Irene Watima
Professor Ben Sihanya & Advocates Company
Los Angeles,CA
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Lawyer
1 Year 5 Months- Intellectual property advisory and registrations and other protective measures in relation to their intellectual property Preparing monthly status reports to various corporate clients for the firm
- Assist in research, depositions, trial preparation, trial discovery and document drafts for court submissions
- Kept up-to-date on case progress by frequently reviewing records and reporting findings to clients and the Managing Partner
- Created highly researched and articulate legal paperwork such as pleadings, contracts and briefs Conducting legal due diligence for clients
- In particular, was involved in a number of mining related assignments
- Assisting clients in registration of business associations Policy development and review for pensions funds Conducting Alternative dispute resolutions Representing the firm at formal events and client meetings
- Handle day to day involvement with different office administrative duties with the team
- Administrator
- Manages schedules and appointments including trial dates and hearings, and meetings and travel
- Manages the day-to-day operations of the office
- Manages equipment, office services, and facilities
- Prepares legal correspondence and documentation
- Prepares the organizations budget
- Consults with outside accountants for audits, preparation of tax returns, and the production of other reports as required by law.
Legal Intern
- Law Court/Milimani Commercial Court 3 month Industrial Attachment, As a judicial attache, I worked with the magistrate and clerk at Milimani Commercial Court and Milimani Criminal law courts
- In my role, I assisted in file management at the criminal and traffic registry, conducting research and drafting judgments for review by the magistrate in charge.
Business Analyst
2 Years- Converting Trip Logs to actual sales orders for repeat business from clients
- Filing of delivery orders and interchanges for purposes of billing clients and record-keeping
- Ensuring all open trip logs are settled within the agreed Service Level Agreements(SLAs) by clients
- Verifying received Deliveries and ensuring that all supporting documentation has been provided as well.
Education
M.D. - Entertainment Law
Post Graduate Diploma - Law
Bachelor of Laws
Leadership Diploma Course
Air Travel Study - Cabin crew Management, Russian
Air Travel
Skills
Legal practice skills
I have gained substantial knowledge on legal matters such as
fiduciary management
drafting of pleadings
legal client representation and drafting of legal instruments.
Operations
Knowledgeable and skilled in making predictions on different patterns or trends in an attempt to cope with the uncertainty of the future relying mainly on data from the past and present and analysis of trends.
Detail Oriented:
I am keen to detail and value veracity to generate reliable data that can be manipulated to provide actionable reports.
Communication and Interpersonal skills:
Effective communicator with the ability to succinctly convey messages and draft reports.
Timeline
Lawyer
Professor Ben Sihanya & Advocates Company
08.2019 - 01.2021Read More
Legal Intern
Milimani Criminal
01.2018 Read More
Business Analyst
Black Rose Transporters Limited
01.2015 - 01.2017Read More
Don State Technical University
Air Travel Study from Cabin crew Management, Russian
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Word of Faith Bible Institute
Leadership Diploma Course
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University of Nairobi
Bachelor of Laws
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Kenya School of Law
Post Graduate Diploma from Law
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Loyola Law School
M.D. from Entertainment Law
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