LAUREN FELITTI

CLARKSBURG, MARYLAND

330-***-****

SKILLS: Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), Sharepoint, Netdocs, MDL, Filevine, Litify, LexisNexis, Westlaw, CaseMap, Relativity, Bluebook, ESI Tools, Courtlink, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, P-TACTS, Calendaring, USPTO, Cite-checking, Adobe Acrobat, Legal Research, Preparation of Legal Documents, EDIS, Pacer, MDL Centrality, Slack PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Keller Postman LLC July 2023- Current

Mass Torts Paralegal

• Assist 5-6 attorneys at a time with filings in the MDL court, as well as federal and district courts

• Proofread and draft memorandums, briefs, motions, and complaints

• Gather information from clients to put in their records

• Review medical records and update information as needed

• Calendar team meetings

• Submit PAQ forms to portals

• Review Plaintiff Fact Sheets

• Work with the docketing team to calendar upcoming deadlines

• Manage temps hired for large filings, run the temp meetings, manage questions from the temps

• Conduct client outreach and follow ups via email and telephone

• Perform legal research

• Work with vendors such as Steno to schedule depositions

• Handling large volumes of confidential documents

• File court documents for attorneys and save filing receipts

• Work with accounting on payments for filings

• Prepare plaintiff fact sheets

• Attend weekly meetings and take notes for the team to send a brief overview afterwards Sughrue Mion July 2022- Jan. 2023

Intellectual Property Litigation Paralegal (contract; supporting a maternity leave)

• Prepared/updated the case calendars for 8 IP litigators; attended weekly meetings to discuss updates on cases

• Worked on 13 cases and kept track of client billing; helped edit, cite-check and finalize a variety of pleadings

• Extensive use of Microsoft Excel to track/organize information for attorneys

• Prepared and organized the setup of depositions and details with vendors

• Used Courtlink and P-TACTS daily to see docket updates; filed pleadings with P-TACTS, USPTO, district and circuit courts

• Collected documents for production (often thousands of documents at a time) and saved to filesite

• Organized/prepared exhibits for pleadings and trial

• Used LexisNexis to perform legal research

• Reviewed local rules to confirm due dates and court filing procedures

• Worked to meet tight case deadlines

PAE/DOJ November 2021- July 2022

Senior Paralegal

• Work directly with 6-7 trial attorneys and was responsible for all documents and filings for their multiple cases each.

• Review work before admission and assisted in drafting material.

• Performed complex legal research.

• Conduct document searches in the appropriate databases.

• Maintain case files in electronic form.

• Proofreads, edits and conducts site checking on legal documents.

• Indexes, tracks, exhibits materials at depositions and trials. (Create trial binders)

• Assists attorney in courtroom.

• Submits lab requests for documents to be uploaded into Relativity.

• Use of ESI tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures.

• Use of knowledge of federal and state court systems, legal research procedures and resources.

• Compile and prepare relevant materials for attorneys for use in discovery and preparation of motions and briefs.

• Prepared exhibits for trial and depositions

NSIP Law Sept. 2020 – Oct. 2021

Intellectual Property Litigation Paralegal

• Drafted/filed a variety of correspondence and pleadings in state/federal court.

• Drafted client emails re: USPTO filings for attorney's review.

• Finalized forms for patent filings and worked directly with the Patent Office on filings, corrections, etc.

• Communicate effectively with assigned attorneys and clients.

• Supported attorneys with filing deadlines, case calendars, docket research and case support.

• Maintained information in a centralized database; collected/organized documents for discovery requests.

Richard D. Paugh, Esq Nov. 2018 – Aug. 2020

Legal Assistant/Litigation Paralegal (part-time)

• Communicated with attorney, clients, opposing counsel and court personnel.

• Duties included: researching legal issues (using LexisNexis and Westlaw), finalizing bankruptcy court filings, managing case calendars, organizing case files, digesting depositions, drafting/e-filing correspondence and pleadings in state/federal court, supporting all aspects of discovery, pre-trial and trial (including preparing exhibits and trial set-up). JSSA – Front Desk Associate Jan. 2017 – June 2018

Georgetown University Hospital – Guest Services Oct. 2015 – Nov. 2016 EDUCATION:

National Paralegal College Sept. 2020 - Paralegal Studies Certificate (family, civil, criminal, estates and trusts, bankruptcy, patent)

SUNY Farmingdale, Farmingdale, NY 2013 – 2014

Montgomery College, Rockville, MD 2014 – 2016

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