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| Surname(s) / First name(s) | | | Saitta, David |
| Address(es) | | | 32, Louvre Street, SO15 Y23, Southampton, England |
| Telephone(s) | | | +44 123 45 67 89 00 | Mobile: | | +44 123 45 67 89 00 |
| Fax(es) | | | +44 123 45 67 89 00 |
| Fax(es) | | | +44 123 45 67 89 00 |
| E-mail(s) | | | dsaitta@example.com |
| Nationality(-ies) | | | British |
| Date of birth | | | 1.25.1980 |
| Gender | | | Male |
| Desired employment / Occupational field | | | Business Lawyer |
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| Dates | | | November 2003 - present |
| Occupation or position held | | | Bilingual Junior Attorney (Spanish) |
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| Main activities and responsibilities | | | Represent clients at all legal meetings and contract negotiations.
Research business law and advise senior attorneys and clients accordingly.
Interact and act as a translator between client and government officials.
Explain (in Spanish) court documents and related material to Spanish speaking clients.
Draft and interpret legal documents in both English and Spanish
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| Name and address of employer | | | Davidson Law Associates 5687 State St. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19185
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| Type of business or sector | | | Law Office |
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| Dates | | | October 1995 - October 2003 |
| Occupation or position held | | | Paralegal |
| Main activities and responsibilities | | | Prepare court documents including last will and testaments, contracts, appeals, case summaries and other legal documents.
Research court cases and past law documents in order to assist Lawyers present their cases.
Organize and keep records of all documents including case files and legal records.
Provide assistance to lawyers during court procedures |
| Name and address of employer | | | Jones, Smith, and Hart Associates 981 6th Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19834
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| Type of business or sector | | | Law Office |
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| Dates | | | December 1992 - September 1995 |
| Occupation or position held | | | Legal Secretary |
| Main activities and responsibilities | | | Responsible for the organization and management of all administrative work for two senior partners and two associate attorneys.
Answer phones, take and deliver messages between clients and attorneys.
Schedule all appoint and court briefings for all senior attorneys (four) and all associate attorneys (three).
Store and monitor all client accounts and expenses using QuickBooks software.
Make travel arrangements for two of the four senior attorneys, scheduling an average 3 trips a month.
Work efficiently with other legal secretaries in the office
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| Name and address of employer | | | Joseph, Harland, Miller, & Walker Attorneys at Law
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| Type of business or sector | | | Law Office |
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| Education and training | | | |
| Dates | | | August 1992 - May 1995 |
| Title of qualification awarded | | | Juris Doctor |
| Principal subjects / occupational skills covered | | | Business organisations.
Professional Responsibility and Ethics
Thesis: The effects of private laws on business practices. |
| Name and type of organisation providing education and training | | | University of Pennsylvania Law School
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| Level in national or international classification | | | State University
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| Dates | | | August 1988 - May 1992 |
| Title of qualification awarded | | | Bachelor of Science in Business Administration |
| Principal subjects / occupational skills covered | | | Business and Public Policy
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| Name and type of organisation providing education and training | | | University of Pennsylvania
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| Level in national or international classification | | | State University
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| Personal skills and competences | | | |
| Mother tongue(s) | | | English/raised in a Spanish speaking home |
| Other language(s) | | | |
| Self-assessment | | | Understading | Speaking | Writing | |
| European level | | | Listening | Reading | Spoken interaction | Spoken production | | |
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| Social skills and competences | | | Fluent in both written and spoken Spanish language.
Excellent communication skills, I have many years experience working with both clients in personal cases as well as business executives in large corporate cases.
I thrive in a fast paced work environment and prefer to be busy at work than to sit idle and wait for work to come to me.
Excellent people skills, as a Junior Law Associate I increased the customer database by maintaining a positive rapport with current clientele and acquiring new clients through customer referrals.
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| Organisational skills | | | Highly organized, restructured the client database system during my tenure as a legal secretary. Organization structure was highly commended and is still being used.
Maintained neat and detailed records, and was responsible for organizing the schedules of three attorney for several years
Excellent time management skills.
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| Computer skills and competences | | | Excellent typing skills, average 60 words per minute.
Proficient with all Microsoft office programs including Excel, Outlook.
Expert user with accounting software such as QuickBooks.
Developed an automated system to process new client accounts using Excel during my time as a Legal Secretary.
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| Artistic skills and competences | | | Digital photography as a hobby specializing in photos of daily life and activities.
Intermediate web design and image gallery design skills. I maintain my own web gallery for the photos I take. I am also teaching myself basic web design skills.
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| Other skills and competences | | | Member of the Pennsylvania State Bar.
Mentor to several paralegals and Junior lawyers |
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| Driving licence(s) | | | Pennsylvania Drivers License, passenger vehicle. |
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| Additional information | | | References available upon request.
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