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Plaintiff Personal Injury Litigation Paralegal

Location:
Phoenix, AZ
Posted:
February 28, 2019

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Jennifer Carrillo

623-***-****

ac8myg@r.postjobfree.com

Plaintiff personal injury litigation paralegal. Observant of confidentiality, professional responsibilities and diplomacy. Capacity to anticipate case challenges, advantages and distinct needs. Organized, enthusiastic, and able to work with minimal supervision.

Work Experience

Petersen Johnson, PC

Plaintiff Personal Injury Paralegal

May, 2017 – December, 2017

Duties:

Pre-Litigation:

Contact with potential clients, insurance adjusters, investigators, and medical providers.

Preparation of correspondence, obtaining medical records and billing, health insurance information, as well as other necessary documentation.

Lloyd Baker Injury Attorneys

Plaintiff Personal Injury Litigation Paralegal

August, 2015 – November, 2016

Duties:

Maintain contact with clients, process server(s), investigator, insurance adjusters, opposing counsel, expert witnesses, as well as Court employees and judicial staff.

Entering contact information of clients, adjusters, opposing counsel and staff, Judges and their staff, defendants identifying data, and all other persons and/or entities relating to cases in order to maintain accurate information.

Preparation of correspondence, Notice of Claim, pleadings including, but not limited to, subpoenas, deposition notices, motions, disclosure statements, discovery requests and responses, in addition to arbitration statements/notebooks with exhibits.

Calendaring deadlines, scheduling depositions/arbitrations/settlement conferences/expert testimony, along with filing in Arizona Superior and Federal courts. Preparation of trial witness and exhibit lists, voir dire, jury instructions, exhibit lists for counsel and Court; including briefing client(s), witnesses, and experts.

Tracking of invoices/payments of fees/costs incurred such as charges for medical records and bills, filing and service of lawsuits, pre-payments to settlement mediators, experts and any investigative service charges. Preparation of balance verification and settlement disbursal sheets.

Phillips Law Group

Plaintiff Personal Injury Paralegal

December, 2003 – April, 2015

Duties:

Pre-Litigation:

Setting up claims, tracking medical providers and treatment, assistance with property damage claims, witness contact, interaction with insurance adjusters, investigators, obtaining medical records and billing, property damage photographs/estimates, balance verifications, preparation of correspondence, settlement demand letters, settlement documents and heavy client contact.

Litigation:

Preparation of pleadings, disclosure statements, discovery requests/responses, arbitration statements, settlement memorandums, various motions, as well as trial preparation. Daily calendaring, scheduling, e-filing, and interaction with clients, adjusters and defense counsel via correspondence/e-mail.

Experience in training litigation assistants and paralegals. Delegation of duties such as reminder letters, scheduling client meetings, and numerous day to day projects. Implementation of case status spreadsheet.

Settlement duties include balance verifications, health insurance subrogation, reduction requests, obtaining settlement authority as well as gathering settlement documents for signature and filing.

Education

Academy of Business College (January, 1996 to June, 1998) (Associates Degree in Paralegal Studies)

Experience with Time Matters, Microsoft Word, Outlook, Needles, File Center, Adobe Acrobat.



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