Harley Royea Email & Phone Number

Burlington, Vermont, United States

St Albans, Vermont, United States

In July of 2023, I received a promotion that exceeded me from Legal Assistant II position to an Investigator position with the office of the Defender General; providing investigations and technical services in all areas related to indigent clients, including, but not limited to, criminal, juvenile, appellate, and correctional proceedings.• Assist attorney(s) in criminal defense investigations• Locate and interview witnesses• Interview of witness(es) to crimes• Produce and serve subpoenas for legal proceedings• Attend court hearings as requested by attorney(s)• Communication with correctional facilities for incarcerated clients• Examine and analyze various records and documents, and gathering and preserving physical evidence.• Conduct legal research, and analyze data• Determine the need for and secure expert assistance in consultation with the attorney• Conduct surveillance and other undercover operations• Presents investigation results in a format requested by the case attorney• Assists defense attorneys in trial preparation and strategy• Background investigations

St Albans, Vermont, United States

Supporting attorneys by providing a wide variety of technical, administrative and secretarial assistance. Promoted from Legal Assistant I to Legal Assistant II January 20th 2022.• Docketing duties such as opening, updating and closing cases using case management systems• Prepare for trials, hearings and negotiations by preparing exhibits, scheduling witnesses, communicating with client agencies, reviewing jury pools, and preparing exhibit and witness lists• Providing DCF family support, as requested by attorney• Tracks filing, hearing and trial dates and maintains systems and calendars to remind attorneys of appointments and legal deadlines• Represent clients at Department for Children and Families case reviews and meetings• E-file legal documents with the Judiciary• Establishes and maintains a variety of files and sub files such as litigation files including pleading, witness, exhibit, court order and other sub files• Performs administrative and secretarial duties including correspondence, telephone duties, filing, copying and public records management• Preparation of legal documents using information from files, client agencies, court records and other sources.

St Albans, Vermont, United States

• Providing 1:1 behavioral support and skill instruction to children in public schools in Franklin County• Advanced training in Applied Behavior Analysis• Working closely with childhood trauma, conflict resolution, crisis intervention, and mental health• Assisting youth get to places like appointments, school, and social activities• Attending and completing all agency/program training and meetings• Implements behavior programs as directed by the students case manager• Completing daily documentation for client of activities in accurate and timely ways for their record• Effectively communicating with case managers to ensure they are notified of any significant behavior changes that they should be aware of• Working with teachers, special educators, and staff to provide unique special education programs• Collecting and analyzing data in order to adapt student programming(adapting student programming is done by case manager)

St Albans, Vermont, United States

• Providing coaching and support for clients within the community through activities that are designed to address individual goals• Implement daily skill plans to meet goals on treatment plans• Transportation for clients to and from the community• Work closely with Case Managers regarding client's success in the program and how to meet treatment plan goals• Monthly family meetings to access and provide information to family on how client is doing with the program• Weekly team meetings with staff to ensure work is being preformed as expected• Crisis intervention - managing maladaptive behaviors to ensure clients safety is priority and returning them to a pre-crisis functioning• Documentation of how client is progressing towards meeting their treatment plan goals, accessing what is going well and what needs to be approved• Being informed on how trauma has a role in behaviors, determining needs in each individual client

Burlington, Vermont Area

• Assisting attorneys with caseload; closing & filing cases• Observing the process of hearings, arraignments, and trials in the court setting• Prepping cases for the applicable court schedule

Bachelor’S Degree, Criminal Justice, Minor In Law

Diploma