Senior Paralegal Law Office
Resume:
JUAN ANTONIO MOLINA
EL CENTRO, CALIFORNIA 92243
P.O. BOX 1714 CALEXICO, CA 92232
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EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO, School of Law, J.D 1992
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO, B.A Political Science, 1989
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SCARONI FAMILY OF COMPANIES
AG DATA GLOBAL, INC
101 EAST MAIN STREET
HEBER, CALIFORNIA, 92249
JULY 2024 TO AUGUST 2024
PARALEGAL:
In-house paralegal to an H2A family business. In charge of updating corporate books to the United States corporations and the Mexican corporations. Drafted contracts for the company. Reviewed Mexican contracts. Prepared and filed any motions for the various civil state and federal lawsuits. Prepared the necessary briefs for arbitration and mediation hearings.
LAW OFFICE OF MARIA JONES
202 EAST EARLL DRIVE, STE 370
PHOENIX, AZ 85012
SENIOR PARALEGAL
OCTOBER 2022 TO OCTOBER 2023
SENIOR PARALEGAL:
Supervise to the Immigration Court Department. In charge of scheduling court dates, preparing and filing all relevant forms of immigration relief, Adjustment of Status, Petitions for alien relatives, Cancellation of Removal and Political Asylum.
Supervise U visa department: In charge of preparing forms to mail to police and in charge of preparing and mailing completed “U”visas to the immigration service.
Supervise I-130 department, Petition for alien relatives, prepared I-130 forms and mail them to USCIS.
Consulate Interview Department: Prepared consulate interview packets and prepared clients for their consulate interview.
CONTRACT COORDINATOR
Took leads from possible new clients. Prepared intake and took it to an attorney for review. If asserted, met with a possible client and had the client sign a new contract. Prepared a new file and created a label. Forwarded file to Lead Paralegal to start the case.
LAW OFFICE OF SERGIO SIDERMAN
4445 SOUTH EASTERN AVE.
LAS VEGAS, NV 89119
PARALEGAL
JUNE 2020 TO NOVEMBER 01, 2020
PARALEGAL: Prepared I-130 forms. Prepared adjustment of status applications, Naturalization applications, Parole in Place and NVC applications. Answered phone calls and completed all translations. Prepared paperwork of Immigration I-1601 waivers.
LAW OFFICE OF JUAN ANTONIO MOLINA,
CALEXICO, CA
1996 TO 2007
From 1996 to 2007 owned and managed a six person law firm. I was in charge of setting and implementing policy.
BUSINESS IMMIGRATION: Prepared business plan, analyzed
the best business form and formed either an LLC or corporation. Prepared legal briefs and forms to obtain either an Intra Company Visa (L visa), an investor visa (E visa), NAFTA visa or any other applicable business visa. Prepared the consulate paperwork to send the clients to the consulate to obtain the visa. As a final step, file an adjustment of status.
FAMILY IMMIGRATION: Analyzed immigration cases and prepared the necessary relief, Adjustment of Status, Family Petition, Naturalization, Derivative citizenship, Waivers or any applicable form. Prepared all paperwork for Consulate interviews. Handled complex issues such as recapturing old priority dates or freezing of priority dates.
DEPORTATION DEFENSE: Prepared and represented clients in deportation court and in bond hearings, relief hearings, political asylum and appeals. Prepared all forms of relief, such as cancellation of deportation, political asylum, derivative citizenship and all motions and appeals.
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: Represented clients in State, Federal or Administrative hearings. Including but not limited to drug, alien smuggling or domestic violence charges. Handle the criminal defense from the initial interview, bond hearing, motions and trial.
ADMINISTRATIVE: Prepared and filed the necessary paperwork for a
cash or property seizure.
LAW CLERK SPECIALIZING IN BUSINESS AND FAMILY IMMIGRATION
2007 TO JUNE 2020
NOVEMBER 2020 TO THE PRESENT
INDEPENDENT LAW CLERK
Experienced Law Clerk with a strong command of immigration law. Handled business and family immigration cases. Prepared business visas.
Criminal: Diligent and resourceful in conducting legal research and case investigation; trustworthy in handling confidential information; and articulate in preparing persuasive legal arguments, motions and agreements.
Technically skilled; use ProDoc, Abacus Next, Westlaw, LexisNexis, eLaw, PACER, STAC and MS Office.
LANGUAGES
Fluent Spanish and English
INTERESTS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Calexico Pop Warner: President for two years and football coach for two years.
El Centro Little League. Vice President for one year
Vincent Memorial High School:
Junior Varsity football coach for one season
Soccer assistant coach for three years.
Head soccer coach for three years
High School football game announcer for five years.
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