Paralegal

• Jul 2019 - Present

Paralegal

• Jan 2019 - Jul 2019

• File court documents in Cook and collar counties via Odyssey • Edit and finalize attorney billing via Timeslips • Draft and finalize pleadings • Draft discovery requests and answers • Manage case files in Amicus and physical filing systems • File court documents in Cook and collar counties via Odyssey • Edit and finalize attorney billing via Timeslips • Draft and finalize pleadings • Draft discovery requests and answers • Manage case files in Amicus and physical filing systems

Senior Paralegal

• May 2017 - Dec 2018

• Managed nationwide attorney network for a business debt restructuring firm • Tracked attorney payments on hundreds of litigation files via National Data Systems database • Maintained litigation documents on all client files (300+) • Drafted client settlement offers to creditors • Negotiated with creditors and opposing counsel to settle five- and six-figure business debts • Heavy client contact, acted as a liaison for local litigation counsel • Reviewed and redacted client bank statements and tax returns for review by opposing counsel Show less

Paralegal

• Oct 2015 - Feb 2017

• Organized and maintained firm’s electronic documents and file sharing • Provided legal and administrative support for complex civil litigation and employment defense cases • Drafted correspondence, memoranda and pleadings using Microsoft Word • Generated new pleadings, correspondence and other content templates using Microsoft Word • Reviewed and analyzed documents in response to requests for production, coordinated document productions, monitored Bates labeling and identified privileged communications • Trial prep: Exhibit binders, attorney trial binders, deposition summaries • Performed legal research and prepared case summaries of relevant case laws, Statutes and Civil Codes of Procedure. • Filed federal court documents via ECF/Pacer and filed state court documents by communicating instructions to a legal filing service • Manage high volume discovery using Relativity Show less

Paralegal

• Jan 2013 - Sep 2015

• Provided legal and administrative support for complex civil litigation and federal criminal cases • Shepardized cases via Westlaw and ensured cited cases were still good law and on point • Proofed pleadings for grammar and spelling • Formatted and finalized pleadings, including adding TOCs and TOAs • Cite Checking via Westlaw • Performed research and factual investigations • Oversaw initial review, sorting and curating of incoming discovery • Participated in client intake interviews • Drafted correspondence, memoranda and pleadings using Microsoft Word • Generated new pleadings, correspondence and other content templates using Microsoft Word • Reviewed and analyzed documents in response to requests for production, coordinated document productions, monitored Bates labeling and identified privileged communications • Prepared for hearings, mediations, arbitrations and proffer sessions • Performed legal research and prepared case summaries of relevant case laws, Statutes and Civil Codes of Procedure, using both Westlaw and the LA Law Library • Responsible for case document management utilizing adobe acrobat • Manage large volume discovery projects using Relativity • Filed federal court documents via ECF/Pacer, or, if document was to be filed under seal, at the federal criminal intake window • Responsible for filing state court documents by communicating instructions to a legal filing service • Responsible for initial review, organization and presentation of federal criminal discovery material • Responsible for general office management, including ordering supplies and logging invoices • Web design maintain and draft articles for supervising attorney’s public corruption blog • Forensic Accounting: investigated and compiled bank record discovery for large, multi-party bank fraud case Show less