Ashley Murrell Email & Phone Number

January 2006 to Present The Barnes Law Group, LLC Marietta, GAOffice Manager (March 2009 to Present)• Manage financial matters for firm, including operating account, client trust accounts, client billing, and accounts payable and receivable; reconcile with monthly bank statements; create financial reports for firm’s partners on a monthly basis; assist with budgeting and planning.• Process payroll for approximately twenty employees, both hourly and salary; manage deductions for taxes, medical, and retirement benefits.• Administer all firm’s insurance plans, including employee health, dental, and life insurance as well as professional liability and property coverage. • Serve as administrator of firm’s 401(k) plan, including annual compliance testing and monthly contributions by employees.• Manage and maintain all personnel records.• Ensure currency of attorney professional memberships and accreditations.• Continue to assist with litigation matters as time allows and firm’s needs require. Litigation Paralegal (January 2006 to Present)• Serve as a litigation paralegal to multiple trial attorneys, preparing and filing pleadings, with experience at all levels of trial and appellate courts. • Review and organize all case related documents; coordinate with clients to respond to discovery; draft initial responses for attorneys’ review; calendar court deadlines and daily tasks to ensure timely follow-up; draft correspondence to client and opposing counsel at attorneys’ request; coordinate all electronic filing with state and federal courts; coordinate all depositions of clients, witnesses, and experts.• Prepare hearing and trial notebooks; organize and maintain all exhibits and other pertinent documents; attend and assist at trials and hearings.• Prepare initial draft of pleadings for attorney review.• Conduct legal research on Westlaw.• E-file documents using LexisNexis and Pacer filing systems.

Atlanta, Georgia

• Served as liaison between homeowners association, management companies, opposing counsel, and attorneys to assist in settlement, negotiation, and litigation arising out of homeowners’ failure to pay association dues as well as breaches of restrictive covenants. • Drafted correspondence and pleadings based on extensive document review; prepared periodic reports for clients and supervising attorneys.• Prepared and filed summons, complaints, consent orders, motions, and affidavits.• Calendared court dates and other critical deadlines for appropriate follow-up.

Johnson City, Tennessee Area

• Trained, supervised, and scheduled student workers.• Scheduled appointments for professors in the largest department on campus.• Ordered and maintained textbooks as well as desk copies for all English classes.

Paralegal Certificate

Ciminology/Criminal Justice