JULIETTE L. SPENCER
Glen Burnie,MD
Summary
Driven Paralegal successful at thriving in high stress, high-pressure environments and situations involving constant change and vast ambiguity in data and instruction.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Paralegal
Michael Hill Trial Law
02.2024 - 09.2024
- Conferred with clients and other involved parties to gather and track case information.
- Assisted counsel in preparing answers, providing documentation, and information for discovery request.
- Managed approximately 30 incoming calls and emails per day from clients and opposing counsel.
- Prepared legal briefs, motions, and pleadings.
- Managed scheduling of court calendars and deadlines to maintain smooth flow of firm operations.
- Communicated with clients, opposing counsel and court personnel to keep all parties informed on case updates.
- Contacted clients daily or weekly to schedule appointments and discuss progress of cases.
Social Studies Teacher
Anne Arundel County Public Schools
08.2021 - 02.2024
- Maintained awareness of relevant current events and quickly incorporated study into curriculum.
- Discussed important historical figures, dates and events which helped shape modern world.
- Established and supported positive educational environment for student learning.
- Attended department meetings to develop and update course curricula.
- Gave assignments, graded work and regularly discussed performance with students.
- Planned and implemented integrated Social Studies lessons to meet Common Core Curriculum Standards.
- Established and communicated clear learning objectives and expectations to students.
- Taught approximately 90 students daily and developed personal relationships with each student encouraging classroom behavior and learning.
Paralegal Consultant
United States Department of Justice
01.2020 - 02.2021
- Performed discovery and production
- Drafted motions
- Participated in meetings with attorneys and agents to prepare for trials
- Created discovery indexes and organized universe of cases
- Input documents into Eclipse both natively and using E-Scan it
- Provided support for team members and assisted where needed
- Scanned documents, organized files, maintained database of native files for attorney's cases
- Experience with billing, answering phones, dictation, preparing pleadings, trial preparation, assistance in court, taking notes on client meetings, opening and closing files, maintaining relationships with clients and performing legal research using WestLaw
- Performing all administrative office duties as well as all required legal assistant duties.
- Prepared legal briefs, motions, and pleadings.
- Assisted counsel in preparing answers, providing documentation, and information for discovery request.
- Worked for 5 attorneys and was the sole paralegal to each one working on Federal cases and meeting with Federal agents weekly.
REALTOR
Long and Foster Realtors
06.2002 - 07.2017
- Handled day-to-day happenings of real estate office to consistently grow client base and increase revenue.
- Wrote contracts to outline sales and purchases of properties.
- Resolved client concerns related to home purchases to maintain high satisfaction ratings.
- Educated clients on changing or updating properties, buying, and selling techniques and processes to maintain curb appeal.
- Managed contracts, negotiations, and all aspects of sales to finalize purchases and exceed customer expectations.
- Maintained connections with clients to encourage repeat business and referrals.
- Received rookie of the quarter for selling over $1,000,000 in real estate in 3 months.
Education
J.D. -
UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW
Baltimore, MD12.2017
B.A. in Political Science - undefined
FAIRMONT STATE UNIVERSITY
Fairmont, WV05.2014
Skills
- Database Research
- Understands confidentiality
- Administrative Support
- Office Administration
- Expertise in legal proceedings
- Deadline-oriented
- Detail Oriented
- Work Planning and Prioritization
- Professionalism
- Multitasking Abilities
- Active Listening
- Strategic Thinking
Timeline
Paralegal
Michael Hill Trial Law
02.2024 - 09.2024
Social Studies Teacher
Anne Arundel County Public Schools
08.2021 - 02.2024
Paralegal Consultant
United States Department of Justice
01.2020 - 02.2021
REALTOR
Long and Foster Realtors
06.2002 - 07.2017
B.A. in Political Science - undefined
FAIRMONT STATE UNIVERSITY
J.D. -
UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW
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