Paralegal

WORK EXPERIENCE

Corporate Paralegal August ****- Current

Cuyler & Tufts, LLP San Francisco, CA

●Telecommunications; Corporate Securities- Maintaining and updating corporate minute books, preparing meeting minutes from the Board and its committees, issuance of stock, working directly with clients on subsidiary formation and corporate governance/maintenance matters, SEC filings, assisting mergers and acquisitions, etc.

●Office Administrator- Created company website; provide office administrative support; go to person in the office for all major management tasks; frequently asked to find solutions to non-legal issues including: marketing information, customer solutions and customer supports; and main point of contact for external communications.

Law Clerk May 2015– August 2015

Superior Court of Los Angeles

●Courtroom assistant- Worked 400+ hours in a 3-month period in court room proceedings for high profile celebrity cases, major felonies, misdemeanors; Conducted meticulous legal research using WestLaw and LexisNexis.

●Assisted Honorable Judge Keith Schwartz in managing his court docket and managing parties seeking court intervention. Court tasks included: arraignment hearings, sentencing, and case management. Working with high stress and volatile pleading cases in jails/prisons for inmates deemed too hostile to appear in court.

Legal Secretary September 2014 – March 2015

Syntax Technical Computer Forensics San Francisco, CA

●Facilitated in administrative-office tasks by training junior interns, data entry, invoicing clients, etc.

●Directly assisted forensic specialist in business and financial investigations for large, corporate clients.

Legal Intern May 2013– August 2013

Elkhart County Prosecutor's Office/Sheriff’s Department Elkhart, IN

●Created graphics/visual displays to supplement evidence in jury trials; Made informational PowerPoints to serve as educational materials for use in police officer training; Independently hosted workshops on ‘Guidelines for Law Enforcement Response’ to police officers on how to handle sensitive crimes

CURRENT ACTIVITIES & VOLUNTEER WORK

Fashion Stylist The City Supply Co.

Volunteer Crisis Counselor Crisis Text Line

Victim Advocate/Counselor Bay Area Women Against Rape

Public Speaking Coach National Speech & Debate Association

Interpreter at Justice & Diversity Center The Bar Association of San Francisco

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations San Francisco State University (May 2016)

Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences University of California, Berkeley (December 2016)

Associate of Science degree in Social and Behavioral Sciences City College of San Francisco (2013)

California Notary Public License #20161121 National Notary Council (2016)

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