Christopher Ford Email & Phone Number

San Diego, California, United States

I am the Lead Paralegal overseeing the civil litigation department and assisting with all aspects of corporate litigation from case inception to trial.

San Diego, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino

• Coordinate sitewalks with carrier engineer teams, architecture firms, and landlords for both new and existing cell sites.
• Give presentations in front of Community Planning Groups
• Perform physical real estate surveys of potential candidates for new cell site builds in San Diego, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties.
• Complete lease and legal negotiations between landlords, banks, and carriers.
• Compile SCIP packages for Telecom Carriers regarding potential candidates for new site builds.
• Conduct historical and building research.

San Diego

• Coordinate sitewalks with carrier engineer teams, architecture firms, and landlords for both new and existing cell sites.
• Give presentations in front of Community Planning Groups
• Perform physical real estate surveys of potential candidates for new cell site builds in San Diego, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties.
• Complete lease and legal negotiations between landlords, banks, and carriers.
• Compile SCIP packages for Telecom Carriers regarding potential candidates for new site builds.
• Conduct historical and building research.

San Diego

• Assisted in the drafting, filing, and resolution of title curative litigation, namely declaratory relief in both State and Federal Courts throughout California.
• Performed procedures pursuant to Federal Debt Collection act including Service Members Civil Relief Act (SCRA).
• Obtained, researched, and investigated identifying information for individuals, businesses, and government entities for service of process.
• Researched statutes in the California Code of Civil Procedure, California Rules of Court, Federal Debt Collection Practices Act, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and Local Rules for State and District Courts.
• Aided in the drafting of:
• Complaint

Escondido, California

• Bankruptcy
• Prepared and filed Chapter 7 Bankruptcies for both consumer and small business debtors.
• Researched and drafted opposition to adversarial actions in Bankruptcy Court.
• Conducted research on a fraudulent petition and caused debtor’s case to be dismissed.
• Drafted and filed Application for 2004 Examination on behalf of Creditor.
• Civil Litigation: Employment Law, Personal Injury, Breach of Contract

San Diego, California

• Conducted legal research on anti-SLAPP legislation, Federal Witness Tampering, TARP legislation, and attorney’s fees multipliers. Also pulled files from Central District for review.
• Cite checked attorney work-product using LexisNexis.
• Updated and created new case files for both preexisting and incoming clients.
• Reviewed and analyzed confidential solicitations by creditors on clients.

Certificate, Paralegal Studies

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Medieval Studies