Administrative Assistant High School

Brittney Coley

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Long Beach, CA 90813 **************@***.***

OBJECTIVE

Administrative Assistant with excellent office management and client

relation skills seeking a position within the legal field utilizing and

expanding my knowledge of legal terminology, general law and legal

proceedings, pertaining to the following case types:

Wills & Estates...Estate & Probate...Family

Law...Immigration...Bankruptcy...Criminal

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATONS

. Ability to deal with confidential plus sensitive information

. Exceptional writing and listening skills

. Great and professional communication skills

. Proficient in Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint

. Internet Research

. LexisNexis

. Mavis Beacon

EDUCATION

Charter College, Long Beach, CA Paralegal / Legal Assistant Diploma

Coursework:

- Legal Writing and Research: preparing office memorandums, legal

research using Lexis Nexus, hard copy Primary Authority, case briefs

- Estate and Probate: preparing wills living trust, petition for probate of

estate; durable power of attorney, and Trust Deed/Preliminary Change of

Ownership

- Contracts: preparing contracts (business sales agreement, third party

contracts research cases dealing with contracts law, breach of contract

complaint, torts; preparing a complaint, and answer to complaint

- Criminal Law: Human Trafficking Criminal Procedure/Evidence

- Business Law: preparing a California Corporation with Articles and

Bylaws, Reserve Corporation Name, and preparing a complete bankruptcy

Cabrillo High School HS Diploma

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Community Lawyers Administrative Assistant/

Paralegal 1/2010 - Present

. Assisted clients with the completion of forms for:

. Family Law: divorce, order for cause - child support modification, and

custody dispute

. Property/Real Estate: landlord/tenant eviction, answer to unlawful

detainer

. Utilized multi line system to answer and route calls to appropriate

parties

. Answer questions

. Scheduled appointments

. Developed a summer internship program for law students: created a

manual, guidelines, and daily schedule of activities for students

. Assisted attorney with caseload: prepare legal documents

Centro Shalom Paralegal (Externship)

9/2009 - 10/2009

. Responded to unlawful detainers

. family law: divorce, order to show cause, and child custody

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