Sierra Stockwill

• Responsible for welcoming clients, being the face of the law firm, and screening phone calls
• Handling client correspondence by responding to and resolving inquiries and issues via phone, email, and mail, while maintaining client confidentiality
• Setting up meeting rooms and scheduling meetings; proactively participating in various weekly and bi-weekly meetings while taking meeting notes
• Distributing mail and checks, working alongside the accounting department, and acting as a liaison between attorneys, clients, and all internal departments
• Preparing Chambers Copies for filing on behalf of attorneys
• Drafting and filing pto-1390s, pto-1449s, amendments, declarations, assignments, IDS filings, patent applications, and other documents/applications to USPTO on behalf of patent attorneys

Legal Investigations Support on Google's IntCrim Internal Compliance Team

• Refreshed databases and tracking systems
  Implemented data privacy and security practices
• Used internal data tooling software to track evidence and case-related documents in relation to fraud, financial crime, money laundering, theft, violent crime, and domestic terrorism
• Reviewed and made suggestions to update and create new policies to mitigate risk and improve efficiency
• Worked with Operations, policy specialists, and software engineers/Tooling Team to provide feedback, and develop and implement procedures to streamline the data management and distribution process
• Analyzed, processed, and responded to legal investigation requests for user data from international law enforcement and third-party attorneys
• Created training materials such as workflow documents with improved processes, held onboarding and refresher training meetings, and point-of-contact for the LERS (Law Enforcement Request System) team

• Organized and improved online filing system
• DocuSign, Worldox; eBilling (invoices) using Zoho
• Civil litigation and hearing/trial preparation-based legal research
• Investigated facts and conducted legal research regarding labor & employment cases
• Monitored city, county, and state websites for COVID-related workplace guidance and new ordinances
• Reviewed and edited documents, and created client correspondence documents from scratch

Intern at the Macon County State's Attorney's Office and Sheriff's Department

• Assisted in daily administrative tasks
• Helped decide on and set bonds and bails using available case information pre-preliminary hearings, and attended said preliminary hearings
• Patrolled with police officers during arrests, while serving subpoenas, and aided in search and rescues
• Job shadowed the investigations department, probation office, and dispatch