paralegal craftsman resume example with 19+ years of experience
JessicaClaire
Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA94105(555) 432-1000, resumesample@example.com
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
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
08/2010 to CurrentParalegal CraftsmanScott Air Force Base Legal Office | City, STATE,
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.
05/2008 to 07/2010Noncommissioned Officer in Charge of General Law (mid-level military manager)Buckley Air Force Base Legal Office | City, STATE,
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.
2006 to 04/2008Noncommissioned Officer in Charge of Relocations (Human Resource Manager/Specialist)Buckley Air Force Base Military Personnel Flight | City, STATE,
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.
2002 to 11/2006Personnelist (Human Resource Administrator)Kirtland Air Force Base Military Personnel Flight | City, STATE,
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.
Education
Expected in 5 2014 to to Bachelor of Arts | HistoryUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON, Madison, WiGPA: 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.
Expected in 5 2014 to to Associates Degree | Paralegal StudiesCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF THE AIR FORCE, Montgomery, ALGPA: Status -
Expected in 10 2006 to to Associates Degree | Human Resources ManagementCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF THE AIR FORCE, Montgomery , ALGPA: Status -
Skills
Proficient with Microsoft Office programs and legal research tools
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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)