Experience

Scott+Scott

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Litigation Paralegal Manager

  • Jul 2022 - Present

  • Manages and develops the paralegal team and the systems and processes utilized to track and produce legal documents. • Assigns cases to the paralegals and monitors progress to ensure timely completion. • Validates and oversees the preparation of legal documents, such as briefs. • Provides research and training support to the paralegals utilizing databases and legal libraries. • Coordinates with attorneys on special requests or highly complex projects. • Provides yearly evaluations to the paralegals.• Responsible for the hiring and training of new paralegals.

• Senior Litigation Paralegal

  • Aug 2021 - Jul 2022

• Litigation Paralegal

  • Feb 2012 - Jul 2022

  Scott+Scott, Attorneys at Law, LLP is a nationally-recognized law firm headquartered in Colchester, CT with offices in New York, NY, San Diego, CA, Cleveland, OH, and London, Great Britain. They represent individual as well as institutional investors who have been victims of major stock fraud. Beyond highly-complex shareholder securities and corporate governance actions, Scott+Scott also has proven national practice expertise in:Competition Law and AntitrustSecurities LitigationCorporate Governance and Shareholder Rights- Provide direct support to multiple teams of litigation attorneys in complex litigation cases on a daily basis from inception, during discovery, and through trial to closing briefs.- Perform investigations at the request of the firm investigator on potential cases and current cases, researching company and market information and personnel information.- Perform substantive and investigative research on Westlaw Next, the Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR), Bloomberg Law.- Paralegal legal documents for filing; cite-checking, quote checking, bluebooking, shepardizing, creating Tables of Authority, proofreading for consistency and accuracy throughout.- Draft basic legal documents at request of attorneys.- File legal documents to federal courts via the CM/ECF system as well as in all manner of state courts; retrieving filed federal documents via PACER.- Handle service of filed documents to necessary parties.- Monitor dockets for assigned cases; create alerts to ensure attorneys are up to date on their assignments and that deadlines are met.- Book and manage travel arrangements for attorneys through Axiom.- Schedule and participate in conference calls; take notes, follow up with various attorneys after the call.- Contact and track correspondence with clients.- Served as editor to monthly newsletter and firm marketing material.- Procure additional legal supplies and services from vendors as needed.



Chapel Hill Condominiums Association

• President Board of Directors

  • Jan 2007 - Present

  - Responsible for a community of 163 townhomes with a budget of over $400,000.- Responsible for maintenance and management of the community through utilization of a property manager and various contractors.- Conflict resolution and negotiation skills utilized when addressing issues raised by unit owners and facilitating Board of Director’s meetings. - Responsible for a community of 163 townhomes with a budget of over $400,000.- Responsible for maintenance and management of the community through utilization of a property manager and various contractors.- Conflict resolution and negotiation skills utilized when addressing issues raised by unit owners and facilitating Board of Director’s meetings.



Gagliardi Doucette LLC

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Paralegal

  • Mar 2011 - Feb 2012

  - College intern and then part-time- Drafted legal documents including Small Claims and Housing Court pleadings, e-filing, deeds, HUD-1’s, and affidavits.- Assisted with real estate closings.- Organized case files and assisting with document management.- General administrative duties such as answering phones and drafting correspondence. - College intern and then part-time- Drafted legal documents including Small Claims and Housing Court pleadings, e-filing, deeds, HUD-1’s, and affidavits.- Assisted with real estate closings.- Organized case files and assisting with document management.- General administrative duties such as answering phones and drafting correspondence.



Connecticut Attorney General's Office

• Co-op Intern

  • Feb 2011 - May 2011

  - Legal document review and research for relevancy to current investigation utilizing Concordance Document Management software.- Organized records and documents and wrote summaries of findings. - Legal document review and research for relevancy to current investigation utilizing Concordance Document Management software.- Organized records and documents and wrote summaries of findings.



Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

• Analytical Chemist

  • Aug 1988 - Jan 2000

  Analytical Scientist I, II 1988-1995 Analytical Quality ControlAnalytical Scientist II, III 1995-2000 Analytical Development Technology- Maintained, managed, and improved the House Reference Standard program for all North American divisions. Chemically analyzed and maintained accurate documentation for each drug reference standard. Issued periodic reports to, and communicated and cooperated with the FDA regarding all documentation on a regular basis. Developed and implemented MS Access database of the Standards program to increase efficiency of scheduling testing and retrieval of data.- Developed analytical procedures for the quality control testing of new drugs utilizing various analytical techniques and instrumentation. Performed various statistical tests to determine accuracy of the new methods. Issued reports of findings and written technical procedures for use by Quality Control Scientists.- Performed analytical investigations. Developed and implemented testing protocols to solve problems with the testing and/or manufacture of the drugs. Issued detailed reports of the testing and analysis of results, some which were submitted to the FDA for review. - Team leader for investigations, interacting and collaborating with personnel at all levels of the company and with clients outside the company.