{"id":144,"date":"2026-02-04T15:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getthedeedsdone.com\/?page_id=144"},"modified":"2026-02-04T15:00:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:00:01","slug":"resume","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/getthedeedsdone.com\/?page_id=144","title":{"rendered":"Resume"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">EXPERIENCE<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2021-2026 \u2002\u2002Contract Paralegal, Educator, and Consultant<br>2022-2023 \u2002\u2002Board-Certified Family Law Paralegal, Benouis Law, PLLC<br>2020-2021 \u2002\u2002Board-Certified Family Law Paralegal, Bustos Family Law, PLLC<br>2014-2020 \u2002\u2002Lead Family Law Paralegal and Office Manager,  Smith and Bledsoe<br><br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SKILLS-Senior Paralegal<\/span><br>\u2022Draft pleadings, orders, motions, subpoenas, notices, requests, correspondence, and post-divorce documents.<br>\u2022Prepare discovery and discovery deficiency letters; analyze and respond to same.<br>\u2022Prepare mediation spreadsheets and position statements.<br>Assist with complex post-divorce litigation.<br>\u2022Prepare research and briefs.<br>Assist with hearing preparation.<br>Attend and assist attorneys at hearings.<br><br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SKILLS-Mentoring and Leadership<\/span><br>\u2022Train Paralegals, Attorneys and Legal Assistants on fundamentals: organization, time management, docket and client management, self-sufficiency, how to think like a judge.<br>\u2022Develop internal process and procedures, policies and checklists.<br>\u2022Create power point presentations and instructional videos, curate and edit same.<br>\u2022Create In-house Templates.<br><br><br>EDUCATION<br>2024      Enrolled &amp; Withdrew from TSU Law School (because of cost)<br>2020 \u2002\u2002Texas Board of Legal Specialization &#8212; Board Certified in Family Law<br>2017 \u2002\u2002Basic, Advanced Family Law Mediation and Arbitration Certification, Mediators of Texas<br>2014 \u2002\u2002Paralegal Certification with Honors, Austin Community College<br>2007 \u2002\u2002Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Decrees, Modifications, Petitions, Letters, and most other drafting &#8212; $50+\/hour<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DISCOVERY &#8212; $75\/hr<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Attorney-Client relationship is yours to govern and protect, so I do not engage with your clients directly or on your behalf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXPERIENCE 2021-2026 \u2002\u2002Contract Paralegal, Educator, and Consultant2022-2023 \u2002\u2002Board-Certified Family Law Paralegal, Benouis Law, PLLC2020-2021 \u2002\u2002Board-Certified Family Law Paralegal, Bustos Family Law, PLLC2014-2020 \u2002\u2002Lead Family Law Paralegal and Office Manager, Smith and Bledsoe SKILLS-Senior Paralegal\u2022Draft pleadings, orders, motions, subpoenas, notices, requests, correspondence, and post-divorce documents.\u2022Prepare discovery and discovery deficiency letters; analyze and respond to same.\u2022Prepare mediation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-144","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/getthedeedsdone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/getthedeedsdone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/getthedeedsdone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getthedeedsdone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getthedeedsdone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/getthedeedsdone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145,"href":"https:\/\/getthedeedsdone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144\/revisions\/145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/getthedeedsdone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}