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Coral Gables, Florida, United States

Weston, Florida, United States

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

• Paralegal to Sole Practitioner.• Prepare and file court documents for guardianship estates and decedent’s estates.• Assist court appointed personal representatives with the administration of the estate.• Prepare, maintain and e-filed petitions, estate plan documents, pleadings, discovery, motions and affidavits.• Assists counsel with client billing and accounting.• Schedule client meetings, depositions and hearings. • Identify and contact beneficiaries, interested parties and creditors.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Reviewed asbestos and tobacco cases to determine proper beneficiaries of estate.• Reported to managing attorney on status of active estates and probate.• Delegated administrative tasks to ensure completion of attorney assignments.• Attended monthly supervisor meetings to report on progress of probate department.• Coordinated with accounting the distribution of settlement funds to appropriate beneficiaries.• Assisted personal representative, surviving spouse and other interested parties with case preparation.• Drafted affidavits pertaining to distribution of settlement funds.• Ordered public records including birth, death, and marriage certificates.• Located and notified heirs of asbestos lawsuit

Deerfield Beach, Florida

• Assisted managing attorney with preparation for depositions, hearings and trials.• Drafted motions and legal correspondence for electronic filing.• Maintained calendar for managing attorney.• Coordinated hearings and depositions.• Acted as liaison between attorney and judicial assistant and judge.• Maintained personal injury liability caseload.• Prepared answer, affirmative defenses and discovery requests.

Deerfield Beach, Florida

• Assisted with the collection, review, production, and maintenance of discovery documents. • Prepared for depositions and trials.• Assigned to and oversaw a case load of five-hundred and fifty (550) PIP defense litigation files.• Reviewed and analyzed new Defendant PIP litigation case files and current court dockets.• Prepared answers and affirmative defenses, discovery requests, and related correspondence and pleadings for a high volume of cases.• Delegated and monitored work flow of support staff including hearing and mediation departments and legal clerk.• Prepared summary final judgments and amended final judgment documents, proposed orders.• Scheduled depositions and hearings, and prepared corresponding pleadings.

Assisted with the collection, review, production, and maintenance of discovery documents. Prepared for and attended depositions and trials.Assigned to and oversaw a case load of eight hundred (800) foreclosure, civil, criminal and family defense litigation files. Prepared summary final judgments and amended final judgment documents, proposed orders, etc. Maintained attorney's calendar. Scheduled depositions, hearings, and preparation of corresponding pleadings. Prepared for mediation and trial. Monthly required paralegal's billable hours and attorney's partial billable hours.

Interviewed candidates for government contracting positions.Processed timesheets and payroll services.Created and distributed monthly company newsletter.

Coordinated office assignments and moves.Coordinated and managed all aspects of event and conferencing planning.Tradeshow coordinator to include all logistics.Implemented marketing email campaigns.SKILLSMicrosoft Office Suite, TrialWorks, ProLaw, Westlaw, QuickBooks, GroupWise, Polite Mail, ADP, Peachtree, EQip, Clerk of the Court web sites