Legal Assistant

OBJECTIVE A part-time position that utilizes the skills and abilities I have acquired through my experience and education with the opportunity for professional development.

EDUCATION Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan

Bachelor of Science Degree, Major: Legal Assistant, April 1996

Siena Heights College, Adrian, Michigan

Associate of Arts Degree, Major: Office Administration, December 1988

SKILLS Typing 65 wpm, word processing, business writing, excellent proofreading and editing skills, extremely detail oriented, office procedures, problem solving, initiative, investigating and research, organizational ability, and excellent communication.

Computer Software: Microsoft Windows; Microsoft Office Suite (including Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Outlook); GoogleDocs; INSZoom; Visio; Clio; Docketwise; and Immigration Tracker.

EXPERIENCE

02/22 – 04/22 George P. Mann and Associates, P.C., Farmington Hills, Michigan

08/19 – 01/22 Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP, Troy, Michigan

01/17 – 05/19 Kitch, Drutchas, Wagner, Valitutti & Sherbrook, P.C., Detroit, Michigan

04/15 – 11/16 Fakhoury Law Group, PC, Troy, Michigan

07/06 – 03/15 Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, PLC, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Immigration Paralegal

Supported attorneys in performing a variety of employment-based and family-based immigration tasks, including case intake, strategizing, and legal research. Investigate and gather facts to support the preparation of immigrant and nonimmigrant visa petitions/applications. Drafted immigrant and nonimmigrant visa petitions (USCIS/ CBP and DOS forms) and related dependent applications. Prepared turn-key petition/ application evidentiary support packages for a variety of nonimmigrant (e.g., H-1B, L-1A, L-1B, TN, and R-1) and immigrant (e.g., EB-1, EB-2, EB-3) visa categories, AOS applications, and re-entry permits. Analyzed and prepared responses to Requests for Evidence (RFEs) and PERM audits. Prepared and organized applications for family-based immigration, including N-400, K visas, and family-based I-130/I-485 applications. Daily duties included communicating with clients (including the foreign national), drafting immigration forms, company support letters, and various stages of PERM labor certification processing.

Law Offices of Afaf Vicky Farah, Ann Arbor, Michigan

06/04 – 07/06 Legal Assistant – Performed a variety of duties as a legal assistant for an immigration sole practitioner law practice: prepared forms for various immigration statuses, kept up-to-date with current government rules and regulations, researched and investigated facts on the Internet, typed correspondence from dictation, printed out and responded to electronic mail messages for attorney, proofread other legal assistants’ work product, prepared documents for certified mail and/or overnight delivery and tracked shipments, extensive client contact, maintained files, answered telephones, greeted visitors, and other assignments as requested.

Entyre Doc Prep, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan

09/02 – 03/04 Executive Assistant – Assisted the executive management with a variety of duties: converting and reformatting forms while maintaining compliance on all mortgage document packages nationwide; recording minutes from executive management meetings, acted as marketing liaison with outside marketing firm, coordinated all aspects of the exhibit booth and travel arrangements for mortgage industry trade shows, updated contact list spreadsheets, greeted visitors, and other tasks as required.

Avail Networks, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan

01/01 – 10/01 Executive Assistant – Provided full administrative support for the President & CEO and the CFO, including assisting with the Board of Directors meetings, liaison between the President and his executive staff and the Board members, managing schedules, reading and forwarding mail, updating contacts and organizational charts, answer and handle telephone calls of a sensitive and confidential nature, making travel arrangements, processing travel expense reports, maintaining files, ordering supplies, and special assignments as requested.

Advanced Modular Power Systems, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan

12/97 – 12/00 Executive Assistant – Assisted the Executive Office and engineering staff with a wide variety of administrative duties: maintained all program management cost tracking and staff allocation spreadsheets, developed budget spreadsheets, filed and controlled technical documents, supported final preparation of papers, reports and presentations, reconciled credit card statements, arranged travel, compiled travel expense reports, meeting and luncheon preparation, recorded meeting minutes for the Board of Directors, assisted IT with troubleshooting telephone and computer problems, liaison between all companies leasing space within our building, assisted in purchasing, greeted visitors, and maintained office supplies.

Credit Acceptance Corporation, Southfield, Michigan

07/96 – 10/97 Legal Assistant – Directly assisted the Vice President–General Counsel with a wide variety of duties including administrative/personnel responsibilities, corporate and compliance issues, creating new contracts and lease agreements, drafting legal documents, preparing court forms, investigating and gathering facts, responding to subpoenas, typing correspondence, generating reports and mass mailings, making travel arrangements, organizing files, and handling appropriate telephone calls.

Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan

04/96 – 06/96 Legal Assistant – Supplemental employment with the Office of the General Counsel. As part of the Discovery Practice Group, responsibilities included document review, categorization of documents relative to discovery responses, interfacing with document processing by gathering, logging and preparing documents for production, and updating and revising project spreadsheets as needed.

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