Professional Experience

I worked in legal field at the United States Department of Justice for 10 years in various capacities. In January 2017, I began my journey to move toward a career change into software engineering. I graduated from Arizona State University with a B.S. Software Engineering in May 2021.

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Department of Justice | United States Attorney's Office | District of Arizona
Lead Legal Assistant | December 2014 - May 2020
  • Full-time: 40 Hours per Week
  • Duties:
  • Deliver training and guidance to section staff. Exercise sound, working knowledge of unit priorities, goals and objectives, and work across boundaries to cooperate with internal and external groups to achieve objectives.
  • Maintain projects and analyze electronic databases and directories: CaseMap, LIONS, CaseView, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SharePoint, IPRO, and Microsoft Excel. Proficient with Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat Professional. Assist in special work projects: bolster software technology improvements including the facilitation of USAfx, a cloud-sharing service. Perform hardware and software installation and maintenance and provide user support of known hardware and software systems, diagnose, and resolve problems in response to reported colleague incidents
  • Provide direct legal administrative services in the fast-paced criminal division. Includes prepare and review of technical legal documents, trial materials, maintain supplies and equipment, records, office hardware and software.
Pak & Moring PLC
Parelegal | May 2014 - December 2014
  • Full-time: Salary
  • Duties:
  • Creation and management of in-house database for case information: two-hundred fifty (250) active cases. Implement policies and procedures to ensure information system reliability. Coordinate with clients, opposing counsel, medical providers, claims examiners and agents, expert, and lay witnesses.
  • Provide technical, advisory and support assistance to four staff attorneys whose caseload included personal injury, bankruptcy, insurance claims, and real estate. Examine and prepare legal documents, handle support service functions, and provide support in information management and maintaining network architecture and infrastructure.
  • Manage all office equipment, including installing, configuring, troubleshooting, and maintaining customer hardware and software, and resolving any hardware/software interface and interoperability problems. Assist in monitoring functionality, security, and integrity of internet services.
Career Management Associates
Contract Legal Assistant | August 2011 - May 2014
  • Location: Unites States Attorney's Office | District of Arizona
  • Full-time: 40 Hours per Week
  • Duties:
  • Provide legal administrative services for attorneys and support staff in the civil division at the United States Attorney's Office in areas of medical malpractice, defensive torts, bankruptcy, and affirmative civil enforcement. Handle office automation and technology software and hardware assistance.
  • Analyze and organize large discovery projects, medical releases and subpoenas, and a wide variety of legal pleadings and documents. Research with a variety of legal sources: Westlaw, Lexis-Nexis, public records, court records, profile background checks.
  • Develop guides: IPRO E-Scan-IT and IPRO Viewer for internal use.
Department of Justice | United States Attorney's Office
Student Clerk | September 2010 - August 2011
  • Part-time: 20-40 Hours per Week
  • Duties:
  • Provide support services for up to 15 attorneys and nine support staff.
  • Office automation: technology hardware, software, and equipment, Microsoft Office, mail production, reproduction, records, and communication software services for reception.
  • Administrative support: clerical tasks, office inventory management, reorganization, space management, case information management, and courier services.