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Kimberly Mendoza

Summary

Meticulous, driven, and experienced Paralegal/Notary Public, with the ability to work well in a team and independently; seeking an opportunity to apply education and skills in a new workplace where professional growth may continue.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Public Records Act Paralegal/Analyst

Best Best & Krieger
04.2021 - 01.2025
  • Track, analyze, and manage CPRA requests for public agency clients
  • Collaborated with internal paralegals and legal staff to track deadlines and ensure timely responses to requests.
  • Review large documents sets, tag responsive items, and identify/redact privileged or exempt content under CPRA
  • Conducted keyword searches and metadata review to ensure accuracy in identifying responsive records.

Contract Legal Analyst

LACERA
06.2021 - 03.2022
  • Review pleadings and judgments of dissolution to determine compliance with retirement law.
  • Review case files and report case progress to members.
  • Maintain work production and flow, meeting established deadlines.
  • Analyze civil subpoenas to determine if request standards are met.
  • Place legal holds on member's accounts upon court orders regarding division of retirement benefits.
  • Act in a liaison capacity to the investment transaction department by organizing their corporate minutes and partnership agreements related to private equity investments.

Executive Assistant

Mountain Peak Financial, Inc.
02.2019 - 06.2021
  • Performed basic administrative duties such as: ordered office supplies, maintained master calendar, and handled client correspondence.
  • Scheduled meetings and created workflow tasks using Asana.
  • Assisted with coordinating monthly public retirement planning workshops held at various locations.
  • Point of contact for all incoming calls.
  • Initiated withdrawals for clients from their brokerage, or annuity accounts.
  • Reviewed life insurance applications for completeness.
  • Reviewed client completed applications for American Equity and Fidelity.

Legal Document Assistant

We The People
04.2014 - 01.2019
  • Proofread family law forms, living trusts, wills, guardianships, residential agreements, articles of incorporation, LLC's, DBA's, trademark documents, and much more in fast-paced work environment.
  • Mentored and trained new hires, resulting in stronger staff development and increased productivity.
  • Provided prompt responses to phone/email inquires.
  • Prepared dissolution documents, and handled electronic court filings.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Legal Studies

University of La Verne
La Verne, CA
05.2019

Paralegal Certificate -

University of La Verne
La Verne, CA
05.2019

Paralegal Certificate -

Chaffey College
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
06.2012

Skills

  • Strong Interpersonal Skills
  • E-Filing
  • Licensed & Bonded Legal Document Assistant
  • LexisNexis & Westlaw Knowledge
  • Filing And Data Archiving
  • Advanced Clerical Knowledge

Affiliations

  • National Notary Association
  • California Association of Legal Document Assistants

Additional Information

  • MS Office Suite
  • Clio
  • AbacusLaw
  • Adapt
  • QuickBooks
  • Relativity
  • Essential Forms
  • Westlaw
  • CRM
  • One Legal
  • Green Filing
  • Salesforce
  • Wix

Timeline

Contract Legal Analyst

LACERA
06.2021 - 03.2022

Public Records Act Paralegal/Analyst

Best Best & Krieger
04.2021 - 01.2025

Executive Assistant

Mountain Peak Financial, Inc.
02.2019 - 06.2021

Legal Document Assistant

We The People
04.2014 - 01.2019

Paralegal Certificate -

University of La Verne

Paralegal Certificate -

Chaffey College

Bachelor of Science - Legal Studies

University of La Verne

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