STEVEN VALDIVIEZ

P.O. Box 3508, Morristown, TN 387815 PH (865) 304-3667 steven.valdiviez@gmail.com

Accounting student with excellent office management and client relation skills, seeking a position in an accounting
firm or department where I can apply and expand on the education and skills that I have learned through my academic
endeavors.

GRADUATION: DECEMBER 2010

EDUCATION
• Lee University – Cleveland, Tennessee Accounting 5/09 - present
• Huntingdon College - Montgomery, Alabama Accounting 8/08 -12/08
• Walters State Community College – Morristown, TN Accounting 2005 - 2007
• VITA – Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
○ Certified by the IRS on Personal Income Taxes at the Basic and Intermediate Levels

SPECIAL SKILLS
Microsoft Office, Amicus Attorney, Microsoft Access, Taxslayer (tax software) Quickbooks, Microsoft Time and
Billing, Quickbooks Invoice Manager, Federal Pacer Filing System, Westlaw and Lexis Nexus

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Paralegal / Firm Manager
Law Office of Wheatley & Straussfogel, LLP, Sevierville, Tennessee 01/2006 – 04/2008
• Reported directly to both partners with broad ranged responsibilities that encompassed the timely and complex
preparation of cases from the discovery to trial phase including reviewing pleadings, drafting orders,
responding to discovery motions and preparing argument packets for hearings.
• Managed office payroll, payment to vendors, opened and negotiated supply accounts, provider accounts and all
vendor accounts. Managed office books and Attorney IOLTA Accounts.
• Liaison between attorneys, clients, healthcare providers, insurance carriers, law firms, and District Attorney
General’s Office.

Legal Assistant
Law Office of Joseph A. Baker, Sevierville, Tennessee
10/2004 – 2/2006
• Reported to 3 attorneys and assisted the firm’s paralegals in document preparation, dictation, case research and
organization of medical records.
• Performed investigations for defense of the firm’s clients in criminal proceedings and assisted in the
compilation of defense exhibits for trials and hearings.
• Coordinated schedules, hearings, meetings and depositions with clients, witnesses, attorneys and paralegals.

ORGANIZATIONS
SEVIER COUNTY LEGAL STAFF ASSOCIATION 2006 – 2009
President: 2008 – 2009
Vice – president: 2007-2008

SIFE - STUDENTS IN FREE ENTERPRISE

Treasurer – 2005

AICPA – AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

Student Affiliate Member - 2010