CARL MITCHELL

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Use my wide-ranging experience and legal expertise improving speed, accuracy and workflow

at any law firm where I work

Professional Experience

USILaw, Potomac, MD January 2017

Present

- Temporary Paralegal

Temporary position providing immigration documentation support through mid April 2017

The Law Offices of Dale Jensen, PLC, Staunton, VA May 2016 February 2017

- Paralegal

Paralegal support experience with law office on criminal and intellectual property matters

Evaluating lower court transcripts for legal arguments in potential appeals

Drafting appeals briefs combining trial issues with on-point cases in Lexis/Nexis

Finalizing and filing US Supreme Court habeas corpus and writ of certiorari pleadings

Logging, intake evaluation and preparation of client files for post-conviction relief inquiries

Developing case number system and shifting paper legacy files to Citrix ShareFile cloud storage

Self-Employed, Manassas, VA September 2011 May 2016

- Novelist and Author

Novel, The Living Dream, and memoir How Did I Get Here? of Soviet nations in a chaotic period

US Agency for International Development, Washington, DC July 2008 September 2011

- Africa Water Team Leader

Structured, staffed and managed eight-person team addressing water & sanitation needs in Africa

Procured & managed a $7 million Sustainable Water & Sanitation for Africa contract

US Agency for International Development, Washington, DC April 2005 July 2008

- Senior Environmental Advisor/Water Policy Reform Expert

Designed and managing the $4 million Balkans Infrastructure Reform & Finance (IRF) Project

USAID Administrators Implementation Award: extraordinary accomplishment in creating and

implementing innovative infrastructure financing in the Balkans

US Agency for International Development, Washington, DC September 1998 April 2005

- Senior Environmental Officer/Infrastructure Finance Advisor

Built partnership with the World Environment Center promoting sales of industrial reform and cleaner

production solutions pioneered by US corporations

Created and managed the $9 million Balkans Regional Infrastructure Program; facilitated over $300

million of investment and construction via engineering and financial preparation

Meritorious Honor Award: pioneering creation of a Balkans Infrastructure Development Facility

Education

Paralegal Certification. Adams State University, Golden, CO

Master of Urban Planning, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Bachelor of Science, Biology. Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

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