Paralegal
Faith Owens Bruner
Contact Information
1920 Tree Top Lane Apt. F
Vestavia Hills, AL 35216
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My objective is to obtain a position in a professional
environment in which I can utilize my desire to help
others, my organizational talents and attention to detail,
my communication skills, and my critical thinking and
analytic skills.
Customer Service
Detail Oriented
Analytical Skills
Strong Work Ethic
Enjoys Research and Writing
Presentations and Acting
Historical Interpretation
Understanding and Explaining Cultures
Relates Well with Others
Critical Thinking
Types 65-75 wpm
Legal Intake
Law Firm Switchboard and Reception
Reliable
Artistic
Museum Archives
Museum Tours
Solutions Oriented
Creative
Organizational Skills
Skills and Strengths
Work Experience
Paralegal / Chevalier Legal Services, PLLC
December 2020-current position
Supervisor: Timothy L. Chevalier, Esq.
I work for Attorney Chevalier part-time and remotely as a paralegal, working on legal documents, spreadsheets, and other paralegal work that he requires.
Actor / Real People Models and Talent Agency and Trinity Talent Agency
2012 – currently
I have been a part-time actor working in commercials, films, and music videos in Alabama and in the Southeast since 2012. I have gained invaluable experience in these roles, as well as in producing, directing, and working in other filmmaking roles such as art direction and script supervising. More detailed information about my experience working in these roles is available upon request.
Customer Service Representative / TTP Solutions, Inc.
November 2020-January 2021
Supervisor: Tiffany Parks, Owner
While working through the TTP Solutions call center, I worked on the Arise platform for the client Dick’s Sporting Goods. I handled incoming calls and finding solutions for customers such as looking into the status of their order, questions about sales and promotions, inquiries into products that Dick’s Sporting Goods sells, and helping them with things such as matching prices and other questions.Homeschool Teacher / Bruner Family
2007-2019
After having my first baby in 2007, I stayed home raising and homeschooling my family until my youngest was ready to enter kindergarten in school. I took care of the children and made sure they learned what they needed to learn for their age of development and helped them to strive for excellence.
Graduate Assistant / Auburn University Montgomery
Assistant to Dr. McPherson, Director of the Paralegal Program
March 2007
Duty was to assist Dr. McPherson with drafting a proposal for the creation of a Master of Homeland Security Program.
Transcriptionist/Office Assistant (Temporary Employee) / Career Personnel, Alabama Orthopaedic Specialists, P.A.
June 19th, 2006—August 23, 2006
Supervisor: W. Scott Gulley, C.P.A./Ronald P. O’Neal, MPH, CHE
Duties included downloading recorded dictations of doctors and sending them to the correct transcriptionist; downloading, revising, and printing transcription notes; posting notes in patient files; transcribing notes for surgeries; typing, printing, and distributing surgery schedules; various other duties as needed. / Organizing complex files, other various office work as needed.
Information Specialist / American Center for Law and Justice
August 24, 2004—May 1, 2006
Supervisor: James Murphy
Duties included screening calls on the firm’s national legal help line for issues relevant to the ACLJ’s area of practice; reviewing correspondences; writing and inputting descriptions of the legal issues into the legal database, and then forwarding the information to the ACLJ attorneys; and sometimes coordinating conference and other calls for the Chief Counsel, Jay Sekulow.
Receptionist / Burr and Forman LLP
June 19, 2003 - June 30, 2004
Supervisor: Nita Perry
Duties included answering busy switchboard; keeping attendance records for paralegals, project assistants, secretaries, and other staff; checking Conflict Reports; and conference room scheduling.
Curator’s Assistant / Alabama Museum of Natural History/Scientific Collections
September 7, 2000 - May 2001
Supervisor: Judy Hamilton (now retired)
Duties included logging donated books and entering the data into the database, assisting with museum exhibits, logging artifacts, assisting with the inventory of the museum collection, and performing clerical work.
Archaeological Aid / Moundville, Archaeological Park
January 2000 - April 2000
Supervisor: Dr. Boyce Driskell (now at the University of Tennessee)
Duties included sorting through artifacts, setting them up for Dr. Driskell to view, and examining them for provenience numbers; cleaning artifacts; issuing accession numbers to artifacts; completing drawings for web page; entering information into database; and performing clerical work.
Education
Pursuing a Master of Science in Justice and Public Safety/Paralegal Program / AUM, Montgomery, AL
Activities/Honors: Lambda Epsilon Chi (LEX)—National Honor Society in Paralegal/Legal Assistant Studies (inducted 2007), Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society (inducted 2007), Graduate Student Representative on the Auburn Montgomery Paralegal Advisory Board (2007). GPA: 4.0
Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology / The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Double Major in Anthropology and Classics, with a minor in The Blount Undergraduate Initiative (Now called the Blount Scholars Program)
Activities/Honors: Blount Scholar in the Blount Undergraduate Initiative, National Society of Collegiate Scholars (Planning for College Success Coordinator 2001-2002), The Academy/Classics Club (Secretary 2002-2003), Who’s Who Among America’s Colleges and Universities, Chosen as an archaeological student and scholarship recipient for the Dust Cave Archaeological Field School (University of Alabama), Lois Drolet Luckie Memorial Endowed Scholarship, Alumni Association Scholarship, Classics Scholarship. GPA: 3.2
Faith Owens Bruner
Contact Information
1920 Tree Top Lane Apt. F
Vestavia Hills, AL 35216
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My objective is to obtain a position in a professional
environment in which I can utilize my desire to help
others, my organizational talents and attention to detail,
my communication skills, and my critical thinking and
analytic skills.
