Elianny Vera
Miramar
Summary
Detail-oriented and client-focused immigration law professional with extensive experience in case preparation and client advocacy. Highly knowledgeable in family-based, employment-based, and asylum immigration matters. Adept at handling special juvenile cases, VAWA petitions, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and court proceedings, including motions and prosecutorial discretion requests. Providing strategic guidance and ensuring compliance with U.S. immigration laws. Passionate about helping individuals and businesses navigate the complexities of the immigration process with personalized and effective legal solutions. Additionally, bringing eight years of experience managing high-level marketing campaigns across multiple advertising verticals, executing outcome-based performance strategies for a diverse range of clients.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Paralegal
Maimone Legal PLLC
10.2024 - Current
- Serve as a key resource for both paralegals and attorneys, offering case-related advice, answering questions, and providing guidance on complex cases.
- Dedicate 80% of my time to processing business immigration cases, primarily including E-2 visas, EB-5, and EB2 NIW, I-130, I-486, N-400 petitions, while ensuring accuracy, compliance, and the timely submission of documents.
- Developed questionnaires and checklists for various case types, including a detailed workflow for E-2 visa processing.
- Enhanced the firm’s client list by incorporating critical client information, ensuring that all necessary details are accurately captured for seamless case processing. More importantly, to ensure compliance with next steps for each case, contributing to efficient and timely case management.
- Expanded the firm’s practice areas by introducing new case types, including Prosecutorial Discretion (PD) and Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and I am currently in the process of incorporating asylum cases.
- Conduct consultations with clients, particularly on complex or challenging cases, assessing eligibility and providing guidance to help them navigate difficult legal issues.
- Continuously review and stay informed about new immigration processes, ensuring up-to-date knowledge of laws and regulations while maintaining strict compliance with all immigration requirements.
Case Manager
Immigration Law Offices of Robert Sheldon, Esq.
03.2023 - 10.2024
- Promoted from Paralegal to Case Manager due to outstanding performance, extensive knowledge, and ability to effectively manage complex caseloads.
- Managed and supervised a team of paralegals, providing training, guidance, and support in case preparation, ensuring all legal documents were filed accurately and on time with the appropriate entities (courts, USCIS, ICE/DHS, BIA).
- Served as a go-to resource for other paralegals, answering questions and offering case-related advice to ensure the smooth handling of cases and the maintenance of high-quality standards.
- Played a key role in supporting team members and promoting efficiency, ensuring strict adherence to all deadlines and procedural requirements, while ensuring all cases were thoroughly managed and submitted on time.
- Reviewed case files prepared by paralegals to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with firm policies and legal standards.
- Dedicated 60% of the time to processing a variety of immigration cases, including family-based petitions, adjustment of status, asylum, motions to reopen and terminate proceedings, PDs (prosecutorial discretion), special juvenile cases, TPS, VAWA Cases, RFEs, and others.
- Conduct consultations with clients to assess their eligibility for immigration relief.
Part Time Intern
Lutheran Social Services of New York / Immigration
01.2020 - 03.2020
- Researched immigration case law, policies, and regulations to assist attorneys with their current cases on different platforms such as Westlaw and LexisNexis.
- Collaborated on customer interviews drafting forms, affidavits, and applications.
- Served as a client/attorney interpreter during preparations for court hearings
- Assisted attorneys filing motions for special findings in Special Immigration Juvenile Status cases before the Family Courts
- Performed other clerical duties such as transcribing, and translating documents.
Senior Paid Search Marketing Manager
Stream Companies
03.2018 - 05.2022
- Formulated data-driven paid search strategies and optimized budgets for 30 key accounts on a monthly/quarterly basis, effectively managing an annual budget of $1.5.
- Dedicated 60% of the time to building, managing, and continuously optimizing paid campaigns across Google and Bing. Collaborated with other digital channels to maximize sales opportunities through management of bid strategies, audiences, targeting, keyword research, ad copy, and A/B testing of ads and landing pages.
- Leveraged multiple platforms including Marin, Google Ads, Google Editor, Google Data Studio, Google Analytics, and Adnomics to monitor, analyze, and optimize campaign performance.
- Outperformed monthly and yearly sales goals by maximizing return on ad spend (ROAS).
- Empowered account directors by providing data-driven, knowledgeable action plans for monthly and quarterly performance improvements, contributing to revenue growth year-over-year.
Senior Digital Marketing Manager
Herman Advertising
01.2016 - 03.2018
- Developed and managed comprehensive digital ad campaigns encompassing organic and paid search, social media, display, video, and email platforms.
- Worked on strategic digital marketing initiatives for 15 key company accounts across diverse industries.
- Optimized a $1 million yearly ad spend across campaigns.
- Strategized and recommended data-driven quarterly and monthly marketing tactics across all digital platforms.
- Monitored campaign performance, composing 60+ monthly client reports detailing key metrics, insights, and recommendations for optimization.
- Created diverse social media packages tailored to client programs, driving social engagement. And spearheaded the company's first multi-platform social media content calendar.
- Mentored five junior-level Digital Specialists by offering insights, guidance, and monitoring their professional growth.
Education
LLM (Master of Laws) - Corporate, Banking, Finance -
Fordham University School of Law
New York, NY05-2020
MBA - Management
Nova Southeastern University
Davie, FL04-2013
Bachelor's Degree in Law -
University of Carabobo
Venezuela04-2010
Bachelor's Degree in International Business -
Humboldt University
Venezuela04-2010
Skills
- Notary public certification
- Team leadership qualities
- Legal research expertise
- Court filing procedures
- Client communication
- Bilingual English/ Spanish
- Immigration law expertise
- Document drafting proficiency
- Case management efficiency
- Legal software proficiency
- Legal writing excellence
- Proficient in MS office
Certification
Florida Notary Public, 11/2022, 11/2026
Timeline
Senior Paralegal
Maimone Legal PLLC
10.2024 - Current
Case Manager
Immigration Law Offices of Robert Sheldon, Esq.
03.2023 - 10.2024
Part Time Intern
Lutheran Social Services of New York / Immigration
01.2020 - 03.2020
Senior Paid Search Marketing Manager
Stream Companies
03.2018 - 05.2022
Senior Digital Marketing Manager
Herman Advertising
01.2016 - 03.2018
LLM (Master of Laws) - Corporate, Banking, Finance -
Fordham University School of Law
MBA - Management
Nova Southeastern University
Bachelor's Degree in Law -
University of Carabobo
Bachelor's Degree in International Business -
Humboldt University