Legal Practice Assistant

• May 2023 - Present

Legal Practice Assistant / Paralegal

• Dec 2020 - Present

Legal Practice Assistant

• Apr 2018 - Sep 2020

• Assisted Healthcare, Real Estate, Employment, and Finance Partners with complex merger and acquisitions, employment agreements, financial documents for international financing, and government contracts. Also collaborated with a diverse range of clients, judicial officials, and firm personnel including partners, associates, and legal practice assistants. • Produced drafts of other legal documents, such as affidavits, notice of hearings/depositions, and client legal correspondence. Organized documents in original paper form to scan and file in federal and state courts through North Carolinas CM/ECF case filing systems. Entered time electronically, revised, and sent out client documents and invoices. Assisted in client meetings, managed calendars, inputted, and tracked expense reports. Show less

Paralegal

• Aug 2017 - Mar 2018

• Prepare and file probate court documents: notice of hearings, proofs of service, etc.; prepare gift deeds and supporting documents to transfer title to real property to trusts or LLCs. • Assist attorneys with the administration of decedent’s trusts and estates: calendar deadlines, gather asset information from clients; prepare notices, etc. • Interact with, and show compassion to, clients who have suffered the loss of a loved one or are under a great deal of stress; set up, maintain, and ensure that files are kept current including classifying, arranging files, filing, and storing information. • Monitor, prioritize, organize, and facilitate daily workflow in order to meet project deadlines, this includes all administrative tasks including scheduling meetings, calendar management, processing expense reimbursements etc. • Knowledge of HotDocs and surrogate’s court forms, experience in drafting informal judicial accountings, advanced directives, wills, revocable trusts and beneficiary designations, and notarizing and filing with Secretary of State and corresponding courts. Show less

Litigation Paralegal

• Sep 2016 - May 2017

• Assist in preparation of deposition, hearings, mediations, and trials; conduct legal research; index information obtained prior to deposition, hearings, mediations, and trials; research and gather information in preparation for lawsuits. Maintain complex dockets and files; perform office procedures in the everyday running of a legal office; Prepare pleadings, subpoenas, and other legal documents; research factual and legal issues. • Calendar for firm wide Litigation Team deadlines for various hearings and deadlines; maintain complex dockets and files, both manually and electronically. Prepare documents and organize materials for deposition, hearings, mediations, and civil trials; schedule appointments, court appearances, and depositions, draft memos and correspondence; filed and served all legal documents with the courts and opposing counsel, made sure time entry deadlines were met on a daily and weekly basis which consists of getting attorney time being reviewed assigning coding and entered in database. • Make travel arrangements for the various attorneys in the office whom I supported. Cover all areas in the office paralegals, secretaries and receptionist when needed and various billable paralegal discovery and document productions. Show less

Legal Administrative Assistant

• 2015 - 2016

• Finalize verified foreclosure complaints, draft notice of lis pendens, draft summonses for each defendant, coordinate with process server for service and finalizing to have complaint, notice of lis pendens and summons served on each defendant, follow-up and enter notice of default if defendants don’t comply. • Maintain complex dockets and files Insurance, product liability, and foreclosure matters; perform office procedures in the everyday running of a legal office; prepare and interpret legal documents. Prepare pleadings, subpoenas, and other legal documents; research factual and legal issues. • Work with various paralegals with non-billable paralegal discovery and document productions; production analyzing and producing documents of each case accordingly and efficiently. • File maintenance; maintained time records for billing purposes; performed extensive client contact; provided admin support which included managing diaries, organizing meetings, arranging travel, processing invoices, expenses and general department administration. Client contact in setting up mediations, file maintenance, settlement documentation and settlement checks. Show less

Paralegal

• 2014 - 2015

• Assist in receiving and processing arbitration files from the FINRA website and inquiries; process the initial contact with attorney and clients. Receive and intake new clients via telephone and emails. Work on researching FINRA approved Arbitrator awards and indicate what was awarded in order to determine which arbitrators will be qualified to be chosen for our cases. Production analyzing and producing documents of each case accordingly and efficiently. • Prepare Pleadings, Subpoenas, schedule hearings, e-filings, judge courtesy copies, and maintain a high volumes schedules and appointments with attorney and client meetings. Maintain complex dockets and files; perform office procedures in the everyday running of a legal office; prepare and interpret legal documents. • Work on Class Action cases with ability to be detail orientated as each Class Action individual is a different part of the case and had to be dealt with the up most respect, due diligence on getting clients to send up corresponding documents according to each of their part in the case. • Made all travel arrangements for the various attorneys in the office whom I supported. Enter time into TIMESLIPS program; produce pre-bills, bills and other reports for monthly billing requirements. Show less

Legal Admin. Asst. II/Paralegal-Trial Legal Admin. Asst.II/Paralegal

• 2008 - 2014

• Assist in preparation of trials; conduct legal research; index information obtained prior to trial; gather information in preparation for lawsuits. Maintain complex dockets and files; perform office procedures in the everyday running of a legal office; prepare and interpret legal documents. Prepare pleadings, subpoenas, and other legal documents; research factual and legal issues. • Calendar for firm wide Broward County Tobacco Litigation Team deadlines for various hearings and deadlines; maintain complex dockets and files, both manually and electronically. Prepare documents and organize materials for civil and tobacco trials; schedule appointments, court appearances, and depositions, draft memos and correspondence; filed and served all legal documents with the courts and opposing counsel, made sure time entry deadlines were met on a weekly basis which consists of getting attorney time entered in database. • Made all travel arrangements for the various attorneys in the office whom I supported. Cover all secretaries and receptionists when needed and various non-billable paralegal discovery and document productions. Show less

Floater/Legal Admin. Asst./Paralegal

• 2004 - 2008

• Answered questions and furnished information to keep executives’ time free of minor detail type of work. Responsible for supporting all aspects of the office which included; support staff, supporting all incoming and outgoing correspondence, ordering and dispensing office supplies and maintaining highly complex files. • Prepared legal documents, such as pleadings, discovery and correspondence, using various software programs. Filed and served all legal documents with the courts and opposing counsel. • Made all travel arrangements for the various attorneys in the office whom I supported. Tracked and recorded all billable hours for each file; maintained a calendaring tickler system. Prepared presentations using PowerPoint software for new clients. • Used web based applications, including time recording and matter management system, legal department website, and contracts gateway. Show less