Paralegal Assistant Resume Sample

CERTIFIED PARALEGAL ASSISTANT

Highly competent and well-suited for a position within a corporate legal department, offering expertise in:

Civil Litigation  –  Corporation  –  Wills & Estates  –  Negligence
Matrimonial  –  Personal Injury  –  Real Estate  –  Malpractice
Family Court  –  Bankruptcy  –  Criminal 

• Strong working knowledge of legal terminology, general law, and legal proceedings
• Detail-oriented with excellent research, investigative, and reporting skills
• Exercise independent judgment and decision-making abilities,
  and a high level of confidentiality
• Uphold the ethical standards of the legal profession
• MS Office – Word, Excel, and PowerPoint;
  LEXIS/NEXIS, MATLAW; McKinley’s and DAKCS
• Time Slips / Time Reporter, Forms of Bankruptcy (F.O.B.) 

• Report directly to four attorneys with broad ranged responsibilities that encompass the timely and complex preparation of cases from discovery to trial phase.
• Coordinate office functions encompassing court calendar management, retainment of court reporters, and scheduling of conference rooms for deposition proceedings.
• Work with attorneys, clients, healthcare providers, insurance carriers, law firms, and government agencies.
• Ensure clear communication and meet deadlines through execution of dated correspondence.
• Perform computerized and law library research to obtain and gather case-relevant data and materials.
• Prepare content-specific case files for attorneys reflecting supporting forms, documentation, and photographs to use during client presentations, and index/cross-reference network database information.

• Collaborated with Collections, Medical Billing, and Finance departments to obtain documentation pertaining to the status of more than 50 weekly referred collections cases forwarded to the Legal Department.
• Carefully sourced and selected bonded attorneys across the United States utilizing the American Lawyers Quarterly, Commercial Bar Directory, National Directory List, and Columbia Directory List; determined the appropriate choice upon obtainment and review of résumés, insurance policies, and court filing fees.
• Integrated traditional investigative methods and DAKCS database system to gather account histories and case-sensitive documentation for attorneys including credit bureau reports, court affidavits, judgments, skip tracing records, bankruptcy notices, banking statements, proof-of-assets, and trial letters.
• Maintained ongoing communication with attorneys and clients from point of referral/discovery to trial phase, facilitating and expediting case settlements that awarded clients a minimum of 80% in recovered funds.

EDUCATION

Certificate of Completion, Paralegal Studies Program

LOS ANGELES PARALEGAL SCHOOL, Los Angeles, CA