Ronald Thomas Barnes II
The Partners Group
Santa Clara
25
years of professional experience
Experienced with legal research, case management, and document preparation. Utilizes comprehensive knowledge of legal procedures to support attorneys effectively. Track record of strong organizational skills and clear communication in high-pressure legal environments.
Work History
Paralegal Specialist
4 Years 11 Months- Process and maintain accurate status of legal actions for database of cases.
- Coordinate and provide legal assistance for soldiers and civilians.
- Gather relevant facts and information needed for case development and processing.
- Assist with reviewing complaints, claims, requests for legal advice.
- Conducted legal analysis of case data to enhance command operations.
- Coordinated actions, meetings, and policies for command support.
- Liaison between different sections and units for legal actions.
- Provides ethics guidance in accordance with ethics attorney.
Paralegal
6 Years 6 Months- Executed legal review and analysis of documents for class action lawsuit, supporting case strategy development.
- Conducted intensive document review for large class action lawsuits, ensuring thorough examination of evidence.
- Performed detailed document coding for case organization, facilitating efficient information retrieval.
- Ensured confidentiality of sensitive case information and privacy of sensitive case information.
Legal Assistant
1 Year 3 Months- National point of contact for legal assistance for Medicare appeals.
- Provided administrative and legal assistance with Medicare appeals.
- Gather legal information for appellants, attorneys, and judges.
- Coordinated with judges, attorneys, and legal assistants to facilitate Medicare hearings.
- Managed judge’s docket and scheduled hearings to ensure timely case progression.
- Managed pre-scheduling and post-hearing processes for cases.
- Updated national database for hearing information viewed internally and for appellant consumption.
Legal Technician
6 Years- Assisted in the preparation of case files for litigation and administrative hearings.
- Reviewed legal documents for compliance with federal regulations and internal policies.
- Coordinated communication between legal staff and external stakeholders to ensure timely responses.
- Developed and maintained filing systems for efficient retrieval of legal documents and records.
Paralegal
2 Months- Prepare, summarize and submit a variety of legal documents, trial briefs, pleadings, contracts and affidavits.
- Prepared, summarized, and submitted various legal documents, trial briefs, pleadings, contracts, and affidavits to support case progression.
- Independently investigated, analyzed, and resolved complex claims and cases involving conflicting data and evidence of law violations, ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
- Perform document review, case and cite checkings to ensure accuracy.
- Assist in case preparation including performing in mock trials.
- Organize strategy room for pre-trial preparation.
- Communicated with management and attorneys by providing timely updates on existing cases and responding to requests in written and oral formats.
- Hours per week: 40
Management Staff Assistant
1 Year 2 Months- Provide technical assistance to Federal Project Officers for grant management to ensure federal policies are being followed.
- Recommended administrative changes, process improvements, and methods to program managers and directors to enhance efficiency in addressing diverse administrative and management issues.
- Keep abreast of changes in administrative procedures, provide comment on proposed changes in administrative policies and procedures and views in important administrative issues to receive guidance in addressing complex issues.
- Assist director in management assignments including scheduling, pairing, organizing monitoring trips with grantees.
- Represented division management in communications with congressional staff, government officials, grantees, and the public to facilitate information exchange on various matters.
- Assisted director with scheduling and organizing monitoring trips with grantees.
- Prepare charts, graphs and spreadsheets for grant management, work plans and grantee locations.
- Liaison between Employment and Training Administration and OSAM (regional human resource department for region 3).
- Coordinated with various venues for regional conferences and staff meetings.
- Analyze, edit, proof reports for distribution to supervisors for approval.
- Received STAR award for providing technical assistance and support for regional conference.
- Hours per week: 40
Mail Extraction Clerk (Seasonal Appointment)
- Received, opened, sorted, and distributed all incoming and outgoing mail to ensure efficient communication.
- Received, opened, sorted and distributed both incoming and outgoing mail.
- Performed various clerical duties such as maintaining records, extracting, sorting, numbering, batching, and filing tax returns and related correspondence.
