Assistant Administrative

Paralegal -Foreign Attorney

Paralegal with foreign law degree background searching for position that

will give me the opportunity to utilize my research skills and

organizational abilities for advancement and long term growth.

COMPUTER SKILLS

.Word .Excel .PowerPoint .Outlook

.Summation Westlaw

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

SUMMARY Solid academic background in law, including foreign JD and Master

Degree with emphasis in Economic Law and International Trade, graduated

with a Thesis in Securities Law and a second thesis related to Consumer

Law.

EXPERTISE Ability to analyze legal issues and systematically perform legal

research that results in sound conclusions. Collaborative team Player that

is willing to offer assistance and has the ability to gain support from

other team members.

TECHNOLOGY SAVY Highly organized, with the ability to work in a virtual

environment, able to adapt to new formats of information technology, and

willing to implement new programs

COMUNICATION Ability to communicate effectively with coworkers and diverse

group of individuals. Fluent in English and Spanish with knowledge of

legal vocabulary, basic understanding of written French.

WORK STYLE Proactive, with strong initiative and leadership skills, good

work ethic, and follow up skills, focused on achieving desired results.

PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE

Florida Office of the Attorney General 2007 to

Date

Paralegal Specialist

Currently my Paralegal duties include legal research on Westlaw and

information seeking on the internet, draft settlement agreements, consent

judgments, cost share agreements, legal memorandums, legal research

reports, spreadsheets, discovery reports, draft interrogatories, quarterly

reports, and respond to public records requests. Additional administrative

duties that I have performed include resolving and responding to consumer

complaints, maintaining unit calendar, prepare travel agendas, time

keeping, reception coverage, filing, processing invoices, preparing expense

reports, data entry, creating office procedure manuals, setting up video

conference, time tracking, draft correspondence, assist human resources

with hiring process. Finally I am the person on point when it comes to

training investigators, staff assistants, and ops employees that join our

unit on the use of the office programs and procedures.

Nokia, Inc. 2006-2007

Legal Administrative Assistant

I was responsible for routinely managing and updating all contracts into

"LEO" NOKIA's international computer database tool. I also merged and

improved the company sponsored access database of contracts. In addition I

performed administrative tasks such as; managing calendars, organizing

meetings travel, processing invoices, filing, correspondence, etc. Working

in a Virtual Legal Team environment, I was responsible for implementing the

use of efficient technology tools to update conference call notes, reports

and training sessions.

State Attorney's Office, SINALEVI CR 2005-

2006

Assistant Attorney General

My main responsibility was to digitalize laws into SINALEVI database making

sure all reforms and links to other laws were recorded correctly in the

system. In support of these duties I also performed legal research on

SINALEVI database, historic law book collections, gazettes, congress files,

and Costa Rica National Library archival materials of historic value. When

necessary I also assisted the public, students and attorneys with legal

research by directing them face to face, or via telephone on the use of

SINALEVI database and equipment.

State Attorney's Office, Area of Public Law, CR

2003-2006

Assistant Attorney General

My main responsibility was to litigate high profile cases under the

supervision of a Senior Attorney General, basically I drafted responses to

complaints, drafted several legal opinions, conducted great amount legal

research, wrote correspondence related to litigation cases, and updated

case status on in-house case database.

University of Costa Rica, Law School

2003

Professor

I was a Professor for one semester for the course "Legal Research and

Investigation Systems".

Ministry of Public Security, Costa Rica 2001-

2003

Instructor

My main responsibility was to perform as Legal Instructor for Citizens

Crime Watch program. I also created and revised official security guides

covering legal matters for various communities. In addition I was part of

a Team that initiated the Commercial Crime Watch Program for businesses,

with two other coworkers a Police Officer and a Criminal Investigator, we

created the manuals and launched this program and t it became a program

instructed by other police officers, investigators and attorneys

nationwide.

Buffet Espinach Law Office, CR

2001

Legal Assistant

My main responsibility was to provide legal support to the office, handled

initiation of case, composed client's correspondence, categorized and

maintained files, went to court to follow up on case status, visited

various government offices to obtain documents pertinent to cases, and

maintained office appointment schedule.

