Paralegal/Office Manager Resume Example
Love this resume?Build Your Own Now
PARALEGAL/OFFICE MANAGER
Professional Summary
Driven medical malpractice Paralegal successful at thriving in high stress, high-pressure environments and situations involving constant change and vast ambiguity in data. Dedicated to promoting justice and making decisions on basis of fairness and reasonability. Strengths include providing excellent emotional support to clients, clear knowledge of court processes and legal proceedings and a good understanding of the medicine involved in the cases.
Work History
Deckers Outdoor Corporation - Paralegal/Office ManagerWestlake Village , CA11/2008 - Current
- Attend initial client meetings, depsotion preparation sessions and trial preparation sesson.
- Provide emotional support to clients throughout litigaiton.
- Attend trial and provide litigaiton support to attorney.
- Research and retain expert witnesses.
- Review and analyze medical records.
- Strategize legal and/or medical defenses with trial counsel.
- Develop polished legal documents, including motions and briefs, to support litigation processes and court proceedings.
- Coordinate trial exhibits by organizing materials, writing documentation and preparing digital materials and display.
- Supervise appointment scheduling for eight attorneys.
- Communicate with outside vendors on behalf of attorneys.
- Provide legal research and legal technical content to produce products showcasing firm expertise.
- Contact and prepare key witnesses to testify at court hearings.
- Conducted detailed client interviews to prepare discovery responses.
- Prepare legal briefs, motions and pleadings.
- Analyze elements of civil litigation, including evidence gathering and presentation and client counseling, in addition to evaluating jury selection methods processes.
- Communicate pertinent information to clients and reps via phone, email and mail.
- Develop and coordinate training for staff
- Maintain ongoing communication with opposing parties from discovery to trial phase to facilitate expeditious litigation.
- Assistt lawyers with materials preparation for internal and external training events.
- Identified appropriate judicial decisions relevant to cases.
- Participate in presentations for CME and CLE courses for physicians and attorneys.
- Trained and manage 15 employees in best practices and protocols to ensure maximum productivity.
Deckers Outdoor Corporation - ParalegalAlbertville , MN01/1993 - 05/1997
- Prepared legal property descriptions for use in transactions.
- Organized contracts and closing documents for rentals and purchases.
- Reviewed and interpreted site plans, maps and blueprints.
- Drafted correspondence for attorney review, Deeds, HUD Statements, and all related documentation for real estate closing and refinances.
- Conducted thorough inventories and arranged in-depth appraisals of property for estate planning purposes.
- Assisted with matrimonial client interviews using and took meticulous notes for preparing motions, orders to show cause and pleadings. inc
- Investigated facts and laws to determine causes of action and to prepare cases.
- Answered client calls and responded to inquiries, using open-ended questioning skills to attain applicable information.
- Evaluated multiple facets of substantive law, including domestic relations, property law and bankruptcy.
Callan, Regenstriech, Koster & Brady - ParalegalCity , STATE05/1992 - 01/1993
- Organized evidence, exhibits, motions and subpoenas to support cases and prepare for trial.
- Completed electronic court filings at state and federal levels.
- Examined and generated memos on statutory law, case law and federal and state regulations using Westlaw, and print sources.
- Investigated causes and resolutions to auto and property cases, reviewing damages, losses and settlement formalities.
- Answered client calls and responded to inquiries, using open-ended questioning skills to attain applicable information.
- Analyzed elements of civil litigation, including evidence gathering and presentation and client counseling, in addition to evaluating jury selection methods processes.
- Wrote and filed pleadings with court on schedule to maximize case success.
- Managed day-to-day legal activities
- Drafted correspondence and documentation and disseminated materials to appropriate parties.
- Coordinated trial exhibits by organizing materials, writing documentation and preparing materials and displays.
- Reviewed and analyzed medical records.
- Prepared carrier reports.
Skills
- Document filing
- Proficient in MS Office
- Legal research
- Litigation support
- Civil law
- Excellent investigative and reporting skills
- Reporting and documentation
- Analytical
- Excellent judgment
- Strong legal background
- Specialty in medical malpractice law
- Strong work ethic
Education
Marymount UniversityCity, StateBachelor of Arts: English
National Academy of Paralegal Studies Certificaiton : Paralegal
DISCLAIMER
Resumes, and other information uploaded or provided by the user, are considered User Content governed by our Terms & Conditions. As such, it is not owned by us, and it is the user who retains ownership over such content.
How this resume score could be improved?
Many factors go into creating a strong resume. Here are a few tweaks that could improve the score of this resume:
Resume Strength
- Completeness
- Measurable results
- Clear contact info
- Typos
Resume Overview
School Attended
- Marymount University
- National Academy of Paralegal Studies
Job Titles Held:
- Paralegal/Office Manager
- Paralegal
Degrees
- Bachelor of Arts : English
Certificaiton : Paralegal
Similar Resumes
