Sophia Delacroix

Supported two attorneys in a successful transactional real estate law firm. Drafted documents, prepared deeds, filed recordable instruments with state and county offices, maintained client files, managed accounts receivable, calendared appointments and speaking engagements, and served as primary point of contact for the firm. Coordinated qualified intermediary services for 1031 exchanges through the firm’s subsidiary, Ten31 Texas LLC, responding to inquiries, ensuring delivery and completion of necessary agreements and assignments, processing receipt and disbursement of funds, and communicating with escrow officers to achieve seamless closings.

Initiate new cases by accepting paperwork; prepare and issue legal documents including citations, abstracts, writs, subpoenas, garnishments etc; extract data from documents and ensure accuracy of all data entry; prepare Postings as required by the Texas Estates Code; organize, scanning and noting documents into document imagining systems as well as document management systems; assess fees as determined by case type and required remedy; serve as liaison between judges, clerks, court staff, attorneys, state agencies, pro se litigants, law enforcement agencies and general public by way of phone, email, and face-to-face interaction; ; ensure the Clerk's records are kept accurate and complete. Entering the monthly OCA reports, checking Postings for accuracy, helping create a training manual for new hires, and undertaking any special project requiring attention to detail and organization.

Provide weekly payment reports using Quick Books for Pretrial, Probation and VSF (internal) services; provide daily records and reports of all offender activity; created daily reports of the functioning equipment and monitor dysfunctional equipment; administer weekly inventory of all equipment and offender charging schedules; maintain a rigorous log of all offender activity including travel, charging schedules, equipment functionality and violations; contribute to the installation and tracking of both GPS and RF monitors for Hays, Lee, Travis, Washington and Williamson County clients; create and manage invoices for said above counties; created presentations about GPS and RF equipment and presented to Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal & Lee counties for their consideration of implementing a private GPS company for their needs; received accolades from Pretrial and Probation officers for quick response to emergencies and proactive monitoring of all offenders but specifically Level II Offenders.

Contributed to the research of Dr. Edward Horton regarding the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA); analyzed and prepared statistical documents charting the effects of the PREA's 10 year policy change; submitted research to the Bureau of Justice Statistics and National Institute of Justice; recorded and prepared transcripts of prisoner and doctor/therapist interactions regarding outcry or confirmation of assault; filed documents for Dr. Horton as needed; introduced modernized paperless document organization by digitizing thousands of handwritten notes/ essays; graded student papers and projects when needed and proctored exams.