Manager Assistant

Marilyn Houser-Nelson

Email: *********@********.***

Address: **** ********** *****

City: Missouri City

State: TX

Zip: 77459

Country: USA

Phone: 713-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: $65,000

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Job History / Details:

MARILYN HOUSER-NELSON

4122 STILLWATER

MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS 77459

TEL. 713-***-****

*********@********.***

Objective: To secure a position as a paralegal/legal assistant in an energy related corporation, or energy related section of a law firm, law firm specializing in personal injury, commercial litigation, products liability and insurance defense.

Summary: Paralegal with more than 15 years' experience in a variety of legal environments including corporations, Plaintiff and Defense litigation law firms as a senior litigation paralegal, litigation paralegal/legal assistant in commercial litigation and products liability, legal secretary and (small) law firm management & administration.

Experience

& Skills Extensive experience in all areas of a Corporate Legal Department; IP prosecution and litigation including Business Torts; preparation of patent and trademark applications; docketing and handling files; Commercial Litigation, Transactional, Products Liability Litigation, Toxic Tort Litigation and Personal Injury, Class Action Litigation; file to trial preparation including attendance at numerous trials, arbitrations and mediations.

Windows 7, Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook 2010; Internet Explorer, Corel Word Perfect 10, Access, Paradox, Outlook Express, Pro Docs, Summation Blaze, I-Manage 6.5, Adobe Acrobat & Writer, Carpe Diem, Juris legal time tracking, Lexis/Nexis Legal Research; SOS Research of Corporations; Pacer Research of Federal cases; Case Tracking System (CTS) Dictaphone transcription, Intranet, Share Point, Drilling Info webinars, Austin, Texas, Texas; Seitel Application Manager; Seitel Spatial Manager and GIS Maps; Notary Public.

Education: Central High School, Clifton, IL. Graduated

Houston Comm. College, Legal Assistant Program GPA 3.95/4.0

2008 Certified Travel Counselor (Agent) (Home Based)

2012 Nerium International Independent Brand Partner

1/2013 - Present KBR, Houston, TX, Contract Paralegal (through Gibson Arnold)

Document Review including entering information into Autonomy Introspect 6 database, and identifying

Privileged, Attorney/client and "Hot" documents

4/06 - 4/30/2012 Seitel, Inc., Houston, TX, In-House Corporate Paralegal.

Responsible for and managed a one person legal dept., including all litigation files involving commercial litigation and reviewed all Outside Counsel monthly legal billings

Managed all Contracts involving override assignments, bonuses and royalty interests, division orders, including updating and maintaining the database

Research on Onshore and Offshore Oil and Gas Websites for Upstream Energy Data and MMS Information for OCS Gulf of Mexico

Applications for new trademarks and maintenance of corporate trademark files

Responsible for updating and renewing insurance for all types of corporate coverage including directors & officers, corporate liability, obtaining performance bonds and certificates of insurance for seismic surveys

Handled collections of old debts

Performed due diligence and provided documentation for corporate refinancing

7/05 to 4/06 British Petroleum, Houston, TX, Contract Paralegal (through Providus)

Responsible for gathering information involving products liability, documents and evidence for the Fact Finding Team for project Thunder Horse

Responsible for making arrangements for BP personnel and attorneys to make trips offshore for inspections

Continuous updating of Thunder Horse validation document log

Attended all validation and marine assurance project team meetings; took minutes of meetings, transcribed and posted on Intranet

Prepared documents and attended meetings with Coast Guard

Reviewed all witness interviews, edited & revised them in final form to place on Intranet & Share Point

7/04 -5/05 Harrison, Bettis, Staff, McFarland & Weems, LLP, Houston, TX, Paralegal

Large scale document management & productions in commercial litigation & products liability

Performed legal research and researched history of oil leases & ordered records

Review and preparation of medical record summaries

Preparation of documents, records for depositions, mediations & trial preparation

10/02-7/04 Andrews Kurth, Houston, TX, Contract Paralegal (through AdHoc)

Review medical records and entered information into database for mass Toxic Tort litigation

5/01 - 8/02 Sulzer Medica USA, Inc., Houston, TX, Paralegal

Maintained the databases of class action lawsuits involving the Sulzer Inter-Op "Acetabular Shell" and Sulzer Orthopedic Porous Coated Tibial Baseplate

Answer all correspondence from law firms giving representation and notice of potential lawsuits

Correspond and communicate with Sulzer Medica, Inc.'s national counsel and counsel for insurance carrier regarding inquiries from domestic and foreign entities regarding pending lawsuits and class action settlement

Responsible for handling all subrogation claims

Reviewed files and contracts for mergers and acquisitions

8/00 - 4/01 Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White, Houston, TX, Senior Litigation Paralegal for Intel Corporation

Responsible for handling all Intel Corporation domestic and foreign patent prosecution files and database

Indexed extensive file histories, organization and indexing of hundreds of foreign patent files for Intel Corporation

Maintenance of litigation files, depositions and exhibits, numerous Defendant documents productions and logs for commercial and products liability litigation

Managed large scale document production consisting of over 190,000 pages

Traveled to New Jersey for document production in Exxon-Mobil case

Production and organization of documents for scheduled depositions

Filing of pleadings and discovery requests with courts and opposing counsels

1991 - 2000 Matthews & Associates, P.C., Houston, TX, Paralegal/Legal Assistant

Assisted in pre-trial procedures & trial preparation of intellectual property cases involving offshore marine equipment, business tort litigation including trade secrets, commercial & products liability litigation

Assisted in all phases of discovery including drafting motions and orders, discovery requests and responses, Notices of Depositions and Subpoenas. preparation of deposition and exhibits, pre-trial exhibits and list, and expert witness lists in binders

Managed large-scale document productions, maintained privilege logs, summarized depositions and trial manuscripts

Assisted attorneys in trials, arbitrations and mediations averaging 6-8 per year in California, Arizona, Louisiana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio and Texas in various state and federal courts

Prepared applications for patent and trademarks, filed with the PTO and maintained patent database

Responsible for updating law library

Affiliations: National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA)

National Federation of Paralegal Associations, Inc. (NFPA)

Houston Association of Paralegals

American Business Women's Association

Houston Area Council of the American Business Women's Association

Federation of Houston Professional Women's Association

Fort Bend County Chamber of Commerce

Impact a Hero

Houston Marine Moms

Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court St. Theresa of Lisieux No. 2211, Sugar Land, TX

2011 National Top Ten Business Woman of the American Business Women's Association

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