ALICE OHAYA
Brooklyn
Summary
Legal Counsel and Firm Management: Negotiating, counseling, active listening, conveying complex notions in simple terms and meeting deadlines. Writing: Clarifying information, communicating technical concepts, research, proof reading, editing, generating solutions, solving problems and writing persuasively. Case Management: Coordinating operations, handling many tasks and responsibilities efficiently, conceiving new interpretations and approaches, generalizing ideas from extensive reading material, synthesizing information, managing, summarizing and making practical applications of theoretical ideas. Accomplished Attorney offering [Number]-year record of supporting clients in legal matters. Communicates clearly and effectively with clients, opposing counsel, jurors and judges. Adept at developing lasting professional relationships.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
eDiscovery Attorney
eDISCOVERY REVIEW PROJECTS
03.2005 - Current
- Employed on a contractual basis at various law firms and eDiscovery companies
- Summarized and abstracted relevant information in legal, non-legal and privileged documents to establish elements of the case
- Performed quality control; summarized documents in preparation for depositions; prepared privilege logs and witness binders
- Administering legal review and analysis of litigation files for relevancy, non-responsiveness and privilege
- Reconciled inconsistent documents to conform them to already produced documents
- Performed privilege lifts
- Redacted documents online
- Conducting substantive Second Request review and quality control
Managing Attorney
LAW OFFICE OF ALICE OHAYA
08.2005 - 08.2021
- Currently no active cases) _ Immigration Law
- Assessed the eligibility of employees for non-immigrant and immigrant visa status
- Prepared Applications and petitions for submission to USCIS & DOL Expedited Consular Processing and provided post permanent residence guidance Assisted in filing immigrant and non-immigrant visas (O-1, L-1, H1-B, H2-B visa applications) Responded to requests for more evidentiary information (RFEs, NOIDs)
- Communication with US Embassies all over the world to facilitate the issuance of visas; Filed appeals with Administrative Appeals Office; Filed Motions to Reopen
- Processing of SB-1 visas for returning residents & Boarding Foils ∙
Education
Master of Law (LL.M) - Immigration law & Intellectual
University of Illinois College of Law
Urbana Champaign, ILFinra.org: Financial Courses and AML Courses - Anti-trust law
Kennesaw State University
B.L - Barrister
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Lagos, VictoriaLL.B (Honors) - undefined
Enugu State University of Technology
Skills
- TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Research: Westlaw and Lexis/Nexis
- Software Proficiency:
- Proficient in Attenex, Stratify, Summation, Relativity, Summation Blaze, Ringtail, DocuMatrix, Clearwell, Concordance, Lextranet, Catalyst, Viewpoint, Applied Discovery, I-Connect, Ipro, Dochunter, KrollOntrack, e-View, Kcura Relativity, Discovery Partner, Lexis-Nexis, Westlaw, MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Certification
AML - Compliance: Suspicious Activity Surveillance, Part 1
FINRA: AML - Compliance: Suspicious Activity Surveillance, Part 2
FINRA: AML - Institutional: Recognizing Red Flags
FINRA: AML - Institutional: Your Role in Detecting and Deterring Money-Laundering Activity
Affiliations
State Bar of New York 2005
Certification in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
Member of the Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists (ACFCS)
Studying for CAMS (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist Exam)
Timeline
Managing Attorney
LAW OFFICE OF ALICE OHAYA
08.2005 - 08.2021
eDiscovery Attorney
eDISCOVERY REVIEW PROJECTS
03.2005 - Current
Master of Law (LL.M) - Immigration law & Intellectual
University of Illinois College of Law
Finra.org: Financial Courses and AML Courses - Anti-trust law
Kennesaw State University
B.L - Barrister
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
LL.B (Honors) - undefined
Enugu State University of Technology