Maryah Benitez
Fort Lauderdale
Summary
Compassionate and dedicated Paralegal motivated to continually improve and extend personal skills and knowledge to attain increased responsibility and opportunities for professional growth.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Paralegal
Demesmin And Dover Law Firm
02.2023 - Current
- Manage client accounts and records, ensuring accurate and secure documentation, enhancing confidentiality.
- Draft routine legal documents, such as Affidavits and Motions, reducing attorney workload and improving case preparation efficiency.
- Maintain accurate calendar of appointments and deadlines, boosting office productivity.
- Assist in preparing answers and documentation for discovery requests, supporting legal counsel.
- Coordinate case files and evidence, streamlining case preparation and ensuring timely submission.
- Oversee document management systems, ensuring compliance with legal standards and confidentiality protocols.
- Liaise with court officials to facilitate smooth scheduling and efficient case progress.
- Assist with scheduling and filing necessary documents for mediations and depositions.
- Assisted counsel in preparing answers, providing documentation, and information for discovery request.
- Conferred with clients and other involved parties to gather and track case information.
- Managed scheduling of court calendars and deadlines to maintain smooth flow of firm operations.
Assistant Store Manager
Raw Juce
05.2022 - 01.2023
- Monitored cash intake and deposit records, increasing accuracy and reducing discrepancies.
- Conducted weekly staff meetings to motivate staff members, address concerns and questions, plan improvements, and evaluate progress toward goals.
- Verified inventory counts remained within monthly tolerance levels and compiled financial data in compliance with budget.
- Helped with planning schedules and delegating assignments to meet coverage and service demands.
- Created organization systems for inventory control, merchandising, financial reports and schedules, dramatically increasing operational efficiency.
- Interviewed, hired, and trained staff associates and equipped to comply with company policies and procedures.
- Provided weekly work schedules to employees to accommodate business demands and vacation requests.
- Supervised and evaluated staff to help improve skills, achieve daily objectives, and attain advancement.
- Responded to customer concerns, working with manager to significantly raise customer satisfaction ratings.
Administrative Assistant
Tressie George III, ESQ. Law Firm
09.2021 - 05.2022
- Answered multi-line phone system, routing calls, delivering messages to staff and clients.
- Scheduled appointments, court appearances and depositions for busy law firm.
- Handled office scheduling and made notes for deadlines, motions and other important dates.
- Filed court documents and legal pleadings with court clerk on behalf of attorneys.
- Maintained inventory of office supplies and placed orders.
- Assisted coworkers and staff members with special tasks on daily basis.
Assistant Manager
Clean Juice
09.2019 - 09.2021
- Reduced corporate costs by developing and implementing improved merchandising, receiving and maintenance procedures.
- Increased sales revenues by promoting complementary products and educating customers about store promotions.
- Set and enforced policies focused on increasing team productivity and strengthening operational efficiency.
- Verified inventory counts remained within monthly tolerance levels and compiled financial data in compliance with budget.
- Established and optimized schedules to keep coverage and service in line with forecasted demands.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Communications
Florida International University
Skills
- Ability to excel in high-pressure environment
- Calendar Management
- Litigation Support
- Case Management
- Legal Document Preparation
- Attention to Detail
- Exhibit preparation
- Legal writing
- Personal Injury Law
- Discovery Responses
- Legal Terminology
- Proficient in MS Office
- Legal and Court Processes
- Time Management
- Smokeball Case Management System
- Staff and Sales Management
- E-filing portal
Timeline
Paralegal
Demesmin And Dover Law Firm
02.2023 - Current
Assistant Store Manager
Raw Juce
05.2022 - 01.2023
Administrative Assistant
Tressie George III, ESQ. Law Firm
09.2021 - 05.2022
Assistant Manager
Clean Juice
09.2019 - 09.2021
Bachelor of Arts - Communications
Florida International University
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