Samuel Briggs Email & Phone Number

• Led administrative, litigation, and trial support for the controlling partners of a fast paced Federal Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act practice.
• Conducted integral legal research and case management for various multi-year trial and litigation matters as the leading paralegal, resulting in settlements totaling over $500,000, including the firm's second largest.
• Created new organizational tools, features, and form letters in the firm’s legal software, increasing the efficiency of generating legal correspondence and saving over 800 staff-hours per month.
• Organized multiple communication channels with medical facilities, insurance carriers, court systems, and opposing law firms, ensuring timely and comprehensive responses on urgent matters.
• Supervised the task management and workflow of two legal assistants and a junior paralegal on a daily basis for 50+ cases; spearheaded the creation of the training manual, and directed the training of four junior legal.
• Improved the organization of companywide scheduling and deadlines using tickler systems, resulting in improved scheduling practices and ensured project deadlines were met across departments.

• Managed the Discovery process of interviewing, drafting and filing interrogatories and requests to produce, as well as drafting Motions to Compel in civil cases.
• Acted as general receptionist which included filing, keeping an up-to-date calendar and schedule, fielding phone calls, emails, and drop-ins. Handled the scanning and emailing of important time sensitive documents..
• Worked to ensure proper case management, filings and communications on multiple active files.
• Made weekly trips for court filings, courtesy copies, subpoenas, etc.

San Rafael, CA

• Ran stock reports, cycle counts, and shelf counts to be processed by staff or myself for careful inventory control of books and sideline items.
• Worked with local authors for books on consignment, liaising between authors and the manager for Meet-n-Greets in the store, tracked sales of consignment books on Excel and Word.
• Worked with head buyers to assess the store’s current market needs, helped set up displays and promoting new/special events, worked with event coordinators to ensure proper quantity and placement of titles.
• Emailed staff daily summaries outlining events, sales totals, problems that needed to be addressed.
• Trained staff on P.O.S. systems (Square/Wordstock/Basil) and internet databases (IPage/IgramWeb, Biblio, Alibris, B&Tts360); worked within both Mac, Square and Windows 8-10 OS.
• Deposited daily earnings at the bank and managed change orders, balanced cash and charges from the day’s sales, entering all relevant info into Excel.

Corte Madera, CA

• Processed large quantities of inbound and outbound shipments, corporate and personal.
• Worked with management to create an operating budget, compared carrier rates; being a liaison with customers, most notably, the United States Post Office, UPS, and FedEx.
• Logged, processed, and distributed daily deliveries of stock; lifted and carried up to 70 lbs; coordinated with buyers and event staff to manage specialty items, such as event titles, special orders, and dedicated stock.
• Took weekly store inventory for office supplies, fielded co-worker requests, worked closely with suppliers, negotiated rates while working within a budget, kept inventory via Excel, general store maintenance.

Fairfax, CA

• Gained experience meeting physical and emotional needs of preschool children.
• Developed crucial communication skills with management and co-workers; worked with infants and toddlers ages 4 months to 3 years, overseeing 3-4 particular children each day.
• Cleaned floors, dishes and play areas daily or as needed.
• Regularly communicated with siblings, parents, and education specialists, discussed children’s behavior with parents and attended weekly staff meetings.

Advanced Paralegal Studies, Legal Assistant/Paralegal

Paralegal Studies, Legal Assistant/Paralegal