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Focused elder care law firm to include Medicaid, probate, estate planning and long-term care planningWork closely with clients and families to complete their Medicaid application for long term nursing home care benefitsDraft, review and finalize various correspondenceAnalyze various incoming documents to determine if more information is needed or if it satisfies Medicaid's strict application requirementsFile documents and pleadings in real property records across the country utilizing both electronic recording services and mail outsMeet with clients to discuss case developments, additional work to be done, status of caseWork closely with attorneys to effectively communicate Medicaid application plans to family and execution of these plansExtensive work to include annuity planning, trust planning and estate planning for families

Focused litigation, creditors rights and bankruptcy litigationElectronically filed documents through the Courts' PACER and ECF filing systemsCoordinated court filings and service to all counsel of recordDrafted correspondence, pleadings (petitions, motions, proposed order, notices, etc.) and discovery requests and responses for bankruptcy, state and federal casesTranscribe, review and edit dictation for several attorneysPrepare and serve various correspondence and pleadings to all case partiesPrepared attorneys for client meetings, hearings, depositions, mediations and trialsDocketed and monitored various case deadlines utilizing the firm's Vision docketing systemPerformed word processing of drafts, revisions and final documents for cases, such as correspondence, pleadings and contracts to include proofreading and redlining work for accuracyCoordinated scheduling of plaintiff and expert depositions, hearings, and mediationsCommunicated with clients, Courts and opposing counsel regarding various case updatesCommunicated with Courts for setting of hearing/trial dates and deadlines and issuance of citationsCoordinated and communicated with Texas Attorney General's Office regarding status of service on out-of-state partiesConducted UCC searches on various businessesUpdated client files with various notes, pleadings, and correspondencePrepare, complete and submit expenses reports for several attorneys

Focused family law caseworkCoordinated scheduling of plaintiff and expert depositions, hearings, and mediationsPrepared attorney for consultations, depositions, mediations, hearings and trialsCommunicated extensively with clients and opposing counsel regarding various case updatesUpdated client files with various notes, pleadings, and correspondenceDocketed and monitored various deadlines regarding case activity Drafted correspondence, pleadings and discoveryCoordinated court filings and service to all counsel of record