Ashley Hebert Email & Phone Number

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Civil Litigation, Business Law, Estate Planning and SuccessionsCity, District, and Appeals Court, Insurance Defense

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

- Review new cases, add information to Needles - Request Crash Report as needed- Prepare dump form if necessary (dump, fire, etc), send to proper department for processing, wait on approval - send to proper department for finalizing - Client contact - Email communications with supervising attorney, opposing counsel, clients, co-workers, medical providers- Open insurance claims for all newly assigned cases- update Needles. - Send letter of representation, etc; await acknowledgment - update with adjuster information in Needles - Ensure that all health insurers are placed on notice for lien/subrogation rights- Arrange medical treatment, request records and billing, update values and confirm all charges for demands and balances for settlement- Draft demands as required- Follow RX on all cases- Prepare Petition for Damages, Request for Notice - Track cases for defendants' answers and note Needles accordingly for counsel- Calendar all deadlines, court dates, appointments, etc.- Review all mail, calendar any dates, make sure all items are scanned and saved to the respective files accordingly- Add medical treatment and costs to the medical summary tab based on HICFs as received and review with supervising - Propound and respond to discovery; calendar deadlines. 10.1 letters if no responses, calendar and draft Motion to Compel as necessary - Draft all miscellaneous pleadings, motions, subpoenas etc.- Schedule depositions, mediation, meetings etc., prepare notices and circulate to all parties. - Schedule court reporters and conference rooms- Follow up on all settlement drafts, post in Needles, schedule client to come in to endorse check or sign POA - deposit checks, prepare settlement docs and schedule client to come to process settlement proceeds, return all releases and dismissals to opposing counsel- Pull hard files and prepare closed file box, make sure everything is scanned and update accounting with the file list for each box

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

• Sole Paralegal to four (4) attorneys;• Prepare pleadings, discovery requests and responses, and other legal documents in Civil, Family and Criminal areas of law;• Open new files (assign file numbers, preparation of attorney/client contract, preparation of engagement letter, opening new file in the data base and TimeSlips;• File and record pleadings and other legal documents with the Clerk of Court and Mortgage and Conveyance Records;• File management and organization;• Proof read and finalize correspondence, pleadings and other legal documents;• Maintain a calendar of all court dates and deadlines;• Intake of client account payments and retainer fees;• Insure each attorney submits all time entries prior to the billing deadline;• Input time entries for each attorney into TimeSlips;• Prepare invoices;• Maintain accounts payable/receivable;• Inventory and ordering of all office supplies; and, • Assist with the handling of incoming calls from clients, opposing counsel and court staff.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

• Prepare pleadings, affidavits, discovery requests and responses, and other legal documents in Civil, Family and Criminal areas of law;• Filed documents including judgments, affidavits and liens in the Mortgage and Conveyance Records in multiple parishes throughout Louisiana;• Filed pleadings and other legal documents with the Clerk of Court • Managed all office activities including billing and invoicing;• Personally met with clients and handled all client-related problems and issues within my authority;• File management and organization;• Intake of client account payments and retainer fees; and, • Assisted with the handling of incoming calls from clients, opposing counsel and court staff.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

• Contractual temporary position for management of large construction law based case;• Recorded and input time entries into PCLaw for billing; and, • Prepared a monthly invoice of billable hours to submit for payroll.

Jacksonville, North Carolina Area

• Prepared pleadings, discovery requests and responses, and other legal documents in Civil, Family and Criminal areas of law;• Maintained a calendar of all court dates and deadlines;• Filed and recorded pleadings and other legal documents with the Clerk of Court and Mortgage and Conveyance Records;• File management and organization;• Intake of client account payments and retainer fees;• Prepared and submitted fees sheets for all court appointed cases;• Insured each attorney submitted all time entries prior to the billing date;• Imputed time entries into PCLaw for billing; and, • Assisted with the handling of incoming calls from the clients, opposing counsel and court staff.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

• Prepared pleadings, discovery requests and responses, and other legal documents using forms and transcription;• Filed and recorded pleadings and other legal documents with the Clerk of Court and Mortgage and Conveyance Records;• File management and organization;• Collected and posted rent payments from tenants in the building;• Made daily deposits of client account payments and retainer fees; and, • Answering a multi-line telephone system and assisting client, opposing counsel and court staff.

Paralegal Certification, Paralegal

High School, General