Paralegal resume example
This paralegal resume is the direct export of our Paralegal · Docket template — a rail-guided single column whose guide rail is drawn in CSS, so the text still reads top to bottom exactly as a parser wants and scores 92/100 against our 30 published ATS rules. Angela Ruiz's litigation record fills it; these four bullets are the ones a hiring attorney rereads.
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Why these bullets work
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“Support four litigation attorneys across a 60-case docket, managing every deadline in Clio with zero missed filings in five years”
'Zero missed filings in five years' is the strongest sentence a litigation paralegal can write — deadlines are the job's entire risk surface, and this line retires the question in the first bullet.
“Organized document review in Relativity for a matter with 90,000 records, cutting outside-vendor review hours 35%”
E-discovery scale plus a cost result. Relativity is the platform firms filter for by name, and the vendor-hours cut shows you manage spend, not just documents.
“Draft pleadings, discovery requests, and deposition summaries; e-file 25+ documents a month through the Texas eFile system”
The daily craft, quantified. A monthly e-filing count proves current, hands-on fluency with the court system — a different claim entirely from 'familiar with filing procedures'.
“Scheduled depositions, mediations, and hearings across 12 counties without a single calendar conflict”
Coordination across 12 jurisdictions with a zero-defect record — a small number carrying a big signal, because the calendar is where paralegal reputations are made or lost.
Making it yours
- Swap the 60-case docket and four attorneys for your own load — cases active, attorneys supported, courts covered; the ratio is what hiring attorneys read first.
- Keep a zero-defect line only if it is true, and bound it in time as this example does ('in five years'); unbounded perfection claims read as decoration.
- Name your platforms — Clio, Relativity, and Westlaw here — plus your state's e-filing system; firm software stacks are a hard match criterion.
- If you hold the NALA CP or a state credential, give it its own certifications line — many firm postings screen for the exact phrase, not a mention in a skills list.
Common questions
Should a paralegal resume name practice areas?
Yes — in the summary, the way this example names civil litigation and insurance defense. Firms hire into a practice group, and that match happens in the first two lines.
Can I use this paralegal example if I'm coming from a legal assistant role?
Yes — it opens free in the editor, and the earliest role on this very page is a legal assistant job. Keep that trajectory visible: intake counts and calendars managed first, then the discovery and filing work you have grown into.
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