Resume Detail
Resume Title Legal Support
Category Administrative/Office/Human Resource & Legal
Full Name Yvette Brooks
Current Location
Experience Level 10 years & above
Most Advanced Degree Associates
Target Job Full Position
Target Location PA, Will not relocate
Credit
Posted/Last Updated December 12, 2012
Resume Body
Yvette Brooks
Philadelphia, PA 19140
(Cell) 267-***-****
(email) ********@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Self-motivated, mature, focused and persistent.
Successful in mastering skills through hands-on experience.
Proven ability to reach accurate, objective conclusions involving a great deal of data and variables.
Skilled in identifying the real goal and find ways to achieve it within available time, resources and conditions.
EXPERIENCE
AmeriGas Propane, LLP - King of Prussia, PA through Infinity Staffing Solutions, King of Prussia, PA Paralegal Contractor - April 2012 May 2012
Reviewed real estate documents to abstract information pertaining to leased and own properties due to an acquisition of a large propane company. Entered data into an Excel spreadsheet.
Wyeth and Pfizer (formerly Wyeth) Collegeville, PA, through Update Legal, Philadelphia, PA Legal Support Contractor August 1999 April 2010
Experience emphasis: General paralegal assignments with emphasis on the processing, tracking and the organization of over forty thousand (40,000) mass tort/product liability cases (diet drug Phen-Phen and Premarin).
Computer automation: Utilized Microsoft Access, Word, Excel, LawPack, Law Manager and TeamConnect (also used for billing purposes) software to enter new lawsuits, claims, settlements and closing documents in databases.
Writing: Experience in drafting retention letters, exhibit lists, claim responses, declarations and evidentiary document coding instructions.
Research: Legal and factual research skills. Knowledge of Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, Corporate Data Sheets, Intranet, Internet, Hummingbird (based on PC Docs), and other commercial databases.
Records Management: Document copying and scanning. Assisted in company s document retention policies. Prepared indexes and summaries of files and contents of storage boxes for litigation purposes. Retrieved and returned boxes of company s documents from storage. Received, recorded and tracked documents and samples received from Sales Representatives.
Other Employment Experience
Christie, Pabarue, Mortenson and Young, Philadelphia, PA through Infinity (n/k/a) Spherion Staffing, Philadelphia, PA Paralegal/Document Clerk Contractor - January 1999 August 1999
Reviewed various documents, performed quality control checks and maintained logs.
EDUCATION
Community College of Philadelphia
Associates Degree in an ABA approved Paralegal Studies program