Dave PC Connell

49 Townsend Circle, Naperville, Illinois, 60565

(630) 862 8872

  dcarpenterconnell@gmail.com

Professional Statement: Devoting my work ethic, experience, education and skills to a law firm.

Education: Australian public schools until freshman year at Naperville Central HS in 2000.

Certificated Paralegal, May 15th, 2015

College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL

GPA: 3.6/4.0 (ABA-approved)

Associates of Arts in Philosophy, May 2009

Focused on art and leadership

College of Du Page, Glen Ellyn, IL

GPA: 3.20/4.00

Paralegal Experience:

Law Offices of Robert. D. Lin, Intern, Naperville, IL

Reviewed and analyzed real estate contracts, affidavits and tax forms.

Integrated real property deal deadlines into attorney calendar.

Organized paper filing system.

Additional Work Experience:

Meijer store 169 Professional Cashier, Bolingbrook, IL

July 2012 – February 2015

Service Desk, overnight shift, self-checkouts, utility worker, gas station and sub supervising part time (36 hours/week).

Trained staff in Meijer return policy and service duties (cashiering, friendly and efficient service).

Consistently multi-tasked to serve customer expectations in a demanding and fast-paced environment.

Tamms Year Ten (TY10 or yearten.org) Intern, DePaul University

September 2010 - June 2011

Independently created an online archive of prisoner documents, research archive and grant calendar.

Innovated and served with prisoner’s families and supporters at letter writing sessions, fundraiser and several other events.

Entrusted with the McCormick Scholarship (one of three DU students) for the max three straight quarters.

Interpersonal Skills:

Excellent public speaking, debate, conflict resolution, reading and writing abilities with all diverse groups of people.

Faithful leader who trusts people.

Technical Skills:

Expert with Westlaw, MasterTabs, Microsoft Word 2013, spreadsheets and power-point.

Experienced with Mac OS, statistical packages, transactions and contracts.

Recent Academic Achievements and Extra Curricula:

2014 - 2015 Academic Honors for Paralegal Certification at COD and DCBA member

Autumn, Winter and Spring 2010 - 2011 McCormick Scholarship Recipient (Only recipient from entire DePaul class).

President of COD Philosophy Club ‘08 - 10 (Regular and extra duties & inaugurated successive leadership cadre in 2010)

Creator, sole curator and solo artist of personal art gallery (Wings Gallery at COD) Sept. - Oct. 2007

Relevant Knowledge Developed via courses:

Corporations and Business Organizations, Business Law 1 Civil Litigation, Criminal Law

Policy Analysis, Law Office Technology

Environmental Law, Society and Law

Constitutional Law/National Security

Speech and Debate Team Practicum

Advanced Legal Research and Writing

Drafting Legal Documents Hybrid

January 2015 – Present

DePaul University, Chicago, IL

GPA: 3.517/4.00

Summa Cum Laude bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, June 12th, 2011

Minor in Public Policy: Environmental Concentration