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Jaime Paton

Jaime Paton

Sydney

Summary

Legal Officer prepared for roles requiring in-depth knowledge of legal procedures and practices. Proven experience in managing legal documentation, providing strategic advice on complex legal matters, and appearing on behalf of clients in courts of all jurisdictions. Collaborative team player with focus on achieving results and adapting to evolving legal needs. Valued for reliability, integrity and flexibility.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Legal Officer Grade I-III

Crown Solicitor's Office
08.2024 - Current
  • Advising and representing government agencies in relation to highly sensitive and confidential government information, the disclosure of which would prejudice the proper functioning of government, the safety of individuals, and the administration of justice.
  • Appearing and advocating on behalf of government clients in Local, District and Supreme Court proceedings, in both civil and criminal jurisdictions.
  • Responding to competing and urgent demands of both internal and external stakeholders, and effectively balancing client expectations and tight deadlines while keeping abreast of current developments in the areas of law in which the Practice Group specialises.
  • Understanding client priorities to anticipate their needs, providing regular reporting on the progress of matters and ensuring high client service standards are met.
  • Creating positive relationships with clients by providing high quality service, and engaging productively and efficiently with all internal and external stakeholders.
  • Providing efficient and cost effective assistance to senior solicitors while developing and enhancing professional competence.
  • Maintaining a high level of administrative organisation and practice management standards including accurately and contemporaneously recording time spent on legal work, filing of emails and client documents in a timely manner, updating client reports and costs estimates, and progressing bills.
  • Abiding by the Model Litigant Policy in litigation matters and complying with CSO practice management standards, policies and procedures.

Paralegal

Crown Solicitors' Office
02.2023 - 08.2024
  • Preparing legal briefs, motions and pleadings.
  • Assisting solicitors with legal and administrative tasks including preparing court documents and case organisation.
  • Liaising with other paralegals and legal staff to complete common tasks on schedule.
  • Conducting in-depth legal research for supporting case strategy development, significantly contributing to positive outcomes.
  • Preparing research memos on statutory law, case law and federal and state regulations using online research databases, such as Westlaw, Lexis Advance and Jade Professional.
  • Attending court hearings and depositions to take notes and document proceedings.
  • Expediting document review process by conducting initial reviews of key documents for relevance and privilege status.
  • Promoting a positive work environment by providing training and guidance to junior paralegals as needed.

Legal Indexer

Puddingburn Publishing Services
07.2021 - 02.2023
  • Displaying exceptional attention to detail in composing indexes from scratch by efficiently reading, processing and organising material primarily in PDF form, specialising in legal texts.
  • Balancing multiple projects and tasks to ensure high quality and timely delivery, while prioritising and organising tasks efficiently to accomplish performance goals ahead of schedule.
  • Demonstrating self-reliance by meeting and exceeding workflow needs, while managing university commitments.
  • Demonstrating excellent administrative skills by answering and directing phone calls, and responding to emails.

Paralegal

Maxwell, Meredith & Co
04.2020 - 06.2021
  • Providing clerical assistance to busy solicitors including drafting correspondence, file maintenance and filing.
  • Liaising with client, answering telephone calls and responding to emails.
  • Photocopying all correspondence, documents and other printed materials.
  • Receiving and disbursing incoming mail.
  • Coordinating and scheduling meetings and telephone conferences.
  • Organising and maintaining law libraries, documents and case files.

Education

Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice -

College of Law
03.2024

Juris Doctor - Postgraduate Law

University of Sydney
11.2023

Bachelor of Arts - Criminology

University of New South Wales
11.2018

Skills

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Demonstrable proficiency appearing and advocating on behalf of clients in both civil and criminal proceedings in courts of all jurisdictions
  • Ability to work autonomously, while managing competing deadlines and time pressures through advanced time-management skills
  • Exceptional administrative and organisational skills and proficiency, including contemporaneous time recording, filing of emails and client documents, updating costs estimates and progressing bills
  • Comprehensive research skills and ability to apply high-level critical thinking to analyse complex legal issues
  • Excellent ability to work efficiently in a team, particularly in fast-paced, challenging and high pressure environments

Certification

Law Society of New South Wales - 2025/2026

Practising Certificate no. 116472


Supreme Court of New South Wales - 2024

Admitted to practice as a solicitor


High Court of Australia - Current

Registered on Register of Practitioners


AGSVA Security Clearance

Negative Vetting Level 1 (NV-1)



References

Available upon request.

Timeline

Legal Officer Grade I-III

Crown Solicitor's Office
08.2024 - Current

Paralegal

Crown Solicitors' Office
02.2023 - 08.2024

Legal Indexer

Puddingburn Publishing Services
07.2021 - 02.2023

Paralegal

Maxwell, Meredith & Co
04.2020 - 06.2021

Bachelor of Arts - Criminology

University of New South Wales

Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice -

College of Law

Juris Doctor - Postgraduate Law

University of Sydney

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