OBJECTIVE:

To secure employment with a well-established law firm that offers opportunities for continued learning and growth.

EXPERIENCE:

Aldridge Pite, LLP – Paralegal – July 2015 – present

Provide support to Attorney Susan Sparks, Esq., specializing in the area of real estate/foreclosure.

Accomplishments: Employee of the Month, January 2016

Responsibilities include:

• Collect data to accurately draft legal documents.

• Prepare correspondence for attorney and clients.

• Draft and e-file legal documents in a timely manner per attorney instruction.

• Create, organize and maintain client files.

• Correspond with attorney and clients daily to ensure needs are being met.

• Update files with information received by clients.

• Organize and maintain bulk files from clients.

• Redact confidential information from legal documents to ensure privacy.

• Train new employees on Transfer process and other job duties.

• Review and download legal documents from Pacer.gov.

Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC – Legal Assistant – September 2013 – June 2015

Provided support to Managing Partner Justin Witkin, Esq. specializing in the area of product liability.

Accomplishments: Employee of the Month, August 2014.

Responsibilities included:

• Prepared correspondence for attorney and clients.

• Provided attorneys and clients with detailed case status updates.

• Created, organized and maintained client files.

• Drafted and edited legal documents per attorney instruction.

• Ensured legal documents are processed and handled in a timely and efficient manner in order to comply with appropriate regulations and deadlines.

• Reviewed medical records.

• Prepared discovery requests and responses.

• Managed projects subject to court deadlines.

• Gathered information from clients and attorneys to update and maintain files.

• Obtained and organized fee splits between attorneys.

• Reviewed and downloaded legal documents from Pacer.gov.

TJ Maxx and Homegoods – Sales Associate – March 2012 – September 2013

Position required professional demeanor and to be customer oriented.

Responsibilities included:

• Assisted customers with purchases in store and also via telephone and email.

• Processed cash and credit card transactions.

• Stocked and organized merchandise.

• Performed office tasks such as making photo copies, answering telephones and assisting in maintaining and organizing colleague schedules.

EDUCATION:

University of West Florida, B.S., May 2015Pensacola, Florida

Major: Political Science: Pre Law; Minor: Legal Studies

Booker T. Washington High School, Diploma, June 2010Pensacola, Florida Graduated Cum Laude

ACTIVITIES/COMMUNITY SERVICE:

University of West Florida Campus Activity Board, 2010-2011

Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, 2013 - present

Big Brother Big Sisters, 2013 - present

SKILLS:

Proficient in Microsoft Office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Typing speed of 70 wpm. Skilled in various information management programs such as: Case Management Pro, Document Wizard, Import Wizard, LexisNexis. Also skilled in various sites used to upload documents such as: Dropbox.com, Box.com, creating/maintaining FTP sites.

REFERENCES:

Available upon request.