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Joshua Becker
Legal Professional
Oakland,CA
Summary
Driven Legal Assistant with 3 years of experience in plaintiffs' side asbestos law. Highly skilled at multitasking and prioritizing tasks to complete projects on time and determine appropriate courses of action. Committed to streamlining processes to facilitate growth in the legal field.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Legal Assistant
Kazan McClain Satterly and Greenwood
9 2021 - Current
- Assist in office work and active litigation at all stages on the plaintiffs' side
- Assist in file management and case calandering
- Engage in detail-oriented work such as preparing pleadings, correspondence, TOAs, and other legal documents for review by an attorney
- Serve litigation paperwork
- Assist in precedent and legal research on Westlaw
- Redact and handle private information
- Assist with discovery requests and create and search a discovery chart
- Handle service and filing of legal documents
- Prepare for depositions and create deposition summaries
- Create and manage hearing, deposition, and trial binders
- Periodically assist with cite checking.
Direct Support Professional
A Broader Living Experience
10.2020 - Current
- Work with clients to assist in daily activities like eating, bathing, and laundry
- Assist in organizing personal client files
- Administer medication
- Assist in managing finances for some clients and for the house
- Engage in teamwork to manage constantly changing levels of workflow
- Independently plan and implement strategies to get all work done before set times.
Infrastructure Assistant
Opening the World
04.2019 - 06.2023
- Works with volunteers to independently manage a wide array of projects from beginning to end, including website design to financial planning
- Collaborate with the Project Manager to plan and implement grant application schedule
- Coordinate with outside entities such as government agencies, vendors, volunteers, and businesses to gather information and coordinate activities as needed
- Calander meetings with 3-4 high-skill volunteers at a time while ensuring regular check-ins with the Project Manager
- Organized two major fundraising events.
Personal Estate Assistant
04.2020 - 07.2020
- Assist in the management of a late father's estate
- Entry of data into spreadsheets and new Gmail contact lists
- Emailing to inform friends and family of his passing
- Handle additional work as needed to reduce the workload of the descendants.
Student Director of Tutoring
Jasper's Corner
09.2016 - 04.2019
- Tutor students from K-12 in a variety of subjects
- Organize incoming information from parents and tutors, schedule tutor and parent meetings, and enact other administrative responsibilities
- Create a database on my own initiative, significantly reducing administrative work time for directors
- Communicate with clients and tutors to ensure tutees saw minimal gaps in coverage.
Office Intern
Office of Senator Connie Leyva
05.2018 - 08.2018
- Organized several major events, including taking the lead on the Young Men's Leadership Conference
- Drafted two speeches for major events
- Balanced time between administrative tasks, doing constituency work, and assigned projects.
Education
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Paralegal Studies -
California State University-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 09.2020 - 06.2021
Bachelor's in California Politics - undefined
Johnston College of Integrative Studies at the University of Redlands
Redlands, CA 09.2015 - 04.2019
Skills
Outlook (6 years)
Scheduling (6 years)
Excel (6 years)
Administrative Experience (4 years)
Filing (6 years)
Microsoft Office (10 years)
Paralegal (Less than 1 year)
Electronic Document Review (3 years)
Legal Research(2 years)
Legal Document Preparation(4 years)
Tutoring (3 years)
Legal writing(4 years)
Certification
Paralegal Certificate
Interests
AV Work
Philosophy/Theology
Church Leadership
- Attend bimonthly meetings with the leadership council to discuss growth goals, how to tackle particular problems such as assisting parishioners with accessing the stream or coordinating with non profits, local businesses, or government agencies.
- Do the required reading of the pastor's update and the church financials
Timeline
Direct Support Professional
A Broader Living Experience
10.2020 - Current
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Paralegal Studies -
California State University-Los Angeles
09.2020 - 06.2021
Personal Estate Assistant
04.2020 - 07.2020
Infrastructure Assistant
Opening the World
04.2019 - 06.2023
Office Intern
Office of Senator Connie Leyva
05.2018 - 08.2018
Student Director of Tutoring
Jasper's Corner
09.2016 - 04.2019
Bachelor's in California Politics - undefined
Johnston College of Integrative Studies at the University of Redlands
09.2015 - 04.2019
Legal Assistant
Kazan McClain Satterly and Greenwood
9 2021 - Current
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