Experience

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  Jones Law Group LLC

  • Paralegal

    • Oct 1997 - Present

    Legal support for complex civil litigation (both plaintiffs and defendants) in Washington, Oregon and California (including district and superior courts, state court of appeals, state supreme court, federal district courts, federal bankruptcy courts, and federal appellate court, including tracking of cases; legal research and analysis; development of factual summaries; discovery; drafting and filing of pleadings, motions and memoranda (including complex summary judgment, injunctive relief, discovery); mediation; arbitration; trial documents (briefs, jury instructions, verdict forms, findings of fact and conclusions of law, judgments); post-trial documents (motions for attorney’s fees, cost bills, garnishments, execution against real and personal property); Appeals (appellants and respondents)/administrative appeals: Drafting and filing of appeal notices, designations of clerks’ papers, verbatim reports of proceedings; legal research and analysis; drafting and filing of briefs; supersedeas/alternate security bond issues;Corporate and Securities: entity formation and maintenance; private offerings; public offerings; SEC and blue sky compliance; due diligence;Transactions (sellers and buyers): Business sales/purchases; asset sales/ purchases; due diligence; drafting of contracts and other attendant documents; UCC filings;Estate issues: Planning (wills, trusts, living wills, powers of attorney); Bankruptcy: Chapter 7; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; adversary proceedings (creditor and debtor)Intellectual property: Trademark prosecution; some patent Administrative support, preparing detailed billing records and participated in monthly billing processing

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  Tollefsen Law

  • Paralegal

    • Oct 1988 - Sep 1997

    Legal support in complex civil litigation (both plaintiffs and defendants) in Washington, Oregon and California (including district and superior courts, state court of appeals, state supreme court, federal district courts, federal bankruptcy courts, and federal appellate court, including tracking of cases; legal research and analysis; development of factual summaries; discovery; drafting and filing of pleadings, motions and memoranda (including complex summary judgment, injunctive relief, discovery); mediation; arbitration; trial documents (briefs, jury instructions, verdict forms, findings of fact and conclusions of law, judgments); post-trial documents (motions for attorney’s fees, cost bills, garnishments, execution against real and personal property)

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  Cameron & Frawley

  • Legal Assistant

    • Aug 1987 - Sep 1988