Shonelle Pickering

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Brooklyn, NY 11213

Email: adq6i3@r.postjobfree.com

917-***-****

EDUCATION

MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE Brooklyn, NY

Paralegal Certification, July 2006

JOHN JAY COLLEGE New York, New York

Bachelor of Science, Criminal Justice, February 2001

EXPERIENCE

EEOC September 2014

Paralegal

Assisted the Investigation unit by closing out cases using IMS, printing out envelopes and labels for mailing, scanning large files and merging them into a single PDF, entering data into an excel spreadsheet, photocopying, checking filing to make sure charging party and respondents information is correct, and mailing out documents to the charging party and respondent

Kelly Law April 2014-May2014

EEOC

Paralegal

Document Review pertaining to discrimination and exploitation of a select group of immigrant workers brought to the US in hope of gaining citizenship. I used Concordance and Relativity to give a brief synopsis of the document as well as labeling hotdocs for easy access for the primary attorney.

Kelly Law April 2013-June 2013

Desmarais LLP

Legal Assistant

Trial preparation, pulled pleadings using pacer, made exhibit lists using charts, dealt with designations, document coding using Concordance, quality checked various court documents, also dealt with counter designations, used Concordance to transfer documents into an Adobe pdf, prepared boxes to go to court and various other administrative tasks. Utilized Excel by preparing exhibit lists and designations to file with the United States Patent Court. I used Westlaw and Lexis-Nexis to find relevant cases to the issues at hand. I also updated the docket using Pacer. I created indices using tables in Microsoft Word. I created pdf files using Adobe.

Robert Half Legal March 2013

Paralegal

Document Review

I used Concordance to determine if the document was privileged or not.

Epiq System February 2013

Paralegal

Redaction Project

I used Concordance and Relativity to redact privileged information

Sullivan & Cromwell April 2012-June 2012

Legal Assistant (Contract)

Reviewed documents using Concordance for relevance, coding and/or summation. I used Relativity to code various documents. Prepared exhibits, affidavits and binders, etc. for trial using Excel and Microsoft Word. Utilized CaseMap for discovery and deposition preparation by entering and importing data into the system that was deemed relevant. Performed searches using Relativity. Utilized Excel for preparing charts and indexing various exhibits for trial. Exported Concordance tags into Relativity and highlighted text.

Sidley Austin March 2011-April 2011

Paralegal (Contract)

Reviewed documents on patent litigation case using Relativity.

Paul Weiss, Rifkin, Wharton & Garrison LLP February 2007-August 2008

Paralegal/Coder (Contract)

Reviewed documents using Relativity for relevance, coding and/or summation for major insurance litigation matter. Documents included financial analyst reports, personnel records, chart/spreadsheets, morgue documents, corporate forms and filings, SEC filings, term sheets, invoices, amendments, agreements, regulatory filings, bank checks, payment vouchers and expense reports. Additional administrative duties included entering daily diary reports, redacting documents, preparing charts using Excel, copying and other general office work. I used Lotus Notes for diary entries

Bedford-Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center March 1999-March 2002

Receptionist/Administrative Assistant (Internship)

Performed administrative duties, Scheduled trips, Assisted with various fund-raisers., Analyzed and updated student records, Assisted with monthly reports.

SKILLS

Type 70 wpm; Microsoft Office (Excel, Word), Relativity, Access, Lotus Notes, Adobe, Pacer, CaseMap and Concordance

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