Legal Assistant Manager

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OBJECTIVE

Fresh opportunities to enliven my professional

abilities, talents and skills.

SKILLS

Ardent, goal-driven, and forthright in my desire to help people in need of legal assistance.

Tremendously organized, I flourish in a fast-paced environment, excel with a challenge and lead

effectively and quickly by example. Thorough

preparation of legal documents, including

Pleadings, Discovery and Responses, Settlement

Demand Letters, Mediation Statements, Medical

Summaries, Damages Summaries and Wage Loss

Analysis, Deposition Summaries and Discovery

Reviews, Trial Documents, Jury Instructions, Trial Exhibits, Trial Notebooks. At ease working

remotely, paperless, with e-Discovery and e-Filing. Highly competent, competitive skill set, honed

consistently through years of experience.

GAIL SAND

FREELANCE LITIGATION PARALEGAL **********@*****.*** EXPERIENCE

PARALEGAL • MELCHERT HUBERT SJODIN PLLP, WACONIA, MN • 4/2016 – 2/2018 Paralegal to Managing Partner; organized and systemized Personal Injury Litigation Section; computerization of all file documents; supervised and trained novice legal assistant as to Personal Injury practice, assisted training Associate Attorneys as to Personal Injury practice. Successful resolution of over 40 Personal Injury and Workers’ Compensation matters.

PARALEGAL • JUX LAW FIRM (FKA THOMPSON HALL), MINNEAPOLIS, MN • 2/2016 - 4/2016 Direct contract position with multiple attorneys in fast-paced practice in areas of Business Litigation, Employment Litigation, and Collection Litigation. Organized and systemized practice. PARALEGAL • BREMSETH LAW FIRM, PC, MINNETONKA, MN • 9/2013 – 2/2016 Paralegal/Case Manager working with President and collaborating attorneys to successfully resolve over 100 FELA matters in State and Federal Courts nationally, including MN, WA, OR, NE, TX, IA, MT, CO, CA, MI, WI, MS, ND, SD and KS. Significant multi-state mediation and trial preparation and support; assisted President with web-site development and IT issues, including securing hardware, software, and IT support. PARALEGAL • LIND, JENSEN, SULLIVAN & PETERSON, PA, MINNEAPOLIS, MN • 6/2012 – 9/2013 Paralegal to Partners on Insurance Defense, significant Legal Malpractice/Construction Litigation and other Construction Litigation matters. Significant deposition, mediation, and trial preparation and support. PARALEGAL • YAEGER, JUNGBAUER & BARCZAK, PLC, MINNEAPOLIS, MN • 9/2001 – 3/2012 Paralegal supporting partners and outside collaborators to successfully resolve two Mass Tort litigations involving over 100 Plaintiffs in North Dakota and Minnesota; managed full FELA case load, successfully resolving hundreds of FELA matters nationally; attendance at mediations in Minnesota; attendance at trials in Minnesota, Illinois, and Iowa; significant deposition, mediation, and trial preparation and support. PARALEGAL • ECKMAN, STRANDNESS & EGAN, PA, WAYZATA, MN • 5/1997 – 8/2001 Paralegal/Legal Assistant to President with successful resolution of two aircraft litigations and numerous complex Personal Injury and FELA matters in multiple states; attendance at trial in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, and significant trial preparation and support. GS GAIL SAND

FREELANCE LITIGATION PARALEGAL **********@*****.*** **********@*****.*** 612-***-**** WWW.LINKEDIN.COM/IN/GAIL-SAND-24424B4B PARALEGAL • GLOVER, ANDERSON, CHANLDER & UZICK, LLP, HOUSTON, TX • 2/1996 – 4/1997 Paralegal/Legal Assistant to Partner with Plaintiff and Insurance Defense Trial, Appellate and Mediation practice; docketing for all cases, mediations and firm appeals, significant trial preparation and support. PARALEGAL/CASE MANAGER • J. RONALD TUCKER, JD, HOUSTON, TX • 4/1995 – 12/1995 Paralegal/Case Manager to Owner with Personal Injury Trial practice, resolution of numerous complex Personal Injury matters; significant deposition, trial and mediation preparation and support. PARALEGAL/LEGAL ASSISTANT • WHITTINGTON, PFEIFFER & VACEK, PLC, HOUSTON, TX • 5/1978 – 4/1995

Paralegal/Legal Assistant supporting Partners in resolution of significant multi-national medical implant Personal Injury matter and countless complex Personal Injury and Insurance Defense matters, assisted with firm-wide computerization and training; preparation and docketing of appeals; significant trial preparation. LEGAL SECRETARY • MOLTER, RUNCHEY, LOUWAGIE & WELLMAN, PC, MARSHALL, MN • 8/1977 – 4/1978

Legal Secretary supporting Partner with Family Law, Real Estate, and Probate matters. EDUCATION

LEGAL SECRETARY/PARALEGAL • 1977 • ALEXANDRIA AVTI, ALEXANDRIA, MN CLA CERTIFICATION, 1995, SOUTHWEST PARALEGAL INSTITUTE, HOUSTON, TX SOFTWARE AND INTERNET

MICROSOFT OFFICE 365; BOX; SHAREPOINT; WINDOWS DM; TIME MATTERS; ADOBE ACROBAT PRO; NITRO; DROPBOX; TRIAL DIRECTOR; SUMMATION; LEXIS NEXIS; WESTLAW; CITRIX; ACCURINT; RING CENTRAL; BIG HAND; COYOTE ANALYTICS; JURIS; ORION; ETC.

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