Amaal Barakat Email & Phone Number

Orlando, Fl, Us

Central Florida

- drafted and reviewed legal documents to include: affidavits, deeds, and mortgages, for example- set up and integrated company's Qualia system - balanced CDs- cognizant of relevant laws and requirements such as homestead - Examined and cleared title requirements - Marked up title policy

• Oversees all administrative duties of the office including but not limited to accounting, marketing alongside assigned representative, corresponding with state manager, ordering supplies and ensuring the office is in working order. • Reviews work of assigned processor and closes file by balancing CDs, signing clients, warehousing files, and preparing files for recording and policies.

Orlando, Florida

Junior closer who transitioned from processor to full-time, independent closer over the span of three months. Versed in clearing properties with serious title issues and multiple owners. One of the highest quality producers in my office. - Issued policies- Closed investor/wholesale deals that include assigned contracts - Balanced closing disclosures and ledgers - Cleared title requirements - Reviewed surveys and exceptions - Disbursed files-Used Qualia software-Notary public

Christiansted, Virgin Islands

- Collaborated with Executive Team and other members in leadership internally and externally across complex organizational boundaries on special assignments - Ensured compliance with local and federal guidelines and rules - Developed presentations and reports - Exercised sound judgement and made decisions in absence of Commissioner and Executive Team members- Oversaw Office of the Commissioner staff (four members) and its operations - Retained customer service, problem solving, technical, and business skills while being able to multitask and navigate a changing and active environment - Managed and coordinated the Commissioner’s calendar- Traveled with the Commissioner and attended meetings; to include note-taking and follow-up- Composed testimony to be presented before the Senate - Developed mechanisms to facilitate office operations such as processing of incoming correspondences and requests.

- Wrote, processed, followed-up on, and reviewed for accuracy and correctness draft requests for legislation, legal opinions, subpoenas, and amendments. - Researched viability of prospective legislation by comparing jurisdictions, scanning Virgin Islands Code, considering constituent sentiment, and juxtaposing economic factors, for example. - Prepared for budget hearings which determine state institutions’ allotment for respective fiscal year. This included dissecting and comparing previous fiscal year allotment requests, testimonies, and expenditures, recognizing discrepancies if any, and determining whether fiscal goals and objectives were met. - Planned hearings locally and territory wide. This included reserving hall, sending notice to media, inviting testifiers, preparing notes and questions based on agenda, acting as a clerk, and submitting committee report and letter to testifiers recapitulating requested information. Once information was received, I circulated among committee members. - Composed letters to be sent to individuals such as the Attorney General, Senators, and Commissioners. I was also tasked with writing press releases and inter-agency memorandums. - Received constituents in the office and address their concerns/ issues.

St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

- Signed a confidentiality agreement. - Produced demand letters for cases, usually with a deadline. This included researching and examining different cases.- Observed litigation.- Executed basic secretarial duties such as photocopying documents, taking messages, answering the phone, filing, receiving packages, and looking after the office unsupervised.

Egypt

-Finalized articles to be published in the monthly magazine, and I re-wrote selected articles for grammar and content consistency. This included reviewing the article with the author. -Ensured articles were not plagiarized. -Verified the historical facts, data, and numbers in each article before publication. -Convened with editor-in-chief to discuss possible topics for upcoming issues. -Edited and shared documents on Google Docs.-Wrote an article on issues of identity.

- Taught students how to skim through information, discern between relevant and irrelevant information, and determine credible sources.- Produced student progress reports.- Clarified confusion regarding the material. This included helping students create study guidesfor exams.

Tahrir, Cairo, Egypt

- Rotated between all three sectors in the department: Palestinian Affairs, Israeli Affairs, andthe Affairs of the Occupied Arab Lands of the Golan Heights and Southern Lebanon.- Investigated Palestine's current qualifications for statehood as recognized by the UnitedNations.- Observed regional conferences in Cairo that discussed prevailing issues like the Syrian Crisisand terrorism in the Middle East.- Interacted with high profile people. I was in an environment where highly classifiedinformation was being discussed in the room next to my office by diplomatic officials.

Frederiksted, Us Virgin Islands

Master Of Public Administration (Mpa)

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science, Senior

Activities and Societies: ENACTUS, AIESEC, AYB,Major: Honors Political Science Program, Concentration: Public International Law Minors.

High School

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society