Samantha Burns Email & Phone Number

• Provided support to 2 Civil Litigation & Personal Injury attorneys with various stages of a case, including the pre-litigation process, litigation process, and trial preparation• Managed up to 200 cases and assisted with the filing and administrative tasks• Managed the entire firm's organization system, filing system, staff members, and other aspects of Legal Administrative duties and increased productivity by 50% • Reviewing relevant state laws and federal laws on Personal Injury and civil litigation• Interviewing clients about their injuries• Gathering medical reports and bills, making appointments for medical examinations• Drafted Demand Letters to insurance companies regarding personal injuries• Managed the property damages aspects• Gathering insurance information from the defendants• Assisted in preparing settlement demands and obtaining a 40% increase in the settlements• Gathering documents such as police reports and witness statements and subpoenaing records• Determining the extent of damage covered by insurance policy along with essential litigation duties• Conducted expert depositions and managing the experts' depositions and witnesses•Prepared the trial binders, trial documents, and discovery for cases

• Assisted with the 47th October Conference and making it a successful in-person conference• Assisted with hosting MCLE webinars and assisted with helping managing the Social Media platforms

• Head School Liaison Chair position for 2021, Co-Chair of Marketing Committee position for 2021• Assisted with Newsletter Committee, Pro Bono Committee, Marketing Committee, Conferences Committee, Diversity Committee, Students Advisory Committee, October Conference 2020 and 2021, and Litigation Section• Assisted with hosting ZOOM Meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic• Assisted with editing the newsletter and creating articles for the newsletter• Provided a new tool to manage tasks and streamlined the communication and delegations among Board Directors• Provided a way to make CLE webinars accessible to all members of deaf communities and a variety of languages and made our virtual events ADA compliance. • Managed LAPA's social media accounts and increased the interaction with the community and increased the following base for the organization• Created the tutoring program over ZOOM during the COVID-19 era• Created the mentorship program for seasoned paralegals, beginning paralegals, and paralegal students• Created Litigation Series workshop• Created the Paralegal's Day in June 2021 with Judge Darnell Mavis• Created Bankruptcy MCLE with Attorney Maggie B in November 2021• Written multiple news articles for the LAPA Newsletter and author of Organization Series artciles• Received Certification of Appreciation for my role as Broad Director of years 2020 to 2021.• Nominated for Rising Stars for NALA by LAPA in 2021• Nominated for Paralegal of the Year for CAPA by LAPA in 2021 • Nominated as School Liaison Committee for NALA Affiliated Association Award for NALA by LAPA in 2021

• Led the organization into a new set of standards for how the Paralegal Profession should be viewed as• Conducted the following MCLE events: Efiling - General, Efiling - Civil & Family Law, and Bankruptcy• Hosted the Holiday Gala Silent Auction with Jonathan Dang and raised over $1,600• Encouraged the entire team to become more collaborative with other legal organizations• Encouraged the LAPA team to be more involved with Diversity, Equality, & Inclusion matters• Spoke at CAPA's Legal professional series as a Paralegal Manager• Wrote articles for NALA and various other Paralegal based organizations regarding Deafness• Hosted in-person October Conference for LAPA's 50th year • Assisted with SDPA and SFPA with joint events for paralegals in California• Named as "Litigation Section Committee" with Raja for NALA Affiliated Award

Cranbury, New Jersey, Us

• Provided litigation support to 2 Unlawful Detainer attorneys with propounding and reponses discovery and motions• Organized and created system to calendar Discovery responses, improving response time by 14 days• Processed State e-filing (OneLegal) and traditional filing with state courts• Corresponded with Process Servers to complete timely delivery of legal documents• Prepare for trials by organizing exhibits, and file pleadings with court clerks, in an accurate and timely manner• Managed up to 120 cases and assisted with the filing and administrative tasks• Used the case system known as AbacusLaw• Went through case files to determine the details regarding property/tenant eviction issues• Obtained information and documentation regarding timely completion of eviction processes• Drafted show-cause hearing documents, and prepared stipulations, and affidavits for internal and external signatures• Drafted personal property notices and followed up with local counsels regarding hearings and trials• Prepared affidavits and other documents, and gather and analyze research data such as statutes and legal articles

• Solely managed all administrative functions for a publishing company• Interviewed for additional employees and supervised new employees of their duties• Maintained records and data of royalties, billings, intakes, office documents, and payrolls• Created and managed inventory system and documents including intakes• Interacted with clients regarding orders and shipments and increased repeat business by 100%