Liani Miriam Lyttle
*** ****** ***** . *******, ** 23669 . C: 305-***-**** .
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Work Experience:
****- ******* ******* & Associates Newport News, VA
Paralegal
? Assisted with Litigation Prepping
? Assisted in Jury Selections and Circuit Court trials
? I was the Paralegal in charge of all Guardian ad Litem, Traffic/ DUI,
Criminal both Retained and Court Appointed, Personal injury, Wills,
Custody, and Divorce both contested and uncontested.
? Maintained frequent contact with Court Clerks in Norfolk, Hampton,
Newport News, Gloucester, Williamsburg, Isle of Wright, and York.
? Requested all Summons and Affidavits of service from both the Court
and the Process Server
? Drafted all legal correspondence and pleadings; for example, Notices,
Interrogatories, Speedy trial Motion, Notice of Deposition, Motion to
Withdraw, Subpoenas, Motion for Continuance, Complaints and Answers,
Notice of Cancelation, Motion to Compel Discovery, recorded client
interviews, Waivers, Order of Publication, Depositions, Final Decrees,
Separation Agreements, Wills, Memos, client letters, ECT.
? Answered Multi Phone lines and scheduled appointments for all
attorneys.
? Maintained all billing on all billable cases
? Provided excellent customer service.
? I would maintain all client files updated and organized.
? Maintained hourly billing on all cases.
? Translated documents and consultations for Spanish clients
? Assisted with accounts payable.
2006- 2009 Nelson Alfaro P.A Miami, FL
Legal Secretary
? Drafted all court Motions, Notices, and all requested legal
documents (Notice of appearance, Speedy Trial Motion, Notice of
Deposition, Motion to withdraw, Subpoenas, Motion for
continuance, chapter 119, Notice of cancelation, motion to
compel discovery, recorded interviews, ECT.)
? Answered phones and scheduled appointments
? Planned business trips (hotels, rental cars, flights, ECT.)
? Accounts payable
? Filed all paper work in designated files
? Filed motions with the court house and scheduled all motions on
the court calendar
? Legal research
? Trained new Paralegals and Legal assistants
? Supervised and assigned cases to all private investigators
? Prepared Advertisement letters to mail on a daily basis
? Prepared checks for all office and court payments
? Scheduled all legal hearings
? Scheduled Depositions, scheduled court reporters and locations
for deposition
? Ordered office supplies
? Printed and mailed all client invoices
? Drafted all demands letters, Power of Attorney, and medical
record requests for personal injury case
? Drafted all office faxes, memorandums, e-mails
? Translate Client interviews and documents
? Gained experience in criminal, traffic, personal injury, and
federal law
2004-2006 World Relief Immigration Miami, FL
Legal Secretary
? Filled out all I-90
? Filled out all citizenship paper work
? Saw clients on a daily basis and helped answer any worry they had
? Filed all paper work
? Assisted with all application fill outs
Education:
2009 - 2011 Virginia College
Paralegal- Associates
? Dean's list September, 2009
2002- 2006 Miami Coral Park Senior High school Miami, FL
High school diploma
Special skills:
Extensive experience in using/ troubleshooting:
Quick Books
Pitney Bows Mailing machinery and software
Westlaw (legal research website)
Windows Vista/ XP/ NT/2000/98/953.1.1
Office 2007/2002/97 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook)
Adobe Reader
PACER
Pink Notes
Seminars/ Webinars:
Better Research on Westlaw: Basic Tips and Tricks- 2009
Westlaw certified 2009
Personal:
English: Native Spanish Speaking, writing, and reading: Excellent