Paralegal

Anamaria Crane

**** ******** ***** **. ● Cumming, GA 30028

770-***-**** ● *************@*****.***

PARALEGAL

Paralegal with over twenty years of success in collaborating with all levels of national and international legal teams to provide legal and paralegal strategy, tactics, and thought leadership. Provides direction, operational support and change management expertise while expertly managing caseloads and document retention. Executes legal plans aligned with forward-thinking business strategies, recruiting key talent while retaining critical staff members to ensure team efficiency, client satisfaction and justice. A bilingual Notary Public with dual citizenship, seeking a paralegal position with a firm who values accuracy, efficiency, and grace under pressure.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Family Law ● Document Retention ● Immigration ● Law International Law ● Torts

Legal Policies and Procedures ● Discovery & Trial ● Naturalization & Family Petitions ● LexisNexis

Contract Drafting ● International Advanced Negotiations

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Perrotta, Cahn & Prieto, P.C., Cartersville, GA 08/2008 – Present

Paralegal

Oversaw the support of attorneys in trial before Federal Court, prepared and drafted pleadings for domestic cases, and provided notary public services as required by attorneys and clients. Interpreted in English and Spanish, as required by attorneys and clients, and served as liaison with County clerk’s office, attorneys, government entities and judges.

Key Accomplishments:

Managed preparation of civil and domestic cases: drafted petitions, answers, counterclaims, discovery, and trial before Superior Court

Successfully drafted petitions, answers and pleadings for Magistrate, Probate, and Municipal courts.

Ken Lawson Law, Chattanooga, TN & Dalton, GA 02/2014 – 07/2015

Immigration Paralegal

Corporate team member solely responsible for intake immigration information, opening immigration files, preparing forms (I-130, I-765, I-485, N-400) petitions for relatives, naturalization, humanitarian visas and asylum. Manages screenings and interviews with Hispanic clientele and translates in various dialects of Spanish.

Key Accomplishments:

Collaborated on the preparation of immigration court (TN & GA)

Serves as primary liaison with County clerk’s office and attorneys, clients, and/or judges.

GE Energy, Atlanta, GA 01/2012 – 04/2012

Internship

Key Projects:

Intellectual Property (Trade Secrets)

Document Retention (Standardization of retention of documents)

Debt Collection (UCC Art. 9 and the FCDA applicable to GE)

Search and Seizure of Employees

Translations of letters and Security Product Bulletin for Latin American countries

Kaplan & Seifter, Marietta, GA 01/2007 – 03/2008

Legal Assistant

Legal Assistant responsible for the preparation of plaintiff’s personal injury claims, answers, counterclaims, discovery, and trial before Superior Court. Created, imported, indexed, tracked, and scanned files daily.

Key Accomplishments:

Collaborated on preparation of discovery and trial

Provided notary public services and interpreted in English and Spanish as required by attorneys/clients

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EXPERIENCE CONTINUED

Vaughn & Evans, LLC. Cartersville, GA 01/2004 – 01/2006

Paralegal

Paralegal solely responsible for intake immigration information, opening immigration files, preparing forms, petitions for relatives, naturalization, labor certificates, and asylum.

Key Accomplishments:

Collaborated on the preparation of criminal motions and interviewed clients in custody, and collaborated on preparation of discovery in commercial and civil cases

Successfully worked in domestic law, drafting divorce complaints, petitions for custody, and child support documents

PRIOR EXPERIENCE

Chamber of Commerce of Ibague, Colombia, South America 07/1998 – 07/2002

Judicial Director

University of Ibague, Colombia, South America 07/1998 – 11/2002

Professor

Government of State of Tolima Colombia, South America 11/1995 – 06/1998

Legal Counsel

Gomez & Davila, LTDA. Colombia, South America 09/1994 – 08/1995

Junior Associate

EDUCATION

Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, GA

Masters of Law (GPA 3.2/4.0)

University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

Master in International Private Law (GPA 3.5/4.0)

Universidad de Ibague – Universidad of Salamanca, Colombia, South America

Masters in Commercial Law (GPA 3.5/4.0)

University of La Sabana, Colombia, South America

Law Degree (GPA 4.14/5.0)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

LLM. Society, Emory School of Law

LALSA (Latin American Law Students Association), Emory School of Law

Emory Alumni Association, Emory School of Law

CERTIFICATIONS

LexisNexis: Professional Research Certification

Notary Public

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