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Seattle, Wa

Mercer Island, Wa

Prepared USCIS immigrant and non-immigrant visa petitions, including H-1B, PERM, EB-5 Investor, Alien Relative, and L-1A visas. Organized exhibit files, filled out USCIS forms, and drafted petition letters. Organized Limited Liability Companies, Limited Partnerships, and Corporations for business immigration clients. Applied for Washington State Business Licenses. Filed I-290B appeals with USCIS and AAO. Performed legal research and summarized and organized AAO decisions. Contacted USCIS customer service representatives and immigration officers to obtain case status information and resolve problems. Communicated with clients, obtained documents / information needed for their cases, and clearly explained case issues and government requirements. Prepared USPS / UPS mailings to various USCIS offices.

Prepared USCIS immigrant and non-immigrant visa petitions, including EB-1A, EB-1B, NIW, O-1, H-1B, L-1A and L-1B, and EB-5 Investor visas, as well as EB-5 Direct Investment and I-924 Regional Center applications. Organized exhibit files, filled out USCIS forms, and drafted petition letters. Organized Limited Liability Companies, Limited Partnerships, and Corporations for business immigration clients. Drafted / edited EB-1A, EB-1B, NIW, and O-1 professional reference letters to maximize positive impact on clients' immigration petitions. Performed legal research. Edited attorney correspondence and petition / cover letters. Edited English translations of documents for clarity, spelling, and grammar. Explained legal issues to clients in a clear and understandable way. Kept daily record of time spent on various cases or tasks. Prepared FedEx packages and USPS mailings to various USCIS offices. Frequently used tracking changes function in Word, usedadvanced skills in Adobe Acrobat / Reader, and often used Excel. Filed international litigation / adoption documents in King County Superior Court from time to time.

3410 Broadway, Everett, Wa 98201

Performed intakes largely over the multi-line phone, and also in person, for new potential clients for the firm, which specializes in Social Security Disability and VA Disability law . Decided which cases the firm took based upon a thorough assessment of the legal merits and economic value of all new cases. Convinced potential clients to use our legal services and explained the representation process to them. Advised clients how to get into medical treatment. Maintained electronic database of clients in Abacus software program, helped clients file for benefits, tracked status of new cases, and faxed information requests to appropriate Social Security field offices. Responded to clients’ issues or complaints in a timely, patient, professional manner and troubleshot issues until they were resolved. Scheduled meetings between clients and attorneys.

New Orleans, La 70118

Delivered interdepartmental mail, made copies of documents, distributed fliers for Institute events, helped with set-up and take-down of events, shredded confidential documents, printed out mailing lists and prepared envelopes for mass mailings.

New Orleans, La 70118

Worked constructively with supervisors and coworkers, communicated problems, filed paperwork, handled confidential application information, prepared mass mailings, and entered data into the electronic application system.

139 Nw Chehalis Ave. Chehalis, Wa 98532

Performed intake duties personally and on the phone. Helped clients determine eligibility for low-income legal services depending on the facts of their cases and personal statistics/federal poverty guidelines. Scheduled reduced fee/free legal consults between attorney-volunteers and clients. Updated client’s files physically and on our computer system. Updated system of “do-it-yourself” legal packets for family law actions, which involved reviewing thousands of pages of legal paperwork for absolute accuracy.

170 Central Park West, New York City, Ny 10024

Helped generate the brochure for the upcoming season’s events. Contacted publicists to get photos of speakers and their books, edited rough drafts of the brochure, maintained email and informational database of our contacts in Excel and FileMaker Pro, created event-day checklists and designed event fliers. Developed audience reports from surveys and fielded general questions about programs over the phone. Composed program description of the re-enactment of the landmark Supreme Court case Ex-Parte Milligan, which restricted the government’s ability to try its citizens in military tribunals. The program was lead by Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, who reviewed and accepted my write-up.

Paralegal Certificate

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Economy, Political Science, German Studies, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: MOSAIC LGBT Group, College Democrats, Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, Dean's List, Presidential Scholar, Tulane.

Semester Abroad, German Studies