English language teacher for primary school students. I was able to teach children in grades 1-6 and provide private tutoring for children as young as age 3. I also worked at an adult language center helping adults learn and improve their English language skills.

I am available to make court appearances in Cook County, and more specifically in Daley Center and 555 W. Harrison. My current position, doing extensive document review for large commercial litigation cases, allows me the flexibility to appear in court on behalf of clients.An integral part of a team of attorneys hired to determine the responsiveness of documents and to determine if those documents were non-discoverable based on either attorney-client privilege or their status as work product.Large volume electronic document review.Determination of an attorney-client or work product privilege status and compilation of the privilege log.Helped compile and prepare documents for witness deposition preparation.

Appeared on behalf of alleged criminal clients and successfully negotiated the best possible sentence or negotiated for the dismissal of the charges.

Interviewed clients, drafted pleadings, filed documents, and made court appearances in Kane, DuPage, Will, Cook, Kendall, Lake and DeKalb Counties. Worked full-time and was able to successfully switch to part-time coverage while pursuing sole practice. Areas of law included: criminal defense, traffic, DUI, family, and bankruptcy.Successfully negotiated a substantial number of plea agreements for criminal clients.Provided excellent legal services for all areas of law in which the firm practiced.; Deals with all aspects of a practice that focuses primarily on family law and criminal defense. Interview clients, draft pleadings, file documents, and court appearances; Negotiated an agreed order of visitation in one day where others had spent months attempting such a negotiation.Successfully negotiated a wide variety of plea agreements that were satisfactory to both the State and the client.Provides additional coverage for other attorneys while continuing to run a sole practice.

An integral part of a team of attorneys hired to settle a class action suit involving insurance issues.Helped develop the criteria needed to promote the equitable distribution of a class action settlement. Determined the level of damages to be awarded based on established criteria by evaluating client claims for damages with tremendous accuracy.Large volume document review

Hired on a temporary basis to provide litigation support, through a government contractor, for class action work, then asked to provide temporary secretarial support for the Dir. of Commercial Litigation at the DOJ. Conducted complicated legal research involving both federal and international law issues and drafted preliminary pleadings for review by staff attorneys. Provided support to the Director, various assistant directors, and staff attorneys. Indexed, tracked, and controlled vast quantities of documents for large scale production.Large volume document review.

As a records clerk, I was responsible for handling all walk-in traffic to the police department, answering all incoming calls to the station, logging and maintaining all police records, recording/ entering data for the national records databases, dealing with officer requests, matron duties as required, and handling non-emergency dispatch requirements.