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Anastasia E.

Lawyer | Paralegal | Legal Researcher & Writer

My work is not administrative. I am a litigation and transactional attorney with over five years of post-call experience, providing substantive legal research, persuasive drafting, and end-to-end litigation support to attorneys, law firms, and legal professionals across multiple jurisdictions — including the U.S., Canada, Nigeria, and international cases. I have supported civil litigation, criminal defense, immigration proceedings, asylum claims, human rights documentation, regulatory investigations, and commercial transactions. I handle key legal responsibilities such as drafting motions, memoranda of law, declarations, affidavits, letters, and transactional documents. I analyze complex records and distil them into clear legal narratives, and prepare court-ready filings that hold up to judicial scrutiny. I have worked alongside diverse legal teams in active litigation, regulatory proceedings, immigration matters, and cross-border transactions, often under tight deadlines and with significant stakes. Core Legal Services: - Legal research and case law analysis across U.S. federal and state jurisdictions - Motion drafting, memoranda of law, complaints, answers, notices, and declarations - Discovery support, document review, and litigation summaries - Court-ready exhibit preparation — indexing, pagination, bookmarking, and e-filing - Immigration declarations, asylum applications, and human rights documentation - Expert witness report review and country-condition research - USPTO trademark research (TESS, TSDR, assignment records) - SEC EDGAR, FINRA BrokerCheck, IAPD, and multi-state corporate registry research - Contract drafting and review — NDAs, service agreements, commercial contracts - Transactional instruments — Deeds of Assignment, Powers of Attorney, Deeds of Trust - Nigerian law matters — energy, property, corporate, and regulatory work - Case chronologies, evidence organization, and matter management Why Clients Come Back: I bring litigation-trained judgment to every engagement — not just formatting and filing. I identify the facts and authorities that matter most, anticipate potential weaknesses in the record, and deliver work product that advances litigation strategy rather than simply completing tasks. I am trusted with confidential materials, comfortable working across time zones, and consistent on deadlines. Whether supporting a solo practitioner or a multi-attorney litigation team, I communicate clearly, integrate quickly into existing workflows, and deliver consistently under demanding timelines If you need a legal professional who functions as a true extension of your team — not just a document processor — I would welcome the opportunity to discuss with you.

🇳🇬Ikoyi, Nigeria$20/hr100% JSS5.00 (2)Since Dec 2023

Earnings and projects

MRR
$409

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#86,107 / 412k
🇳🇬Country#2,559 / 13.8k
Revenue, last 30 days
$660

Last 6 months: $2.5k

World#55,424 / 412k
🇳🇬Country#1,343 / 13.8k
Total earnings
$4.2k

Billed in all: $4.3k

World#269,694 / 412k
🇳🇬Country#6,780 / 13.8k
Per project
$420

$272 in the last 6 months

World#199,359 / 412k
🇳🇬Country#4,749 / 13.8k
Projects, last 6 months
9

Across 10 contracts

50% fixed50% hourly
World#21,105 / 412k
🇳🇬Country#1,418 / 13.8k
Projects in all
10

Across 12 contracts

50% fixed50% hourly
World#201,797 / 412k
🇳🇬Country#7,328 / 13.8k

Earnings, last 30 days

$4.3k+$660 earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$3.5k$4.0k$4.5kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 15% in Document Version Control

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