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Employment

Thompson Coburn LLPChicago, IL

Paralegal November 2010 – present

Rely on litigation experience, judgment, continuing education, and networking to devise creative strategies for better project management and organization, to formulate and implement efficient workflows to better assist and support attorneys, and complete a variety of tasks.

·               Prepare witness and exhibit lists for trial, locate and set up war rooms, select vendors, create timelines and organizational charts, and coordinate with court’s technology personnel.

·               Maintain complex databases (CaseLogistix and Relativity) and case files, and utilize the firm’s technology to efficiently organize and maintain case information for quick retrieval.

·               Prepare and maintain document productions and case files, assist attorneys with document review in large, complex cases providing training as needed to better craft search queries.

·               Prepare pleadings for foreclosure matters, citation proceedings, motions for default; prepare real estate property auction materials.

·               Routinely communicate with attorneys to coordinate hearing coverage and provide information as to Judge's procedures and motion requirements.

·               Regularly communicate with clients advising of case status, coordinating execution of affidavits and/or gathering case information as needed.

·               Regularly communicate and coordinate with process servers, e-discovery and trial graphics vendors, court reporters, court clerks, county recorder offices, and Secretary of State offices nationwide.

·               Oversee and delegate assignments and tasks to new and temporary paralegals and assist with technology training.

 

College of dupageWheaton, IL

Adjunct Instructor - Paralegal StudiesDecember 2012 – June 2014

Developed and co-taught course in law office technology in the American Bar Association-approved legal studies program. Students are taught various software programs used in litigation to redact and Bates number documents, create timelines, basic case management, and the process of producing and receiving litigation documents in electronic format. Students also work with litigation support database programs, navigate trial presentation software, and are trained to electronically file in federal district court.

 

Rosen Technology ResourcesChicago, IL

Litigation Support SpecialistOctober 2009 – November 2010

Help to provide high-level litigation support and consulting to law firms, service bureaus, corporations and government agencies.

·               Coordinate with attorneys, staff and vendors on the technical specifications needed for data and image load files.

·               Create, populate and maintain document management databases.

·               Coordinate electronic production of documents, assist attorneys in document review, creating search queries and marking key documents, and assisting with preparation of exhibits for depositions, motions and response briefs.

·               Provide training/education to attorneys, paralegals and legal staff on various litigation support applications such as Concordance, Concordance Image, Summation, IPRO and Case Map.

 

Childress Duffy Goldblatt, Ltd.Chicago, IL

Senior Litigation Paralegal    2003 – October 2009

Relied on experience and judgment to plan and perform a variety of tasks, as follows:

·               Lead paralegal on $5.2 million class action employment case in 2009. Directed search in hiring claims administrator and helped monitor distribution of settlement monies to over 3,000 class members.

·               Trial team member on a multi-million dollar insurance case in Florida. Assisted with preparation of trial subpoenas and coordinating witnesses.

·               Acted as the firm litigation technology resource maintaining document databases, training attorneys and staff on database use and document management, and assisting in the preparation of documents or exhibits for trial. Assisted in selection of cost saving vendors. Assisted in the research and design of a firm wide document management program.

·               Saved client travel time and approximately $900 in computer software by organizing a multi-party web conference/review session using free online software.

·               Assisted on several state and federal appeals, tracking deadlines, preparing mandatory sections of the initial brief for attorney, and leading the preparation and production of the final brief.

·               Interviewed witnesses and clients to obtain documents, respond to discovery, prepare for depositions, Examinations Under Oath, trial.

·               Drafted Complaints, motions, discovery requests, answers and responses.

 

 

Education

Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL

Bachelor’s Degree – Paralegal Studies2014                                                       

 

El Paso Community College      El Paso, TX

Associate of Applied Science Degree - Legal Assistant                         1993 – 1995

 

University of Texas at El Paso      El Paso, TX

Sociology         1989-1992

 

 

Memberships/Skills/Achievements

·               Commonly act as a litigation technology resource

·               Detail oriented, organized, dynamic team worker, and effective communicator

·               Proficient in litigation support and case management software including Concordance, Concordance Image, IPRO, Law Pre-Discovery, Summation, CaseMap, ALCoder, Polaris, CaseLogistix, Relativity, West CaseNotebook, Trial Director, Sanction; and knowledgeable in Smokeball, Clio, HotDocs, DiscoverFY

·               Member, Chicago Bar Association

·               2011 Outstanding Member Award, Illinois Paralegal Association

·               Frequent speaker on legal technology at education conferences, Illinois Paralegal Association