Experience

ACLU of Illinois

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advocacy Administrative Manager

  • Apr 2023 - Present



Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

• United States
• Legal Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Trademark Paralegal

  • Sep 2018 - Dec 2022

  • Oversee clients' international trademark portfolios, including trademark clearance, prosecution, enforcement, and maintenance. • Conduct trademark searches, analyze results, and draft summaries and opinions for attorney review. • Prepare and file trademark applications, see applications through to registration, and handle post-registration maintenance and renewals of foreign and domestic trademarks. • Advise clients regarding foreign and domestic trademark prosecution procedures such as office actions, document formalities, and maintenance requirements. • Perform research on USPTO and foreign office actions and draft reports and submissions for attorney review. • Analyze trademark watch notices, coordinate enforcement efforts with attorneys and clients, and provide support with TTAB and foreign trademark enforcement proceedings. • Maintain multi-client dockets and ensure accuracy and timely delivery to clients. • Provide general support to trademark team and projects when needed. Show less



Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.

• United States
• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Trademark Legal Assistant

  • Oct 2016 - Sep 2018

  • Work closely with attorneys, clients, local government agencies, embassies and U.S. State Department officials to prepare and submit official documents during the prosecution of domestic and foreign trademark applications. • Establish and maintain working dockets of entire trademark portfolios for a slate of large corporate clients that includes Fortune 500 companies to ensure that deadlines are met and to facilitate attorney and client reports. • Assemble formal trademark prosecution and litigation documents including declarations, pleadings and responses to Office Actions for electronic filing and submission to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Conduct research on a variety of databases, including Corsearch, Westlaw and the official U.S. Patent and Trademark Office database, and compose reports for attorney and client review. • Interface directly with clients, foreign associates and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office under the supervision and direction of attorneys. • Compose, proofread and edit official cease and desist letters, memorandums and reporting letters to clients providing updates on the status of their trademark applications and registrations. • Compile and organize documents for production in discovery including redacting, Bates numbering and labeling for attorney-client privilege. • Maintain client files in physical and electronic form to ensure that crucial information is easily accessible for attorneys, paralegals and clients. • Update attorney calendars, schedule meetings and prepare attorney materials for conferences. • Track, enter and review attorney time in the firm billing system on a monthly basis. • Collaborate with attorneys and staff as a member of the Events Committee to plan and coordinate firm social events. Show less



Law Office of Russell D. Knight

• Bilingual Paralegal

  • Nov 2015 - Oct 2016

  • Draft family law settlement documents such as Judgments, Marital Settlement Agreements, Parenting Plans, and others. • Draft and prepare pleadings, orders for support, agreed orders, subpoenas and other legal documents. • Draft and execute correspondence, including translating correspondence with clients into Spanish. • Execute certified translations of legal documents such as birth certificates, affidavits of service, and others into Spanish. • Prepare discovery requests and responses. • Perform intake and other client meetings in both English and Spanish, including legal document explanation and review. • Manage client interactions in person and by phone in both English and Spanish. • Prepare USCIS packets for submission, including naturalization, adjustment of status, and removal of conditions. • Prepare Chapter 7 bankruptcy petitions. • Manage attorney calendars and maintain deadlines. • Maintain office supply inventory and execute ordering of necessary supplies. • Execute all mailing, filing, and other administrative tasks. Show less