Dennis J. Tirlea

**** ***** ******** ****, **** *C

Chicago, Illinois 60660

Home # 773-***-****

Cell # 773-***-****

acol7w@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Paralegal Studies Program Certificate with Honors, (accelerated full-time

fast-track program; 24 credit hours in one semester), ABA Approved

Paralegal Certificate with Honors, June 2007

Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL

Bachelor of Arts in Criminology (first major) and Bachelor of Arts in

Psychology (second major), May 2003 Northern Illinois University, DeKalb,

IL

EXPERIENCE

Corporate and Litigation Paralegal (full-time temp), Harrison & Held, LLP,

Chicago, IL

July 2014 - January 2015

. Worked on corporate matters, family law litigation, complex divorces,

and tax controversies

. Maintained corporate minute books and corporate entity files, and filed

documents with the Secretary of State

. Obtained documents through subpoenas and discovery deposition notices

for records, and organized responses

. E-filing in cook county and collar counties

. Scanned pleadings and discovery, organized into binders, and tracked

with individual indexes

. Assisted with drafting pleadings and discovery

. PACER and state court docket research

. Entered dates and deadlines into JuraLaw

Law Clerk (part-time), Matthew A. Sidor, Attorney at Law, Chicago, IL,

January 2014 - March 2014

. Worked on matters concerning real estate, estate planning, family law,

Chicago RLTO (residential landlord tenant ordinances), and the

Condominium Property Act of Illinois

. Drafted pleadings, motions, discovery, living wills, revocable trusts,

petitions for dissolution of marriage, and property demand letters

. Legal research with Lexis and Westlaw

. Jury verdict report research

. Contact/correspondence with clients, opposing counsel, clerk's office,

courtroom staff, etc.

Paralegal (freelance and contract assignments) Chicago, IL, July 2012 -

July 2014

. Worked on matters concerning general litigation

. Researched court records and dockets in Cook County, collar counties,

and federal court

. Filed and retrieved state court pleadings and documents

Litigation Paralegal/Legal Assistant (full-time), Woerthwein & Miller,

Chicago, IL, October 2007 - July 2012

. Worked on matters concerning personal injury, medical malpractice,

wrongful death, consumer law (debt collection and foreclosure defense),

and appellate law (state and federal)

. Sat a counsel's table to assist at hearings (status and motion calls),

voir dire (jury selection), trials (beginning to end), and depositions

. Trial preparation and assistance (witness/exhibit preparation, tracked

witnesses/exhibits throughout trial, etc.)

. Drafted/proofread pleadings, motions, discovery, correspondence, etc.

(proofread for grammar, punctuation, and legal analysis)

. Managed, reviewed, responded, and requested high volume discovery for

all litigation matters

. Requested and updated medical records (HIPAA requests and subpoenas)

. Legal research with Lexis and Westlaw

. Knowledge of rules of procedure (state, federal, and appellate courts),

federal court e-filing (CM/ECF and PACER), state court paper/e-filing

(Cook County and collar counties), and state appellate court filing

. Document and medical records review (summarizations, timelines, and

chronologies made with CaseMap software)

. Managed court docket and firm calendar for approximately 200 clients

with DM2000 and AccessPlus, LawToolBox, and MS Excel software

. Managed physical and paperless files for approximately 200 clients

(created, scanned, and organized/updated clients' files; and managed

files per firm's record retention policies)

. Significant contact/correspondence with clients, assisting/opposing

counsel, clerk's office, courtroom staff, expert witnesses, hospital

staff, etc.)

. Various administrative duties

Litigation Paralegal (part-time independent contractor), Matton & Grossman,

Chicago, IL,

December 2007 - February 2010

. Worked on matters concerning securities arbitration and mass tort

litigation

. Legal research with Westlaw and internet research for SEC

financial/company annual report

. Reviewed and organized high volume discovery requests/responses to

prepare for FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) arbitration

Paralegal, Catholic Charities, Legal Services Department, Chicago, IL, July

2007 - August 2007 (temp part-time); February 2007 - May 2007 (intern)

. Worked on matters concerning in-house counsel non-profit corporation

liability issues, HIPAA, employment discrimination, personal injury,

Illinois State sales tax exemption, USPS mailing regulations, domestic

relations, and general corporate non-profit liability issues

. Legal research with LexisNexis and Westlaw

. Summarized, reviewed, and redacted matter file records (redactions per

HIPAA compliance)

. Drafted correspondence and interoffice memorandum

. Assisted with managing matter file records (created and

organized/updated matter file records)

Investigator (intern), Law Office of Brodsky & Odeh, Chicago, IL, April

2005 - November 2005

. Worked on criminal matters

. Investigated client cases (interviewed witnesses, in and out of Cook

County Jail, reviewed documents, drafted investigator's reports, etc.),

and assisted at court hearings

Cadet 2nd Lieutenant, Illinois Institute of Technology, Air Force ROTC

Detachment 195, Chicago, IL,

August 2001 - May 2002

. In charge of training lower level cadets in customs, courtesies, and

ideologies of the United States Air Force in accordance with the

Constitution of the United States, the Uniform Code of Military

Justice, and the United States Department of Defense Code of Ethics

governing federal and military officer conduct

. Numerous informative and persuasive presentations utilizing PowerPoint

software

AWARDS

Nominated for 300/400 upper level undergraduate Criminology major research

paper writing competition

(Sociology 486 - Police in a Democratic Society), Fall 2001 Semester,

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

COMPUTER SKILLS

MS Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint), Westlaw, Lexis, Lexis

CaseMap, Lexis Accurint, TimeMatters, DM2000, JuraLaw, AccessPlus,

LawToolBox, Adobe Acrobat, Tabs, TimeSlips, and PaperPort Pro

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