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Karla Figueroa

Oceanside,CA

Summary

I have significant experience as a legal assist/legal service

  • Well-developed skills in prioritizing, organization, decision-making, time management, and verbal/written communication
  • Experience in working with students 6-12 and higher education,
  • Proven Success initiating, promoting and maintaining interpersonal skills with students and staff.
  • Able to deal courteously, professionally, and tactfully with the general public.
  • Innovative, self motivating, thriving in independent and group settings.
  • Experience in the legal field as a legal assistant.
  • IRB search database
  • Bilingual English and Spanish.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and LexisNexis
  • Versed in Hippa

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Creative [Job Title] offering [Number] years of experience developing and implementing [Type] course curriculum. Proficient in evaluation, monitoring student performance and organizing examinations. Hardworking and energetic individual with excellent communication and supervisory skills.

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience

Work History

Office Specialist

Palomar College

Account Executive

Law Offices of Kimball, Tirey, & St. John
05.2013
  • Provided legal assistance in the collections department for clients and defendants
  • Translated for spanish speaking clients through different departments within the firm
  • Maintained communication with clients in regards to their cases and negotiated payments for collections
  • Executed judgments after completing asset searches
  • Worked as a liaison between the law office, courts, and sheriff’s department to ensure timeliness
  • Worked independently on client files while in communication with unique clients on recovery after the eviction process
  • Court calendaring.

Peace Mentor Educator

Tariq Khamisa Foundation
01.2024 - Current
  • Processed daily casework load, detailed summary notes
  • Ensured through mentoring approach emphasizes behavior management, mediation, and problem-solving to promote healthy student development
  • Worked closely with San Diego County Migrant Program on campus and acted as a liaison between latino families and students
  • Focused on academic engagement, social-emotional development, and positive peer interactions through one-to-one connections, behavioral interventions, small group sessions, and classroom support
  • Assisted students with disabilities in and out of the classroom setting
  • Well versed with IEP language RULES AND REGULATIONS and participated in the IEP team to foster the students STRONG POINTS
  • Assisted in numerous mediations, student conflicts, address
  • Worked independently with middle school children and fostered student behaviors, misconduct incidents, and to support at-risk students
  • Conducted interventions aim to enhance social-emotional skills, mediate to improve peer relationships, and promote school engagement
  • Mentors become an active school resource, working closely with the counselors, social workers, teachers, administrators, and other staff daily
  • Assisted a caseload of 25-30 students EXPLAIN.

legal administrative assistant

California Multi-Services
05.2022 - 12.2023
  • Processed out-of-state service of process legal documents
  • Worked independently on client files while in communication with unique clients on documents that needed to be served
  • Provided legal administrative support for process servers and clients to adhere to court standards
  • Assisted with clients relations on case information.

Education

Palomar College
San Marcos, CA

Skills

  • Legal Assistant
  • Well-developed skills in prioritizing, organization, decision-making, time management, and verbal/written communication
  • Experience in working with students 6-12 and higher education
  • Proven Success initiating, promoting and maintaining interpersonal skills with students and staff
  • Able to deal courteously, professionally, and tactfully with the general public
  • Innovative, self motivating, thriving in independent and group settings
  • Experience in the legal field as a legal assistant
  • IRB search database
  • Bilingual English and Spanish
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and LexisNexis
  • Versed in Hippa

Accomplishments

  • Documented and resolved Issue] which led to [Results].
  • Collaborated with team of 3 in the development of helping migrant students and families to help bridge the gap with school adminstrators.
  • Provided behavioral interventions through effectively helping with students resolve conflicts.
  • Documented and resolved conflicts with cases, ensuring documents were properly served and delivered, leading to successful case outcomes.

Volunteer Experience

  • Project Like Literacy Program/Mira Costa College Oceanside CA
  • Bostonia Global Literacy-El Cajon CA

Additional Information

I am a social justice and disabilty rights advocate. Provided legal assistance in collections department for clients and defendants. Maintained communication with clients in regards to their cases and negotiated payments for collections. Executed judgments after completing asset searches. Worked as a liaison between the law office, courts, and sheriff’s department to ensure timeliness. Worked independently on client files while in communication with unique clients on recovery after the eviction process.

Languages

Spanish
Professional Working

Timeline

Peace Mentor Educator

Tariq Khamisa Foundation
01.2024 - Current

legal administrative assistant

California Multi-Services
05.2022 - 12.2023

Account Executive

Law Offices of Kimball, Tirey, & St. John
05.2013

Office Specialist

Palomar College

Palomar College

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