Amanda DeShaies
Quicksburg
Summary
Driven and successful at thriving in high stress, high-pressure environments and situations involving constant change. Brings positive attitude and commitment to continuous learning and growth. Eager to contribute to team success and further develop professional skills.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Paralegal / Office Manager
Law Office of Bradley G. Pollack
01.2021 - Current
- Helped prepare attorney for trial by drafting pleadings, motions, and witness lists
- Manage case files and all paperwork, inputting them into electronic file system
- Drafted documents including complaints, motions, and subpoenas
- Scheduled and transcribed interviews with clients and completed all intake paperwork
- Serve as liaison between attorneys and clients, witnesses, and experts to schedule depositions, collect relevant information for trials and answer any questions
- Prepared divorce cases by preparing divorce complaints, affidavits, and final decrees and helping create discovery requests and respond to discovery requests
- Collaborated extensively with clients and witnesses, answering questions and scheduling appointments
- Ensured all file information was updated and collected appropriately
Eligibility Department
Shenandoah Department of Social Services
06.2024 - 12.2024
- Conduct intake interviews, renewal applications, and other forms with clients
- Manage caseload of approximately one hundred and fifty recipients
- Verify client’s identity, citizenship, school enrollment status and vaccination records
- Connect clients with community resources for services the department is unable to provide such as used vehicle donation
- Perform searches on various databases to collect and confirm information to process client’s case
- Identity barriers to employment and income and develop a plan with clients to identify and reach goals
Guardian Ad Litem Paralegal
Law Office of Daniita S. Alt
01.2020 - 01.2021
Paralegal
Law Office of Stephen Levesque
01.2019 - 01.2020
Office Assistant
Water Filer Company
01.2019 - 12.2019
Bankruptcy and Foreclosure Associate
Midwest Loan Services
01.2018 - 12.2018
Trial Secretary - Promoted to Trial Supervisor
The Law Office of Stephen J. Dennis
01.2012 - 01.2015
- Demonstrated problem-solving skills and listening skills with clients
- Supported the preparation of documents for Workers' Compensation trials by scheduling and conducting appointments with clients, witnesses, lawyers, doctors, and insurance companies
- Set up depositions, obtained medical records, prepared twenty-one-day letters, prepared demands, prepared ex-parte orders, prepared motions and prepared petitions
- Maintained database and files, answered phones, received messages, and performed other office administrative tasks
- Promoted to the trial supervisor of five employees
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology With A Minor in Child & Adolescent Dev.
Southern New Hampshire University
01.2024
Associate of Science - Paralegal Studies
Everest University
01.2012
Skills
- TIME MANAGEMENT
- COMPASSIONATE
- MULTI-TASKER
- Office management
- Courtroom etiquette
- Positive attitude
- Training and mentoring
- Multicultural sensitivity
Employment Gap
Child Rearing, 01/01/15, 12/31/18
Timeline
Eligibility Department
Shenandoah Department of Social Services
06.2024 - 12.2024
Paralegal / Office Manager
Law Office of Bradley G. Pollack
01.2021 - Current
Guardian Ad Litem Paralegal
Law Office of Daniita S. Alt
01.2020 - 01.2021
Paralegal
Law Office of Stephen Levesque
01.2019 - 01.2020
Office Assistant
Water Filer Company
01.2019 - 12.2019
Bankruptcy and Foreclosure Associate
Midwest Loan Services
01.2018 - 12.2018
Trial Secretary - Promoted to Trial Supervisor
The Law Office of Stephen J. Dennis
01.2012 - 01.2015
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology With A Minor in Child & Adolescent Dev.
Southern New Hampshire University
Associate of Science - Paralegal Studies
Everest University
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