Leah Anderson Mccraney Email & Phone Number

Rock Hill, South Carolina, Us

Columbia, Sc, Us

Rock Hill, South Carolina, Us

Litigation ParalegalRoutinely draft initial pleadings, discovery requests and responses, motions, and orders. Coordinate depositions and mediations held in, and out of the office. Manage calendar for Senior Counsel, including filing and response deadlines, deposition and mediation dates, new client consultations and routine client meetings. Insure receipt and organization of file materials. Maintain lines of communication with clients, courts, mediators, and opposing counsel.Personal Injury ParalegalManage personal injury cases during acquisition of medical and billing records and prepared files for demand. Monitor status of health insurance filings and payments to maximize client recovery. Negotiate balance reductions with medical providers. Provide routine updates to client with case progress. Created file management system to organize file materials upon receipt. Foreclosure ParalegalRegulated a large case load of residential and commercial foreclosures from default notice to borrower through post-foreclosure sale wrap-up. Created file management process to improve accuracy and efficiency of case progression. Commercial Real Estate ParalegalReviewed title work, drafted title opinions. Drafted transactional documents and closing statements for multi-parcel and multi-state transactions. Drafted title insurance policies.

Address potential new clients and conduct preliminary intake conversations. Set up working client files, draft and file pleadings with courts. Prepare and insure delivery of letters of protection. Manage correspondence with clients and courts.

Manage all aspects of case files from intake to demand, develop case management system in order to increase efficiency. Maintain lines of communication with clients. Insure receipt and organization of file materials. Draft demand packages, manage initial discovery, and prepare response to discovery requests.

Edited, filed, and served federal motions and briefs. Assisted attorney during defense conferences with incarcerated inmates. Attended motion hearing at the Georgia Supreme Court.

Created witness and juror filing system with corresponding and cross-referenced index in Excel for managing partner during trial preparation for a death penalty case remanded by the U.S. Supreme Court. Drafted, edited, filed, and served pleadings, motions and orders for various criminal and family cases, including death penalty. Managed and resolved traffic violation tickets and facilitated fine and damage agreements between the client and the arresting officer. Researched change of venue and third party guilt.During Academic Vacations.

Certificate, Paralegal Studies

B.A., History