Experience

American Bar Association ProBAR

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Remote Paralegal

  • Sep 2019 - Dec 2019

  Las Vegas, Nevada Area Drafted Template Documents for use by attorneys and legal support staff including Immigration Court Filings, Cover Letters to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and Correspondence to Clients.

• Law Graduate / DOJ Accredited Representative

  • Jan 2018 - Aug 2019

  Harlingen, TX Represented Unaccompanied Minors detained in government custody in the Texas Rio Grande Valley before the Immigration Court and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Prepared legal documents with supporting evidence including Motions, USCIS Applications, Declarations, Responses to Requests for Evidence, OTIP Applications, and Long Term Foster Care Referrals.



Law Offices of David B Gardner Inc

• United States
• Law Practice

• Senior Legal Assistant

  • Apr 2012 - Oct 2015

  Greater Los Angeles Area Prepared family, employment, and investment based visa and immigrant petitions and applications for filing with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services with an emphasis on Alien Entrepreneurs, Artists of Extraordinary Ability, Outstanding Researchers, E-2 Treaty Investor Applications, marriage based immigrant petitions for LGBTQI+ clients, and Requests for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Drafted applications for relief and supporting documents for filing with the Immigration… Show more Prepared family, employment, and investment based visa and immigrant petitions and applications for filing with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services with an emphasis on Alien Entrepreneurs, Artists of Extraordinary Ability, Outstanding Researchers, E-2 Treaty Investor Applications, marriage based immigrant petitions for LGBTQI+ clients, and Requests for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Drafted applications for relief and supporting documents for filing with the Immigration Court and the Board of Immigration Appeals. Trained junior legal assistants and summer interns.

• Legal Assistant

  • Oct 2010 - Apr 2012

  Greater Los Angeles Area Prepared family, employment, and investment based visa and immigrant petitions and applications for filing with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services with an emphasis on H-1B Specialty Occupations and E-2 Treaty Investor Applications. Drafted applications for relief with supporting documents for filing with the Immigration Court and the Board of Immigration Appeals.



Marouf Law Group, PLC

• Legal Assistant

  • Dec 2008 - Oct 2010

  Greater Los Angeles Area Prepared family, employment, and investment based visa and immigrant petitions and applications for filing with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services with an emphasis on marriage and family based I-130 Immigrant Petitions, Adjustment of Status Applications, I-360 VAWA Self Petitions, H-1B Specialty Occupations, O-1 Aliens of Extraordinary Ability, and E-2 Treaty Investors. Drafted applications for relief and supporting documents for filing with the immigration court and mandamus forms and… Show more Prepared family, employment, and investment based visa and immigrant petitions and applications for filing with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services with an emphasis on marriage and family based I-130 Immigrant Petitions, Adjustment of Status Applications, I-360 VAWA Self Petitions, H-1B Specialty Occupations, O-1 Aliens of Extraordinary Ability, and E-2 Treaty Investors. Drafted applications for relief and supporting documents for filing with the immigration court and mandamus forms and filings for submission to federal court. Prepared Country Conditions Research for Asylum Applications. Interpreted for attorneys and Spanish speaking clients and translated documents from Spanish to English. Show less