Multilingual Legal Assistant

SAMUEL J. BUCHANAN

Atlanta, GA • 323-***-**** • adjmmt@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

MOREHOUSE COLLEGE, Atlanta, GA May 2017

Bachelor of Arts in Spanish with Highest Distinctions, Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude

• Full-tuition merit scholarship recipient

• Top Ranking Scholar in Modern Foreign Languages Department

• Dean’s List; Honors Program; Sigma Delta Pi (Hispanic Honor Society); President, Spanish Club UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW SCHOOL, New York, NY Summer 2017 Certificate of Completion, Global Institute of Human Rights Fellow

• Presented mock proposal on racial equity to United Nations personnel

• Instructed by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom attorneys LA UNIVERSIDAD VERITAS, San José, Costa Rica Fall 2015 Certificate of Completion, American Institute for Foreign Studies

• Select Courses: Business Spanish, Human Rights in Latin America, Law EXPERIENCE

MORGAN & MORGAN LAW OFFICE, Atlanta, Georgia June 2020 – Present Litigation Legal Assistant

• Provide quality customer service during monitored phone screenings with 50-100 clients daily

• Address client concerns and needs for their cases such as scheduling appointments, offering financial resources etc.

• Employ problem solving skills and deescalated problems of upset and grieving clients in highly stressful circumstances

• Draft legal documents, emails and pay statements concerning client’s medical and legal needs AMAZON, Atlanta, Georgia June 2019 - Dec 2019

Data Associate

• Extended for 2x traditional 3-month assignment based on business demand & performance review

• Analyzed data for future Amazon product that will disrupt the tech industry for AI & generate millions of dollars in revenue

• Calibrated with 100+ associates across North America that report to 10 stakeholders to increase the amount of on-time go- lives

• Collected, synthesized & delivered 250+ reports of data to product developers to improve the performance of the product U.S. CUSTOMS & BORDER PROTECTION, Atlanta, Georgia Jan 2019 – June 2019 Spanish Interpreter

• Served as an interpreter and customer service agent for Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking & Japanese-speaking travelers

• Translated and interpreted in real time documents and cases for legal matters related to immigration according to federal laws

• Assisted 40+ United States Customs & Border Protection officers at the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport

• Performed crowd control and crisis management for over 4,000 passengers from daily international flights JAPAN EXCHANGE & TEACHING (JET) PROGRAMME, Sendai, Japan July 2017 – July 2018 Teaching Fellow

• Awarded 1st place in an English-teaching competition in a prefecture-wide seminar for English Teachers in Northern Japan

• Selected as 1 of the 1000 participants out of 4000+ applicants from 57 countries for the Japan Exchange Teaching Programme

• Trained 11+ Japanese English Teachers from the Sendai City Board of Education as an English language consultant

• Led English & cultural awareness lessons to 900+ students for international travel & working in English-speaking countries PERSONAL

• Former Founding Atlanta Chapter Co-Lead, Out in Tech (Aug 2019 – March 2020)

• Spanish – Complete fluency, interpretation and teaching experience

• Portuguese – Limited working proficiency, weekly lessons and professional use

• Japanese – Limited working proficiency, cultural and professional immersion

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