Litigation Paralegal
Washington, District Of Columbia, United States
• Provided litigation support for 30 attorneys in Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia cases as sole paralegal• Integral member of pre-trial preparation, participating in various aspects of discovery stage of case• Issued subpoenas to various entities and witness for records and appearances preparing relevant associated documents and coordinating service thereof • Reviewed deposition transcripts to extract relevant information for attorneys• Created binders, organizing case documents and case law, used in depositions, trials, and litigation preparation• Conducted legal research using Utilizes LexisNexis, Westlaw, and search engines to search for relevant case law• Responsible for document preparation assignments including but not limited to: editing, proofreading, bates labeling, creation of Tables of Contents, and Tables of Authorities• Developed medical chronologies reviewing medical records of plaintiffs summarizing in chronological order, to provide medical history and sequence of events to expert witnesses and attorneys• Served as point of contact for all firm background research, identifying criminal history, financial history, and contact information of parties of the case and potential witnesses, using LexisNexis and Social Media websites. • Retrieved court filings and maintains knowledge of case statuses using PACER and various dockets. • Executed FOIA requests, complying with relevant laws and regulations to obtain requested case information• Completed document retrievals and filings from various courts in Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia• Communicated with opposing counsel and co-counsel to deliver case status and discovery updates. • Researched and created profiles for potential expert witnesses• Utilized Relativity for document production deciphering privileged and non-privileged information• Applied the Bluebook uniform system of citation to cite-check documents for briefs and articles
