Support Assistant
Resume:
Paula Marie Decker
**** **** ***., ** *****, MO *3144
Home Phone 314-***-****; Cell Phone 808-***-****
Email: aczhvu@r.postjobfree.com
Degrees:
**** ********** ********** ****** ** Law JD
Graduated in the top 15% of my class
1984 University of Missouri at St. Louis (UMSL) BSBA Graduated summa cum laude
Memberships:
1990 – present Hawaii State Bar Association (HSBA) *
1987 – present Missouri State Bar Association*
1987 – present American Bar Association (ABA)
* In good standing. Voluntarily inactive.
Employment:
July 2016-Present Position: Paralegal - Insurance Defense
Part-time (Independent Contract Basis)
Employer: Boggs, Avellino, Lach and Boggs
9326 Olive Blvd., Suite 200
St. Louis, MO 63132
Supervisors: Beth Boggs, Esq., Senior Partner
Ed Sapp, Senior Paralegal
Duties:
Reviewing, analyzing, organizing and summarizing discovery documents. Updating medical record summaries using Word.
1994 – 2012 Position: Legal Assistant – Full-time
Employer: Child Support Enforcement Agency (CSEA)
Department of the Attorney General, State of Hawaii
601 Kamokila, Blvd., Rm 251, Kapolei, HI 96707
Supervisors:
1994-2011, Keith Yamanaka, Esq.
2011 – 2012, Lynette Lau, Esq.
Duties:
Represented CSEA at administrative hearings to establish, modify or terminate current child support orders and to establish arrears and health insurance coverage.
Prepared hearing exhibits, generated Child Support Guidelines Worksheets, participated in pre-hearing negotiations and updated CSEA’s KEIKI computer system to reflect the terms of the Hearings Officer’s final order.
Prepared demand letters to escrow companies regarding release of child support liens for their clients.
Coordinated efforts with the State’s process server for personal service of proposed child support orders and updated service results using CSEA’s KEIKI computer system.
Drafted correspondence and other documents using Microsoft Word.
Reason for Leaving: Became a full time caretaker for my spouse. We subsequently returned to St. Louis, which is my hometown. Since returning, his condition has greatly improved. Thus, I have been able to return to work. I am currently working part-time as an independent contractor. However, I would now like to obtain a full-time, permanent position.
1993 – 1994 Position: Paralegal – Full-time, temporary
Employer: Cades, Schutte, Fleming and Wright
1000 Bishop St., Ste. 1200
Honolulu, HI 96813
Supervisor: Dennis Chong-Kee, Esq.
Duties: Reviewed and summarized discovery documents in preparation for litigation using Windows for Workgroups.
Reason for Leaving: Employment was temporary for the purposes of preparing one particular case for litigation. All employees hired explicitly for this case were let go when the case settled.
1987-1993** Positions: Attorney / Law clerk / Legal Intern (All full-time positions)
I worked for one St. Louis law firm and several Honolulu law firms. I also held a temporary law clerk position with the St. Louis County Circuit Court and a temporary legal intern position (during law school), with Laclede Gas Company.
Reason for Leaving: The positions with the Court and with Laclede Gas were temporary. There were various other reasons for leaving the other jobs, including higher pay, better hours/benefits or due to relocation.
** Further information regarding employment from 1987-1993 will be provided upon request.
Other skills:
Experience conducting research using West Law
Experience conducting research using internet search engines
Typing: 45 wpm
References:
Lynette Lau, Esq. Keith Yamanaka, Esq.
Administrator Assistant Administrator
Child Support Enforcement Agency Child Support Enforcement Agency
601 Kamokila Blvd., #251 601 Kamokila Blvd., #251
Kapolei, HI 96707 Kapolei, HI 96707
Kim Leonillo, Esq. Erin Sugita, Esq.
Hearings Officer Hearings Officer
Office of Child Support Hearings Office of Child Support Hearings
601 Kamokila Blvd., 4th Floor 601 Kamokila Blvd., 4th Floor
Kapolei, HI 96707 Kapolei, HI 96707
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