Patricia Parra

Experience

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  Office of the Executive Secretary/Supreme Court of Virginia

  Nov 2007 - Oct 2013

  Court Interpreter

  • Interpret legal proceedings from English into Spanish and Spanish into English for non-English speaking defendants, judges, attorneys, social services, witnesses, experts, psychologists, state attorneys, public defenders, law enforcement, probation officers at jury and bench trials, and hearings in Circuit Court, General District Court, Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, in-take appointments, pre-sentence interviews, asylum interviews at Department of Homeland Security, Probation services units, jail visits, depositions, sworn statements, Worker's Compensation hearings. Show less

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  11th Judicial Circuit of Florida

  Dec 2013 - now

  Certified/Staff Court Interpreter

  Interpret oral communications from Spanish into/from English and vice versa; render oral interpretation of written text. Appear in court, as required, as an expert witness in order to introduce written translations into evidence. Review any material translated with any party involved with a case, as required. Review translated material to prepare for trial. Interpret for defendants, judges, lawyers, case managers, witnesses, social workers, probation officers, investigators, psychologists, state attorneys, and public defenders. Interpret at pretrial conferences, during sworn statements, depositions, interviews, investigations, bond hearings, jail arraignments, the jail, plea bargains, motions, jury and bench trials, sentencing hearings, probation violation hearings, domestic violence proceedings, court calendars and landlord/tenant disputes. I must be current in reference information resources, such as terminology in legal, medical and other fields. Court room Interpreting for Judges, Lawyers, Case Managers, Liaison officers, Defendants, Respondents, Plaintiffs, Victims and Victim's families and Witnesses in Court Room settings, such as Domestic Violence Hearings (Criminal and Civil), Bond Hearings, Civil Injunctions, Uncontested Divorces, Child Support Hearings, Magistrate Civil Hearings, Motions, Psychological Evaluations, Client Interviews with State Attorneys and Public Defenders, Trials, Civil cases and telephonic Parking Hearings. Show less

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  Staff Court Interpreter

  Jun 2015 - Oct 2015

  Certified Court Interpreter

  --Interpret from English into Spanish and Spanish into English during Court proceedings, and/or legal settings as instructed, while conserving every element of information contained in the source language as it is rendered into the target language.--Comply with all requirements, including continuing education and requisites to remain active as a Certified Court Interpreter by the Florida Supreme Court's Court Interpreter Certification and Regulation Program (CICRP).