Gurjit Aulkh

ABA approved Paralegal Certificate holder with honors. Ten plus years of Litigation experience in Aviation, Insurance Defense, Product Liability, Class Action & Antitrust matters. Highly skilled in eDiscovery programs and Litigation software.

Case Manager - Debevoise & Plimpton LLP - San Francisco, CA

(2024-04 - 2026-05)

• Serve as San Francisco office’s principal point of contact with West coast courts, prepare filings for California state and federal courts, e-file California state court filings and coordinate with the firm’s court services department (Managing Attorney’s Office) in NY regarding calendaring.
• Coordinate document collection, tracking, review, and production in conjunction with clients, attorneys, litigation support, and vendors.
• Assist with preparing for depositions and witness interviews by organizing factual materials for attorney review and coordinating logistics, location, equipment, technology, and court reporters.
• Plan and organize logistical arrangements for trials and hearings.

Litigation Paralegal - Murphy Austin Adams Schoenfeld LLP - Sacramento, CA

(2023-07 - 2024-02)

• Paralegal to the Labor & Employment and Civil Litigation groups.
• Provide document review support and document production deliveries.
• General litigation support.

Litigation Paralegal - Joseph Saveri Law Firm - San Francisco, CA

(2018-01 - 2023-04)

Held two periods: 1/18 – 7/19 & 9/20 – 4/23.

• Paralegal to Mr. Joseph Saveri and manage his cases during all phases of the litigation process (case initiation, discovery, trial and appeals).
• Preparing attorneys for depositions, hearings and trials.
• Document editing, word processing, cite-checking briefs, creating Tables of Authorities & Contents.
• Legal research and factual investigation.
• E-filing and serving legal documents.
• Managed cases in Federal, State, JPML, Appellate and CA Supreme Court venues.

Litigation Paralegal - Meyers Nave - Oakland, CA

(2019-08 - 2020-07)

• Preparing attorneys for depositions, hearings and trials.
• Document management, editing, word processing, proof reading and cite-checking briefs.
• Legal research and factual investigation.
• Manage cases in Federal and State courts.

Home Mortgage Consultant - Wells Fargo Bank - San Francisco, CA

(2016-04 - 2017-02)

• Produce high quality loans that meet Wells Fargo guidelines to consumers.
• Build relationships with realtors, builders, financial planners, bank stores and past customers.
• Develop knowledge of company products, policies and procedures, and underwriting requirements.
• Understand real estate appraisals, title reports and real estate transactions.
• Analyze detailed financial and credit data, matching customer needs with an appropriate loan program and level of risk.

Case Manager - Boies, Schiller & Flexner - Oakland, CA

(2012-12 - 2015-09)

• Provide litigation support to Antitrust and Class Action teams.
• Assisted attorneys in four different trials in various parts of the country.
• Responsible for managing discovery, pleadings and electronic discovery documents for complex Antitrust and Class Action matters.
• Conduct review of all incoming pleadings and discovery documents from multiple parties and calendar events, upload documents into electronic database and prepare responses if necessary.
• Maintain calendar for various matters and proactively communicate with attorneys on preparation for hearings, conferences and depositions.
• Compiling and organizing multiple document productions that are incoming and outgoing.

Sabbatical

(2011-12 - 2012-11)

• Rejuvenated and energized myself by traveling the world. Visited San Diego, Los Angeles, Seattle, Vancouver, New York City, Miami, Playa Del Carmen, Auckland, Sydney, London and Barcelona.

Paralegal - Clyde & Co US LLP - San Francisco, CA

(2009-03 - 2011-11)

• Provide assistance to three teams consisting of 16 attorneys – Aviation Litigation, Insurance Litigation, Architects & Engineers Professional Liability and Lawyers Professional Liability.
• Assist litigation team with research and all aspects of litigation of cases from discovery through trial.
• Review all new Professional Liability insurance claims materials along with insurance policies, prepare new claim memorandum and add details to bordereaux.
• Update bordereaux for insurance claims with new developments as claims progress.
• Responsible for litigation calendar.
• Conduct document, medical records and deposition testimony review.

Recruiter/Account Executive - Robert Half Legal - San Francisco, CA

(2006-05 - 2009-01)

• Place professionals such as legal managers and administrators, litigation support personnel and legal support personnel in law firms and corporate legal departments.
• Develop and grow client base by selling services for temporary, project and full-time staffing solutions.
• Make telephone sales calls and conduct in-person meetings with key managers to senior level-executives, for the purpose of selling our services to prospective clients and building on existing client relationships.
• Recruiting functions include interviewing applicants, consulting with candidates on industry trends and placing candidates in temporary opportunities.

Legal Assistant - Morrison & Foerster - San Francisco, CA

(2004-06 - 2006-04)

• Assisted Mr. James Brosnahan the second partner at MoFo with his cases and public appearances.

Paralegal - Shook, Hardy & Bacon - San Francisco, CA

(2002-07 - 2004-05)

• An active role in the investigation and discovery of Product Liability cases, including analysis and interpretation of documents to meet the requirements of various aspects of litigation, as well as the preparation for trial or other resolution of cases.
• Continuous communication with opposing counsel, court clerks and other staff regarding upcoming deadlines and case inquiries.

Contract Position - CSAA

(2015-10 - 2017-12)

• Assisted in-house litigation department with drafting responses to propounded discovery, review and analyze discovery responses for attorney review, review and analyze document productions, draft and file motions, correspond with opposing counsel regarding deadlines and other case information, correspond with clients to obtain further documentation or information.

Contract Position - Chevron

(2015-10 - 2017-12)

• Assisted in-house legal department at Chevron managing legal claims. Working with outside counsel with requests for information and responding to same.

Contract Position - State Bar of California

(2015-10 - 2017-12)

• Assisted Office of Chief Trial Counsel with discovery phase for State Bar matters. Prepared cases to go to trial and assist at trial.

Contract Position - SV Employment Law

(2015-10 - 2017-12)

• Sole Paralegal/Legal Assistant to prepare for and attend Arbitration hearing at JAMS, San Jose.

Contract Position - Cozen O’Connor

(2015-10 - 2017-12)

• Assisted in trial preparation for two trials and document review of medical records.

ABA Approved Paralegal Certificate - San Francisco State University

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science - California State University of Hayward