Real Estate Health Care
Resume:
Gena V. Quarles
Powder Springs, Georgia 30127
Home: 678-***-****: Cell 770-***-****: ****.*******@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Motivated professional with over 20 years of military, law enforcement, information technology,
and administrative experience is seeking Paralegal position.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Legal Studies 2013
Kaplan University
GPA 3.66 - Cum Laude
Associate of Applied Science in Paralegal Studies 2011
Kaplan University
GPA 3.92 - Summa Cum Laude
MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS
Georgia Association of Paralegals
National Federation of Paralegal Association
COURSEWORK
Legal Ethics: knowledge of duties and responsibilities regarding the ethical conduct of the
paralegal to include canons, codes of ethics, ethical and procedural practices in a law office,
licensing and certification.
College Comp I- II for Legal Studies Majors: communicated effectively using various writing
styles, applied research and critical thinking skills to develop effective arguments, created
professional writings, incorporated post draft revision strategies.
Legal Analysis and Writing: summarized statutes and regulations, analyzed the component parts
of written opinions of appellate judges through briefing, identified the legal issues in a fact pattern,
and applied the reasoning of relevant legal authorities to a fact pattern, analyzed and synthesized
legal authorities, drafted correspondence, responses, memoranda, contracts, and other agreements.
Legal Research: performed legal research to find primary and secondary laws, statues, ordinances,
state laws, case law, and constitutional law.
Civil Litigation: knowledge and understanding of civil law process, rights, and procedures,
gathered facts for investigation, case management and strategy, identified jurisdiction, prepared
pleadings, motions, and discovery.
Legal Technology: utilized word processors, spreadsheets, databases, document-assembly
programs, case management, time and billing, calendaring, electronic communications, and created
presentations.
Health Law Survey: knowledge of the legal issues associated with the health care delivery system,
health care providers, and the regulation of health care to include: licensing, quality control,
patient/professional relationships, health care organizations, regulatory aspects of health care, and
liability of health care professionals and institutions.
Real Estate Law: familiarity with procedures and documentation of real estate transactions, issues
and functions within the field of real estate law, including ethics, types of ownership, use,
possession, mortgages, financing, taxation, closings, and litigation.
Constitutional Law: knowledge of constitutional law’s historical development of legal principles,
philosophical foundations, legal principles, trends in constitutional law, current issues in
development of law and the balance between bureaucracy and democracy in a free society.
Social Security Disability Law: familiarity of representing a claimant before the Social Security
Administration for benefits under Title II (Disability Insurance Benefits), five-step sequential
evaluation process and an understanding of the steps used to qualify a claimant at each step, ethics,
representation requirements, administrative structure, processes, and activities encountered in the
social security disability claims process.
Employment Law: knowledge of current legal issues in the area of employer/ employee relations,
selection, discrimination, privacy, termination, federal rules and legislation related to employment.
Law Office Management: designed and planned law office, prepared mission statement, created
goals for law office, applied management skills, created procedural manual, managed budget, and
identified torts.
WORK EXPERIENCE
PepsiCo, Atlanta, GA 2003 - 2012
Federal Express, Atlanta, GA 2002 - 2003
Washington Mutual, Powder Springs, GA 2002 - 2002
SKILLS
Microsoft Office 7
LexisNexis
Westlaw
SmartDraw
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