Experience

Cohen & Gresser LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Paralegal Manager

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  Builds and maintains a high-quality team of paralegals focusing on white collar defense and investigations, litigation, arbitration, IP management, corporate compliance, M&As, and real estate transactions. Recruits and interviews new paralegals. Oversees, manages, and develops the firm's team of paralegals--from orientation, training, and mentoring to monitoring workflow, billable hours, and overtime. Promotes paralegal efficiency and the optimal utilization of the paralegal team through individual development and liaising with partners and associates. Conducts paralegal recruiting, interviews, hiring, and evaluations. Analyzes and reports on department budgets and analytics. Actively involved in, and provides litigation, IP, corporate, and trial support for, the firm's cases. Show less

• Paralegal

  • Jul 2016 - Sep 2021

  Drafted multiple manuals for various paralegal tasks and the IP Department. Providing ongoing litigation support from initial filing through the trial stage; managing over 60 different simultaneous litigation cases for one client. Providing ongoing corporate support through the various stages of closing. Managing and training the firm’s Intellectual Property team; handling multiple trademark and patent portfolios; redesigned internal archival systems to more efficiently track marks for our largest IP client. Fact checking, cite checking, proofreading, and suggesting edits in legal memoranda, pleadings, letters, and other work product. Researching case law and history and preparing reports for attorneys. Assisting attorneys as second chair in depositions as well as with pulling, organizing, and preparing exhibits for same. Helping in the courtroom and breakout room during arbitration proceedings. Drafting notices, affidavits, and correspondence with clients and other counsel. Reviewing, tagging, and indexing discovery; organizing document productions. Preparing court filings and managing dockets. Working extensively with Accounting to review, edit, and prepare billing statements. Drafting and filing trademark applications, preparing forms for registration maintenance, collecting and assessing specimens, and organizing various intellectual property matters. Case monitoring for one of our largest clients. Provided complete support in large-scale criminal trial in federal court (SDNY)--attended hearings, war room set up, daily in person support over the course of multiple weeks.Familiar with Westlaw, Drafting Assistant, Bloomberg, Pacer (and Pro), Edgar, Prime Clerk, Relativity, Eclipse, InTapp, Aderant, iManage, Worldox, AltLegal, Best Authority, Courthouse News, and CPI. Show less



美丽中国 Teach For China

• China
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern (Fundraising and Development)

  • Jul 2015 - Aug 2015

  Relocated to Beijing, China for the summer of 2015. Extensive general research, data collection, and data analysis. Developed various office templates, conducted interviews, and assisted in the creative and technical efforts of the Fundraising and Development team. Teach for China is a fast growing social enterprise that identifies, develops, and supports a community of leaders working to end educational inequity. The organization has directly impacted 99,000 students (as of 2015) and these efforts will result in systems transformation and long-term change. Show less



Troll Trailers Chassis, Inc.

• China

• Representative

  • Jul 2015 - Aug 2015

  Primarily travelled to various sites around China to perform supplier visits, appraisals, and sourcing for the company. Designed promotional materials, inventoried multiple in-house collections, and composed a variety of write-ups for important players in the industry. Cities included Shanghai, Yangzhou, Wuhu, and Nanjing. Troll Trailers is the China-based subsidiary of Delbros, Inc. Primarily travelled to various sites around China to perform supplier visits, appraisals, and sourcing for the company. Designed promotional materials, inventoried multiple in-house collections, and composed a variety of write-ups for important players in the industry. Cities included Shanghai, Yangzhou, Wuhu, and Nanjing. Troll Trailers is the China-based subsidiary of Delbros, Inc.



STEPS Dance Studio

• NCR - National Capital Region, Philippines

• Guest Teacher

  • Jul 2014 - Aug 2014

  Visiting Guest Teacher for STEPS Dance Company, Philippines. Taught contemporary dance classes to scholars and students. Visiting Guest Teacher for STEPS Dance Company, Philippines. Taught contemporary dance classes to scholars and students.



Glencore Copper

• NCR - National Capital Region, Philippines

• Intern (PASAR; Energy and Legal Department)

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  Organized and filed legal documents, power contracts, subscriptions, and related materials; edited various memos, letters, presentations, and similar documents. Worked primarily within the power/energy department, under the legal team. Organized and filed legal documents, power contracts, subscriptions, and related materials; edited various memos, letters, presentations, and similar documents. Worked primarily within the power/energy department, under the legal team.



Delbros, Inc.

• NCR - National Capital Region, Philippines

• Legal Intern

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  Organized and summarized Board and Stockholder Minutes, Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, Properties, Tax Forms, and other related company documents for over twenty companies within the group. Developed and expanded the Policy Manual of the Parent Company. Took meeting minutes for official legal and company meetings under the direct supervision of Paner, Hosaka & Ypil Attorneys, and Atty. Lorenz Bigayan. Developed an archival system for the Delbros Group's historical documents, photographs, correspondences, and artefacts, as well as for its art collection. Show less



Delbros Waterfront Leasing Company

• NCR - National Capital Region, Philippines

• Project Manager

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  Led and oversaw office construction, designed architectural layouts (3D and 2D) for the renovation of the office, generated company profiles and official letter templates, wrote memos, and canvassed items for the company. Led and oversaw office construction, designed architectural layouts (3D and 2D) for the renovation of the office, generated company profiles and official letter templates, wrote memos, and canvassed items for the company.



Boy Scouts of the Philippines

• Philippines
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• First Class Scout

  • 2001 - 2011

  Attended the Asia Pacific Regional Jamboree (Dec. 27, 2009 – Jan. 3, 2010) as Patrol Leader and First Class Scout, and joined multiple local trips as well. Earned multiple merit badges, including: camping, climbing, orienteering, first aid, hiking, lifesaving, nature, and swimming. Attended the Asia Pacific Regional Jamboree (Dec. 27, 2009 – Jan. 3, 2010) as Patrol Leader and First Class Scout, and joined multiple local trips as well. Earned multiple merit badges, including: camping, climbing, orienteering, first aid, hiking, lifesaving, nature, and swimming.