Maryam Stringer Email & Phone Number

Annapolis, Md

• Assist the executive director and specialist consultants in writing and editing grant applications.• Prepare and distribute quarterly performance reports to grant makers as per reporting requirements.• Ensure compliance with grant outlined goals, including planning and scheduling mediator trainings and improving and expanding data collection.• Manage a yearly case load of 300 cases referred to mediation for custody and visitation issues by the Circuit Court and submit daily status reports to the court.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Located, researched, prioritized, and indexed potential grants.• Coordinated grant writing projects with a team of volunteer grant writers. • Provided training and continuing education to the grant writing team.

Various Locations, Md

• Led by the Sr. Program Director, undertook community outreach and data collection. Ultimately decreased the cost of membership to families in the Druid Hill neighborhood.• Built partnerships between community organizations and the Druid Hill Y.• Managed fitness programs for members and led them in customized workouts in Druid Hill and Catonsville.• Led adult & children’s fitness workshops and classes in Druid Hill and Catonsville.

Chicago

• Optimized standard operating procedure for digital pleading storage to increase ease of access for all current cases.• Conducted citation check, adhered to district formatting requirements, and electronically filed appellate briefs in 3 Federal District Courts.• Reviewed documentary evidence and locate key documents for further attorney review.• Maintained office and managed relationships with vendors and clients.

Chicago

• Appointed as the managing paralegal to two international arbitration proceedings within six months of hire - managed case calendar and submission deadlines, organized and reviewed documentary exhibits, located legal authority, drafted pleadings, and checked citations. • Created and managed computerized document control systems for a large volume of paper and digital exhibits, legal authority, pleadings, and correspondence for large and small cases.• Made substantive and citation edits of Law Treatise chapter drafts prior to submission to publisher; reviewed statutes, case law, agency rules and regulations, and legal periodicals for these edits.

Chicago

• Drafted and edited legal documents and correspondence pertaining to all phases of litigation.• Prepare for an eight week trial in Los Angeles, including preparing Motions In Limine, trial exhibits, trial exhibit list, witness list, witness preparation files, and deposition designations.

Chicago

• Reviewed and revised nondisclosure agreements between Mintel and prospective clients during contract negotiations.• Reviewed contracts to determine client insurance coverage levels to ensure minimal liability, and updated client information in various databases.• Redacted and registered 135 literary works, collected works, and databases with the United States Copyright Office.

Certificate, Corporate/Commercial Transactions

Activities and Societies: Lambda Epsilon Chi (National Honor Society in Paralegal Studies)

Ba, Psychology

Leave of absence 2003-3004 to work and travel abroad