Experience

Spesia & Taylor

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Paralegal

  • Sep 2020 - Present



Munday, Nathan & Schulkin

• Paralegal

  • May 2011 - Dec 2015

  • Administrative and managerial skills by facilitating a remodel within our suite, requiring communication and scheduling vendors, while being sensitive to attorney and co-workers schedules and maintaining a professional working atmosphere. In addition, I updated our firm’s phone system while lowing monthly cost, lowered the cost of office supplies for the firm, negotiated the lease contract with our vendor for our copy machines and printers, train staff and some accounting. • Initiate daily contact with clients, physicians, adjusters, opposing counsel and experts, and follow up with composition of necessary correspondence• Open, organize and maintain case files, ensuring timely filing of pleadings and discovery• Assemble files for attorney preparation for depositions, pretrial conferences, arbitrations, and mediations• Deposition coordination and scheduling among parties and court reporters• Manage complex organizational projects with emphasis on medical records research, and assembly of medical records• Maintaining attorney’s daily calendar• Draft responsive pleadings and discovery including Answers, Motions to Dismiss, Written Discovery propounded and answered • Analyze discovery responses for completeness • Secure, organize, and summarize medical, employment and school records• Assist in trial preparation by drafting Motions in Limine, jury instructions, deposition abstracts, and coordinate witness testimony• Attend trial and provide litigation support by observing voir dire and witness testimony



Rathbun, Cservenyak & Kozol, LLC

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Litigation Paralegal

  • Jun 2005 - May 2011

  • Administrative duties, included, initiating weekly team meetings. These meetings were held to ensure everyone was doing their part to keep the cases moving forward. • Assemble files for attorney preparation for depositions, pretrial conferences, arbitrations, and mediations• Maintain relationships with clients, adjusters, and lien holders• Mentor litigation assistants in discovery and trial preparations• Manage complex organizational projects with emphasis on medical records research, assembly of medical records and wage loss information, and drafting medical summaries and provider tables• Draft settlement packages with focus on amicable settlement, which include detailed occurrence facts, medical treatment, itemization of medical bills, and current condition• Prepare pleadings, including conducting client conferences for purpose of answering written discovery• Litigation support before and at trial through: Coordination of witness testimony; Identification and organization of exhibits; Drafting Motions in Limine, jury instructions, voir dire, and statements of case; Assembly of venire and testimonial summaries• Finalize settlements through preparation of Settlement Statements, Releases, Motions to Adjudicate Liens, Motions to Approve Minor Settlements, as well as coordinate establishing Minor’s bank accounts, and facilitating lien reduction efforts.• Attended Medicare and Settlement seminar and then train and inform fellow co-workers on the information received.