Paralegal at Bustos Law Firm PC (2025-10 – 2026-06)
- Support a team of 3 attorneys in civil litigation law.
- Draft and file various legal documents such as pleadings and discovery.
- Prepare witness/exhibit lists, discovery, pleading, trial and exhibit notebooks for trials, and depositions.
- Organize and keep law library current, and maintain up-to-date case indexes, and client files.
- Transcribe memos, letters, petitions, and discovery requests/ responses.
- Calendar appointments, court proceedings, and deadlines.
Paralegal at Brad J Davidson Law Firm (2024-06 – 2025-10)
- Support 1 attorney in probate, estate planning, real estate, and civil litigation
- Perform background checks on individuals in connection with lawsuits.
- Draft and file various legal documents such as pleadings and discovery.
- Organize and keep law library current, and maintain up-to-date case indexes, and client files.
- Calendar appointments, court proceedings, and deadlines.
- Prepare probate related documents, including Applications for Administration, Declarations of Heirship, Affidavits of Heirship, Small Estate Affidavits, and Inventories.
- Draft Wills and estate planning documents.
- Compose litigation documents including, pleadings, and discovery requests/responses.
- Utilize redlining to easily track changes when reviewing/editing documents.
- Establish and maintain client/case files.
- Scheduling office conferences, court proceedings, including deadlines/reminders for time sensitive statute of limitations for all pending litigation and/or probates matters.
- Draft real estate documents including legal descriptions, contracts, Warranty Deeds and Deeds of Trusts, in addition to dealings with different county clerks for recordings of same.
Paralegal/Legal Assistant at Bradley M. Pettiet, Attorney at Law -&- Green Law, PLLC (2019-05 – 2024-06)
- Assist a team of 2 attorneys in probate, estate planning, real estate, and civil/personal injury litigation law.
- Prepare probate related documents, including Applications for Administration, Declarations of Heirship, Affidavits of Heirship, Small Estate Affidavits, and Inventories.
- Draft Wills and estate planning documents.
- Compose litigation documents including, pleadings, and discovery requests/responses.
- Utilize redlining to easily track changes when reviewing/editing documents.
- Establish and maintain client/case files.
- Transcribe various legal and corporate documents.
- Enter attorney time/expenses in TimeNet Law and generate monthly billing.
- Scheduling office conferences, court proceedings, including deadlines/reminders for time sensitive statute of limitations for all pending litigation and/or probates matters.
- Draft real estate documents including legal descriptions, contracts, Warranty Deeds and Deeds of Trusts, in addition to dealings with different county clerks for recordings of same.
Paralegal/Legal Assistant at Crenshaw, Dupree & Milam, LLP (2016-06 – 2019-05)
- Support a team of 2 attorneys in probate, estate planning, real estate, transactional, and civil litigation law.
- Draft complex/detailed Wills, Codicils, estate planning documents, Estate Tax Returns and Gift Tax Returns.
- Prepare probate related documents, including but not limited to, Applications for Administration, Declaration of Heirship, Inventories, Statement of Facts, Distributee Agreements, Motion and Order to Appoint Attorney Ad Litem, Waiver & Renunciation of Right to Letters, Notice to Beneficiaries, request and file necessary citation postings with appropriate counties and newspapers, and correspond/provide oil companies the necessary probate documentation for requesting issuance of new division orders if royalty interests need conveyed.
- Compose guardianship documents such as Annual Reports on Location, Condition & Well Being of Ward, Annual Accountings of Ward, and Orders approving same.
- Draft legal documents such as pleadings, and discovery requests/responses.
- Edit and compare corporate documents utilizing various methods of redlining to track changes.
- Open, maintain, and close client/case files.
- Transcribe letters, e-mails, memos, pleadings, discovery, inventories, partnership agreements, and corporate minutes.
- Schedule all appointments, hearings, and deadlines.
- Enter attorney time in TABS.
- Draft real estate documents, including, legal descriptions/metes and bounds, Warranty Deeds, and Deeds of Trust.
- Create and file business formations with TX Secretary of State/SOS Direct and obtain EIN numbers from IRS.
- Prepare closing binders for corporate transactions and assist with post-closing matters.
- Compose corporate Partnership Agreements, Amendments, Assignments, Asset Purchase Agreements, Board of Directors Meetings, Unanimous Consents, Bylaws and Minutes.
Paralegal/Legal Assistant/Personal Assistant to CEO at Ramsey & Foster, PC / Providence Title Company (2005-02 – 2015-04)
- Assist a team of 3 attorneys in civil/personal injury litigation, appeals, real estate, transactional, probate, estate planning, and family law, in addition to assisting CEO of Providence Title Company.
- Support attorneys with case planning, strategies, preparation of depositions, trials, and Appellate/Appellee briefs.
- Prepare legal documents including, but not limited to appeal briefs, pleadings, and discovery request/responses.
- Draft witness and exhibit lists, deposition and trial notebooks, discovery, bate stamp production, pleadings, Wills, estate planning documents, divorce and child custody petitions, create and file business formations with TX Secretary of State/SOS Direct, and request/obtain EIN numbers from IRS, prepare corporate Partnership Agreements, Board of Directors Meetings, Unanimous Consents, Bylaws, and Minutes.
- Transcribe correspondence, appeal briefs, settlement agreements, pleadings, discovery, and agreements.
- Redline tracking edit changes to appeal briefs, pleadings, contracts, and corporate agreements.
- Compose, review, and organize pre-closing/post-closing documentations for real estate closing transactions.
- Conduct real estate closing transactions as a mobile Notary, traveling to other Providence Title locations throughout the DFW metroplex.
- Calculate, separate, endorse, and deposit all incoming checks, both for the law firm and title company, along with balancing check registers for same.
- Receive, screen, and place telephone calls to clients, prospective clients, witnesses, and opposing counsels.
- Arrange travel, coordinate office meetings, schedule hearings, trials, depositions, and calendar reminders/deadlines.
- Log attorney time/expenses, create expense reports, and generate monthly billing.
Legal Assistant at Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff & Miller (2002-10 – 2004-12)
- Support a team of 2 attorneys in civil litigation law.
- Draft and file various legal documents such as pleadings and discovery.
- Prepare witness/exhibit lists, discovery, pleading, trial and exhibit notebooks for trials, and depositions.
- Organize and keep law library current, and maintain up-to-date case indexes, and client files.
- Transcribe memos, letters, petitions, and discovery requests/ responses.
- Calendar appointments, court proceedings, and deadlines.
File Clerk/Billing Coordinator at Strasburger & Price (1999-01 – 2001-01)
- Create, organize, and maintain case/client files, including indexes, correspondence, pleadings, discovery, and production of documents.
- Post attorney receipts/expenses to general ledger accounts, enter and code attorney time into in-house accounting software and generate invoices.
