Medical Assistant

P erla Estolano Lopez

**** ********* ******, *** *****, CA 92117

cel: 619-***-**** home: 858-***-****

ablgx6@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCAT ION

University of San Diego Paralegal P rogram, San Diego, CA

01/10-05/10

• ABA Approved Program. Business Litigation Specialty (Civil Litigation, Corporations, Intellectual

P roperty, Contracts, Legal Research and Writing, Int roduction to Law, and Computers in the Law

Office)

C alifornia Western School of Law, San Diego, CA

01/04-12/04

• Comparative Law (20 credits completed)

Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Tijuana B.C. México

08/92-12/96

• School of Law (Law Degree)

• Licensed to practice law in Mexico since April 1997

EMPLOYMENT H ISTORY

Boyd Cont re ras L LP, San Diego, CA

03/10-04/10

Paralegal I n te rn

• Reviewed discovery responses (form and special interrogatories, request for admissions, production

of documents). Prepared request for supplemental responses and meet and confer for breach of

contract cases.

• Researched issues of motion to compel further responses, preliminary injunction, and choice of law,

performed cite checking’s through lexis, prepared memorandums, and briefs of cases.

• Prepared discovery index, and court filings index, case management and organization of files.

L aw Offices of Robert McLaughlin, San Diego, CA

02/08-12/09

B ilingual Legal Assistant

• Created correspondence, pleadings, motions and court orders, prepared application for adjudication

of claim, notice of hearing, settlement documents, deposition notices, and medical appointment

notices.

• Managed calendar, scheduled hearings, t r ials, motions, depositions, and medical appointments.

• Prepared computer filing folder, t ransferred and/or scanned documents from case management

system or physical file into computer for e-filing with the court.

• Filed paperwork with Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, both e-filed and OCR compliant.

• Reviewed correspondence, and medical reports. Created medical index, prepared exhibits for t rial,

reviewed file for settlement, subpoenaed employer, insurance and medical records, reviewed

subpoenaed records.

Arce Consulting Group, Bonita, CA 02/08-

08/08

Lien representative/Collections/Translator

• Lien representative in workers’ compensation cases, served as telephone stand by

for lien conferences and settlement negotiations, prepared settlement demands, and

r eviewed settlement offers.

• I n charge of collection department, managed past due invoices, prepared and filed

l iens w ith WCAB.

• Translated documents from English to Spanish and vice versa. Interpreted during phone

conferences.

P rivate P ractice, Tijuana, B.C. 01/06-

06/07

Attorney at Law

• Managed labor and employment cases from inception to conclusion i.e. summons, complaints,

applications, mandatory settlement conference, suits, judgments, forced executions, conciliation

and t rial hearings.

• Represented applicant and/or defendant before the Local Board of Conciliation and Arbitrage for

t he State of Baja California, Mexico.

Law Offices of Sean E. O’Keefe, San Diego, CA

01/05-12/05 I nte rn/Legal Assistant

• Managed workers’ compensation cases. Performed initial screening, reviewed documents, prepared

and reviewed correspondence from clients, insurance and opposing counsel, and prepared court

documents for filing.

• Interpreted client/attorney meetings and phone calls (initial interview, preparation for deposition,

p reparation for t r ial and medical-legal appointments).

• Translated client/attorney correspondence, legal and medical-legal documents from English to

Spanish and vice versa.

P rivate and Public P ractice, Tijuana, B.C.

04/97-12/03

Attorney at Law

• Managed labor and employment cases at all stages of litigation, and post judgment

enforcement/recovery.

• Environmental Auditor, assigned to the State Environmental Agency. Performed Inspections,

a ttended closures, prepared legal record during inspections and closures, and prepared interim

and final resolutions.

S KILLS

• Bilingual English and Spanish.

• Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, PowerPoint, Outlook, Lexis, Blackboard, A1-Law, CM-Pro,

T ri tek, RB-7

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