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Lead paralegal on federal criminal and civil jury trials; oversee preparations for GA, NY and NJ state court trials; responsible for federal, state (GA, NY, NJ and CT), bankruptcy, and surrogate court filings; shepardize, cite-check and fact-check memoranda; review document productions for civil and criminal cases; draft motions and declarations; coordinate summons, complaint, and subpoena service of process; prepare for depositions and hearings; investigations; manage caseload of over 40 in cases in GA, NJ, NY and CT; prepare indices, chronologies privilege logs and cross-reference lists of document productions, deposition and trial exhibits.

Implement and manage document repositories; supervise teams of contract attorneys for large securities class action document production involving over ten million pages of documents; shepardize, cite-check and fact-check memoranda and pleadings; prepare for depositions and hearings; provide factual and legal research using on-line databases for securities class action, anti-trust and discrimination litigations; manage caseload of 20-25 cases including time and expense reports; provide legal support for thousands of class members for purposes of claims processing, including verifying documentation and responding to inquiries.

Maintain calendars for General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel; maintain Board of Directors Minutes; coordinate Executive Committee and Legal departmental meetings.Responsible for processing and entering all legal bills into database; prepare correspondence, memoranda, emails, PowerPoint presentations and spreadsheets relating to Company reorganization from bankruptcy.

Assist attorneys with all aspects of discovery and trial preparations; review and maintain documents; prepare for depositions and hearings; prepare for and attend two week civil jury trial at S.D.N.Y.; maintain caseload of 10-15 cases; assist Paralegal Manager with the interviewing and hiring of new paralegals; mentor new paralegals.

Coordinate with the New York City Police Laboratory to assure that all testing of criminal evidence completed within established time frames; respond to questions from police officers, detectives, assistant district attorneys regarding the delivery of evidence; interface with other Police Departments throughout the country regarding suspects who may have outstanding warrants from the New York City Police Department.

Education record

Master, Social Work

Bachelor Of Arts, Social Work And Sociology With Criminal Justice Concentration