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American Family Insurance

• Research and draft motions and pleadings for courts in Oregon and Washington utilizing Westlaw and LexisNexis.• Organize, review and analyze medical records and bills in preparation for depositions, arbitrations, and trials.• Prepare notebooks and exhibits for attorney use at depositions, arbitrations, and trial.• Draft and respond to discovery requests for litigation in Oregon and Washington.• Investigate and conduct background research using LexisNexis, Westlaw, and insurance claims index searches.• Oregon Notary Public.• Member of the National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA).• Volunteer public member of the Oregon State Bar House of Delegates (2016 - Present).• Volunteer public member of the Oregon State Bar Disciplinary Board (2018 - Present).

• Handled scheduling and management of approximately 300 files for three attorneys involved in insurance defense litigation. • Communicated with company personnel, defense counsel, plaintiffs’ attorneys, insureds, hospitals, courts and others to ensure litigation was handled efficiently and to the satisfaction of our clients.• Drafted letters, correspondence and court pleadings and reviewed documents created by my assigned attorneys.• Acted as administrator handling inquiries regarding our electronic billing system for outside counsel, including troubleshooting and problem solving.

Oregon Judicial Department Analyst 2 – Job rotation for legislative session – 2009 regular session, 2010 special session and 2011 regular session • Acted as primary analyst on approximately 40 legislative bills and established fiscal and revenue impact statements for submission to the legislative assembly.• Monitored legislative hearings and tracked bills pertinent to the Judicial Department in order to submit status reports to primary analysts assigned to those bills.• Gathered amendments, assessed changes and impacts to drafted legislation and collected judicial reviews of necessary bills.• Monitored legislative video recording device, acted as technical support for staff and provided troubleshooting as well as archiving.

• Handled scheduling of the trial court calendar for approximately 200 active civil, domestic relations, criminal, probate and juvenile cases.• Drafted correspondence letters to attorneys and parties; drafted and proofread judicial orders for signature.• Managed a high volume of telephone inquiries and walk-in traffic in a professional manner. • Acted as trial court clerk and bailiff in the courtroom as needed.

• Committee Assistant for the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee• Established meeting agendas for biweekly committee hearings.• Took minutes and handled public contact and testimony during committee meetings.• Distributed necessary information to Representatives sitting on the Agriculture and Natural Resources committee.• Answered multiple line telephones and operated office equipment including copiers, fax machines, and document cameras.• Generated reports and correspondence utilizing Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Outlook.