Legal services professional with a JD/law degree, extensive professional experience, and offline volunteer service. Highly skilled, with in-depth working knowledge of several litigation areas, including contract analysis, project and document review services, class action lawsuits, criminal law, family law, medically related law, and personal injury law. Strong attention to detail and critical thinking skills. Excellent communication, research, writing and reporting skills. Calendaring and time management skills. Guidance, coaching and teaching of team members. Prior US military service as a Combat Medic, a Psychiatric Services NCO, a Stress Management Counselor, and a JAG unit Law Clerk, all within the Army Reserve branch, with limited active duty service.OVERVIEW: Management of office, client, and practice operations, systems and records. Specialized and advanced support in litigation and many areas of law.Typical Responsibilities: -Proactive management of ever-changing calendar to meet needs of clients and employer.-Legal research, writing and editing; electronic filing with several levels of courts.-Legal records management; sets up and maintains files and organization; maintains in electronic and physical formats, to include backup systems.-Legal and factual research; organizes and summarizes information and reports findings to attorneys. -Litigation; support during all phases, from initiation to discovery through trial or resolution. -Creates, updates and manages correspondence.-Retrieves documents and information, assists in discovery and trial processes. -Coordinates sign-off on legal documents such as settlement agreements and deposition transcripts. -Drafting, preparing and editing standard to extremely complex documents. -Sets up, maintains and organizes files and integrates new information into files. -Obtains documents and filings from courts, counsel, agencies and other sources. VOLUNTEER SERVICE:-Volunteer grant reviews and evaluations for community organizations and government agencies.-Past long term service on a U of M panel seeking ways to improve the Covid 19 vaccination rate within Minnesota Department of Corrections facilities, including staff and incarcerated people. -Informal resource for information and referrals to known community and government resources.PERSONAL: -Managing our Minneapolis home with its many residents, including my adult son, four rescue parrots, one former street cat and one dumpster kitty, one rehomed coonhound, and one Schneider’s skink.-Unashamed professional wrestling fan.