Substance Abuse Mitigation Specialist
Resume:
TONUIA SANDERS
Houston, TX 77082
************@*****.***
EDUCATION:
Western Michigan University
Center for Advanced Legal Studies
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Records Specialist July 2016 - Present
Sanders Record Collection Services
• Collecting social records of clients and family members for the construction of a social history.
• Digest and analyze information received chronologically
• Collection of public records
Mitigation Specialist June 2013- June 2016
Citadel Investigation Services
• Interviewing client, family friends and their witness for purpose of preparing social history.
• Collecting and evaluating birth, school, social welfare, employment, jail, employment, medical and other records of clients and family members for the construction of a social history.
• Investigating and researching issues related to substance abuse history and mental illness.
• Working with client’s family and community in the development of other favorable evidence for the Client during the punishment phase of a capital trial.
• Analyzing information gathered in investigation to determine potential expert witness consultations. Mitigation Specialist October 2010 – May 2013
Gulf Region Advocacy Center (GRACE), Houston, TX
• Interviewing client, family friends and their witness for purpose of preparing social history.
• Collecting and evaluating birth, school, social welfare, employment, jail, employment, medical and other records of clients and family members for the construction of a social history.
• Investigating and researching issues related to substance abuse history and mental illness.
• Working with client’s family and community in the development of other favorable evidence for the Client during the punishment phase of a capital trial.
• Analyzing information gathered in investigation to determine potential expert witness consultations. TRAINING:
Relevant Trainings Attended:
• Capital Case Litigators Initiative, (BYOC) February 5, 2014 – February 7,2014 Houston, TX
• NACDL Webinar Engaging with Victims and Survivors November 2013
• NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund 33rd Annual Capital Punishment Training Conference, July 12- 15, 2012 Warrenton, VA
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• 9th National Seminar on the Development and Integration of Mitigation Evidence: April 26-29. 2012 Atlanta, Georgia
• The Gulf Region Advocacy Center In-house Training on Mitigation Skill April 2-4, 2012, Houston, TX
• NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund 32nd Annual Capital Punishment Training Conference, July 7-10. 2011, Warrenton, VA
• 8th National Seminar on The Development and Integration of Mitigation Evidence: Mitigation Narratives, March31st- April 3rd 2011 Chicago, IL.
• Investigation and Mitigation Development Training, New Orleans, LA January 13-16th 2011
• Federal Death Penalty Strategy Session November 11-13 2010 Austin, TX
• The Gulf Region Advocacy Center Mitigation Boot Camp, October 1-4, 2010 Houston, TX
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