Prosecuted 3rd degree felony and misdemeanor cases from start to finish, including jury trials in both Circuit and County Courts. Responsible for filing misdemeanor cases in County Court.

Researched and analyzed case and statutory law relating to the areas of medical malpractice, personal injury liability, premises liability and workers’ compensation. Drafted complaints and discovery requests for negligence and workers’ compensation lawsuits.

Researched family law, bankruptcy, contracts, and criminal law issues. Drafted legal documents including complaints, petitions for dissolution and modification, motions, and settlement agreements. E-filed documents in both state court and bankruptcy court.

Drafted estate planning documents including Wills and Trusts. Researched issues related to digital assets, estate planning, probate, and real estate transactions. Prepared documents for residential real estate closings, attended closings, and sent documents for recording.

Analyzed case files and wrote ERISA disability appeals for disability income department. Conducted extensive reviews of insurance claims files to evaluate deficiencies. Performed detailed analyses of medical records. Drafted articles for law firm website.

Reported directly to senior managing partner with broad ranged responsibilities that encompass the timely and complex preparation of cases from intake, through discovery to trial and appellate phase.Drafted various discovery and dispositive motions; prepared and drafted complex discovery responses; drafted other various legal documents such as notices, subpoenas, closing documents, pretrial catalogues, assorted correspondence and reports such as medical chronologies and medical bill summariesPerformed legal database searches and research to obtain and gather case-relevant data and materials; performed legal research on unique issues of lawCoordinated multifaceted office functions encompassing court calendar management, retention of court reporters/videographers/interpreters, etc., and scheduling conference rooms for deposition proceedings, coordination of process servers and medical record collectors, retention of private investigatorsCoordinated retention of various expert witnesses and supplied pertinent case file documents and materials Frequently met with and interviewed clients for discovery purposesPerformed core office functions such as filing and e-filing of pleadings, mailing legal documents and correspondence, making photocopies, organizing and maintaining voluminous case files, maintaining discovery databases for all cases, bill and process incoming mailInputted legal billing timeslip entriesSupervised and managed personal legal assistantManaged intake of all new cases, opened case in case management system, assigned to appropriate attorney for handling, obtained extensions for responsive pleadings and initial discovery responsesResponsible for training office staff, and performing other managerial duties such as preparing orders for office supplies, coordinating maintenance of office equipment and managing office accounts

Legal secretary in PIP department: maintained attorney calendar, drafted legal documents, transcribed dictation, filing and maintaining case files, mailing and filing legal documents, pleadings and correspondence, scheduling of depositions and hearingsLegal secretary for partner, performing same duties and also drafting various pleadings such as notices, subpoenas and basic form discovery motionsParalegal and, in addition to above responsibilities, began to coordinate retention of expert witnesses, preparation of discovery responses, interviewed clients, performed legal research on unique issues of law