Daniel Brainard Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, NC, US

New York, NY, US

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Specialized in drafting and reviewing employment-based immigration matters, specifically PERM.
• Led as well as assisted fellow PERM paralegals with client matters, drafting documents, and client services.
• Reviewed fellow PERM paralegals work prior to submission to the Department of Labor.
• Managed a wide variety of PERM cases with several different attorneys, averaging between 55-70 cases.
• Became a reliable and go-to individual in regards to assistance with PERM transfers, filing, drafting, and completing spreadsheets and charts for VB’s and clients.
• Drafted applications, reports and specialized support letters and charts detailing the PERM requirements such as Employment Verification Letters, 50/50 Charts, PERM process outlines, Recruitment Reports, and Prevailing.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Processes incoming samples; inspects sample to insure they are in good condition; sign appropriate chain of custody documents to receive samples; assigns laboratory numbers to all samples and logs information into the.
• Compiled Spreadsheets daily to log and analyze data for each sample using Microsoft Excel into the LDMS.
• Routes paperwork to appropriate personnel.
• Prepares samples for shipment to internal/external clients

• Review and verify clients’ information in I-485 documents to the standards of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
• Draft I-485 cover letters and assemble I-485 legal evidence packages with Microsoft Word and Hudson Databases.
• Organize, review, scan, and finalize I-485 documents and packages to be sent to various USCIS offices for approval of U.S. Citenship.
• Provide customer service and message clients, subject to attorneys’ approval through the Hudson IP address.

• Communicate with clients daily in regards to their financial accounts and legal situations.
• Assisted and filled extensive reports with various and strict time restraints using multiple technology systems such as Microsoft Excel, Collection Partner, Cogent, and Filezilla.
• Assisted in preparing, analyzing, and organizing various documents and spread sheets for clients using advanced Microsoft Excel functions such as advanced formulas, v-lookups, conditional formatting, and data entry.

• Assisted in preparing, analyzing, and organizing documents from clients with Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Assisted in drafting documents for clients, insurance companies, medical facilities, or the other party.
• Participated in conference calls with insurance companies regarding claims.

• Analyzing the business as a whole in order to assist in the vulnerable areas
• Along with my team, provided recommendations to the business after extensve amounts of marketing research through IBIS World, LexisNexis, and other scholarly articles.
• Performed presentations regarding conclusions and recommendations to the business and how to accomplish said recommendations with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Adobe.

Certificate, Paralegal Studies

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Law With Minor In Accounting