Litigation Paralegal at MDJW Law (2022-05 – 2025-02)
Daily tasks included not limited to:
- Manage docket of 30-40 insurance defense cases, ensuring timely and accurate handling of all responsibilities.
- Oversee daily caseloads, effectively organizing and prioritizing tasks to maintain workflow efficiency.
- Draft motions and case summaries, contributing to the development of case strategies.
- Review and summarize depositions, facilitate informed decision-making and case progression for attorneys and client(s).
- Vet Experts, review specialty areas of C.V., order expert reports and review same, for mitigation of damages.
- Order Records: Medical, Employment, School, Driver's, Criminal and Civil.
- Review medical records for potential pre-existing damages and draft medical summaries of same.
- Create exhibit/video/transcript database in Trial Director for use in the courtroom.
1099 Paralegal at Darby Health (2022-01 – 2022-05)
Assisted in implementing processes and procedures for a start-up company.
- Created complex, formula-driven Excel spreadsheets to track insurance reimbursements for COVID vaccination kits across Texas.
- Collaborated with various insurance companies through daily meetings to discuss reimbursement payments per patient.
- Utilized Microsoft Teams with staff and managers, providing daily real-time updates and reimbursement details.
Contract Litigation Paralegal at Confidential Contract Position (2021-07 – 2021-12)
Conducted contract work as a Technical Paralegal overseeing/managing the backlogged data consisting of client's documents and transferring the raw data files to the firm's main server.
- Categorized, coded and organized client data on the firm's server to facilitate the attorney's streamlined review and assessment of same, effectively avoiding discovery sanctions.
E-Discovery Specialist at COVID - Dallas, Texas (2020-08 – 2021-07)
During the COVID lock-down, focused on Advanced E-Discovery skills by studying for and passing the E-Discovery Certified exam in October 2020.
- Completed additional online courses to further enhance expertise in E-Discovery.
Litigation Paralegal at GR Law (2012-04 – 2020-07)
Daily tasks included but not limited to:
- Managed a diverse docket of complex cases, including patent infringement, insurance defense, employment, contract law.
- Oversee the build of a Relativity database consisting of 800,000 documents, after deduplication.
- Led the daily document review process with a team of attorneys, maintaining communication with the Managing Partner on key findings and review status.
- Monitored and reported on the timeline and costs associated with document management and review processes.
- Conduct/oversee attorney review teams.
- Draft daily status reports on document reviews.
- Keep Managing Partner apprised of findings.
- Process and produce large volume document productions.
- Compile 2,000+ page privilege logs and 2,000+ page production logs.
- Code documents within database.
- Oversee the configuration of the coding/review panel for review team.
- Tag for privilege, confidentiality, responsive, non-responsive, attorneys' eyes only, ACP and/or WPP.
- Apply redactions.
- Conduct boolean searches for responsive documents.
- Conduct batch searches, batch tagging.
Litigation Paralegal at City of San Diego Office of the City Attorney (2008-11 – 2012-04)
Daily tasks included but not limited to:
- Managed a Summation database of over 300,000 documents.
- Ingest document productions from opposing counsel.
- Ingest client documents.
- Conducted daily document review process consisting of E-Mails with attachments, bore reports, soil analysis reports and the like.
- Maintain communication with the attorney on key findings and review status.
- Produce privilege logs in excess of 200 pages.
- Produce document production logs in excess of 300 pages.
- Code documents in the review platform for privilege, responsiveness, 2nd review for attorney, non-responsive and the like.
Litigation Paralegal at Mintz Levin, Fish & Richardson (2006-01 – 2008-12)
Litigation Paralegal contract assignments working in Concordance, handling depositions of engineers from all over the United States and Israel, handling large document productions, deposition binders and the like.
Litigation Paralegal at McKool Smith (2004-01 – 2006-12)
Hot Seat Trial Work, PowerPoint presentations, technology and the like.
Litigation Paralegal at Burford & Ryburn (2000-01 – 2004-12)
Hot Seat Trial Work, PowerPoint presentations, graphics, company presentations
