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LITIGATION PARALEGAL
Skills
  • Case support abilities
  • Disposition tracking
  • Document organization
  • Process evaluation
  • Fact compilation
  • Court filings
  • Legal documentation
  • Motions preparation
  • Litigation review
  • Brief and opinion writing
  • Legal memos
  • Exceptional writer
  • Document preparation
  • Document filing
  • Legal jargon knowledge
  • Legal Research
  • Proficient in MS Office
Professional Summary

Confident Litigation Support Specialist with 3 years of expertly preparing for cases and supporting attorneys with technical, marketing and clerical matters. Personable and assertive professional with expertise in Personal Injury and Adoption cases. Effective communicator with stakeholders with the ability to create compelling stories from evidence and related documents.

Analytical, dedicated, and professional, with the ability to confer critical and complex cases with ease, along with professional writing and editing, data organization skills. Prioritized high-value tasks to meet client and attorney needs.

Work History
Litigation Paralegal, 09/2017 to Current
MARTIN LAW FIRM - Houston, TX
  • Prepare and maintain legal pleadings and discovery indexes for cases
  • Schedule trials, mediation, etc. and keep Client informed with the latest information
  • Responsible for administrative duties such as calendar hearings and deadlines, organize case files, manage logistics, etc.)
  • Conduct pre-claim investigation, legal research, and initial case assessments as required by the attorney
  • Draft pleadings, motions, and appellate documents and file them with the court
  • Aid attorneys with interrogatories and discovery requests
  • Liaise between trial teams and internal/external third parties
  • Provide assistance with case settlements
  • Organized evidence, exhibits, motions, and subpoenas to support cases and prepare for trial.
  • Investigated causes and resolutions to Adoption Cases and Personal Injury cases, reviewing damages, losses, and settlement formalities.
  • Implemented new software to improve productivity (FileVine), responsible for building the template for our firm's operations/case organization, which will set the process and procedures on how cases are worked up in the future.
Personal Injury Case Manager (pre-litigation), 01/2019 to 12/2019
MARTIN LAW FIRM - Houston, TX

· Acted as the first point of contact for all clients.

· Met with clients to update them on the progress of cases.

· Produced legal documents such as briefs, pleadings, and appeals.

· Worked as a team with attorneys, administrative assistants, and fellow legal assistants.

  • Filed all court documents on behalf of the attorneys.
  • Filed all pleadings with the court clerk.
  • Responsible for Intake of cases and qualify cases for potential clients
  • Set Client up with the medical treatment as required
  • Connect the Client with the firm's medical care coordination team
  • Follow up and ensure Clients are going to their treatment, communicating with Client, Medical Care facilities
  • Log and maintain records of Client symptoms, property damage, secondary impacts, or ripple effects caused by the case
  • Obtain evidence from the Client as it becomes available
  • Support tracking and logging case expenses
  • Coordinating with the medical facility when a client's medical treatment is complete, demanding the case (organizing case file, requesting medical records under affidavit (or deciding when depositions are not needed),
  • Ensure liens are respected and maintaining the Client informed
  • Negotiation with insurance adjusters to secure the best settlement for our Client
Diminished Value Case Manager -Pre/Post-litigation, 01/2017 to 12/2018
MARTIN LAW FIRM - Houston, TX
  • Communicate with potential clients and Qualify cases for consideration of taking the case
  • Responsible for creating a letter of representation and demand packet for insurance companies
  • Negotiated with the insurance adjuster to obtain the best settlement for our Client
  • Communicated to the Client status of negotiations with the insurance company
  • Qualified cases for litigation, if needed.
  • Created and filed petitions with the courts,
  • Kept track of cases status and informed the Client of status
  • Communicated with court/court clerks for
  • Send and communicate with the process server, perform investigative work as required to locate the defendant
  • Continue negotiations with opposing counsel, schedule mediation or trials, calendar trial dates as required
  • During mediation, preparing the case, prepping the Client, organizing the case file, and speaking with our expert witness, get the case's key facts.
  • Participated in mediations, spoke to the mediator, opposing counsel, and insurance adjuster, and communicated with the Client in real-time. Advise attorney if needed.
  • Draft and complete client release and firm's settlement agreement.
  • Keep track of the settlement payment check, and do the accounting for the case; define how funds are disbursed (per a previous agreement).
  • Prepare payment to the Client and close the case.
Education
Bachelor of Science: : Psychology, 12/2019University Of Houston - Downtown - Houston, TX
PARALEGAL GRADUATE CERTIFICATE: : Paralegal, 2020Rice University - Houston, TX
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • MARTIN LAW FIRM

School Attended

  • University Of Houston - Downtown
  • Rice University

Job Titles Held:

  • Litigation Paralegal
  • Personal Injury Case Manager (pre-litigation)
  • Diminished Value Case Manager -Pre/Post-litigation

Degrees

  • Bachelor of Science : : Psychology , 12/2019
    PARALEGAL GRADUATE CERTIFICATE : : Paralegal , 2020

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