Experience

Levin Schreder & Carey

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Litigation Paralegal

  • Sep 2011 - Present

  Currently engaged in a variety of contested probate- and trust-related litigation matters in state and federal courts, assisting attorneys with overall case management including: preparation of substantive legal documents under attorneys’ supervision including the drafting of routine discovery and subpoenas; cite checking of briefs and memoranda; preparation of and electronic or physical filing of complex court documents; management and review of document productions; and trial preparation and assistance. Assigned matters include contested will and trust litigations. Was on trial teams for several trials, one of which settled shortly before the trial was to begin.



Dykema

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Litigation Legal Specialist (Paralegal)

  • Oct 2009 - Sep 2011

  Worked on a variety of consumer financial and general commercial litigation matters in federal and state courts, assisting attorneys with overall case management including: preparation of substantive legal documents under attorneys’ supervision including the drafting of routine pleadings, discovery, subpoenas, and summonses; cite checking of briefs and memoranda; preparation of and electronic or physical filing of complex court documents; updating and maintaining of docketing systems; management and review of document productions; and trial preparation and assistance. Assigned matters included contested foreclosure litigations, class action defenses, trade secrets litigations, and contract disputes. Was on trial teams for two trials or extended hearings: one was a two-week jury hearing on a temporary restraining order in the Northern District of Illinois, and the other was a two-week jury trial in the Circuit Court of Cook County.



Reed Smith LLP

• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Litigation Paralegal

  • Mar 2007 - Dec 2008

  [Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd. combined with Reed Smith LLP in March 2007]Worked on a wide variety of general and complex commercial litigation matters in federal and state courts. Assisted attorneys in all aspects of case preparation including: preparation of substantive legal documents under attorneys’ supervision; cite checking of briefs and memoranda; preparation of and electronic or physical filing of complex court documents; management and review of document productions; and trial preparation and assistance. Assigned matters included, but not limited to, RICO cases, shareholder and contract disputes, securities litigations, trademark litigations, class action defenses, and bankruptcy litigations. Was instrumental in the preparation and presentation of cite checking training material to junior level paralegals. Was on trial teams for over sixteen trials, extended hearings and arbitrations, including two out-of-town jury trials: one was for five months in the Western District of Pennsylvania which resulted in a securities fraud verdict in favor of client in a multi-district litigation against an international accounting firm, and the other was for two weeks in the District of Minnesota which resulted in the successful defense of a securities fraud class action against a public company and two of its officers. A third, a trademark infringement case in the Southern District of Indiana, settled shortly before trial was to start.



Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd.

• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Litigation Paralegal

  • May 1992 - Mar 2007

  [Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd. combined with Reed Smith LLP in March 2007]Worked on a wide variety of general and complex commercial litigation matters in federal and state courts. Assisted attorneys in all aspects of case preparation including: preparation of substantive legal documents under attorneys’ supervision; cite checking of briefs and memoranda; preparation of and electronic or physical filing of complex court documents; management and review of document productions; and trial preparation and assistance. Assigned matters included, but not limited to, RICO cases, shareholder and contract disputes, securities litigations, trademark litigations, class action defenses, and bankruptcy litigations. Was instrumental in the preparation and presentation of cite checking training material to junior level paralegals. Was on trial teams for over sixteen trials, extended hearings and arbitrations, including two out-of-town jury trials: one was for five months in the Western District of Pennsylvania which resulted in a securities fraud verdict in favor of client in a multi-district litigation against an international accounting firm, and the other was for two weeks in the District of Minnesota which resulted in the successful defense of a securities fraud class action against a public company and two of its officers. A third, a trademark infringement case in the Southern District of Indiana, settled shortly before trial was to start.