WORK EXPERIENCE
Davis Polk and Wardwell, New York, NY
Paralegal                                                                       
                                                   	                             
        (4/2006-09/2008)
- Manage numerous litigation cases, large and small, as well as pro bono with
partners, associates and other legal staff
- Supervise clerks and other legal assistants during large projects
- Prepare documents, assist associates and partners, and work on time-sensitive
projects for deposition preparation and trial for a large communications company
as well as other cases
- Assisted Robert B. Fiske, Jr. in various projects.  He is known in
"International Lawyer of the Year 2005 for Business Crime" by The International
Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2005.  In 2007 he was a recipient of the New York
City Bar Association Medal
- Day-to-day client communication regarding requests and inquiries
- Proficient in filing, indexing, research, cite checking and proofreading
- Responsible for maintaining and updating electronic case management system
including cases dockets and other litigation case management folders
- Strong knowledge of court documents and general court rules and civil
procedures
- Maintain notary certification and notarize affidavits and other documents
- Participated in volunteer work such as Divorce Clinic entailing form
preparation for uncontested divorces

Paul Weiss Rifkin Wharton & Garrison, New York, NY
Paralegal								            		
(9/2003- 4/2006)
- Created document profiles for litigation database allowing attorneys to search
population relating to specific cases
- Analyzed and reviewed documents relating to the Enron case as well as Estee
Lauder, Gillette, and CP Ships
- Page checked, copied, filed and corrected numerous amounts of documents
- Worked with privilege and confidential attorney-client matters
- Prepared documents in anticipation of Citigroup's litigation
- Basic knowledge of database technology
- Knowledge of  electronic documents and various document conversion software
- Maintained specific client extranets of litigation case management
-Performed scanning and conversions of both paper and various electronically
formatted documents in the appropriate file format

Innisfree Mergers and Acquisition, New York 
Customer Service Representative							
(9/2002- 6/2003)
- Contacted shareholders to receive their proxy vote for the Hewlett-Packard &
Compaq merger
- Answered inquiries from Hewlett-Packard shareholders regarding merger 

 MetLife Financial Services, Staten Island, NY
Insurance Trainee								  	
(9/2001-7/2002)
- Contacted potential clients to build up target list
- Obtained life and health insurance licenses
- Met with clients to discuss various life and health insurance policies
                                    
EDUCATION   
Pace University,   New York, NY                          
Bachelor of Business Administration May 2001
Major: Business Management
Honors: Pace Trustee Award


LANGUAGES	   Conversational Spanish, Fluent Arabic
                                    
COMPUTER SKILLS    MS Office, WordPerfect, PowerPoint, knowledge of HTML,
Internet Applications, Lotus 1-2-3, iManage, Documatrix, Casemap, Concordance,
Summation, IPRO Ringtail, Istech, LiveNote, PACER, Westlaw, Lexis/Nexus,
Dictation (tape record only), Bluebook