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SUMMARY

. Dynamic, energetic Paralegal with many years of diverse litigation

experience in a challenging environment

. Areas of practice: complex commercial litigation, product liability,

torts, insurance, misrepresentation, personal injury, pharmaceuticals,

drug injury, medical malpractice

. Extensive multiple case management; exceptional legal writing and

editing skills; published writer; compiled E-Lexicon, glossary of

electronic communications, ESI, e-discovery and computer terminology;

Regular Contributing Law Lexicographer to Black's Law Dictionary

. Exceptional annual job performance reviews; effective communicator at

all levels of business areas with integrity, enthusiastic attitude and

strong work ethics

. Efficient performer of simultaneous time-sensitive cases; outstanding

research skills: Westlaw, Westlaw Next, LexisNexis, PACER, IDEX,

Accurint, Internet, Google Scholar

. Compiled database of 500 opposing party experts; created 350 computer

files of expert witnesses with their impeachment, exclusion history

and court testimonies

. Made CLE presentations related to legal writing, editing and

proofreading; contributed articles to KNOW, Magazine for Paralegals,

NOVUS/AAPi

. Co-wrote CLE seminar script "Social Security Disability Practice and

Procedure: What Every Attorney and Paralegal Should Know"

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Book Project: Writing and Publishing My book "Walnuts On My Bookshelf:

2012-13 Memories of Living in Communist Russia"; marketing, promotion,

personal appearances, book programs and signings, presentations, teaching

classes, working on digital format for the ebook edition

State Farm Insurance Companies---Operations Center, Birmingham, AL

10/2012

. Independent review of homeowners insurance claims for class

action; identifying Hurricane Ike claims and use of the company's

product in question

. Barron's Educational Series, Inc.

11/2012

. Review and Evaluation of the Barron's Educational Book "Learn

German The Fast and Fun Way," by Dr. P. Graves and recommended how

to improve the quality of scholarship, writing style, accuracy,

size, coverage and to make the textbook more competitive and

marketable

Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC Birmingham, AL

2002-07/2012

Civil Litigation Paralegal, Commercial Law

. Extensive legal research; drafted memos to keep team attorneys updated

as for discovered treating doctors, non-parties and recommended

entities to be subpoenaed, deposed

. Drafted pleadings, prepared subpoenas, requested, reviewed and

summarized records; updated subpoena index chart; investigated

opposing parties' employment, medical, other records and cross-

referenced same with client-produced documents

. Significantly contributed to handling and eventually settling to the

client's satisfaction product liability case of more than one

thousand six hundred and fifty plaintiffs;

. Contributed to satisfactory solution of the E-Verify program and

declaratory injunction and no-compete cases; created database of

cases relating to SCA, Stored Communications Act and ECPA, Electronic

Communications Privacy Act and subpoena record requests from social

networks

. Monitored discovery deadlines, compliance with scheduling orders,

implementation of protective orders, managed voluminous document

productions and redacted records

. Assisted case attorneys with interviewing clients' personnel by

visiting on-site plants

. Actively assisted with e-discovery by reviewing ESI, Electronically

Stored Information, selecting responsive documents to be produced;

summarized the same and drafted memos

. Created numerous timeline charts of products and history of sales;

requested and reviewed MSHA, OSHA, DHHS and FOIA records

. Significantly contributed to product liability, pharmaceutical, drug

injury, drug misbranding, multidistrict litigation, misrepresentation,

record on appeal and other cases to be dismissed

. Drafted exhibit list indices; set up depositions and summarized the

same; held regular telephone conferences with law clerks and court

staff to monitor discovery.

EDUCATION/RELEVANT TRAINING

Bachelor Degree, Major: English, Minor: French

Izmail State Teachers' College, Ukraine, USSR

Paralegal Training Certificate, National Center for Paralegal Training,

Atlanta, GA

ABA-Approved Program

. Regularly attended Alabama Association of Paralegals, Inc. CLE

seminars and monthly presentations

. Attended client's training, presentations and seminars related to

vital litigation issues and compliance with federal regulations, e.g.,

FDA, Medicaid, Medicare, SEC.

LANGUAGES: native Russian, intermediate French, native Ukrainian,

intermediate German, basic Latin, native Bulgarian, intermediate Serbo-

Croatian, basic Romanian

Certifications and Accreditations

Certified and accredited immigration court interpreter and translator

COMPUTER SKILLS

. Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, WordPerfect, Summation, Alabama State

Judicial Information System/Alacourt.com, PACER, IDEX, Accurint,

Westlaw, WestlawNext, LexisNexis, Novell Applications, PC DocsOpen,

CaseLogistix, Ringtail Case Management Systems

HONORS & AWARDS

2008-Winner, Alabama Media Professionals Communications Contest, 1st

Place/Web Content

2012-Honorable Mention, Alabama Media Professionals' Contest, Social Media

Glossary and WW II Encyclopedic Dictionary

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars

Alabama Association of Paralegals, Inc.

Alabama Media Professionals

Vestavia Hills Rotary Club

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