Paralegal & JD Candidate

Kyle Wickers

720-***-**** // ************@*****.***

***** ***** ****** **** *, Northglenn, CO 80234

EDUCATION: Lewis & Clark Law School – Portland, OR Aug. 2023 – March 2024 CLASSES TAKEN

Legal Writing Legal Research Criminal Procedure

Civil Procedure Torts Constitutional Law

Contracts (B-) Foundations of Practice

University of Colorado Boulder – Boulder, CO

Degree: Bachelor’s Degree GPA: 3.63

Major: Political Science Dates Attended: August 2016 - May 2020 HONORS AND LEADERSHIP:

Team Captain – Mock Trial Traveling Team at CU Boulder (2019-2020)

• Helped lead CU Boulder’s traveling mock trial team in practice and competition. Academic Mentor – Mentor Collective (2019)

• Mentored three freshman students in academics and adjustment to college life, meeting once a week with each. Student Representative – CU in DC (2019)

• Achieved acceptance to a program based on academic merit and individual employment in a D.C. internship. Member – Phi Alpha Delta (2018-2019)

• Participated in the university’s pre-law fraternity by attending weekly meetings with guest speakers. EXPERIENCE: LAW CLERK – Social Media Victims Law Center (Contractor) Jan. 2024 – Feb. 2024 Left voluntarily to address family emergency back in Colorado.

• Performed client intake across three active cases.

• Drafted legal memorandum, performed legal research using Westlaw, and created bluebook citations. SENIOR PARALEGAL - U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division (Contractor) Oct. 2022 – Jul. 2023 National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (PROMOTED)

• Reported to Eun Young Choi, chief of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team.

• Provided general litigation support for the unit chief and deputies as one of only two paralegals assigned to this team.

• Performed complex eDiscovery tasks using Relativity and other litigation software.

• Managed the intake of case evidence and productions across multiple active cryptocurrency criminal cases. PARALEGAL – U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division (Contractor) Jul. 2021 – Oct. 2022 Fraud Section

• Handled trial preparation in-person and remotely for the ARPO Strike Forces in Los Angeles, Brooklyn, and Chicago.

• Provided in-courtroom support during trials including USA v Harold Bendelstein and USA v Irina Sadovsky. Completed most of my 1L year and then had to leave school and my clerkship to attend to a family emergency. I plan to remain in Colorado for the next several years and I will complete law school by 2030.

• Organized discovery materials, performed redactions, and managed incoming/outgoing evidence productions.

• Wrote multiple subpoenas each day and provided them to FBI case agents to be served; tracked proofs of service.

• Assisted in international investigations to assess potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, including legal and factual research, analyzing data and evidence, and managing discovery.

• Performed complex legal research using LexisNexis and Westlaw to identify new case leads for the FCPA chiefs weekly.

• Managed requests for evidence production across 15 active cases.

• Took notes for attorneys as close to verbatim as possible in lengthy proffer sessions with defense. DEPUTY POLITICAL DIRECTOR – Davis for L.G. (Lt. Governor Political Campaign) Jan. 2021 – May 2021

• Hired, trained, and individually supervised 50 political interns.

• Managed campaign field operations in coordination with the political director.

• Managed our campaign’s presence at various political events all over Virginia.

• Spoke at political forums on behalf of our candidate. INTERN COORDINATOR – Gade for Virginia (U.S. Senate Political Campaign)

• Supervised 100 political interns.

• Managed all in-person and remote canvassing operations.

• Responsible for contacting over one million voters in four months.

• Designed instructional materials and trained canvassers. May 2020 – Nov. 2020

PUBLIC POLICY INTERN – Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

• Performed legal and policy research for the Policy Counsel Erinn Martin.

• Drafted policy proposals aimed at reducing recidivism.

• Provided general administrative support to the policy team.

• Attended congressional hearings and relayed back notes.

• Helped with travel plans for upper-level management staff. June 2019 – Aug. 2019

SENATE INTERN – Colorado General Assembly/Office of Senator Kerry Donovan

• Provided constituent services and tracked bills using a database.

• Scheduled meetings and drafted correspondence.

• Wrote memos, fact sheets, and talking points.

• First responder to constituents in-person and by phone. Jan. 2019 – May 2019

SKILLS: LexisNexis (Lexis+) – Legal Research

• Searching secondary materials

• Advanced searching of case law

• Assigning proper jurisdiction(s)

Relativity – eDiscovery

• Performing complex database searches

• Entering evidence

• Creating productions and review batches

Westlaw – Legal Research

• Searching secondary materials

• Advanced searching of case law

• Assigning proper jurisdiction(s)

FileVine – Case Document Management

• Completing client intake and forms

• Managing case files

• Communicating with clients & team members

Trial Experience – DOJ Federal Criminal

• Created all trial binders

• Stamped and ordered all exhibits

• Trained in TrialDirector

Legal Writing & Bluebook Citation

• Drafting legal memorandum

• Completing all bluebook citations

based on jurisdiction

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