legal resume samples of your successes should include how you benefited your client in financial terms.

Legal career fields

  • Attorney and Lawyer
  • Court Reporting
  • Judge
  • Legal Assistant
  • Legal Secretary
  • Paralegal
  • Trial Consultant
  • Mediator

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Objective

I seek a position which allows me to be a perceptive learner and one which further develops my knowledge in a field that I find of interest. I am confident that my organized, detail-oriented disposition paired with my strong work ethic can be an asset to your organization.

Acquire an internship at a reputed firm to gain practical exposure in procedural law so as to enhance my analytical, legal and research skills.

To secure a job in progressive organization that help me to make my career in this field with my good analytical and research skills in order to make more profit for organization.

Seeking a position that will utilize my experience. Organized and detail oriented team player who is noted for efficiency, organization, accuracy and reliability.

My objective is to a use my education and skills to deliver completed cases for proper litigation.

Hard working employee looking for a long term career opportunity with a stable and professional company.

Fast learning and willing to take a shot a new career opportunities.

Experience

  • Title Processor (10/01/12 - 09/20/13)
    • Law Office Of Camella L. Manion, P.A., Jupiter, Florida USA
    • Created and prepared new files for closing
    • Ordered Title, Estoppels, Surveys for files.
    • Arranged different documents such as contracts, purchase agreements and deeds.
    • Verified and authenticated documents being signed.
    • Completed all pre/post-closing on files.
    • Worked directly with Mortgage Brokers, Attorneys, and Realtors.
    • Created and maintained new filing systems.
    • Tracked and maintained office assets, managed expense reports, and ordered supplies.
    • Greeted and directed professional visits.

  • Legal Assistant (08/2005 - 08/2009)
    • Law Office of Camella L. Manion, P.A., Jupiter, FL USA
    • Answered customer queries in person, by telephone and via e-mail messages.
    • 3 years receptionist/multi-line phone experience.
    • Distributed mail and internal correspondence.
    • Created and maintained new filing systems.
    • Organized Director's calendars, travel arrangements, meetings, and events;
    • Greeted and directed professional visits.
    • Courier to area Courthouses for Recording of legal documents
  • Legal Secretary / Paralegal (Estate Planning, Probate, Estate & Trust Administration) (2002 - Present)
    • Kirk & Simas, A Professional Law Corporation, Santa Maria, CA
    • Senior assistant to Managing Partners and Associate Attorneys in Estate Planning, Estate and Trust Administrations, Probate, including preparation of all Estate Planning forms, correspondence and pleadings relating to Probate Administration and Trust Administration matters.
    • Prepare and maintain all case files in both paper and electronic versions, calendaring all court deadlines and reminders, appointments and tasks requiring follow-up.
    • Filing documents with court, in person, via facsimile or by utilizing an attorney legal service. Typing and formatting pleadings, correspondence, settlement agreements, releases, contracts, declarations and deeds.
    • Answering all incoming telephone calls for up to five attorneys, taking detailed messages and screening new clients.

  • Records Clerk / Administrative Assistant (August 1999 - December 2001)
    • Griswold, LaSalle, Cobb, Dowd & Gin, L.P., Hanford, CA
    • General office administration position which included duties such as phone coverage, filing, appoint and activity scheduling and general office duties.
    • Other duties included updating attorney's daily dockets, accounting, preparation of deposit, file documents with court as well as in house filing, inventory, out of office errands, assisted with billing and entering attorney time to billing program and personal assistant to managing partner.
    • June 2001 - December 2001 - Performed basic secretarial work; scheduled appointments and drafted documents.
  • Legal Assistant (2003 - Present)
    • WESTRUP KLICK, LLP, Long Beach, California United States
    • I maintain client records, including scanning pleading and discovery documents and saving them to our document management system (Time Matters), I draft correspondence and memos, prepare mail and FedEx, make appointments, and prepare legal documents for the management team. I have prepared templates for responses to all discovery requests, redacted and bate stamped documents before serving, maintain and entered deposition transcripts into Summation Blaze LG. I use Adobe Acrobat on a daily basis. Guaranteed that trials were directed in accordance with existing regulation, including decisions such as how evidence had to be submitted. I created and prepared appendixes for Appeal filings. I have had to contact and converse with Court staff over hundreds of times over my approximately 10 years working as a Legal Assistant and I am very comfortable speaking to them.
  • Deputy Clerk (02/03/2010 - Still employed)
    • Onslow County Superior Court, Jacksonville, NC
    • Desk worked in District Criminal Court: Traffic tickets, calendar generation, attorney entries, public info, courtroom 1 & courtroom 2 clerk, subpoena, and cashier.
    • Superior Criminal Courtroom Clerk: Responsible for processing judgments given in court via shorthand, longhand, court minutes and court forms. Issued orders for arrest per the Judge or Probation Officers. Handled inquiries from the public on various matters. Handled all probation paperwork from start to finish. Trained one employee on the basics of files and probation violations. Administered oaths in the office and courtroom. Verified and authenticated documents being signed.
  • Legal Assistant (Date from: 11/2012 - Date to: 07/2013)
    • Blankenship Harrelson, LLP, Hoover, Alabama US
    • Researched legal issues regarding general consumer law.
    • Researched laws regarding the FDCPA.
    • Supported the rights of people impacted by unfair debt collection procedures.
    • Oversaw regular follow up with clients regarding their case or matter.
    • Drafted legal letters.
    • Maintained client records using Abacus, drafted messages, made appointments and prepared certain types of legal documents.

