SHELIA K. HAWKINS
DeSoto,Texas
Summary
State Bar of Texas Board Certified Paralegal and National Association of Legal Assistants’ Certified Paralegal with over twenty years of experience seeking secure position enabling me to utilize my expertise in growing a firm.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Account Data Entry Clerk
Burke Bogdanowicz PLLC
04.2023 - Current
- Calendar deadlines and maintain attorney’s docket
- Review and enter document requests
- Draft witness, exhibits lists, prepare Power Point presentations, and prepare cases for and attend trial
Data Entry Clerk
Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, L.L.P., Dallas, TX
01.2008 - 04.2023
- Responsibilities included maintaining general contact with client; locating and interviewing witnesses; heavy document management including organization, analysis and summaries of records produced including the preparation of medical chronologies and indexed binders of same; deposition summaries, analysis of police reports; discovery responses and deadlines; preparation of witnesses for trial and trial notebooks; input client data.
Data Entry Clerk
Tollefson, Bradley, Mitchell & Melendi, LLP
10.2014 - 04.2023
- Calendar deadlines and maintain attorney’s docket
- Review and enter document requests
- Draft witness, exhibits lists, prepare Power Point presentations, and prepare cases for and attend trial
Education
Clerk/Typist Receptionist Degree -
International Business College
El Paso, TexasAssociate of Applied Science Legal Assistant Degree - undefined
El Paso Community College
Skills
- Rules of Civil Procedure; Knowledge in Rules of Evidence; Ability to Research Local Rules; Westlaw; Lexis-Nexis; Word; Excel; PowerPoint; Docs-Open; Outlook; PACER; Concordance; Casefile Express; E-File (State & Federal Court); Adobe Pro; Client Profiles; TABS3
Certification
- June1995 – State Bar of Texas Board of Legal Specialization (Personal Injury Law Specialty)
- June1992 – National Association of Legal Assistants (Certified Paralegal)
Accomplishments
- Court-Ordered Monitored Child Visitation Cases – B&E Center (October2022 – to the Present)
- Court Appointed Special Advocate – Dallas County (October2013 – to the Present)
- J. L. Turner Legal Association – Paralegal Section (2013 Vice-President Elect/2014 – President)
- J. L. Turner Legal Association – Paralegal Section2012 “Paralegal of the Year” Recipient
Timeline
Account Data Entry Clerk
Burke Bogdanowicz PLLC
04.2023 - Current
Data Entry Clerk
Tollefson, Bradley, Mitchell & Melendi, LLP
10.2014 - 04.2023
Data Entry Clerk
Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, L.L.P., Dallas, TX
01.2008 - 04.2023
Associate of Applied Science Legal Assistant Degree - undefined
El Paso Community College
- June1995 – State Bar of Texas Board of Legal Specialization (Personal Injury Law Specialty)
- June1992 – National Association of Legal Assistants (Certified Paralegal)
Clerk/Typist Receptionist Degree -
International Business College
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