Zaria Bell
Richmond,TX
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Contract Analyst
UNIPEC America Inc.
Houston, TX
10.2024 - Current
- Respond to regulatory documents and forms, driving compliance with state and federal requirements.
- Oversee the review and negotiation of contracts between two or more parties.
- Draft, review, and finalize Crude Oil and Pipeline contracts.
- Maintained accurate records of all signed contracts within organizational database systems.
- Review and analyze various contracts to ensure accuracy and compliance with company standards and legal requirements.
- Draft, negotiate, and manage various types of contracts.
- Collaborate with legal, finance, operations, management, and procurement teams to ensure contract terms align with company objectives.
- Monitor contract performance and compliance, identifying any potential risks or issues.
- Maintain a comprehensive contract database and ensure all contracts are properly documented and stored.
- Stay updated on industry regulations and best practices to ensure contracts are compliant with current laws.
Legal Analyst
United States Marshals Service
Houston, TX
01.2024 - 05.2024
- Gathered information and organized investigative packages.
- Established and maintained physical and electronic case files.
- Verified and executed new federal arrests, warrants, bonds, and release of offenders.
- Arranged and maintained the court schedule for all defendant hearings before the Magistrate Judge.
- Enhanced team collaboration by providing regular updates and feedback on investigative findings.
- Provided administrative information and support concerning cases to other investigative agencies, local law enforcement agencies, U.S. Attorney, DOJ processing units, and other higher headquarters.
Legal Assistant
Bastine Law Group
Stafford, TX
07.2023 - 01.2024
- Assisted attorneys and paralegals with legal matters and court documentation
- Scheduled consultations and client meetings for attorneys
- Handled billing, collections, and invoices
- Communicated with clients and delivered/received messages from clients
- Filed legal documents and correspondence daily
- Scheduled appointments, filed mail, organized files, and collected payments
- Prepared trial exhibits
Provided administrative support to attorneys.
Undergraduate Student Research Assistant
Prairie View A&M University Research & Innovation
Prairie View, TX
07.2021 - 05.2023
- Gathered, arranged, and corrected research data to create representative graphs and charts highlighting results for presentations.
- Validated incoming data to check information accuracy and integrity while and correcting concerns.
- Planned, modified, and executed research techniques, procedures, and tests.
- Performed statistical, qualitative, and quantitative analysis.
- Conducted surveys amongst the Prairie View A&M Intuitional student body.
- Revised and wrote numerous college-level papers, articles, and presentations.
- Collaborated with peers on academic research tasks and data inputting into the Excel database.
- Drafted reports summarizing research results for faculty members.
Intern
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives
Houston, TX
05.2022 - 07.2022
- Assisted Special Agents with assigned tasks including scanning & filing cases, tower dump preservation requests, and firearm investigatory research
- Analyzed multiple investigations and case reports of illegal firearms and explosives
- Assisted with inspections of hundreds of firearms
- Looked for any signs of firearms trafficking
- Researched the relationship between firearm trafficking and homicide rates in Houston, Texas
- Assisted Industry Operations Investigators (I0Is) with conducting firearm inspections and investigations
- Worked alongside Houston Police Department Officers, Special Agents, Task Force Officers, Intelligent research Specialists, and IOIs in Federal casework
- Copied and scanned Reports of Investigation (ROI) documents to Special Agents.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice/ Legal Studies
Prairie View A&M University
Prairie View, TX05-2023
Skills
- Microsoft Office & Excel
- Leadership
- Contract Drafting & Negotiation
- Attention to Detail
- Communication
- Legal Compliance
- Data Analysis
- Legal Research
- Contract Management Software
- Industry Knowledge
- Litigation Support
- Administration
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Workflow Management
- Adobe Acrobat
Collegiate Involvement & Volunteerism
- Alpha Phi Sigma Criminal Justice Honor Society Member (Vice President & Recording Secretary)
- Business Law Association (President & Vice Chairman)
- Student Government Association (Senator & Miss College of Juvenile Justice)
- Purple Jacket Member
- Criminal Justice Club Member (Event Chair)
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (N.A.A.C.P.) Member
- Panther Advisor Leaders (P.A.L.S.)
Awards & Certificates
- Certified Notary Public- American Association of Notaries (2024)
- C.I.T.I. (Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative) Social & Behavioral Research Training Certificate
- Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice (SWACJ) Competition Champion (2022)
Timeline
Contract Analyst
UNIPEC America Inc.
10.2024 - Current
Legal Analyst
United States Marshals Service
01.2024 - 05.2024
Legal Assistant
Bastine Law Group
07.2023 - 01.2024
Intern
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives
05.2022 - 07.2022
Undergraduate Student Research Assistant
Prairie View A&M University Research & Innovation
07.2021 - 05.2023
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice/ Legal Studies
Prairie View A&M University
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