Legal Recruiting, Legal Employment, Legal Staffing, Legal Jobs, Law Jobs and Resume Writing in Denver Colorado by Law Q, LLC

QUALIFICATIONS: Thirteen years of litigation experience, covering collection law, medical malpractice, worker's compensation, federal claims, EEOC and personal injury. Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Westlaw, LexisNexis File and Serve, LexisNexis Research, Timeslips, TABS, Pacer, CM/ECF, CABO, Filesite, and Worldox.

EMPLOYMENT:

Snell & Wilmer LLP

Legal Secretary, (10/2007 - 2/2009)

Job duties included, assisting three product liability attorneys with their practice. Daily duties included, calendaring due dates, file maintenance, answering incoming calls, travel arrangements, reviewing and revising drafts of legal documents, reviewing and revising attorneys’ time entry, electronically filing cases for Federal and District matters, miscellaneous research for product claims.

Ruegsegger, Simons, Smith and Stern, LLC

Paralegal, (10/2005 -5/2007)

Workers Compensation Firm. Job duties included assisting attorney in the preparation of Medicare set aside plans relating to worker's compensation claims. Daily duties include filing of miscellaneous pleadings, and orders, reviewing correspondence from CMS (Colorado Medicare Services), calendaring due dates, maintaining charts regarding CMS, responding to interoffice memorandum, tracking billable time, interaction with Medicare attorneys and one collection attorney, contacting Division of Workers Compensation regarding settlement documents and orders, maintenance of files, reviewing and indexing medical records, miscellaneous research for collection matters and electronic filing.

John M. Dudgeon, Esq.

Legal Assistant, (5/2003 - 10/2005)

General Practice Firm. Job duties included drafting and filing of miscellaneous court documents, drafting miscellaneous correspondence, phone duties, dictation, preparing chronological medical reports, file maintenance, client contact, research for court briefs and collection issues, electronic filings for District and Federal Courts and calendaring due dates. Drafting duties included complaints, summons, discovery documents, proposed orders, contracts, briefs, estate planning documents, garnishments and divorce pleadings. Administrative duties included entry of billing information into billing system, preparing firm tax documents, maintaining firm check register and ordering firm supplies.

Katz, Look and Moison, P.C.

Paralegal, (01/2002 - 5/2003)

Estate Administration/Estate Planning Firm. Duties included assisting attorneys with the administration of estates by drafting probate and tax documents; researching legal issues, court procedures, internal revenue codes; and filing documents with Probate Court. Drafting duties included estate planning and probate documents, trusts, closing statements, inventory documents, accounting documents, stock transfers, correspondence, income tax returns and fiduciary tax returns.

Boatright Ripp and Sharpe, LLC

Paralegal, (1/2001 - 01/2002)

General Practice Firm. Job duties included drafting of miscellaneous correspondence and pleadings, legal research, scheduling conferences and depositions, setting trials, calendaring trial deadlines, phone duties, research, dictation, file maintenance and firm mailings. Drafting duties included county court claims, mechanic liens, EEOC claims, subpoenas, summons, disclosures, contracts, chronological medical reports.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science - Metropolitan State College of Denver - 1992

Paralegal Certificate - University of Colorado at Denver - 1992