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Paralegal

Summary

Professional Paralegal possessing twenty years experience planning and directing administrative

functions to meet time critical deadlines. Combined dynamic organizational and communication skills

with the ability to independently multitask, plan, and direct demanding administrative operations and

complex schedules. Extensive experience drafting legal documents, drafting discovery requests and

responses, performing legal research, and preparation for depositions, hearings and trials.

Experience

North Carolina Department of Justice,Raleigh, North Carolina

Paralegal II, Tort Claims Section, 7/2011 9/2017

Role in the Tort Claims Section was to assist on Tort Claims cases filed by state prison inmates in the

North Carolina Industrial Commission with the following duties and responsibilities:

• Drafted responsive pleadings to Plaintiffs' Affidavits (Complaints)

• Drafted and prepared discovery responses

• proofread, shpardized, and formatted criminal appellate briefs

• Drafted motions, correspondence, and other legal documents

• Daily communication with the client agency, the North Carolina Department of Public Safety

• Daily management and update of case files and

• Filed legal documents with the appropriate court on a rotating, weekly basis.

North Carolina Department of Justice,Raleigh, North Carolina

Paralegal II, Public Safety Section, 5/2007 7/2011

Role involved assisting on cases filed by state prison inmates for alleged deprivation of civil rights under

Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871. This role required the performance of the following job

duties and responsibilities:

• Drafted and prepared pleadings and other legal documents

• Gathered documents and information in preparation for litigation

• Performed legal research assigned by supervising attorney

• Proofread, shepardized, and formatted criminal appellate briefs

• Frequent communication with the client agency, opposing counsel and the courts and

• Managed and updated the case files.

Thomas D. Clark

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North Carolina Department of Justice,Raleigh, North Carolina

Paralegal I, Human Services/Medical Facilities Section, 4/2006 4/2007

The role in the Human Services/Medical Facilities Section involved being embedded with the client

agency, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services collect debt owed to the State

by former clients of the State's mental health system, and required the following job duties and

responsibilities:

• Responded to telephone and calls from former clients of the North Carolina mental health system,

their families or attorneys

• Negotiated payment plans and settlement agreements on behalf of the client agency

• Drafted pleadings and other legal documents for filing in the North Carolina Office of Administrative

Hearings

• Performed legal research as assigned by supervising attorney or requested by the client agency

and

• Reviewed bankruptcy claims, and gathered information from PACER to verify each case and

informed the supervising attorney accordingly.

North Carolina Department of Justice,Raleigh, North Carolina

Temporary Paralegal, 11/2005 3/2006

Temporary assigned to the Tort Claims Section. The assignment required the following job duties and

responsibilities:

• Drafted responsive pleadings to Affidavits (complaints) filed by State Prison Inmates in the North

Carolina Industrial Commission

• Drafted and prepared discovery responses

• Drafted Compromise and Settlement Agreements (clinchers) for workers' compensation cases

• Daily management and update of case files and

• Filed legal documents with the appropriate court on a weekly, rotating basis

Education

Paralegal Studies

University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana

Paralegal Certification from an American Bar Association Approved Program of Study.

B.A., History

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Degree in History with a minor in Political Science.

Computer Knowledge

• Windows 7/8/10

• Microsoft Office

• Microsoft Word

• Microsoft Excel

• Microsoft Outlook

• Microsoft Power Point

• Adobe Acrobat/Reader

• Lexis Nexis

• Westlaw

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