- Reviewed and processed outgoing mail. Maintained appropriate records and/or logs for tracking and reconciliation purposes.
- Conducted searches and followed up on delayed shipments to facilitate prompt resolution.
- Examined file materials to identify primary subject matter and assigned proper classification to enhance retrieval efficiency.
- Located and withdrew file material or information from records to meet the needs of users.
- Reviewed filed materials in the light of ongoing programs or special projects.
- Executed additional tasks as designated by management to support team operations.
File Clerk/Legal Assistant
4 Years 1 Month- Provided legal clerical support to a variety of attorneys and staff in a corporate fast-paced environment.
- Provided legal clerical support to a variety of attorney’s and staff in a corporate fast-paced environment.
- Maintained law library and litigation file section of all legal mailings and logs for senior level attorneys.
- Welcomed vendors, clients, and visitors to ensure proper routing and address inquiries., to properly route them to appropriate place of business and/or to answer any questions or concerns on my level of expertise.
- Answered and directed telephone calls to the appropriate departments for efficient communication.d, telephone calls to the appropriate designated requested departments.
- Conducted research to analyze, gather, and compile public information.
- Communicated case statuses and requests to management and attorneys through written and oral updates to ensure timely information flow.
- Greeted vendors, clients, and visitors, to properly route them to appropriate place of business and/or to answer any questions or concerns on my level of expertise.
- Executed quality control to compile, maintain, and organize case files, ensuring accuracy and completeness of legal documents for attorney preparation of court proceedings.
Legal Assistant/Office Services Clerk
3 Years 7 Months- Provided legal clerical administrative support for the Immigration and Real Estate department.
- Coordinated with off-site vendors to secure timely approval and completion of loan documents.
- Managed, created, and drafted several legal documents and forms (ie. DS-156, DS-157, I-907, and G-28 forms) for client packages and approval letters.
- Reviewed and compiled loan documents to prepare for immediate review and approval.
- Coordinated with off-site vendors for approval and completion of various loan documents.
- Assisted clients with navigating corporate immigration law procedures.
- Managed and prepared various legal documents and forms (e.g., DS-156, DS-157, I-907, G-28) for client packages and approval letters to support immigration processes.
- Drafted and created transmittal letters and memorandums for public and private client files, ensuring clear communication for attorneys.
- Assisted clients in corporate immigration law.
Education
Bachelor's degree - Business Administration
Skills
Legal analysis
Legal research
Real estate transactions
Legal writing
Alternative dispute resolution
Document management
Legal document review
Legal case analysis
Job Related Training
- Examiner training for non-examiners
- ALIS system training
- Clearwell system training
- CaseMap system training
- SharePoint Site training
- Law for Paralegal training
- Managers Internal Control Program (MICP) training
- Ethics training
- Federal Contract training
Additional Information
Type 50 wpm, Notary Public, Proficient in Word, Excel, Summation, LIMS, ALIS, ARMS, Outlook, PowerPoint, Chris T&A, CDIS, IAMS, Adobe DC, Clearwell, CaseMap, Westlaw Next, Relativity
Timeline
Paralegal Specialist
U.S. Army Reserve
09.2021 - CurrentRead More
Legal Assistant
Office Of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA)
06.2020 - 09.2021Read More
Paralegal
The Partners Group
02.2020 - CurrentRead More
Legal Technician
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, FDIC
03.2012 - 03.2018Read More
Paralegal
Paces/Greenberg Traurig
06.2011 - 08.2011Read More
Mail Extraction Clerk (Seasonal Appointment)
Internal Revenue Service
04.2010 - 04.2010Read More
Management Staff Assistant
United States Department of Labor
08.2009 - 10.2010Read More
File Clerk/Legal Assistant
Powell Goldstein/Bryan Cave
04.2005 - 05.2009Read More
Legal Assistant/Office Services Clerk
Seyfarth Shaw
03.2001 - 10.2004Read More
Southern New Hampshire University
Bachelor's degree from Business Administration
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