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