Paralegal Assistant Legal
Resume:
VARINDER KAUR
**** **** ******, ******** ******, New York 11010
# Cell 347-***-****, E mail: **************@*****.*** Professional Summary
Aiming to obtain a challenging role in a professionally managed organization, where I could acquire practical skills along with knowledge and my professional growth and thereby contribute to the success of my organization. Highly organized and result oriented with a fair amount of experience . Skills
● Professional phone etiquette
● excellent communication skills
● flexible
● excellent planner and coordinator
● works well under pressure
● microsoft excel
● powerpoint
● microsoft word
Work history:
Trained graduate teacher: 01/21/2003 to 04/08/2008 Army Public School, Tibri Cantt, Gurdaspur,Punjab, India.
● Job responsibilities included delivering lectures, making a student record database, marking assessment of answer sheets for the subject concerned, collaborating exam results and annual student's progress report in Microsoft excel.
Paralegal Assistant : GTB immigration services 09/01/2015 -10/12/2017 103-01, 101 avenue, South ozone park, 11416
Job responsibilities
● Taking phone calls, taking messages and answering basic enquiry over the phone.
● Drafting and translation of documents from English to Hindi and Punjabi .
● Recording client information in a database in Microsoft excel.
● Photocopying, scanning and faxing the documents.
● Meeting the deadline for assigned tasks.
● Assisting clients by preparing the list of supporting documents required for court submission
● Reviewing the Supporting Documents related to the cases and proof read them as per instructions.
● Assisting clients with the Individual hearing interview preparation based upon their respective personal statement and supporting documents.
Legal Assistant : Law Office of Jana Junuz, PC
01/03/2018 to 02/25/2023
Job Responsibilities:
● Assisting the Attorney for Case Management with strong organizational skills to work on multiple cases at different stages.
● Filling out various Immigration forms like fingerprints and Work Authorisation, I-485( application to adjust residence status) application,Naturalisation adhering to the filing instructions issued by the USCIS.
● Preparing Court Submissions like Country Conditions and compiling Evidence Submission for the Asylum Cases.
● Preparing Court filings for various motions like Change of Venue, Substitution of Counsel, Motion to grant an Individual hearing on the basis of complete submission of the documents in the Court, various kind of waivers,Motion to withdraw as Counsel, Creating Master Packets for Master hearings which includes Written pleadings, I-589 application and Written Statement provided by the client.
● Filing Affirmative Asylum online working in coordination with the clients.
● Assisting the Attorney with the interpretation with Non English speaking clients.
● Community Engagement.
● Calendaring and updating database.
● Time Management and meeting the deadlines by leading the team in a proactive manner by staying on top of things.
● Paying close attention to the instructions given by the Attorney. Educational qualifications
Masters in Business Management from Edith Cowan University Perth, Western Australia
● Coursework included theoretical and practical knowledge of critical thinking and analysis.
● Detailed study of design- thinking methodology and learning from the field experts
● Emphasis on providing basic theoretical and practical knowledge about different streams included in the course work for eg General management, Global Hospitality Management, Introduction to the Corporate Law
Bachelors in Science (medical ) GNDU, Amritsar,Punjab,India Coursework included botany, zoology, organic chemistry, physical chemistry. Bachelors in Education(B.Ed)
Malwa College Of Education For Women, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. Coursework incuded detailed study about teaching of science and english to the primary and high school students .
● Emphasis in practical knowledge of delivering a lesson, preparing aids for that and getting equipped with mental skills like understanding child psychology, school organization and teaching learning processes.
● Focusing equally on Mental health and Child Psychology to create a better teacher student relationships Master's in arts(English)
Through correspondence from GNDU, Amritsar, Punjab, India.
● Coursework included thorough study of analysis and criticism of English literature and grammar.
● Emphasis on detailed knowledge and understanding of evolution of english phonetics and grammar. Leadership activities:
● Has been the head of the co curricular wing of a particular student wing as house captain during high school.
● Declared best teacher student in teaching practice sessions in B.Ed.
● Been a member of the examination cell in my teaching career and assisted my senior colleagues to organize various workshops and seminars .
Personal Information:
● Sex : Female
● Marital Status: Divorced
● D.o.b: January07, 1981
● Nationality: Indian
● Residency status in United States: Permanent resident since 2015 Extra note:
● I am an individual with strong interpersonal skills, the ability to think critically and implement Instructions in a collaborative environment. My constant quest of learning and striving better than before makes me my own critique and puts me through self analysis in a constructive way . Leaving the team in an empathetic, cordial and professionally ethical way is my belief. I would use my skills and management qualities to benefit your organization to my highest potential impossible. I, Varinder kaur,do hereby declare that all the information given above is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Varinder Kaur
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