3037 W. Belle Plaine, Unit 2

Chicago, IL 60618

Kathy a. gavilanes

(773) 824-7123

kgavil2@gmail.com

Employment

Legal Assistant/Paralegal

Deutsch, Levy & Engel (Real Estate)

July 2012-Present

·              Work on all aspects of the eviction process, such as draft and send out 5 day notices to clients and process servers, request certified orders from Clerks, prepare/file complaints, and place evictions with Sheriffs

·              Obtain 3^rd party bidder deeds from the Judicial Sales Corporation, Intercounty Judicial Sales, and Sheriffs offices

·              Prepare attorney billing using Juris

·              Request returns of service from process servers and file affidavits of service

·              Docket court dates in shared litigation calendar in Outlook and update Excel spreadsheets

·              Draft letters for clients/opposing counsel and prepare courtesy copies for Judges

·              Draft/file/mail motions for Orders Approving Sale after the Judicial Sale in the foreclosure process

·              Open new files and send out conflict checks via e-mail

·              Blackline documents using Workshare and redline documents using Word

·              Put together closing books for real estate transactions

·              Save entries/documents to corresponding files in TimeMatters and iManage and prepare pleadings indexes

Legal Secretary

Benjamin & Shapiro (Personal Injury)

January 2011–July 2012

·              Worked on all aspects of the discovery process for personal injury cases, such as drafting interrogatories and requests for production, and setting up depositions

·              Prepared Arbitration and ADR packages

·              Completed pre-litigation tasks by rapidly obtaining medical records and police reports through written requests/subpoenas and phone calls and then sending specials to insurance companies 

·              Opened new files, responsible for client intake, and spoke to clients daily regarding their case and treatment

·              Responsible for using Quicken to cut checks for file costs once a week and to run reports

Administrative Assistant

CMZ Trading, LLC

October 2007–October 2010

·              Handled bookkeeping for the firm

·              Executed payroll functions for non-direct deposit employees as well as accounts payable using QuickBooks

·              Reconciled Excel balance sheet with QuickBooks ledger

·              Reconciled brokerage firms’ tallies with in-house activity

·              Prepared documents for yearly audit and made sure employees were compliant with insider trading regulations

·              Ran nearby errands, such as hand delivering important documents, and sent out correspondence

Legal Secretary

Larry Fleischer & Associates

June 2005-September 2007

·              Communicated with clients about treatment and their personal injury cases, opposing attorneys, insurance companies, and doctor’s offices/hospitals

·              Drafted correspondence through use of dictation tapes

·              Sent out letters requesting pertinent medical records and drafted subpoenas when necessary

·              Opened and closed files

Education

Chicago, IL

Roosevelt University

August 2009–August 2010

·              Post Baccalaureate Paralegal Certificate Program (ABA-Approved)

·              Graduated with Honors

·              Programs used: LexisNexis, Westlaw, Concordance, Summation, TextMap, CaseMap

·              Bachelor of Arts

·              Major: Criminal Justice; Minor(s): Sociology & Anthropology

Languages and Technologies

·              Spanish

·              Microsoft Office; TimeMatters; Juris/Juris Suite; Adobe Acrobat

·              iManage DeskSite; Workshare Compare; Quicken; QuickBooks

·              LexisNexis; Westlaw; Concordance