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paralegal craftsman resume example with 19+ years of experience

Jessica
Claire
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(555) 432-1000,
Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
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Summary

Highly motivated and hardworking Paralegal with more than six years in the industry, specializing in criminal, civil, and tort law.

Highlights
  • Strong research skills
  • Excellent written and oral communication


  • Criminal, civil and tort Law
  • Trial procedures
Education
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON Madison, Wi Expected in 5 2014 Bachelor of Arts : History GPA : GPA: 3.782 Dean*s List, Spring 2014, Dean*s List, Fall 2014, Dean*s List Spring 2013, and Dean*s List, Spring 2011. Status

History GPA: 3.782 Dean*s List, Spring 2014, Dean*s List, Fall 2014, Dean*s List Spring 2013, and Dean*s List, Spring 2011.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF THE AIR FORCE Montgomery, AL Expected in 5 2014 Associates Degree : Paralegal Studies GPA : Status
COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF THE AIR FORCE Montgomery , AL Expected in 10 2006 Associates Degree : Human Resources Management GPA : Status
Accomplishments
    Conducted legal research on maltreatment, mental harm and suffering, and rape in high profile court-martial, research was vital to prosecution willing all 3 motions and securing conviction.Secured tax center, supervised 11 VITA reps.Responsible for the processing of 832 federal and state tax returns, saved clients $94K+.
Experience
Scott Air Force Base Legal OfficeParalegal Craftsman
City, STATE, 08/2010Current
  • Train 8 newly assigned office staff on paralegal duties, including claims, legal research and writing, and military justice.
  • Repsonsible for training and managing 150+ tasks, training vital to career progression and office knowledge.
  • Manage the military justice section, review reports and products, and ensure all deadlines met regarding courts-martial, nonjudicial punishment, and administrative actions.
  • Manage the general law section, review legal documents for accuracy, ensures quality research and analysis provided to clients.
  • Assist attorneys with criminal investigations, conduct witness interviews, and prepare court documents, including motions, depositions, immunity requests, and subpoenas.
  • Perform legal research, drafts charges and specifications for courts-martial and nonjudicial punishment actions.
  • Prepare documents such as legal reviews, powers of attorney, affidavits, promissory notes, deeds and bills of sale.
  • Process and adjudicate torts and pro-government claims, collected over $21K for U.S.
  • treasury.
Buckley Air Force Base Legal OfficeNoncommissioned Officer in Charge of General Law (mid-level military manager)
City, STATE, 05/200807/2010
  • in Charge of General Law (mid-level military manager) (Paralegal) Supervised paralegal, responsible for managing and providing training on 150+ career field tasks.
  • Served 3,800+ customers, drafted or completed over 7,377 legal documents, including powers of attorney, wills, and notary services.
  • Reviewed critical wing support agreements that secured $787K reimbursement for Buckley AFB wing agencies.
  • Assisted attorney with federal magistrate court, research and management garnered convictions in 7 DUI cases.
  • Assistant Noncommissioned Officer in Charge of Military Justice (mid-level military manager) Managed administrative discharge program.
  • Created new Microsoft Excel suspense tracking system for the discharge program, decreased package processing times by 24%.
  • Monitored and worked nonjudicial punishment actions, including drafting specifications and documents.
  • Processed 96% within 20 day metric, surpassing AF metric of 80%.
  • Prepared courts-martial documents, interviewed witnesses, coordinated witness funding and travel, researched and drafted motions.
  • Research was key to attorney winning motions and assistance was key to conviction in court cases.
  • Maintained 200+ active and inactive office records, including files for claims, discharges, and reports of trial.
Buckley Air Force Base Military Personnel FlightNoncommissioned Officer in Charge of Relocations (Human Resource Manager/Specialist)
City, STATE, 200604/2008
  • Managed largest section within office, supervised and trained 5 office personnel.
  • Transmitted 400+ corrective pay transactions, improved transaction accuracy to 94%.
  • Developed in-house training topics, trained 30+ career field personnel on Air Force level assignment and separation programs.
Kirtland Air Force Base Military Personnel FlightPersonnelist (Human Resource Administrator)
City, STATE, 200211/2006
  • Provided personnel support to over 3,800 personnel assigned to two wings and over 100 associate units.
  • Managed over 3,800 personnel records and files, screened and identified discrepancies in individual files.
  • Maintenance key to office*s excellent rating during Air Force inspection.
  • Tracked and in-processed inbound Air Force personnel, improved base in-processing program and newcomers briefing that led to 95% decrease of personnel needed for in-processing presentations.
  • Identified major oversight in personnel in-processing updates, corrective action saved Air Force $250,000.
Skills
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office programs and legal research tools
  • Type 50 WPM, holds Secret Security Clearance

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School Attended

  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON
  • COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF THE AIR FORCE
  • COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF THE AIR FORCE

Job Titles Held:

  • Paralegal Craftsman
  • Noncommissioned Officer in Charge of General Law (mid-level military manager)
  • Noncommissioned Officer in Charge of Relocations (Human Resource Manager/Specialist)
  • Personnelist (Human Resource Administrator)

Degrees

  • Bachelor of Arts
  • Associates Degree
  • Associates Degree

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