Freelance paralegal and legal assistant

•   Variety of assignments and legal specialties between Arizona and Colorado.  Most of my 11 year Colorado experience is bankruptcy, litigation and transactional.  
  
  
• Clients generally contact me through referrals.  I am blessed that many are now friends. 
  
  
• Work variety is too voluminous to list.  Here’s the CliffsNotes version: 
  
  
• Lots and lots of legal documents to draft, edit and prepare.  As you can imagine, I have considerable proofreading and editing experience. 
  
  
• Attendance at trials, mediations and hearings.
  
  
• Witness interviews and client interaction.
  
  
• Diligence in all phases of a case from inception to completion.
  
   
• With all of this legal background, I play nicely in the sandbox with the most interesting personality types.  
  
  

Legal video operator/owner

• Such a fun business to own in Arizona.  During this 10-year engagement, I captured the lion’s share of the legal video market. 
  
  
• I recorded hundreds of depositions, worked with as many attorneys nationally and locally, had so many interesting assignments, and was invited to speak for a career day or two at local high schools.   
  
  
• In addition to depositions, I recorded documentaries, wills, mock trials, focus groups, and video statements.  Appearances in court were common.  
  
  
• The Smithsonian Institute hired me to audio record repatriation hearings with certain Arizona Indian tribes.  This required a great deal of cultural sensitivity and professionalism amidst these highly emotional hearings.  
  

Special projects assistant (this also applies to events)

• This part-time, intern-type position was offered to me during an informational meeting with a local continuing legal education organization. 
  
  
• The ED created a new position so I could learn the conference industry.  To him, I say thank you for the experience and his patience.
  
  
• The assignments:
  
  
• They began as your normal entry-level duties.  
  
  
• I assisted many of the departments when they needed a third hand.
  
  
• My audio production skills were utilized in attorney conferences in Breckenridge, Vail and Steamboat.  
  
  
• Later, I sought permission to create paralegal conferences.  Working with a mentor and prominent leaders in Denver, we developed a series of programs for the Colorado paralegal community.  The litigation conference oversold by 50%. 
  
  
• My public speaking talents came in handy.