Emmaline Blain Barrett

Professional, organized, and self driven individual with superior skills in working in both team-based, and independent capacities. Bringing strong work ethic, professional communication skills, and excellent organizational leadership to any setting. Excited to begin new challenges with a successful team to meet legal team goals. Seeking a long term paralegal position, or short term paralegal contract for attorney support while working through an Aeronautical Engineering program within my undergraduate studies. I plan to strive towards becoming accepted to a graduate engineering program, as well as attend law school for my doctorate within my future studies.

❖ Specialties:

• Document Drafting, and Revisions
• Authorization Form Specialist
• Client Interviews, Contracts, Conferences
• E-Filing Court Documents
• Trusts and Estate Planning
• Medical Records Requests, Medical Billing Requests, Verified Datafied Requests
• Letters of Representation for Clients
• Affidavits, Spoliation Letters, Pleas, Position Statements, Motions
• Releases, Disbursements, HIPAA Authorization Forms, Information Authorizations, and Hospital Provider Authorization Forms
• Police Department Requests, Investigations, Discovery Process, Trial Notebook Building, Background Checks
• Evidence/Crime Lab Requests/Body Worn Camera Footage Requests
• Attorney Personal Assistant Tasks

• Certified Paralegal Studies graduated 2020, Bryant and Stratton College
• 200 Hr RYT Yoga Teacher: Hatha/Vinyasa
• Meditation Guide
• 90 Hrs Cessna 172 Skyhawk
• Former Sky West Pilot Pathway Cadet

❖ Law Office Management and Technology Skills:

· Differentiates and assess the similarities and differences between policies and procedures utilized in the daily operation of the legal profession

· Demonstrates office technology skills required to perform duties in a law office, and within case management.

· Recognizes, describes, characterizes, and differentiates the various structures of different and diverse law firms along with other law-related organizations.

· Utilizes the proper attitudes and requisite skills required as part of a work team including the understanding and application of ethics, telephone etiquette, and other relevant skills required of the law office professional.

· Demonstrates an understanding of file management, docket control, time keeping, calendaring, timer systems, fee structures, client billing, and document filing.

· Utilizes current computer and software applications to assist and enhance the daily functions of the law office professional.

❖ Civil Litigation:

· Demonstrates an understanding of the stages of civil litigation and the legal professional's role in civil litigation practice, with an emphasis in the case development, all phases of trial, and alternative dispute resolution.

· Describes, applies, and discus's ethical and professional responsibility rules to situations affecting the legal professional engaged in a civil litigation practice.

· Defines and explains the basic components of a civil litigation trial notebook.

· Assists attorneys in the pre-trial phases of a civil litigation case, including engaging in case evaluation, interviewing clients and witnesses, preparing and filing pleadings, and assisting in the discovery process.

❖ Legal Research and Legal Writing:

· Classifies sources of law by distinguishing between primary, secondary, and authorities; mandatory and persuasive

· Demonstrates knowledge and application in the fundamentals of effective legal writing

· Identifies the application of multiple forms of legal writing used within the legal profession including correspondence, internal communications, trial/appellate briefs, pleadings, motions, and discovery etc.

· Drafts written research plans using primary sources and secondary sources that outlines the goals of the legal research projects assigned

· Applies, and extrapolates writing fundamentals to create correspondence, internal communications, trial/appellate briefings, pleadings, motions, and discovery

· Experience in preparing internal memorandum and correspondence to communicate research findings, uses analysis, counter-analysis, and strategic recommendations for multi-issue fact patterns

· Differentiates the sources of law and their functions

· Organizes the steps for analyzing and researching a legal problem, and legal research via LexisNexis Advance

• NALA National Association of Legal Assistants
• American Bar Association Accredation
• Former Sky West Airlines Pilot Pathway Cadet
• WAI Women in Aviation International Member
• Citizen Potawatomi Nation Tribal Member, Federally Recognized Sovereign Nation
• TAPA Tulsa Area Paralegal Association Member
• Confirmed Roman Catholic
• Baptized Episcopalian
• Former Air Force ROTC University of Kansas, Pararescue Physical Ability Stamina Test Nominee
• Former Army ROTC Missouri Western ranked 3rd Class Petty Officer, Cadet Corporal
• Former Girl Scout Brownie
• Former NDA Dance Team Competitor (National Dance Alliance)
• Former Competitive Soloist, and Group Routine Dancer: Stage One, Hall of Fame, Dance Showcase USA, Encore, Showstopper
• Former Platoon Leaders Class Nominee, United States Marines
• Spartan Beast Race 21K Athletic League Racer
• Former Volunteer with PAWS of Tulsa, and SPAR of Shawnee Animal Rescue
• Former Save the Children Foundation Donor
• Childrens Hospital of Colorado Chartiy Bike Racer
• St. Judes Childrens Hospital Fundraiser with The Melting Pot of Colorado Springs
• Rock The Parkway Runner for Childrens Mercy Kansas City
• Oklahoma Dance Masters Association Convention Attendee
• Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)