Ashley Mesenbrink

**** *. ***** ***. *****, NE **116 C: 402-***-**** adtwys@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

My career objective is to obtain a position as a paralegal in an ethical and progressive law firm. I am open to all areas of practice. I will use my administrative, negotiation, and interpersonal skills to contribute to the success of my employer.

EDUCATION

Southeast Community College Lincoln, NE

Degree: Associates of Arts

Graduated 6/2017

College of Saint Mary Omaha, NE

Degree: Bachelors in Paralegal Studies (ABA approved program)

Graduated 12/2020 Magna Cum Laude

-Educational experiences

-Created a trial notebook for both a state and federal case.

-Participated in mock trials.

-Proficient in Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint, Excel, One Note, and Access.

-Drafted legal contracts, petitions, and other correspondence.

-Learned a how to bill as a paralegal and how to communicate professionally and ethically with the client and the attorney.

-Proficient in legal research on Westlaw and Nexus.

-Proficient in page/line deposition summaries.

WORK EXPERIENCE

-Door Dash

Omaha, NE

(10/2022-Current)

Dasher

Duties: Drive for door dash. In charge of self. Assigned orders through a mobile application. Pick up orders in a timely fashion and ensure accuracy of orders. Deliver the orders to the clients home in a timely fashion. Follow all drop off instructions per the clients request. Obey all traffic laws in the course of duty. If there are any issues with any part of the order or during the course of the drop off, transparency with door dash personnel is also pertinent during the course of duty. Maintained a 100% order completion rate and a 98% on time or early rate as a driver. Helped implement safety precautions that help with deliveries at nighttime.

-High and Younes, LLC

6919 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE

(1/2022-Current)

Paralegal

Duties: Assisted attorneys with document management and organized case files. Assisted in preparation of discovery requests and responses, and assisted with hearing and trial preparation. Met with clients to discuss their cases and kept them informed of the litigation process. Proficient in the use of all Microsoft 365 products for summarizing medical and billing records. Used templates to send out subpoenas and draft other necessary legal correspondence. Requested updated medical records and bills as needed per clients case. Answered clients questions as they arose in the course of their case. Calendared deadlines for all cases to keep the attorney apprised of important dates. Proficient in the use of Smokeball. Developed and implemented a training program for the support staff that is used with the new hires as well. Upgraded the file retention policy. Developed a more efficient way of tracking our outbound requests for medical records or bills that has been adopted company wide. Had an active role in the settlement of multiple high dollar workers’ compensation claims in my first year with the firm.

-GS Labs

222 S. 15th St., Omaha, NE

(10/2021-12/2021)

Legal Intern/Legal Assistant

Duties: Assisted with record gathering and ongoing retention, created and maintained formatting standards and record organization processes. Occasionally assisted with record audits. Basic use of Excel and other spreadsheet software. Basic use of billing software. Drafted formal legal correspondence and meeting agendas. Maintained internal and external email correspondence in a timely manner. Coordinated the scheduling of meetings via Outlook, Teams and Zoom across multiple team members’ calendars. Assisted in management and tracking of collections/legal projects and deadlines and task management. Was part of team that helped develop the formal legal policies that were implemented to our clients going forward. Successfully helped in the negotiation process of the repayment of hundreds of thousands of dollars from insurance companies to help in their compliance with the CARES Act.

INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE

-Engles, Ketcham, Olson, and Keith Law Office

1700 Farnam St. 1350, Omaha, NE

(3/2020-7/2021)

Paralegal

Duties: Interning with a busy litigation law firm and a team of lawyers preparing deposition summaries either page/line or regular, getting attorneys ready for trials by getting trial notebooks ready. Preparing medical summaries, preparing discovery, sending out medical requests for records with proper releases of information signed, or getting subpoenas prepared, updating calendars. Proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, and other Microsoft products. I worked with Tabs 3 to bill time and worked with Trialworks as a database for trial prep work. Helped roll out the work from home policy during COVID-19 and ensure its success rate. Held an influential role in the successful negotiation of multiple personal injury cases in the firm.

WORK DURING SCHOOL

-Tat Law

6818 Grover St

(12/2019-02/2019)

Paralegal

Duties: Organized medical notebooks. Typed up legal correspondence. Formatted legal documents for trials with final approval of the attorney. Conducted legal research for trial preparation. Compiled discovery for trials. Instrumental in the settlement of several family law cases over the course of a few months.

MILITARY EXPERIENCE

-Navy Reserves 2006-2008,

- Active Duty 2008-2009 (Kuwait/Iraq),

-Reserves 2009-2014

Master-At-Arms (Police), Bulk-Fuels cross trained

Duties: Customs trained over-seas, cross trained in bulk fuels. Naval training consisted mostly of combat readiness in the Master-at-Arms portion of it. Weapons qualifications in the M-9 and AR-15 were up to date on a yearly basis. Basic CPR and life saving measures were kept up to date until 2014. I have knowledge of the Uniform Code of Military Justice as well and was educated on procedures of what a Naval Court Martial would be like. Helped lead and carry out fuel operations in Virginia and Guam that put our cargo unit in line to headline the next detachment overseas. Was a key part of a successful overseas mission to redeploy millions of pieces of cargo for all branches of the military as quickly as possible without introduction of harmful environmental toxins to other parts of the world by rigorously decontaminating them before redeployment.

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

-Animal care work at The Cat House (2010-2016)

Duties: Cleaned animal enclosures, made sure that the animals had the proper food and water, clean places to go to the bathroom, sleep, eat, as well as the proper medication and any issues were noted with the staff. Contact person: Faye Stevens, adtwys@r.postjobfree.com

-College of Saint Mary Paralegal Club (2017-2020)

-Tutoring (2017-2020)

Facilitated learning in the areas of legal writing, briefing, research.

-Volunteered at The Stephens Center (2019)

Duties: Organized donated items, helped to clean certain areas of the center. Helped prepare and serve lunch.

-College of Saint Mary Step It Up Leadership Series (2019, 2020)

ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC ACHIEVMENTS

-On Deans’ list at Southeast Community College 3.79 GPA

-Deans’ list at College of Saint Mary (2017-2020) 3.89 GPA

-Graduated Magna Cum Laude with Bachelor of Arts in Paralegal Studies

-Outstanding Legal Studies Graduate Class of 2020-2021

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