Akanksha S.
U.S. Immigration Paralegal | EB-1, O-1, NIW | USCIS & EOIR
Hello! I’m a legal professional with 3 years of experience assisting U.S. based Attorneys and Law Firms across a wide range of Personal Injury, Civil Litigation and Immigration matters. I support legal teams by managing end-to-end case preparation: from intake and evidence organization to petition and form preparation, USCIS and EOIR filings, FOIA requests, drafting, discovery, medical summaries, legal research, and e-filing. My goal is to make your legal operations more efficient and your filings more accurate and complete. ✔️ Services I Provide- Immigration Law (USCIS & EOIR) ✔️ Family-Based & Adjustment Filings: I-130, I-485, I-765, I-864, I-131, DS-260 ✔️ Change/Extension of Status: I-539 ✔️ Humanitarian Relief: Asylum (affirmative & defensive – I-589), VAWA (I-360), U Visa, T Visa, SIJS ✔️ Waivers: I-601, I-601A, I-212, I-192 ✔️ Removal Defense & Detained Cases • EOIR-42A (Cancellation of Removal for LPRs) • EOIR-42B (Cancellation of Removal for Non-LPRs) • EOIR filings and ECAS uploads • Bond motion support for detained clients • Detainee declarations, sponsor letters, and supporting exhibits • Case tracking and procedural deadline management ✔️ FOIA Requests • USCIS FOIA • CBP FOIA • EOIR FOIA ✔️ Consular Processing support ✔️ Employment-Based Immigration : • EB-1, O-1, H-1B, L-1, NIW (petition drafting support) • I-129, I-140 preparation • RFE / NOID response drafting • PERM & LCA support (as required) Personal Injury & Civil Litigation ✔️ Drafting of complaints (PI, MVA, slip & fall, premises liability, Lemon Law) ✔️ Demand letters and settlement drafts ✔️ Discovery drafting and responses: ✔️RFPD, FROG, SPROG, RFA Deposition and witness summaries • Court filing and e-filing (state & federal portals, CM/ECF, One Legal) Employment Law ✔️ Wage & hour and labor-code-based complaints ✔️ Demand letters and pre-litigation documentation ✔️ Discovery drafting and document production support Medical Records, Document Review & Case Analysis ✔️ Medical records and billing summaries for PI matters ✔️ Medical indexing, chronologies, and evidence organization ✔️ Expert witness and exhibit review ✔️ Large-scale document review and issue spotting ✔️ Fact-to-element mapping and case summaries Legal Research & Drafting Support ✔️ Case law and statutory research (Westlaw, Lexis, Casemaker) ✔️ Research memos and authority summaries ✔️ Contract abstraction, metadata extraction, and document analysis Tools & Platforms I Work With: ✔️Docketwise – form preparation, matter creation, client intake ✔️Westlaw - Research Case laws, prepare briefs ✔️CLIO – case management, task assignments, calendar scheduling ✔️ Lawmatics – client intake, lead tracking, workflow automation, Reporting & Analytics, email & SMS follow-ups ✔️ PracticePanther – case management, time tracking, billing, client communication ✔️ Box – secure cloud storage, document sharing, team collaboration, version control ✔️EOIR/ECAS platform – filings for immigration court ✔️USCIS Online Account System – tracking and submitting petitions What Sets Me Apart: ✔️I’m highly organized, responsive, and able to manage high-volume caseloads while maintaining accuracy. ✔️I prepare well-structured, complete petitions that meet USCIS and EOIR standards ✔️I’ve built structured workflows and document templates that speed up case prep without compromising quality.
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $18k
Billed in all: $31,307$31k
$9.2k in the last 6 months
Across 14 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
Skill rankings: Top 2% in Immigration Document Translation
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