  • Owner (Date from: 02/2003 - Date to: current)
    • Imaginations Photography and Video Productions, inc, Birmingham, AL US
    • Professional photographer. Have owned and operated two portrait studios. I currently am in business, but have downsized and accept very limited to no assignments.

  • School bus driver (Date from: 1996 - Date to: current)
    • Briarwood Christian School, Birmingham, AL US
    • Drive a shuttle from school campus on Acton Rd. to campus on Hwy. 119.
    • Drive athletic trips in afternoons and occasional weekends.
    • Drive for church events and youth groups.
    • Work closely with Director of Transportation as a support assistant.

  • Director of Transportation / Driver (Date from: 2002 - Date to: 2006)
    • Briarwood Christian School, Birmingham, AL US
    • Oversaw day to day operations of scheduling buses for various field trips and athletic trips.
    • Scheduled drivers.
    • Maintained payroll logs for Accounts Receivable.
    • Maintained mileage logs from all trips.
    • Trained new drivers for CDL testing.
    • Communicated with coaches and church leaders regarding transportation needs for their group.
    • Communicated with diesel mechanic shops regarding maintenance and breakdowns and oversaw that buses were mechanically maintained. Determined when and if buses needed certain repairs.
    • Oversaw and researched prior and during the process of ordering new school buses.
  • Legal Aid (03/01/2012 - Present)
    • Compex Legal Services, San Antonio, TX Bexar
    • Notified opposing counsels of their out of waiver period.
    • Place order for medical/billing/film records for clients across the country.
    • Word and reword scopes and subpoenas to ensure they are not rejected.
    • Speak with numerous facilities across the country to obtain their guidelines of subpoena and authorization requests for records.
    • Ensure that authorizations were filled out correctly to obtain records.
    • Prepare opposing council letters; ex: notice to take deposition, notice of 30 day waiver period.
    • Prepare subpoenas for the Pennsylvania and District of Columbia.
    • Send subpoenas to court for stamp of approval and seal.
    • Maintain client profiles to meet the needs of all clients such as: Law Offices of Harold Toscano (all offices)
    • Work closely with our out of state office to obtain records.
    • Transfer and update records for clients while keeping detailed spreadsheets of numbers.
    • Answer phone calls regarding our services, records, and update clients of their record status.
    • Send detailed confirmations to our clients regarding their order.

  • Intern Probation Officer (May 2011 - July 2011)
    • Bexar County Adult Probation, San Antonio, TX Bexar
    • Interview and advise probationers.
    • Organize records.
    • Help assign probationers to required classes.

  • Executive Administrative Assistant (July 2011 - Feb 2012)
    • Royal Management, Boerne, TX Kendall
    • Run reports to calculate slow files(debt), and progress of 51 loans companies throughout the country.
    • Meet all needs of the Vice President such as responding to emails, and phone calls.
    • Customer Service calls regarding our loan store.
    • Accounts payable and receivable.

