Elianny Vera
Miramar,FL
Summary
MBA and LL.M graduate with legal and business administration experience; currently focused on assisting attorneys and their clients prepare for immigration cases such as Asylums, VAWA, TPS, family petitions, and more. An additional eight years of experience managing high-level marketing campaigns on multiple advertising verticals. Detail-oriented and highly skilled in business administration, project management, data analysis, planning, and executing outcome-based performance efforts for a diverse range of clients.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
1
1
Language
Work History
Paralegal
Law Offices Of Robert Sheldon
03.2023 - Current
- Prepare legal briefs, motions, and pleadings.
- Manage a wide array of cases, encompassing family petitions, special juvenile cases, asylum cases, VAWA cases, motions for court actions, N400 naturalization cases, and some business immigration matters such as E2 and L1 visas.
- Assist attorneys with trial preparation, including legal research, memos, drafting motions, pleadings, and preparing documentation.
- Collaborating with attorneys to develop case strategies and ensuring compliance with court rules and procedures by accurately preparing and submitting legal filings within established timeframes.
- Managing court calendars, deadlines, and liaising with other paralegals to maintain smooth firm operations.
- Conducting client intake interviews to assess needs, eligibility, and gathering relevant information for cases.
- Maintaining a comprehensive knowledge of Immigration Court and USCIS forms and requirements, managing complex immigration cases, and ensuring timely completion to enhance client satisfaction.
- Monitoring changes in laws, regulations, and legal matters to keep the firm compliant and communicating pertinent information to clients through various channels.
Legal Assistant/Administrative Assistant
The Sofia Law Firm
09.2022 - 12.2022
- Open new client files using internal software
- Schedule client appointments and manage the calendar for the Immigration attorney
- Handle communications with the client and other third-parties on behalf of the attorney
- Request and keep physical and electronic information and/or documentation needed from clients and third parties such as police records
- Create invoices and collect payments from clients
- Translate documents from Spanish to English when needed
- Notarize documents when needed
- Fill out USCIS forms and waivers for clients, specially N-400, I-485, I-130, I-134, I-192, I-360, I-765, and others
- Prepare client's packages and send them to USCIS
- Write affidavits for clients to be used in their cases
- Keep court hearings schedule updated for the attorney
- Review the EOIR portal and the EOIR Automated Case Information System.
Senior Paid Search Marketing Manager
Stream Companies
03.2018 - 06.2022
- Formulate the paid search marketing strategy and budget for 30 of the company's key accounts
- Leverage a yearly budget of 1.8 million dollars
- Outperform monthly and yearly sales goals by maximizing return on ad spend
- Empower Account Directors with knowledgeable action items for monthly and quarterly performance changes
- Build paid campaigns on Google and Bing and collaborate with other digital channels to maximize sales opportunities by managing details from bid strategies, audiences, targeting, keyword research, ad copy, to A/B testing ad copy or landing pages
- Use multiple platforms such as Marin, Google Ads, Google Editor, Google Data Studio, Google Analytics, and Adnomics to monitor, document, analyze, and optimize performance.
Intern
Lutheran Social Services of New York / Immigration & Legal Services
01.2020 - 04.2020
- Research immigration case law, policies, and regulations to assist attorneys with their current cases on different platforms such as Westlaw and LexisNexis
- Collaborate on customer interviews to draft forms, affidavits, and applications
- Serve as a client/attorney interpreter during preparations for court hearings
- Assist attorneys to file motions for special findings in Special Immigration Juvenile Status cases before the Family Courts
- Research and report on assigned projects such as: 'Role of the Immigration Judge in Credibility Determinations for each Circuit'
- Perform other clerical duties such as transcribing, and translating documents.
Senior Digital Marketing Manager
Herman Advertising
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Mentored junior-level Digital Specialists and monitored their advances
- Collaborate with C.O.O
- On key company accounts
- Developed and managed digital ad campaigns including organic and paid search, social media, display, video, and email platforms
- Optimized a 1 million dollar yearly ad spend to maximize return on ad spend
- Created the social media packages available for client programs
- Drafted and curated the first company-wide multi-platform social media content calendar
- Strategized and recommended quarterly, monthly, marketing tactics across all the platforms
- Monitored campaign performance and composed monthly client performance reporting
- Laison for outsourced vendors, on project development, timelines, and expected results.
Education
Master of Laws in Corporate, Banking, Finance -
Fordham University School of Law
Master of Business Administration in Management - undefined
Nova Southeastern University
Bachelor's Degree in International Business - undefined
Humboldt University
Bachelor's Degree in Law - undefined
University of Carabobo
Skills
Legal Researchundefined
Certification
Florida Notary Public, 11/2022, 11/2026
Volunteer Experience
- Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York - Screener, Interpreter, Meal Server - Nov 2019/May 2020
- Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) - Volunteer - Oct 2019/Dec 2019
- Law Help NY - New York, NY - Pro Bono Work - Nov 2020/May 2021
Timeline
Paralegal
Law Offices Of Robert Sheldon
03.2023 - Current
Legal Assistant/Administrative Assistant
The Sofia Law Firm
09.2022 - 12.2022
Intern
Lutheran Social Services of New York / Immigration & Legal Services
01.2020 - 04.2020
Senior Paid Search Marketing Manager
Stream Companies
03.2018 - 06.2022
Senior Digital Marketing Manager
Herman Advertising
01.2016 - 01.2018
Master of Laws in Corporate, Banking, Finance -
Fordham University School of Law
Master of Business Administration in Management - undefined
Nova Southeastern University
Bachelor's Degree in International Business - undefined
Humboldt University
Bachelor's Degree in Law - undefined
University of Carabobo
Florida Notary Public, 11/2022, 11/2026
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