I am a paralegal with 20 years of experience. I have experience with many stages of litigation, from initial client intake to final settlement distribution. I also have experience as a paralegal attending trial in federal court.I have managed litigation departments, supervising up to 50 litigation support staff and additional attorneys to schedule and complete 12,000 depositions around the country. I have also managed the intake department, overseeing tasks such as bar approval of advertising, initial client contact, contract completion, ordering and reviewing medical records to complete case evaluation, and ongoing client communication.My experience as a paralegal include: calendaring for numerous attorneys, initial client intake, drafting initial pleadings and fact sheet, filing federal cases in the PACER system, filing state level cases, drafting and responding to discovery, ordering medical records, reviewing medical records, lien resolution, bankruptcy resolution, estate probate resolution, settlement negotiations and document production, settlement distributions, medicare resolution, database creation and maintenance, data analysis and report creation. I also have experience with intellectual property litigation, I have filed patent applications and managed the process from initial application to final issued patent and subsequent maintenance fees. I have experience with trademark filings, and IP litigation in federal court.I particularly enjoy the technical side of litigation and work closely with the programmers, database administrators and technical staff at our firm. I am able to use data to identify issues in a litigation and create new database functions to help solve those issues and make work more efficient for the entire firm. I am able to help others with technical issues, to use reports and data to make large complex projects easier and faster.