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Provide Paralegal services as a Independent Contractor. Draft legal documents such as contracts, depositions and pleadings. File documents with court using Peach Court, Odyssey and Pacer filing systems. Perform all office manager duties. Interview new client’s for intake. Prepare take-down for Attorney. Schedule court reporters and update Attorney’s calendar. In addition, provided administrative assistant assistance, such as writing and editing e-mails. Maintain various records and documents for company executive.

Assisted a sole practitioner with medical/dental malpractice, business litigation and personal injury cases. Responsible for all administrative duties. Prepared demand letters and other case documents as instructed. Acted as a liaison between clients, various courts and medical facilities. Filed case documents via Odyssey, Peach Court and CM/ECF. Assisted with interviewing incoming clients for personal injury cases.

Maintained complete and accurate electronic and paper files. Managed claim and incident reports for all 38 regional offices. Communicated with regional offices to resolve member issues. Logged and tracked member incident reports. Supported attorneys in house and virtually within the legal department with drafting correspondence for attorney request, subpoenas and records request. Maintained corporate logs and reports.

Prepared documents for family law, civil, small claims, probate matters. Generated Chapter 7, 11 and Chapter 13 Bankruptcy petitions. Scanned organized and filed exhibits, briefs, and legal documents into firm’s calendar. Communicated with clients, chambers and opposing counsel regarding case status. Maintained database and files, answered phones, received messages and performed other office administrative task. Maintained internal case status on all open Chapter 7, 11, and Chapter 13 cases. Prepared and electronically filed pleadings with federal bankruptcy courts and state courts. Managed hearings and notices.

Processing of all payroll on a weekly basis. Typed documents such as correspondence, drafts, memos and email and prepared reports weekly for management. Provided general administrative and clerical support including mailing, scanning, faxing, and copying to management. Process accounts payables' ensuring timeliness and accuracy of information. Responsibilities included monitoring the owners personal business expenses.

Expeditor on the receiving dock. Responsible for processing incoming and outgoing mail for departing international flights. Coordinated departure schedule and monitored drivers for timely arrival and departure of US mail according to government policy.

Assisted the general manager with performing all store operations such as administrative duties, payroll and human resources. Hired, trained and supervised 20 employees to provide excellent customer service. Performed duties associated with managing a successful retail store while prioritizing important tasks.

Managed expenses and cost by daily monitoring profit and loss statements. Responsible for the front end operations, and cash control. Managed 42 employees; in addition to being in charge of resolving customer complaints. In addition, I was Operations Manager for the copy center. In charge of scheduling and coordinating tasks to employees according to priority.