Lisa M. Frye

19486 Dabbs North Road                 Jerseyville, IL 62052

(732) 513-1437 or (618) 498-2068

lisamariefrye@yahoo.com

SUMMARY

College degreed paralegal with a certificate from an ABA paralegal program and experience in general practice, health law, products liability, and personal injury on the defense side and personal injury plaintiff’s work. Significant background as a commercial real estate paralegal. Experienced in a wide variety of case management software tools, and skilled in conducting internet research. Highly motivated, energetic, self starter.

 

EXPERIENCE

 

Sandberg, Phoenix, & von Gontard, Louis, MO 5/14 – 4/15

Litigation Paralegal

Health Law, Products Liability, and Personal Injury Defense in 100+ attorney firm.

·         Full service defense litigation from inception to completion, including trial preparation, preparation of all correspondence, medical records acquisitions, Billed v. Paid Affidavits.

·         Evaluated and summarized medical and medical billing records; expert research, legal research, and prepared detailed time tables and outlines. 

·         Reviewed and identified pertinent details from client materials in order to process and prepare discovery responses.

 

MHK Attorneys, Pocono Summit, PA 4/13 – 12/13

Sr. Paralegal

Personal Injury plaintiff’s litigation in a 6- attorney firm.

·         Prepared letters, complaints and all pleadings, case intake, file organization and keep up.

·         Full file preparation from start to finish, medical updates, demands, Act 6 adjustments, review of medical records and EOB’s, and discovery requests and responses.

 

Rovner, Allen, Rovner, Zimmerman and Nash, Feasterville, PA 1/12 – 4/13

Paralegal, General Practice, and Personal Injury plaintiff’s litigation in a 60+ attorney firm.

·         Prepared letters, case intake, documentation, pleadings and electronic filing; Organized and maintained files. Interacted with clients, court personal, and opposing counsel.

·         Full file preparation from start to finish; medical update, verified insurance, handled scheduling, discovery documentation.

·         Worked independently with heavy case load.

 

Paramount Property Management, Inc., Bayonne, NJ 3/06 – 12/11

Paralegal, Legal and Regulatory Division, and Commercial Real Estate in-house.

·         Handled commercial real estate transactions from inception to completion including negotiation and preparation of closing documents.

·         Drafted leases, oversaw due diligence procedures, performed title reviews and conducted eviction proceedings.

·         Organized insurance information; and, handled all corporate  dealings for the company such  as:

o LLC formation and renewal, tax preparation, and preparation and review of all contracts.

 

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Proficient using the following software applications:

Major office software: MS Office, WordPerfect, QuickBooks, Time Slips, PDF Pro, and Copy Pro.

Case Management software: Abacus Law, lotus, PC Law, Timberline, Spectra, Case map, Text map, File Site; Serengeti, CSC and other  sharable data base software.

Real Estate software: Easy Hud-1 and Allstate Legal Forms; and

Internet based legal research: Lexis Nexis, WestLaw and all expert search sites, including IDEX and MEDEX.

 

EDUCATION

 

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Bachelors Degree in Liberal Studies focusing on business, politics and ethics.

 

Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ

Associates Degree in Paralegal Studies, ABA Certified Degree

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

Voting Member of Saint Louis Paralegal Association

Active participant of the Institute of Paralegal Education

Notary in the State of Missouri