LORI RICHARDSON

**** ******** *****, ***. #*

Los Angeles, CA 90026

323-***-****

323-***-****

WORK EXPERIENCE:

*/**-****. ******* & CATLOW

Los Angeles, CA

SR. PARALEGAL

(Report to Managing Partners)

*Manage over 75 insurance defense & plaintiff cases

*Propound and respond to all discovery

*Draft Motions, Declaratory Relief Complaints, 1613 Statements, 96 Demands, Expert Demand, Expert Disclosure, Deposition Notices, etc.

*Summarize deposition testimony

*Draft and respond to Meet and Confer Letters

*Participate in all facets of trial preparations including compiling exhibit and witness lists, drafting Motions in Limine, Statement of the Case, Jury Instructions etc.

*Subpoena records

*Summarize/analyze records, discovery responses, etc.

*Interact daily with insurance adjusters, clients, opposition attorneys, experts, etc.

*Supervise 2 paralegals

1/95-12/97 LAW OFFICES OF ROBERT F. BRENNAN

Hollywood, CA

PARALEGAL

*Managed all Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, & Business Litigation cases

*Managed Court Filings and Service of Process Department

*Drafted demand letters

*Propounded and responded to all discovery

*Negotiated settlements

*Drafted Notices of Rulings, Separate Statements, etc.

*Prepared deposition questions and exhibits

*Summarized deposition transcripts

*Drafted and responded to Meet and Confer Letters

*Participated in all facets of trial preparations including drafting exhibit and witness lists, compiling exhibit books, etc.

9/93-1/95 BOWLES & MOXON/Sterling Management Systems

Glendale, CA

PARALEGAL (Independent Contractor)

*Summarized deposition transcripts for key testimony

*Indexed documents

*Compiled witness and exhibit lists

*Compiled witness books

1986-1993 Moved to California & raised my children

1979-1986 TIME, INC

N.Y.C., N.Y.

HUMAN RESOURCES COUNSELOR

*Interviewed candidates for exempt & non-exempt positions within the corporate, publishing & cable branches (HBO)

*Counseled employees with regards to performance problems, career opportunities, in-house transfers, etc.

*Met with department heads re staffing needs, employee problems, legal guidelines

*Worked with permanent & temporary employment agencies as needed

*Supervised Receptionist & Secretary

EDUCATION:

Queens College, Flushing, New York: B.A., Human Resources (Cum Laude)

New School for Social Research, N.Y., New York: Graduate work in Human Resources Management

Seminar: NEGOTIATE LIKE THE PROS

COMPUTER SKILLS/RESEARCH TOOLS:

Microsoft Word, Windows '95, Office 97, DOS, ABACUS, PROFORMA, Law Desk, Word Perfect 5.1, Legal Solutions, Witkins, Westlaw

Typing: 80+ wpm

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