Estate Planning, Probate Litigation

Consumer Protection Law, Debtor Defense Law

Litigation Legal Assistant in the Legal Department of a debt settlement organization. Responsibilities consist of heavy telephone contact with clients located throughout the country. Work closely with two civil litigation attorneys to assist our clients through the litigation process who are being sued by their creditors. Provide clients with general knowledge and educate them to file Answers to Complaints and responses to discovery requests, pro se. For Florida clients, draft all client correspondence, discovery, coordinate hearings, and file and serve all litigation documents through the E-Filing Portal. For out-of-state clients, I prepare them for initial appearances, case management conferences, Court ordered mediations or arbitrations, pretrial conferences, and non-jury trials. Work directly with the company’s Negotiation Department throughout the litigation process to help settle accounts with clients’ creditors. Assist clients with filing answer forms for small claims court and educate the client how the litigation process works from start to finish, as well as discussing other options or alternatives, such as Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy

Civil Litigation Legal Assistant.

Legal Assistant and Office Manager to Commercial Litigation and Business Law attorney. Prepared initial drafts for attorney for review, revision and filing in the Courts, including discovery documents and all client correspondence. File documents with local, state and federal courts, including e-filing with federal courts. Docket all court dates and discovery deadlines. Scheduled depositions, mediations and court hearings as well as draft, file and serve all Notices relating to same. Index all pleadings, organize and maintain all client files. Administrative duties included payroll, health insurance, weekly expense reports, accounts payable and accounts receivable, office inventory and travel arrangements.

Legal Assistant to commercial litigation associate and commercial litigation department head. Responsibilities included preparing and filing court pleadings for civil and federal courts, docketing of all court dates and discovery due dates, prepared monthly client billing for the litigation department, composed attorney-client correspondence, transcription using Dictaphone and digital dictation, prepared attorney's time records, as well as organize and maintain commercial litigation client files.

transferred and assigned to assist two associates in the Trust and Estate Litigation Department. Responsibilities included preparing and filing all litigation pleadings, composed all attorney-client correspondence, prepared attorneys' time records, and heavy client contact. Administrative duties consisted of preparing senior associate's assigned clients' account payables and receivables, schedule and coordinate seminars with various organizations in which attorney was an executive member, and all related travel arrangements.