Liza Catron is seeking a position as a paralegal, legal assistant, or in private investigations where she can utilize her legal knowledge and skills. She has training and certificates in private investigations, paralegal studies, and computer proficiencies including Microsoft Office and accounting software. Her professional experience includes volunteer and paid positions managing legal offices and providing research, document preparation, and administrative support to attorneys, investigators, and non-profits. She maintains affiliations with several legal and investigative professional organizations and continues her education in criminal justice and paralegal studies.

1. Liza Catron
Post Office Box 330888 Cellular: (904) 545-9493
Atlantic Beach FL 32233-0888 Email: liza@lizacatron.com
Career Objective: Seeking position as a paralegal or legal assistant in a law firm or corporate
environment, or a private investigations organization where my legal knowledge and skills will be
utilized.
Legal and General Education: 2009 – Private Investigative Training (investigativetraining.com) for FL both
16 and 24 hour courses, passed each with a 94; for private investigator intern license, Private Investigations
(Specialized Career Diploma from PennFoster University), Paralegal Certificate of Westlaw Proficiency; 2007
– Paralegal Pathway Certificate (126 clock hrs), Advanced Dispute Resolution Specialist (84 clock hrs), Real
Estate Inspection Certificate, Title Abstractor Certificate
Computer Proficiencies: QuickBooks, Quicken, Peachtree, Realworld Accounting, Timeslips 5, Microsoft
Office Suite (ALL current 2007), WordPerfect/QuatroPro Suite, Lotus
Professional Experience
• Volunteer internet research assistant, Robert Lightfoot, Private Investigator, Arkansas
• Volunteer Newsletter Editor, Pro Bono paralegal for Marteal Lamb, Esquire
• Volunteer Newsletter Editor (Volunteer) for Laugh At Cancer Organization
• Volunteer Marketing Materials Design & Preparation for Romano Roofing
• Office Manager/Legal Office Manager/Paralegal, (3/2007-3/2008) - Manage office/staff, legal research,
and document preparation; assist attorney w/court preparation, calendaring, missing person’s discovery,
case/statute review for pertinence & application. Oversee daily ops, ordering, construction site prep,
vendor/subcontractor acquisition, set-up/opened corporations, prepared AOI’s & minutes, built/managed
websites.
• Office/Accounting Mgr - 9 To 5 Computer Supply Distributor Inc, 8 years (1-1999-3/2007) - All A/R,
A/P, checkbook, CC and bank account reconciliation, legal prep for attorneys for litigation,
correspondence, contract (review/completion/submission), acquisition of vendors (negotiate pricing &
contractual requirements), customer service/credit issues, & disputes; designed ALL stationary and forms,
established return policy, established corporate shipment policy, serial # tracking/recording, warranty
policy; prepared shipments for Gov purchases, (familiar with MIL-Specs for details).
• Wyndham Lakes Retirement Home –Exec. Assist, bookkeeper, supervisor to reception staff, collections
manager, HR review board. Managed bookkeeping/collections (collected 300k+ in 8 weeks), staffing of
reception desk.
• Vercon Construction - Prepared contracts for commercial and residential real estate construction. Worked
w/contractors to prepare/adjust draws; managed files for project managers, permitting, acquiring materials
and office space for use during project.
• Legal Secretary - Rowe & Rowe – billing of clients, calendaring, reception, trust and will prep via
dictaphone/dictation, reception duties, bookkeeping via Timeslips (set up firm on this software).
Professional Affiliations: National Notary Association, 8/1998 to present - Certified Notary Signing Agent,
Lifetime Member - Certified Signing Agents Inc (NSA), National Association of Freelance Paralegals, E-
Discovery Paralegals Network (EDPN) NFPA – National Federation of Paralegal Associations, Inc -2009,
FALI (Florida Association of Licensed Investigators), Police Officer Nation, Police Pulse, Association of
Litigation Support Professionals (applied), Women in E-Discovery (applied), OLP (Organization of Legal
Professionals), (FLIP) Female Legal Investigative Professionals.
Ongoing Education: Specialized Career Diploma – Criminal Justice (graduate Dec 2009) from WOLI,
Specialized Career Diploma – Paralegal (graduate Apr 2010) from PennFoster, National Associations of
Freelance Legal Professionals (webinars/classes), Westlaw & FIOS – web/online classes
Diplomas, Transcripts, Certificates and References available upon request