Nell Pagés-Olliff

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Atlanta, GA 30317 C: 404-***-****

QUALIFICATION SUMMARY

Highly experienced Litigation Paralegal with over 13 years of experience in diverse practice areas

including:

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Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy Intellectual Property

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Products Liability Construction

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Labor & Employment Commercial & Complex Litigation

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Civil Litigation Personal Injury

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Stites & Harbison, PLLC (Atlanta, GA)

2001-2013

Full-service business and litigation firm with approximately 240 attorneys in five Southeastern states.

The firm works with institutional clients nationwide for sophisticated transactions, difficult litigation, and

complex regulatory matters.

Senior Litigation Paralegal (2006 – 2013)

Supported Partners and Senior Attorneys in a busy litigation practice with diverse areas of responsibility:

• Managed a heavy case load requiring an extensive knowledge of substantive and procedural

aspects of civil litigation from inception through resolution.

• Drafted a wide range of legal documents: pleadings, interrogatories, jury instructions, voir dire,

discovery, affidavits, subpoenas, motions, memoranda of law, briefs, and correspondence.

• Cite-checking, and shepardizing of legal documents.

• Served as a liaison between clients, opposing counsel, vendors, and witnesses.

• Supervised other Paralegals and Legal Secretaries.

• Discovery and Research:

Advanced proficiency in Lexis/Nexis, Westlaw, MS Office, and Summation.

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Handled large document productions and document reviews.

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E-discovery knowledge including electronic file management, searching, and issue

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coding.

Paralegal (2003 – 2006)

Supported Senior Counsel in all aspects of litigation management including:

• Provided litigation support in a variety of complex cases involving aircraft products liability,

vehicle products liability and intellectual property.

• Managed trial exhibits, prepared trial notebooks, communicated with experts and fact witnesses.

• Drafting of correspondence and other legal documents.

• Factual investigation, trial preparation, and support.

• Assisted Senior Recruiting Partner with Summer Associate Program.

• Assisted in Hispanic Marketing business development.

Junior Paralegal (2001-2003)

Joined Stites & Harbison as a Junior Paralegal supporting the Construction litigation practice group:

• Organized and indexed case files.

• Scheduled depositions and hearings / prepared deposition summaries.

• Case docketing, calendaring, filing of pleadings.

Nell Olliff C: 404-***-****

RGB Commercial Construction (Suwanee, GA)

1999-2001

Commercial subcontracting firm specializing in school and hotel construction.

Executive Assistant / Human Resources Assistant

• Supported the President of a small subcontracting firm with project management duties.

• Handled payroll, accounts receivable, accounts payable and administrative support.

Johnson High School (Gainesville, GA)

1998-1999

Public county High School with a largely rural student population.

High School English Teacher

• Taught a variety of reading and writing courses for grades 9 – 12.

• Curriculum development and implementation.

Gainesville High School (Gainesville, GA) 1994-

1998

Public inner city High School with a large Hispanic student population.

High School English Teacher

• Taught a variety of reading and writing courses for grades 9-12.

• High level of experience working with at-risk students.

• ESL Certification.

Education and Professional Affiliations / Continuing Legal Education:

Bachelor of Science in Education (BS): University of Georgia (1993)

• Member: National Association of Legal Professionals (NALP).

• Regularly attend ongoing Legal Education seminars / courses.

• Georgia Teaching Certification in Language Arts, Grades 9-12 (1993).

• Certificate in English as a Second Language (1995).

Special Skills and Interests:

• Bilingual English/Spanish.

• Member Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (GHCC).

• Volunteer Committee Member: Georgia Arthritis Foundation.

• Avid reader, runner, and travel enthusiast.

References:

Available upon request.

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