Driven Legal Assistant with 2 years of experience in Civil Litigation. Highly skilled at multitasking and prioritizing tasks to complete projects on time and determine appropriate courses of action. National Committee on Accreditation Certification
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Legal Assistant
JSM Law
Mississauga, ON
10.2020 - 01.2023
Report directly to Counsel with myriad of responsibilities ranging from draft correspondences, pleadings, affidavit of documents, arrange Examination for Discovery and fulfill undertakings
Draft Motions to get off record, Motions for substitute service and assist Counsel with mediation briefs
During pandemic establish and/or improve client appointments and interviews process in accordance with Ontario Law Society rules, which aided in overall workplace health and safety
Introduce new checklist system to open new client files, receive client documents and keep track of client matters to advance in timely fashion
Organize Counsel’s calendars, conduct reviews and devise new checkpoints to track limitation period deadlines that refine Counsel’s tickler system
Revamp moderately complex closed file system to reduce volume of documents by 80% in physical files before storage and improve retrieval of internal/external correspondence
Execute legal research, investigations, records review, document management, and trial preparation
Created team of multilingual speakers for improving communications with clients and better understanding cross-cultural issues of clients
Legal Assistant
KPS Dhillon Associates
Chandigarh, Punjab, India
09.2017 - 05.2019
Assist Counsel with research, draft, edit, review of legal documents and appear on behalf of Counsel for National Banks in Debt Recovery Tribunal
Act as point of contact for all incoming co-counsel and bank official requests, and increased Counsel's self-care time by 30% daily
Made regular appearances in Central Administrative Tribunal and advance client’s matter to next stage of litigation
Implement new methods to conduct local property surveys which significantly reduced time to prepare property reports for National Banks
Research Assistant
Willamette University College Of Law
Salem, Oregon, USA
06.2016 - 06.2017
Assist Professor Warren Binford on multidisciplinary, longitudinal study of child sexual abuse survivor project
Attend conferences with Professor Warren Binford at University of Calgary, Edmonton Police Service Headquarters and Sheldon Kennedy Child Advocacy Centre Calgary
Student Assistant
Clinical Law Progam, Willamette University
Salem, Oregon, USA
01.2016 - 04.2016
Assist Professor Warren Binford with Child Re-Adoption matters
Conduct initial interviews and guide adoptive parents through Child Re- Adoption process in United States Of America
Examine foreign countries child adoption application package and handle emotionally charged families
Draft petitions and prepare application package for Child Re-Adoption matters
Judicial Intern
Marion County Circuit Court
Salem, Oregon, USA
01.2016 - 03.2016
Observe court proceedings, including motions arguments, oral arguments, trials, sentencing and supervised hearings
Summarize expert and lay witness testimony in child abduction trial
Discuss proceedings of day with Honourable Judge Mary James
Assist Honourable Judge Mary James in divorce mediation matters and practice basic principles of family mediation
Education
Master of Laws - Alternative Dispute Resolution
Willamette University College Of Law
Salem, Oregon, USA
08.2015 - 05.2016
Bachelor of Legislative Law (B.A.LL.B) -
University Institute Of Legal Studies, PU
Chandigarh, India
08.2009 - 05.2014
Certificate Of Qualification -
National Committee On Accreditation
Ontario, Canada
07.2019 - 06.2020
Skills
Fluent in legal terminology
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