Microsoft Office Paralegal

BINDIYA STEPHANIE SUKHOO

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PROFILE

A graduate of the Paralegal Studies major at Keiser University and current student for Legal Studies. Over 2 years in experience with litigation.

EXPERIENCE

PARALEGAL (TEMP), CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP

MANHATTAN, NY JUNE 2016- PRESENT

Corporate Law/Banking/Litigation: Assisting litigation team with document processing (over 10,000 docs per week), blue booking, cite checking, legal research on Westlaw, Concordance and Relativity Databases,

PARALEGAL, HOSKINS, TURCO, LLYOD & LLYOD

PORT SAINT LUCIE, FL MAY 2016-JUNE 2016

Social Security Disability Law/Personal Injury/Bankruptcy/Litigation: Organized and maintained documents in a paper or electronic filing system, gathered and arranged evidence and other legal documents for attorney review and case preparation, wrote reports to help lawyers prepare for trials, drafted correspondence and legal documents, such as contracts, pleadings, schedules, and complaints, helped lawyers during trials by handling exhibits, taking notes, or reviewing trial transcripts, file exhibits, briefs, appeals and other legal documents with the court or opposing counsel, called clients, witnesses, other lawyers, and outside vendors to schedule interviews, meetings, and depositions

PARALEGAL SPECIALIST, STATE OF FLORIDA DCF

FT PIERCE, FL FEB 2015- MAY 2016

Dependency Law/Pre-Litigation/Litigation: Conducted Research, collected and analyzed evidence, maintained 500+ files, analyzed legal materials for upcoming trials, handled discovery materials

INTERN, PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE

FT PIERCE, FL JAN 2015-FEB 2015

Criminal Law/Misdemeanors: Conducted legal research via Westlaw, office administration, organization/filing, trained on STAC program

EDUCATION

2015- PRESENT KEISER UNIVERSITY, PORT SAINT LUCIE, FL

BACHELORS OF ARTS IN LEGAL STUDIES GPA 3.87

**GRADUATING AUGUST 2016**

2013-2014 KEISER UNIVERSITY, PORT SAINT LUCIE, FL ASSOCIATE OF ARTS IN PARALEGAL STUDIES GPA 3.75

**GRADUATED WITH HONORS & LEADERSHIP DISTINCTION**

SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

Legal Research and Writing

Litigation

Contracts

Real Property, Criminal Law, Civil Litigation, Family Law

Administrative duties such as: fax, computer, copy machine, scanner

Proficient in all Microsoft Office applications

75 Words Per Minute

Notary Public Exp: 10/2018

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