Office Manager

Vivien Rodriguez-Espada

ADDRESS **** ** *** **. *****, FL.

33176

Phone: (305) 810-

**** [Home]

E-mail:

*******@***.***

PROFILE

. Licensed to practice since 1977 in Florida and Puerto Rico

. Admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States and

All Federal Courts in 1979

AFFILIATIONS

. America Bar Association

. Florida Bar Association

. Puerto Rico Bar Association

EXPERIENCE

2008-Present The Bead Boutique

Miami,, FL

Position: Part Time Assistant Manager

. Teaching beading techniques

. Sales

. Fixing Jewelry

. Assisting with inventory

2000-2002 International Law Group Miami

Beach, FL

Position: Associate Immigration Attorney

. Interviewing clients

. Counseling clients on rights and options

. Preparing cases (documentation)

. Going to court for hearings on Deportation Cases

Reasons for Leaving:

The partners closed their office and were moving back to Washington D.C.

The office in Miami was to be temporary.

1988-2000

The first 4 of these years I was in London, England. I later traveled

extensively with my husband. After coming back home to the United States, I

became a stay at home mother, and home schooled my daughter for a number of

years.

1984-1988 Vivien R. Espada Law Office Ft.

Lauderdale, FL

Position: Sole Law Practitioner (General Practice)

. Interviewing Clients

. Preparing documentation for court/contracts

. Going to court on my clients' behalf and representing them in hearings

and non-jury trials

. Family Law

. Some criminal Law Practice

. Wills and Contracts

. Some Immigration work

. Some defense malpractice cases sent to me by Gibbs, Kirsh & Zei Law

Firm.

Reasons for Leaving:

I closed the office due to the fact that I married and my husband was

working in the U.K. I moved to London as soon as the closing of my office

was final and all the cases were closed.

1979-1984 Law Offices of Gibbs, Kirsh & Zei P.A. Ft.

Lauderdale, FL

Position: Associate Law Practitioner

. Defense Malpractice

. Contracts

. Administrative work for N. Broward Hospital District

. Family Law

. Criminal law practice when there were two defendants in the same

criminal transaction and where they were both to be represented by the

State but a conflict on interest emerged. Then Judge Stanton Kaplan

would refer one of the defendants to my office

. Interviewed clients advised them of their rights and obligations under

the law and took their cases and represented them

. Interviewed witnesses, propounded and responded to interrogatories,

briefed interlocutory motions, filed requested conclusions in non-jury

cases

. Took depositions traveling sometimes out of the State of Florida to

get Expert Medical Witnesses for our cases

. Consulted with and prepared the expert witnesses based on the

definition of the issues and facts

. Examined and cross-examined all types of fact witnesses and expert

witnesses from the medical field

. Designed a complete set of interrogatories for Family Law Practice

Cases that were to be used by the whole office

. Designed a Client Interview Sheet

Reasons for Leaving:

To open my own law office. I continued doing some hospital work for the

North Broward Hospital District after I opened my own practice.

EDUCATION

1975-1978 Catholic University of Puerto Rico

Ponce, Puerto Rico

. Juris Doctor Law Degree

. 3.3 G.P.A.

1971-1975 Catholic University of Puerto Rico Ponce, Puerto

Rico

. Bachelors of Arts (B.A)

. Political Science Major

. Deans Honor List /Graduated with Honors

SKILLS Fluent in Spanish, some French, Microsoft Office, Drafting

Contracts

REFERENCES

. Rosa Maria Sanchez- 3119 SW 139 Ct. Miami, Florida (33175)-(305) 559-

0539

. Cristina Diez- 7561 SW. 122 Ct. Miami, Florida (33183)-786-***-****

. Victoria Ibanez- 9080 SW. 140 St. Miami, Florida (33176)-(305) 238-

7872

. Hon. Judge Stanton Kaplan- Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Courthouse (954)

357-7791

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