JOEL REIMER

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Seattle, WA *8178

253-***-****

Email: adn9gd@r.postjobfree.com

PROFIILE

Qualified Paralegal and Business Management with a diploma in Paralegal Studies, education in Business and Administrative management and Specialty Diploma (w/Honors) in Civil Litigation from Ashworth College. Education includes Courses on Legal Analysis, Legal Interviewing, Investigations and Evidence, Law Office & Business Management, and Legal Research/Writing. Experience includes filing and litigating a history-making injunction as it relates to civil commitment proceedings in the State of Washington and founding a non-profit that provided resources and literature for incarcerated individuals and their families/support groups. Educated in a variety of Business related skills and legal principals, including constitutional, criminal, and tort law.

PROFESSIONAL GOALS

I would be extremely happy to work as a paralegal as I am truly passionate about the legal profession and about researching, investigating and writing. While I enjoy Criminal, Civil, Constitutional, Writ and Tort Law, and while I am very passionate about working in the legal filed, I also want to continue working with lawyers in civil commitment laws and I also want to be part of successful reintegration of offenders back into society.

EDUCATION

ASHWORTH CALLEGE IN NOCROSS GEORGIA 1993-1994:

Paralegal Studies W/ Specialty in Civil Litigating. General Paralegal course work, with special focus in civil law. Courses completed that support this goal included Legal Analysis, Legal Interviewing, Investigations and Evidence, Law Office Management and Legal Research/Writing.

EXPERIENCE

Paralegal 1999-2007:

Created Inventory of books and legal periodicals; managed and disseminated incoming and new materials; aided users with locating relevant law resources, and; assisted with Sheppardizing cases and laws.

Law Librarian Steilacoom, WA

McNeil Island Correctional Facility 1999-2004

Managed the checking in and out of law books

Assisted residents with finding relevant law resources

Created a library inventory of books and documents

Position eliminated due to library closure

advocacy work

Founder of Lifers Union Advocacy Group 1999-2007

Non-profit corporation organized exclusively for charitable, educational, and literary purposes including making distributions to other organizations that qualify as exempt under section 501c3 of the IRS.

Creator of Lifers Union Bulletin 1999-2007

Periodical designed to provide updates on case law for incarcerated individuals and their families, including death penalty work, life or indefinite sentencing, and issues involving states with sex predator laws.

Injunction & Contempt Work

Involvement in an Injunction that began in 1994 that was directed at bringing the conditions of confinement and treatment provisions, (including staff competency and institutional policy and procedure) within Constitutional standards. The Injunction was established after a jury unanimously found that the Special Commitment Center (SCC) had failed to provide residents with constitutionally adequate mental health treatment and more considerate conditions of confinement than those available to individuals serving a criminal sentence.

Education

Edmonds Community College Everett, Wa

Business Law & General Business Management 1992

General Corporate Law, Legal Analysis, Business Management and Advertisement.

Ashworth College Norcross, GA

Paralegal Studies 1993-1994

General paralegal course work, with a special focus on civil law. Courses completed that support this goal included Legal Analysis, Legal Interviewing, Investigations and Evidence, Law Office Management, and Legal Research/Writing.

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