I am an experienced Freelance Paralegal. I currently work with law firms and businesses to provide office administration and paralegal support to include calendar management/scheduling, legal document drafting and preparation including pleadings, orders, discovery, correspondence, legal transcription, along with verbal and written communication. I have experience working with family, personal injury, trademark, estate planning/guardianship/probate, and employment law firms.

I worked as the sole Paralegal and Office Manager for a Family Law, Civil Litigation and Appellate Law Firm. I prepared legal documents on all levels and aspects of cases including discovery responses, pleadings, and orders. I prepared all levels of documents associated with criminal and civil appeals to include briefs. I assisted in all aspects of trial preparation including witness preparation, trial exhibits, subpoenas and any additional documentation or preparation as required. In addition, I was also the Office Manager for the firm. I handled all accounts payable and receivable, as well as other general accounting duties as needed. My management duties also included managing additional staff to include legal secretaries and file clerks.My communication skills with the firm included communicating with all clients from initial contact with the law firm to working on required documentation and information required for their case and hearing or trial preparation. In addition, my communication for the firm included speaking to and working with other law firms and courts.

I provided executive-level assistance to the Chief Disciplinary Counsel and the Commission for Lawyer Discipline. I handled all incoming correspondence and telephone communication to the Chief Disciplinary Counsel including interaction verbally and in written form with multiple government officials, agencies, executives, and Texas attorneys; as well as, communicating with the public.I was responsible for compiling, typing, proofreading and revising correspondence, critical legal documents and formal disciplinary judgments. I was the liaison for the State Bar of Texas required to communicate with and report all disciplinary sanctions against Texas attorneys to the United States Supreme Court, Texas Supreme Court, Texas Court of Appeals, American Bar Association and all Texas and Federal Courts. In addition, I prepared all sanction articles of Texas attorneys to the Texas Bar Journal for publication. I was responsible for monitoring all sanction conditions ordered against sanctioned Texas attorneys including conditions for probation and suspension.I was a member of the Texas Bar Budget Committee for the Chief Disciplinary Counsel’s Office. This included preparing reports and information to provide to all members of this committee and Commission for Lawyer Discipline in preparing and maintaining a seven-million-dollar budget. I provided monthly accounting and reporting for all expenses per month and annually for the budget committee members, Commission for Lawyer Discipline, and members of the Texas State Bar. Lastly, my accounting experience for the State Bar of Texas included processing all accounts payable for the Chief Disciplinary Counsel’s Office in addition to processing all accounts receivable which included attorney’s fees and sanctioned restitution.I was honored to receive the Bravo Award and Presidential Citation for my leadership and project management.