Susan E. Haugh

0S015 Evans Avenue

Wheaton, Illinois 60187

Phone: 630.479.3102

E-mail:  haugh.susan.e@gmail.com www.linkedin.com/in/susanehaugh

Career Summary

·Seasoned Paralegal with Restructuring, Litigation, Subrogation, and Insurance Defense experience.

·Former Courtroom Deputy at Chicago U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

·Experienced in case management; paper and electronic document management, and calendaring.

·Strong attention-to-detail; sharp fact-finding and research skills.

·           Paralegal education included medical records review, deposition abstracts and persuasive writing.

Education

Paralegal Certificate - ABA Accredited (Honors) – 2015College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois

Notable Classes: Criminal Law, Legal Research, Civil Litigation, and Elder Law (Estates and Trusts)

Bachelor of Arts, Business Management – 1991DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois

Skills and Software

Microsoft Office Suite; MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, 2013; Adobe Pro; CaseMap; Serengeti;

Concordance; LegalKey; TimeMatters; SharePoint; Best Case; Relativity; LiveNote; LPS; Westlaw; Lexis; Notary Public.

Work Experience

Reed Smith, LLP, Chicago, Illinois10/2014 - present

Practice Group Specialist - Litigation/Insurance Recovery

(Temp. Case Assistant 10/2014 – 12/2014; Offered Permanent Practice Group Specialist position 1/2015)

·Assemble exhibits, pleadings, and hot docs for trial presentation.

·Assist with preparation of notices, motions, and filing and service of same.

·Pull case law and prepare Tables of Authority.

·Manage paper and electronic records for voluminous litigation; maintain calendar of dates and deadlines.

·Compile and index discovery materials as needed; utilizing Relativity, LiveNote and firm software.

·Member of e-discovery team; attend educational classes regarding e-discovery, and cross-border issues.

Freelance Paralegal, Wheaton, Illinois5/2013 - 9/2014

Various short term and part-time assignments (while full-time Paralegal student 2014-2015)

·Solicited work from attorneys; maintained daily time entry, and billed clients

·Prepared motions, complaints, orders, summons, and discovery responses, for federal and civil litigation.

·Conducted document, contract, transcript reviews and summaries; managed paper and electronic records.

·Prepared consumer Bankruptcy Petitions, motions, proofs of claim, fee applications; CM/ECF for filings.

·Coordinated multi-county Insurance subrogation matters for eight attorneys; managed calendar for same.

·Prepared trial packages including police reports, medical bills, and client and witness coordination.

·Communicated with clients and pro se parties on case status.