Paralegal
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Support 2 attorneys by managing case documents and conducting legal research as needed. Leverage various online resources to locate hard-to-find legal sources and client documents to support cases. Provide excellent client service when making phone calls, greeting clients, and scheduling appointments.

• Generate monthly case updates for clients and attend client meetings.
• Transcribe up to 50 legal documents, reports, and memoranda each month.
• Created templates for complaints and discovery documents used office-wide.
• Maintain filing system for over 10,000 confidential legal documents.
• Research case citations, statutes, and factual data to support caseload of 10-20 clients.

Procure products, materials, and supplies for business operations and individual customer requirements. Conduct extensive research through sources like SEC filings, LexisNexis, and Westlaw.

• Prepare merger and acquisition agreements for $100M+ deals.
• Author legal briefs and legal opinions for dozens of transactions annually.
• Influence company’s legal positioning on evolving business issues by researching case law and precedent.
• Create and manage spreadsheets to organize cases, some of which result in settlements and some of which go to trial.
• Represent company’s legal team in communications with cross-functional business partners, outside counsel, and third parties.

Worked for a personal injury law firm, advising clients on their rights and responsibilities in dealing with lawsuits and liens.

• Filed legal documents through mail, in-person, or through electronic filing applications.
• Researched, drafted legal documents and motions, assembled and managed essential files, and assisted in trial preparations.
• Arranged meetings with clients to discuss legal terms and documentation.
• Drafted legal arguments used for court trials.
• Located and interviewed trial witnesses.
• Filed appeals with opposing law team.
• Identified relevant judicial decisions, statutes, legal articles, codes, and other pertinent material.
• Coordinated deadlines and filed requirements for multiple clients at a time.

Worked in a local courthouse being tasked with managing and researching criminal cases.

• Collected, organized, and prepared documents and files for court cases.
• Prepared contracts, correspondence, briefs, procedural orders, and appeals for clients.
• Assisted in gathering evidence for trials.
• Attended legal proceedings.
• Summarized testimonies, interrogations, and depositions.
• Drafted bills for clients.
• Greeted clients with a friendly and professional disposition.
• Worked in collaboration with attorneys to monitor and distribute memoranda and draft dispositions.
• Performed independent legal and factual research relating to various court cases.
• Extracted information found through research for archiving in the case management system software.