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Immigration Paralegal

Law Office of Jennifer L. Bennett

Jan 2026 - May 2026 (5 months)

• Working directly with clients to prepare immigration cases, preparing forms, gathering evidence and documentation, writing affidavits, writing declarations, writing cover letters. • Legal research – reading and learning new knowledge when a case type requires it. • Assisting with drafting status inquires, special request letters, RFE (request for evidence). • Assisting attorneys with court cases including drafting motions, pleadings, applications, and other filings for court. Assisting attorneys with filing for court cases (including filing both paper cases and eROP – electronic cases).

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Removal Paralegal

Michelle Reyes, Esq Law Firm

Jan 2025 - Oct 2025 (10 months)

• Assist the attorney in the preparation and completion of immigration forms for VAWA petitions, T visas, U visas, and asylum cases, ensuring accuracy and compliance with legal standards. • Organize case files, review documentation, conduct client interviews to draft personal statements, and request supporting evidence to strengthen applications. • Prepare initial drafts of cover letters and other supporting legal documents that accompany immigration filings, contributing to the overall presentation and structure of each case.

Removal Paralegal

Alonso & Alonso Attorneys at Law, PLLC

Aug 2024 - Dec 2024 (5 months)

• Review and correct complete T visa application files, ensuring accuracy of information and compliance with legal standards, including correcting errors identified by the attorney or independently detected. • Communicate regularly with clients by providing updates on their T visa cases, answering questions, and guiding clients throughout the legal process. • Draft detailed letters and reports addressed to United States immigration authorities for T visa cases, ensuring clear and precise communication of case details and supporting evidence.

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Intake Specialist

The United Firm, APC

Feb 2024 - May 2024 (4 months)

• Provide support by addressing inquiries about immigration processes, ensuring clear communication and personalized guidance for prospective clients. • Facilitate the client onboarding process by managing payments, tracking cases, and building trusted relationships to encourage clients to initiate their immigration applications. • Maintain accurate records of client interactions and payment schedules, contributing to efficient case management and the timely submission of applications to immigration authorities.

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Paralegal

Alexandra Lozano Immigration Law, PLLC

Jan 2023 - Feb 2024 (1 year 2 months)

• Ask and gather information needed on clients' documents in order to fill in the forms required to VAWA visa cases. • Calling the clients to ask more examples that can be added to the VAWA declarations when we don't have a strong case. • Reviewing and making the draft of the packet that is sent to the immigration authorities for the VAWA cases. This requires checking that the proofs, forms and declaration are correct regarding its content and form.

Legal assistant

Universidad de los Andes

Jan 2021 - Jan 2022 (1 year 1 month)

• Investigation and drafting of reports related to cases assigned by the Public Law Area of the Legal Clinic. • Reception of cases based on legally relevant facts provided by users of the Legal Clinic. • Preparation and filing of public actions and legal resources before the competent authorities for the assigned cases by the Legal Clinic.

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Cataloging assistant

Comisión para el esclarecimiento de la Verdad, la Convivencia y la No Repetición

Aug 2020 - Dec 2020 (5 months)

• Cataloging documents received and produced by the Colombian Commission of Truth (Comisión de la Verdad - CEV). • Investigation and production of reports related to intellectual property in the archiving tasks of the Commission. • Production and exposition of PowerPoint presentations related to human rights and international humanitarian law in the Commission's context.

Class assistant

Universidad de los Andes

Jan 2016 - Dec 2016 (1 year)

• Reviewing and assisting in the grading of workshops and final exams. • Receiving and responding to emails and requests sent by students. • Assisting the professor in all matters related to the management of the virtual course platform.

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