MELODY ALLEN212 Digby Avenue
Lafayette, LA 70508Home: (337) 984-1000 * Cell: (337) 288-2934
Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION
Southern University Law Center, Baton Rouge, LAJuris Doctor Candidate, December 2016 GPA: 3.30*Journal of Race, Gender, and Poverty - Senior Editor*National Jurist Student Ambassador; Bar Prep Committee; *Legal Research Assistant (Summer, 2014)
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LABachelor of General Studies, December, 2010GPA: 3.35
WORK EXPERIENCE
May, 2016-Present J. Arthur Smith, III, Esq.830 North StreetBaton Rouge, Louisiana 70802(225) 383-7716 Law Clerk
Nov. 2012-July, 2013 Department of Children & Family Services, Lafayette, LA Case management
Jan. 2005-Dec., 2011 Upstream Equipment/Bam Energy Equipment, Broussard, LA Office Manager; Accounts receivable; accounts payable;
payroll
Jan. 1998-Dec., 2004 Self-Employed Legal Transcriber, Lafayette, LA Transcribed deposition for Debra Ellender-Smith - Pilant
Court Reporting
Nov. 1986-May, 1996 Logan & Sallinger, Lafayette, LA Paralegal duties; Accounts payable; accounts receivable
SKILLS
Proficient in Microsoft Office; WordPerfect; Shorthand; LexisNexis; Westlaw
CERTIFICATIONS Notary Public
COMMUNITY SERVICE Lafayette Animal Aid