Customer Service
Detail Oriented
Analytical Skills
Strong Work Ethic
Enjoys Research and Writing
Presentations and Acting
Historical Interpretation
Understanding and Explaining Cultures
Relates Well with Others
Critical Thinking
Types 65-75 wpm
Legal Intake
Law Firm Switchboard and Reception
Reliable
Artistic
Museum Archives
Museum Tours
Solutions Oriented
Creative
Organizational Skills
Skills and Strengths
Work Experience
Paralegal / Chevalier Legal Services, PLLC
December 2020-current position
Supervisor: Timothy L. Chevalier, Esq.
I work for Attorney Chevalier part-time and remotely as a paralegal, working on legal documents, spreadsheets, and other paralegal work that he requires.
Actor / Real People Models and Talent Agency and Trinity Talent Agency
2012 – currently
I have been a part-time actor working in commercials, films, and music videos in Alabama and in the Southeast since 2012. I have gained invaluable experience in these roles, as well as in producing, directing, and working in other filmmaking roles such as art direction and script supervising. More detailed information about my experience working in these roles is available upon request.
Customer Service Representative / TTP Solutions, Inc.
November 2020-January 2021
Supervisor: Tiffany Parks, Owner
While working through the TTP Solutions call center, I worked on the Arise platform for the client Dick’s Sporting Goods. I handled incoming calls and finding solutions for customers such as looking into the status of their order, questions about sales and promotions, inquiries into products that Dick’s Sporting Goods sells, and helping them with things such as matching prices and other questions.Homeschool Teacher / Bruner Family
2007-2019
After having my first baby in 2007, I stayed home raising and homeschooling my family until my youngest was ready to enter kindergarten in school. I took care of the children and made sure they learned what they needed to learn for their age of development and helped them to strive for excellence.
Graduate Assistant / Auburn University Montgomery
Assistant to Dr. McPherson, Director of the Paralegal Program
March 2007
Duty was to assist Dr. McPherson with drafting a proposal for the creation of a Master of Homeland Security Program.
Transcriptionist/Office Assistant (Temporary Employee) / Career Personnel, Alabama Orthopaedic Specialists, P.A.
June 19th, 2006—August 23, 2006
Supervisor: W. Scott Gulley, C.P.A./Ronald P. O’Neal, MPH, CHE
Duties included downloading recorded dictations of doctors and sending them to the correct transcriptionist; downloading, revising, and printing transcription notes; posting notes in patient files; transcribing notes for surgeries; typing, printing, and distributing surgery schedules; various other duties as needed. / Organizing complex files, other various office work as needed.
Information Specialist / American Center for Law and Justice
August 24, 2004—May 1, 2006
Supervisor: James Murphy
Duties included screening calls on the firm’s national legal help line for issues relevant to the ACLJ’s area of practice; reviewing correspondences; writing and inputting descriptions of the legal issues into the legal database, and then forwarding the information to the ACLJ attorneys; and sometimes coordinating conference and other calls for the Chief Counsel, Jay Sekulow.
Receptionist / Burr and Forman LLP
June 19, 2003 - June 30, 2004
Supervisor: Nita Perry
Duties included answering busy switchboard; keeping attendance records for paralegals, project assistants, secretaries, and other staff; checking Conflict Reports; and conference room scheduling.
Curator’s Assistant / Alabama Museum of Natural History/Scientific Collections
September 7, 2000 - May 2001
Supervisor: Judy Hamilton (now retired)
Duties included logging donated books and entering the data into the database, assisting with museum exhibits, logging artifacts, assisting with the inventory of the museum collection, and performing clerical work.
Archaeological Aid / Moundville, Archaeological Park
January 2000 - April 2000
Supervisor: Dr. Boyce Driskell (now at the University of Tennessee)
Duties included sorting through artifacts, setting them up for Dr. Driskell to view, and examining them for provenience numbers; cleaning artifacts; issuing accession numbers to artifacts; completing drawings for web page; entering information into database; and performing clerical work.
Education
Pursuing a Master of Science in Justice and Public Safety/Paralegal Program / AUM, Montgomery, AL
Activities/Honors: Lambda Epsilon Chi (LEX)—National Honor Society in Paralegal/Legal Assistant Studies (inducted 2007), Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society (inducted 2007), Graduate Student Representative on the Auburn Montgomery Paralegal Advisory Board (2007). GPA: 4.0
Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology / The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Double Major in Anthropology and Classics, with a minor in The Blount Undergraduate Initiative (Now called the Blount Scholars Program)
Activities/Honors: Blount Scholar in the Blount Undergraduate Initiative, National Society of Collegiate Scholars (Planning for College Success Coordinator 2001-2002), The Academy/Classics Club (Secretary 2002-2003), Who’s Who Among America’s Colleges and Universities, Chosen as an archaeological student and scholarship recipient for the Dust Cave Archaeological Field School (University of Alabama), Lois Drolet Luckie Memorial Endowed Scholarship, Alumni Association Scholarship, Classics Scholarship. GPA: 3.2