A high-energy Individual with Bachelors in Law from the University of Nairobi. Prepared to contribute abilities to any given role while further developing acquired skills and gaining real-world experience in the field of Law. Highly organized, responsible and well versed in experience in court section from Milimani Law Courts, Milimani Commercial Courts and Kakamega Law Courts. I have also provided and delivered professional, helpful, high-quality service and assistance before, during and after internship while working as an intern at Timothy Mmbaka & Co. Advocates, Legal assistant at Shitsama & Co. Advocates and Legal Officer at Quipbank Trust Limited.
• Drafting short term contracts
• Preparing and filing legal documents internally
• Conducts ongoing review and revision of Quipbank resources policies.
• Reviewing and summarizing case files to determine what additional action is needed
• Assist the external Advocates by drafting and reviewing documents as instructed.
• Communicates with external advocates and other relevant government officers.
• Provide support in preparation and drafting of memorandums.
• Provide research support in Employment, Legal, Policy matters within the company.
• Managing repossession, issuing repossession and follow up to see the asset delivered to the yard.
• Provide reports and summaries on upcoming Court matters.
• Conduct legal research and prepare internal briefings on matters relating to company policies.
• Managing debtor - drafting notices, demand letters, and follow-up calls to debtors as necessary.
• Researching applicable laws and legal precedents to provide legal support to lawyers working on cases.
• Conducting extensive legal research and analysis and preparing studies, comparative studies, briefs, reports, and correspondence.
• Preparing or assisting in the preparation and negotiating or assisting in the negotiation of agreements with stakeholders.
• Provide administrative support to lawyer and enhance office effectiveness.
• Company administration and registration
• Monitor deadlines and update and juggle calendars
• Cataloguing and Indexing Case Files
• Court Registry Attendance
• Coordinating Filing and Service of Legal Documents
• Attending to litigants and recording their statements with a clear focus of identifying and addressing legal issues involved.
• Drafting demand notices and simple legal documents such as mention notices, hearing notices and affidavits of service.
• Attending court registry to file pleadings and other routine matters.
• Legal research and writing.
• Attending court in the company of counsel to follow court proceedings and to generally familiarize myself with court practice.
• Receiving and Managing Legal Correspondences
• Filing system
• Pulling out files for action by the firm’s lawyers
• Assisting counsel in preparing witnesses before trial (pre-trial conferences
• Receiving various files pertaining to commercial matters
• Allocating matters to different courts at the institution.
• Preparation of cause lists.
• Allocating numbers to various reported cases.
• Attending court sessions.
• Receive and record charge sheets from various police stations within the county.
• Numbering the charge sheets in a continuous manner.
• Taking the files to court for pleas to be entered.
• Reading out charges to the accused persons.
• Recording pleas of the accused persons.
• Giving files to the Magistrate during court sessions.
• Calling out case file numbers and parties involved during court sessions.
• Writing of warrant of arrest to the accused persons.
• Taking all the exhibits submitted for and the case files for archiving at the registry.
Excellent work ethic
Teamwork skills
Honesty and integrity
Creative minded
Analytical thinking
Organizational skills
Compliance Monitoring
Risk Management
Internal Controls
Documentation Review
Reporting Requirements
Policy analysis
Regulations enforcement
Legal Research