Paralegal/Legal Assistant
EXPERIENCE
ERVIN COHEN & JESSUP (Contract)
Legal Secretary
May 2018 – Nov. 16, 2018
PARIS F. WHITEHEAD
5159 West Mountain Street #33 Stone Mountain, GA 30083 ------------------------
? Document preparation, editing, proofreading, and court filings.
? Time entry, attorney billing, scheduling appointments, client phone contact, emails, and expense management
? State/Federal court filing skills, including e-filing.
? Proficiency in Microsoft Word 2010, Outlook, and iManage.
MCELFISH LAW (Contract)
Litigation Paralegal
September 2017 – February 2018
? Prepared and organized legal documents and pleadings.
? Coordinate state court filings, including e-filing.
? Calendaring for attorneys.
? Schedule and coordinates court call appearances, depositions, mediations, court reporters, and/or interpreters.
? Prepare and serves notices of depositions and deposition subpoenas via e-serve and U.S. mail.
? Prepare letters to clients advising of depositions, DME’s, physician appointments, Sent deposition transcripts to clients for review/revisions.
? Observed IME’s with clients.
? Prepare standard objective(s) to IME and deposition notices.
? Transport to and from IME appointments.
? Trial prep.
? Propounded and Responded to Discovery.
? Prepared trial notebooks, MILs, Expert deposition binders.
ALDER LAW, LLP
Paralegal
December 2016 – August 2017
? Generates, prepares, and organizes legal documents, summons, complaints, and pleadings.
? Oversees and coordinates court filings, including e-filing.
? Performs calendaring for 3 attorneys.
? Schedules and coordinates court call appearances, depositions, mediations, court reporters, and/or interpreters.
? Prepares and serves notices of depositions and deposition subpoenas.
? Prepare letters to clients advising of depositions, DME’s, trial mediations, physician appointments, Send deposition transcripts to clients for review/revisions.
? Schedule observer for IME’s.
? Prepare standard objective(s) to IME and deposition notices.
? Prepare CMC statements for attorney review.
? Requests payments for witnesses, filing fees.
? Communicates and coordinates with court clerk.
? Makes on-line reservations to schedule motions, Exparte applications, stipulations, continuances.
? Coordinates attorney travel arrangements.
KIMBAL, TIREY & ST. JOHN September 2011 – December 2016
Eviction Case Manager
? Ensured all facts related to new cases were noted on the “new client form”.
? Reading and reviewing leases, legal forms and correspondence for detail-oriented specific information.
EXPERIENCE
ERVIN COHEN & JESSUP (Contract)
Legal Secretary
May 2018 – Nov. 16, 2018
PARIS F. WHITEHEAD
5159 West Mountain Street #33 Stone Mountain, GA 30083 ------------------------
? Document preparation, editing, proofreading, and court filings.
? Time entry, attorney billing, scheduling appointments, client phone contact, emails, and expense management
? State/Federal court filing skills, including e-filing.
? Proficiency in Microsoft Word 2010, Outlook, and iManage.
MCELFISH LAW (Contract)
Litigation Paralegal
September 2017 – February 2018
? Prepared and organized legal documents and pleadings.
? Coordinate state court filings, including e-filing.
? Calendaring for attorneys.
? Schedule and coordinates court call appearances, depositions, mediations, court reporters, and/or interpreters.
? Prepare and serves notices of depositions and deposition subpoenas via e-serve and U.S. mail.
? Prepare letters to clients advising of depositions, DME’s, physician appointments, Sent deposition transcripts to clients for review/revisions.
? Observed IME’s with clients.
? Prepare standard objective(s) to IME and deposition notices.
? Transport to and from IME appointments.
? Trial prep.
? Propounded and Responded to Discovery.
? Prepared trial notebooks, MILs, Expert deposition binders.
ALDER LAW, LLP
Paralegal
December 2016 – August 2017
? Generates, prepares, and organizes legal documents, summons, complaints, and pleadings.
? Oversees and coordinates court filings, including e-filing.
? Performs calendaring for 3 attorneys.
? Schedules and coordinates court call appearances, depositions, mediations, court reporters, and/or interpreters.
? Prepares and serves notices of depositions and deposition subpoenas.
? Prepare letters to clients advising of depositions, DME’s, trial mediations, physician appointments, Send deposition transcripts to clients for review/revisions.
? Schedule observer for IME’s.
? Prepare standard objective(s) to IME and deposition notices.
? Prepare CMC statements for attorney review.
? Requests payments for witnesses, filing fees.
? Communicates and coordinates with court clerk.
? Makes on-line reservations to schedule motions, Exparte applications, stipulations, continuances.
? Coordinates attorney travel arrangements.
KIMBAL, TIREY & ST. JOHN September 2011 – December 2016
Eviction Case Manager
? Ensured all facts related to new cases were noted on the “new client form”.
? Reading and reviewing leases, legal forms and correspondence for detail-oriented specific information.