MARIA GARCIADIAZ
Miami
Summary
Hardworking, highly motivated professional eager to lend combined knowledge and skills to enhance business performance. Operates well in both individual and team capacities, leveraging seasoned work ethic to quickly adapt to different processes and drive company objectives. Resourceful and results-driven with a passion for growth and efficiency to meet company needs and increase service value.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Paralegal
Better Life Plans, LLC
Southfield, MI
10.2024 - Current
- Edited and proofread legal documents to verify accuracy.
- Used company templates to draft Pro Se answers
- Critically analyze and interpret legal documents.
- Deliver final answer with filing instructions to the client.
- Manage and prioritize workload via company CRM software
- Answer consumer questions in rare circumstances
Paralegal
Greene Wilson Crow & Smith P.A
New Bern, United States
08.2023 - 05.2024
- Maintain mutually trusting relationships with subordinates squadrons and clients who required guidance
- Drafted legal documents, correspondence, and pleadings
- Maintained legal calendar, scheduling appointments and interviews and providing reminders of court appearances
- Handled sensitive and proprietary information with discretion and confidentiality
- Processed lawsuits within CM/ECF filing/Pacer
- Maintained contact with clients to ensure that all deadlines were met throughout the legal process
- Developed and entered various case materials into computer database
- Supported attorneys in client meetings with administrative assistance and documentation
- Drafted and proofed legal correspondence to verify details and reduce errors
Legal Administrative Clerk
United States Marine Corps
Cherry Point, United States
05.2020 - 08.2023
- Research, preparation, and typing of general correspondence, forms, reports, wills, powers of attorney, and other documents dealing with legal and quasi-legal matters
- Managed and supervised document database to maintain litigation records
- Filed electronic and paper form court documents at both state and federal levels
- Reviewed legal publications and performed database searches to identify laws and court decisions relevant to pending cases
- Utilized Microsoft to draft pleadings, motions, briefs and various other legal documents
- Gathered and analyzed research data such as statutes, decisions and legal articles, codes and documents
- Drafted routine correspondence and procedural motions for action
- Managed written complaints like Equal Opportunity, Inspector General complaints, and Prohibited Activates and Conduct
- Maintained professional relations with clients
- Maintain legal case files to include opening administrative separations, ongoing command investigations and archiving in electronic form and, where appropriate, paper formats
- Cited the UCMJ articles which included proofreading and formatting correspondences for action
- Processed cases and complaints within the time required
- Maintained absolute confidentiality, acted with judgment and exhibited all levels of integrity and fairness, discretion within values
Personal Effect/Warehouse Clerk
United States Marine
Cherry Point, United States
12.2019 - 05.2020
- Kept warehouse up to safety and health regulations at all times.
- Utilized forklift and other warehouse equipment to safely load and unload pallets and containers.
- Provided excellent customer service by addressing inquiries about product availability and shipment status promptly.
- Improved inventory accuracy with consistent cycle counting and data entry into the warehouse management system.
- Managed day-to-day operations of warehouse to keep everything running smoothly.
- Communicated with teammates and supervisors to maintain smooth operations and quickly handle any issues impacting warehouse operations or customer satisfaction.
- Maintained a clean work environment through routine organization of shelves and removal of waste materials, promoting overall warehouse efficiency.
Education
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Criminal Justice
Florida International University
08-2025
Skills
- Preparing Templates
- File Review
- Case Management
- Legal Documentation
- Case Research
- Online Research
- Administrative Support
- Process Flows
- Microsoft Word
- Excel
- Sharepoint
- Online Databases
Certification
- Logistical Management
- Legal Clerk Course
Timeline
Paralegal
Better Life Plans, LLC
10.2024 - Current
Paralegal
Greene Wilson Crow & Smith P.A
08.2023 - 05.2024
Legal Administrative Clerk
United States Marine Corps
05.2020 - 08.2023
Personal Effect/Warehouse Clerk
United States Marine
12.2019 - 05.2020
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Criminal Justice
Florida International University