Kim Alexander
Watauga
Summary
Hardworking Family Law Paralegal with in-depth understanding of family court proceedings, procedures and standards, and five years of related experience.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Director of Legal Services
Denton County Friends of the Family
01.2024 - Current
- In addition to the responsibilities of the Family Law Paralegal, responsible for managing the workflow and task management of all cases.
- Supervise the Family Law Paralegal.
- Manage internal client referral process and prospective client pipeline.
- Run weekly case staffing meetings and task management for three attorneys and one paralegal.
- Manage case deadlines to ensure tasks were completed on schedule.
- Schedule client meetings, hearings, and mediations.
- Meet or exceeded grant billing requirements on consistent basis.
- Draft pleadings, orders, and summaries of relief requested for trial.
- Help attorneys prepare for trial by gathering and organizing exhibits, drafting summary of relief requested, and identifying witnesses.
- Coordinate with private process servers to serve opposing party and subpoenas to witnesses.
- Coordinate the service of subpoenas to police departments and other agencies for the production of documents necessary for trial.
- Edit and proofread legal documents to verify accuracy.
- Collaborate with attorneys to develop strategies for each case.
- Manage communication between counsel, clients and court.
Family Law Paralegal
Denton County Friends Of The Family
07.2019 - 12.2023
- Created and managed internal client referral process.
- Conducted case research and created case summary for attorney prior to initial legal consults (active pleadings and orders, upcoming settings, criminal histories, domestic violence history, CPS involvement, law enforcement involvement, property records, etc.).
- Managed active cases and lead pipeline on MyCase.
- Created structure for weekly case staffing meetings with attorneys and paralegals.
- Managed case deadlines to ensure tasks were completed on schedule.
- Scheduled client meetings, hearings, and mediations.
- Met or exceeded grant billing requirements on consistent basis.
- Managed scheduling of court calendars and deadlines to maintain smooth flow of firm operations.
- Drafted and filed answers, motions, and orders.
- Helped attorneys prepare for trial by gathering and organizing exhibits, drafting summary of relief requested, and identifying witnesses.
- Managed communication between counsel, clients and court.
Development Coordinator
Denton County Friends Of The Family
04.2016 - 07.2019
- Managed donor database and community relations with respect to donors.
- Managed long-term projects and events from start to finish and organize planning steps.
- Fundraised for events and monetary donations.
- Planed strategies for monetary donation requests, stewardship, recruiting new donors and increasing donations from current donors.
- Managed the department expense report and event budgets.
- Assisted with item donations, volunteer coordination, agency wide marketing (blogs, newsletters, press releases, website content, content creation and editing, etc.), networking with community leaders, and more.
AmeriCorps VISTA
Denton County Friends Of The Family
04.2015 - 04.2016
- Americorps Volunteers In Service To America (VISTA); Government program aimed at ending poverty in America.
Education
Paralegal Certificate - Paralegal Studies
Center For Advanced Legal Studies
Houston, TX02.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
The University of Tulsa
Tulsa05.2013
Skills
- Hearing Preparation
- Drafting and E-filing
- Domestic Violence Cases
- Microsoft Office
- Organizational Skills
- Case Management
- Notary Public
- Exhibit Preparation
- Calendar Management
- Effective Multitasking
- Deadline Monitoring
- Discovery Process
Timeline
Assistant Director of Legal Services
Denton County Friends of the Family
01.2024 - Current
Family Law Paralegal
Denton County Friends Of The Family
07.2019 - 12.2023
Development Coordinator
Denton County Friends Of The Family
04.2016 - 07.2019
AmeriCorps VISTA
Denton County Friends Of The Family
04.2015 - 04.2016
Paralegal Certificate - Paralegal Studies
Center For Advanced Legal Studies
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
The University of Tulsa
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