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Mitra Wahib

Mitra Wahib

Federal Way,WA

Summary

Dedicated paralegal with nearly three years of experience in the legal field. Expertise in strong document preparation skills and exceptional attention to detail. Thrives in fast-paced environments, efficiently managing multiple tasks while maintaining accuracy and upholding confidentiality and ethical standards. Relevant experience and knowledge make me a suitable candidate for this position.

Work History

Law Firm

  • As a criminal defense attorney, successfully represented clients in various criminal cases, specialized in murder and robbery in Afghanistan courts, rooted in a profound understanding of legal principles and a strong dedication to upholding justice, excelled in preparing accurate and legally sound affidavits and correspondence, meticulous approach enhanced the effectiveness of legal strategies, organized and maintained comprehensive case files, ensuring accessibility of necessary materials, managed documents, correspondence, and exhibits for effective client representation

Public Defender

  • Represented clients in court and in negotiations with other parties.
  • Counseled clients on potential outcomes of legal matters.
  • Created and finalized contracts and other legal documents for clients.
  • Researched, wrote and filed motions, writs and briefs for each case.
  • Interviewed witnesses and gathered public record research relevant to each case.
  • Communicated with clients and collected information to research cases and prepare settlement offers.
  • Explained available courses of action and possible repercussions of cases to clients.

In the Asia Foundation Legal Fellowship

Parwan, Afghanistan
  • Responsibilities included issuing and entering letters and inquiries that arrived at the law firm, drafted legal documents such as contracts, pleadings, and briefs under the supervision of an attorney, prepared affidavits and correspondence, organized and maintained case files including documents, correspondence, and exhibits, communicated with clients to obtain information or to provide updates on the status of their case, performed administrative tasks such as scheduling appointments, managing calendars, and answering phones

Paralegal Practicing

  • As a paralegal student, I drafted various legal documents, including Complaints, Responses to Complaints, Motions, and Interrogatories. I also prepared Legal Memoranda, Summary Judgments, Opinion Letters, and Motions for Summary Judgment, collaborating with legal professionals to ensure accuracy and adherence to legal standards. I demonstrated proficiency in legal research, analysis, and writing, contributing to the development of comprehensive legal documents. Additionally, I participated in a mock trial during our Civil Procedure class, where we successfully won the case.

Internship at the U.S. Department of Labor

  • Digested multiple depositions and excerpted depositions for exhibits for a motion for summary judgment, summarized multiple court decisions and created a table sheet of all documents for a case in Excel, collaborated with attorneys in the Seattle office and remotely with attorneys in San Francisco and Los Angeles, utilized Westlaw, Relativity, Excel, Word, Adobe, Outlook, and Teams

Student Volunteer

Pierce County Juvenile Court
  • Filed various documents into the LINX system, scanned, labeled, and organized legal documents, observed court proceedings, prepared a variety of legal documents

Directorate of Education School controller

Parwan, Afghanistan
  • As a school controller, responsible for overseeing 21 middle and high schools, tasks included reporting the necessities such as laboratory and library materials to my boss for provision, checked in with students to gauge the progress of their lessons, created individual files for each school to document their staff and resource inventory, obligated to report all my activities to my manager monthly

Education

Associate of Applied Science paralegal program - Paralegal

Highline College
08.2024

Faculty of Law and Political Science - undefined

Kabul University

Legal Writing Certificate - undefined

The Asia Foundation

Master of Laws - General Law, L.L.M Program

University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Skills

  • Critical thinking
  • Document preparation
  • Time management
  • Case management: ability to manage and organize case files, track deadlines, and maintain electronic databases
  • Effective communication skills
  • Ability to build relationships and collaborate with others
  • Word
  • Excel
  • Power point
  • Outlook
  • Relativity
  • Clio Manage
  • Westlaw
  • Adobe
  • Teams

Languages

English
Full Professional

Timeline

Law Firm

Public Defender

In the Asia Foundation Legal Fellowship

Parwan, Afghanistan

Paralegal Practicing

Internship at the U.S. Department of Labor

Student Volunteer

Pierce County Juvenile Court

Directorate of Education School controller

Parwan, Afghanistan

Associate of Applied Science paralegal program - Paralegal

Highline College

Faculty of Law and Political Science - undefined

Kabul University

Legal Writing Certificate - undefined

The Asia Foundation

Master of Laws - General Law, L.L.M Program

University of Washington

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