Skills

  • MS Office, Word, Excel, Outlook, 5+ years years
  • Legal document preparation, Legal Solutions, as well as local forms for Los Angeles Superior Court, Orange County Superior Court and Federal Districts of California, Approx 10 years years
  • Computer Savvy, Setting up new computers and loading programs. Diagnosing and cleaning infected computers, 6+ years years
  • Good Analytical skills, 6 years
  • Fast learner, 8 years
  • Microsoft Office, Intermittent, 9 years
  • Efficient in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, Publisher, 10+ years utilizing program in a work environment. years
  • Efficient using Quick Books and other budget programs, Quick books / Accounts payable/receivable. Budget monitoring. , 3+ years utilizing Quick Books in a work environment years
  • Social Media Advertising, In my current and previous positions, I was solely responsible for creating and maintaining a Facebook and Twitter account for the company. Utilizing for advertisement purposes, I am very efficient in using social media for targeting marketing and obtaining customer feedback., 3+ years utilizing social media in a work environment years

Education

  • Ovey Comeaux High School, 2007
    • Lafayette, LA, US
    • High School, Diploma
    • Graduated with TOPS taking honors classes
  • Family Tree Private School, 2006
    • Loxahatchee, FL, USA
    • General, HS Diploma
    • High School Diploma
  • Palm Beach State College, 2017
    • Palm Beach Gardens , Florida, USA
    • Business , BA Business Management
    • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration
  • Coastal Carolina Community College, 2003
    • Jacksonville, NC,
    • General Studies, CNA II
    • Psychology, Sociology, English I, EMT-B, CNA I & II

  • Miller-Motte College, 2015
    • Wilmington , NC
    • Paralegal, In Progress
    • Courses completed: Accounting Principles I, Civil Litigation, Contract Law, Intro to Computers, Intro to Legal Systems, Real Estate Law
  • Bellflower High School, 2000
    • Bellfower, California, USA
    • GED, Diploma
    • I graduated with a C+ average. I participated in several sports, including wrestling and volleyball. I took part in and participated in starting clubs such as Bible club and beach club.

  • Cerritos College
    • Norwalk, California, USA
    • GED, Paralegal
    • While attending Cerritos College I studied several subjects including Philosophy, Astronomy, Zoology, and Paralegal programs.
  • Medgar Evers College, 2014
    • Brooklyn, NY, United States
    • Public Administration, BA
    • Associate of Arts in Early Childhood Education
  • University of Texas at San Antonio, 2011
    • San Antonio, TX, Bexar
    • Criminal Justice Legal Issues and Adjudication, Criminal Justice
    • Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice
  • Northwest Indian College, 2009
    • Lummi, WA, U.S.A.
    • Chemical Dependency, AA
    • Associates in Chemical Dependency

  • Kaplan University , 2009-2010
    • Florida, Florida, U.S.A.
    • Legal, N/A
    • I completed one (1) year at Kaplan University in the legal field.
    • It is my intention to continue my education at a later date in the legal field.
  • Volyn National University, 2011
    • Lutsk, Volyn region, Ukraine
    • Legal Studies, Master
    • Master of Science in Legal Studies

  • Volyn National University, 2009
    • Lutsk, Volyn Region, Ukraine
    • Romance-Germanic Philology, Master.
    • Master of Science in English Language and Literature.
    • Master of Science in German Language.
    • Translator.

Accomplishments

  • Attorney and Lawyer.
  • Was the captain of lacrosse team.
  • MVP of high School lacrosse team.
  • Won wrestling conference championship.
  • First year wrestling record of 11-0.
  • Inducted into the Psi Chi International Honor Society in 2012.
  • Academically honored by earning a place of the dean's list.
  • Participated in aiding counseling and guidance to a group of troubled juveniles.
  • Managed a private law practice for 6 years, with 3 associates, achieving every year professional objectives.
  • Lead Consultant for Alas del Fin del Mundo in the operational management, purchase, importing, contracts and operative legal manuals for the entire fleet.
  • Achieved good agreements for several clients physically and psychologically hurt in automotive accidents.
  • Achieved a first degree murder condemnation and a 30-year prison verdict in a mistreatment case.

Certifications and Awards

  • Arizona Notary Public while employed with Goldman & Goldman, P.C
  • Wilderness First Responder Certification
  • Swift Water Rescue Certification
  • Master Naturalist
  • Wilderness First Responder (Wilderness Medicine Training)
  • Coastal Kayak Instructor
  • Wilderness First Responder Certification
  • Swift Water Rescue Certification
  • Master Naturalist
  • Wilderness First Responder (Wilderness Medicine Training)
  • Coastal Kayak Instructor
  • CSIR Research fellowship for Ph.D program.
  • Recipient of fourth rank and two gold medals in M.Sc degree course
  • Sales and Marketing
  • Sales associate of Journeys
  • Reached record sales