As a Senior Paralegal, I am responsible for the training and development of the paralegal staff. My duties include: - Hire and train new paralegals.- Assign/monitor projects and coordinate work-flow. - Monitor billable and non-billable paralegal hours. - Provide back-up support to Case Manager/Client Development with initial case openings details and assign matters to attorneys, when necessary. As a Paralegal, I support multiple attorneys in various states in the area of collections, Medicaid eligibility, litigation and Conservator/Guardianship matters. Responsibilities include:- Prepare and transmit legal documents such as briefs, pleadings, verifications, appeals, authorizations and other documents as assigned. - Maintain and organize paper and electronic files. - Perform various clerical duties such as maintaining calendar for hearings and deadlines, handling incoming telephone calls, reading and routing incoming mail and faxes.

Civil litigation with concentration in police/jail misconduct and medical malpractice. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following: • Maintain litigation file and client contact. • Organize, analyze, assemble and summarize documents, including correctional facility reports, police reports, medical and billing records. • Schedule, assist and attend client/witness interviews, hearings, meetings, depositions and mediations. • Assist in document preparation and letter writing including, but not limited to correspondence, pleadings, discovery, and other general documents. • Maintain calendar for all cases.• Other administrative tasks such as answering telephone calls, maintaining and organizing paper and electronic files and other duties that arise.

• Paralegal for the Retail and Consumer Lending Divisions for the following states: Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Texas.• Assisted bank personnel with customer inquiries/issues and developed resolutions while adhering to bank policies and procedures as well as all applicable laws and regulations. • Editor of quarterly Legal Newsletter. • Organized and maintained legal files. • Prepared various correspondences and assisted with contract reviews. • Reviewed legal requests such as marketing pieces and assisted my supervising attorney with rendering legal opinion for business units to rely upon based on statutes, regulations and case law.

• Legal Assistant for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Panel Trustee for the Southern District of Iowa. • Organized and maintained all trustee and client files. • Maintained dockets for files both manually and electronically. • Prepared various bankruptcy pleadings and forms and electronically filed these with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. • Prepared legal correspondence of all kinds such as documents, briefs, contracts, agreements, pleadings, subpoenas, Wills, letters and memorandums. • Interfaced with potential bankruptcy clients and sustained the attorney-client relationship. • Attended execution of Wills • Attended and assisted in conducting First Meeting of Creditors (341 meeting)

• Provided support in performing receptionist and general clerical duties to the President, Finance and Legal departments. • Draft letters, contracts, addendums, memos and various other correspondences in a timely and accurate manner. • Created PowerPoint presentations. • Worked with various internal and external organizations in preparing legal documents. • Organized and maintained legal files. • Prepared travel arrangements, maintained calendars and prepared expense reports.• Organized client visits. • Point person for scheduling conference rooms. • Responsible for ordering supplies. • Team leader for events such as Brush Up Nebraska and Adopt-A-Family.

Began as a Telephone Sales Representative for the company when it was Idelman Telemarketing. Continued as a sales representative into college. Thereafter, I was an Administrative Assistant until my promotion as the Lead Admin. Asst. for the Inbound Call Center, Admin. for the Inbound Account Mgmt. Dept., and lastly was an Administrative Assistant for the Sales & Marketing Department where I developed an interest in contracts.