Phillip Brutus, Law Office, Miami, Florida

2000

Legal Secretary

Composed client's correspondence, coordinated court hearings and scheduled

meetings with court reporters, also served as a backup for reception.

Ministry of Public Security, Costa Rica 1997-

1998

Case Manager

My main responsibility was to conduct hearings for Inside Affairs

disciplinary actions against Police Officers, and drafting resolution of

these cases.

University of Costa Rica

1994

Assistant to Dean

Assistant to Maria Antonieta Saenz Elizondo, Director and Professor for the

Civil Procedure Cathedra. As part of my duties I was assigned a Legal

Research Project to pull all rulings of the Constitutional and Civil

Supreme Courts of Costa Rica that were related to the concept of "Due

Process in Civil Procedure".

State Attorney's Office, SINALEVI Costa Rica June 1993-August 25

1994

Legal Intern

During my one year internship my main responsibility was cataloging Legal

Opinions by specific legal descriptors to be input in SINALEVI database.

In addition I was assigned a Legal Research Project to locate the historic

very first Constitutional Judgments ruled by the Superior Courts of Costa

Rica which were published in old gazettes.

EDUCATION

Universidad Estatal a Distancia, CR

April 2, 2004

Master in Economic Law and International Trade.

Universidad Estatal a Distancia, CR

April 2, 2004

Graduated with Honors with average grade of 9.23

University of Costa Rica March

18, 1999

Foreign J.D. (accredited by the Academic Credentials Evaluation Institute,

Inc (ACEI).

Direccion Nacional de Notariado August

6, 1999

Notary Public

University of Costa Rica February

4, 1999

Notary Public

Florida International University, Legal Assistant Program

Criminal Law

Fall 2008

Trial Techniques Summer 2008

Family Law Summer 2008

Civil Procedure Summer 2007

Legal Writing Spring

2007

Legal Research Summer 2000

U.S. Legal System Spring

2000

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Twenty years of interpersonal relations in the legal environment,

communicating with law professors, classmates, co-workers, judicial

employees, and private attorneys, with over 10 years of experience working

in the legal field.

Ten years experience on foreign and international research, such as IACHR,

and search for Latin America laws of which some share similar systems to

the SINALEVI database.

Drafting of various Legal Opinions for example OJ-066-2004 del 2 de Junio

del 2004, Legal Data Entry on www.pgr.go.cr/scij "Costa Rican Legal

Information System".

Created a collection on SINALEVI of all the Judicial Cooperation laws,

treaties, and legal opinions approved by Costa Rica.

Created a collection on SINALEVI of all the Anti-Terrorism laws, Legal

Opinions, and jurisprudence approved by Costa Rica.

Wrote thesis "La Natruraleza Juridica de las Calificadoras de Riesgo" to

Licensed as an Attorney

http://www.sinabi.go.cr/Default.aspx?tipo=catalogo&campo=autor&expresion=Cas

cante%20Avil%2C3%A9s,%20Helvetia

Wrote thesis "Disciplina del Credito Bancario y Defensa del Consumidor"

http://www.uned.ac.cr/posgrados/recursos/invMaeDerEco.shtml

2010 Davis Productivity Award

MEMBERSHIPS

Costa Rica BAR December 15, 1998

COURSES & SEMINARS

U.S. Employment Law for Non - U.S. Attorneys April 22,

2011

CT Summation Boot Camp February 25, 2009

Citizens and the Administration September 23,

2005

Law against corruption and antibribary January

20, 2005

Antitrust Law November 10,

2004

General Document Writing November 24,

2004

Free Trade Agreement February 26, 2004

Planning and didactic techniques May 5,

2003

Citizens Crime Watch Instructor November 27,

2002

A new model of citizen security October

31, 2001

Sexual Offenses of Minors', the Police's role

September 13, 2001

Drug Prevention in Communities June 26,

2001

Citizens Security and Criminal Justice

March 24, 1999

Concept and Navigation on the Internet February

16, 1996

Rent Law February 16, 1996

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