Experience

Dunphy Best Blocksom LLP

• Canada
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal Assistant

  • Nov 2019 - Present



JMR Paralegal Services

• Legal Assistant Paralegal

  • 2012 - Nov 2019

• Legal Assistant Paralegal

  • 2012 - Nov 2019



Kubitz & Company

• Canada
• Law Practice

• Paralegal Legal Assistant

  • Jun 2013 - Jan 2019

  Kubitz & Company is a personal injury firm that deals predominately with litigating catastrophic injury and wrongful deal for the Plaintiff in motor vehicle collisions.Here I excelled the following:• Prioritized the work for 40 – 50 files between 3 lawyers ● Nimble ● Able to change on a file as required • Had high autonomy to work on the files including processing medical, financial and other pertinent documents ● Crafted letters & documents to support the file success ● Arranged travel for out of town clients ● maintained proactive contact with clients, lawyers and other related personal on the files ● Took instructions from the lawyers to assist the firm;• Assisted in maintaining the template precedent system & would offer suggestions for best practices;• I was the go-to person for Excel matters ● Helped develop Excel templates precedents to assist in streamlining file work.



Foster LLP

• United States
• Legal Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Legal Assistant

  • Nov 2012 - Apr 2013

  Foster LLP deals primarily in family law. My positions included working for a non-equity partner and a junior lawyer. This was a contract position for a maternity leave.My duties included:• Using the skills notes including file management for 2 lawyers;• Drafting letters & documents, maintaining contact with clients, organizing appointments and court appearances and any other instructions from the lawyers. Foster LLP deals primarily in family law. My positions included working for a non-equity partner and a junior lawyer. This was a contract position for a maternity leave.My duties included:• Using the skills notes including file management for 2 lawyers;• Drafting letters & documents, maintaining contact with clients, organizing appointments and court appearances and any other instructions from the lawyers.



JMR Professional Paralegal Services

• Paralegal/Legal Assistant

  • Feb 2012 - Oct 2012

  JMR Paralegal Services is my own company. Using the skills noted in the Skills and Abilities, I worked for a couple lawyers in their home offices. The 2 lawyers I had worked with previously at Family Law Office and we continued doing family law. Both lawyers dealt with legal aid cliental and child welfare as well as divorce and other family law matters. JMR Paralegal Services is my own company. Using the skills noted in the Skills and Abilities, I worked for a couple lawyers in their home offices. The 2 lawyers I had worked with previously at Family Law Office and we continued doing family law. Both lawyers dealt with legal aid cliental and child welfare as well as divorce and other family law matters.



DLA Piper

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Legal Administrative Assistant

  • May 2010 - Oct 2011

  Davis LLP is a large law firm that dealt in several areas of law including family law, bankruptcy, contract law, litigation and other areas. I was hired to work with 2 family law lawyers, a senior lawyer and a junior lawyer.My duties included:• As I had several years of experience, I would offer suggestions to the junior lawyer as to what she may wish to do for her clients.• The skills noted as well as dictation and billing. Davis LLP is a large law firm that dealt in several areas of law including family law, bankruptcy, contract law, litigation and other areas. I was hired to work with 2 family law lawyers, a senior lawyer and a junior lawyer.My duties included:• As I had several years of experience, I would offer suggestions to the junior lawyer as to what she may wish to do for her clients.• The skills noted as well as dictation and billing.



family Law Office

• Legal Assistant

  • Jan 2003 - May 2010

  Family Law Office is a Legal Aid office where all our clients would be referred to our office through Legal Aid. We did 100% family law. Here I worked for 2 lawyers which included the following duties:• The first couple years here, I worked with the lawyer who did the appeal work. This gave me an opportunity to deal with then limitation periods and specialized Court documents.• Approximately 60% of the files I worked on was in Child Welfare. Child Welfare is not an area of law that is taught in school, therefore this was on the job learning. I picked up the idiosyncrasies of this area quite fast;• One of the lawyers I worked with preferred to work the child welfare files and left the divorce and other family law matters for me to deal with under his supervision. • Another responsibility I accepted was to work on our data & precedent systems. I picked up on these proprietary programs within a month where it would take others 3 months. The managing partner at our office requested that I manage this project from our Calgary office. My duties included: ● traveling to our IT department in Edmonton to troubleshoot and brainstorm ideas for improved efficiencies ● drafting the template precedent system to be linked to the data system ● Key player to get the 2 systems to communicate effectively ● Created a custom letterhead ● Trained & mentored the office on the use of the programs.