Skilled litigation support professional well-versed research and due diligence, fact investigations and records management. Professional writing and editing, data organization and documentation strengths.
Overview
10
years of professional experience
Work History
U.S. Army
Washington, DC
Criminal Litigation Paralegal
11.2018 - 03.2021
Job overview
Prepared and filed non-judicial punishment and other legal documents for military justice system.
Maintained law and administrative library, as well as department files and records.
Specialized in administration processes of military officer elimination cases. To include recording, transcription, organization, and allocation procedures.
Trained new paralegal and attorney counterparts with up to date policies, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), regulations, military justice systems, and proper formatting of legal memoranda and like documents.
Created highly researched and articulate legal paperwork such as pleadings, contracts and briefs.
Aided 8 legal crews by researching records and documents for case details.
US Army
Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, AE
Paralegal Specialist
08.2017 - 01.2018
Job overview
Maintained law and administrative library, as well as department files and records of over 100 actions.
Provided outstanding legal assistance to Investigating officers and attorneys of U.S. Army and Marine Corps. To include French and Australian Army attorneys.
Volunteered to help with special projects of varying degrees of complexity.
Established accurate log of all notary service activities.
Researched state statutes, decisions, legal articles, codes and documents.
Contributed to, maintained and updated online data repositories for accessibility and to reflect and increase firm standards.
U.S. Army
Fort Hood, TX
Criminal Defense Paralegal
11.2015 - 07.2017
Job overview
Wrote correspondence, status reports and pre-mediation and pre-trial reports for clients.
Reviewed and analyzed pleadings and contracts.
Educated clients on their rights for trial, investigations, and involuntary separations both for board eligible, and non-eligible personnel.
Maintained structured legal case tracker of active and closed involuntary separation actions and trial cases within the southwest region.
Performed client intake procedures for over 40 clients a day, three times a week.
Helped attorneys prepare for hearings, depositions, mediations and trials.
Reviewed case files and reported case progress to clients.
Skills
Trial Preparation Assistance
Online Databases
Publication Review
Active Listening
Summary Writing
Project Organization
Legal and Court Processes
Deadline Monitoring
LexisNexis
Transcription
Bilingual (Spanish)
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Certification
Certified Paralegal - University of Washington D.C. - 6/2025
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