Kendra J. Keith
*** ********* ******, **** *********, NY 11552
516-***-**** home 516-***-**** cell
******.*****@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
FINRA ENFORCEMENT DIVISION
Contract Paralegal New York, NY 8/2014
- 9/2014
Review and redaction of personal confidential information of electronic
documents in preparation of document production.
FINRA DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Temporary Case Assistant New York, NY 2/2014
- 8/2014
Analyzed initial pleadings, determined proper jurisdiction, and entered
information into case processing system and prepare cases for service
Analyzed and reviewed subsequent pleadings, including answers,
counterclaims and third party claims
Assessed filing fees, member surcharges and processing fees at various
stages of the case and make written recommendations on fee waiver requests
Reviewed and processed mail
Determined proper composition of panel, generate list of arbitrators,
reviewed arbitrator information for conflicts and eliminated arbitrators
with conflicts
Maintained electronic and physical file and entered all case-related
information in case processing system in accordance with established
protocols.
WENICK & FINGER
Contract Paralegal New York, NY 9/2013
- 10/2013
Reviewed electronic documents on OnBase database
Indexed and organized electronic documents to update claims database.
MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS, LLP
Labor & Employment Paralegal New York, NY
1/2010 - 2/2013
Assisted with trial preparation which included, retrieving and organizing
exhibits for trial binders, drafting of subpoenas for testimony, witnesses
and records
Digested deposition and arbitration transcripts and preparing
summarizations of transcripts
Prepared and organized deposition exhibits and witness notebooks for
witness preparation
Prepared and organized document productions including document reviews in
Concordance, Axcelerate databases, redacting and bates stamping of
documents
Prepared key document and issue binders for witness preparation
Maintained and updated databases with additional documents and exhibits for
trial and depositions
Drafted chronologies and privilege, discovery and deposition exhibit logs
Drafted Motions for Commissions, assembled exhibits for Motions for
Commissions, Motions for Summary Judgment
Reviewed documents at clients' sites for document retrieval in response to
court inquiries and/or opposing counsel's request for documents
Prepared spreadsheets to organize data received from clients in preparation
of discovery.
GIBSON & BEHMAN, P.C.
Insurance Defense Paralegal New York, NY 8/2007
- 12/2009
Adjourned and confirmed depositions, telephone conferences with the Court
and opposing counsel
Drafted pleadings including Verified Answers, Third Party Summons &
Complaints, Discovery Demands and Responses and Interrogatories
Drafted Motions to Compel, Motions for Default, assembled exhibits for
Motions
Trial preparation including, organized and prepared trial binders and
exhibits
Drafted subpoenas for testimony, witnesses and records
MORENUS & CONWAY
Insurance Defense Paralegal Mineola, NY 12/2006
- 8/2007
Drafted pleadings, including Answers and Responses to Bill of Particulars
Drafted Workers' Compensation Board appeals, rebuttals and Section 32
agreements
Drafted subpoenas and tracked medical plaintiff's medical records from
providers
Summarized plaintiff's medical records for attorneys' review
TELL, CHESER & BREITBART
Insurance Defense Paralegal New York, NY 10/2004
- 4/2006
Drafted pleadings including, Motions to Compel Discovery and Discovery
Demand and Responses and stipulations
Drafted status reports to insurance adjusters regarding plaintiffs' medical
records, preliminary conferences, compliance conferences and discovery
demands and responses
Reviewed and summarized plaintiff's medical records for attorneys' reviews
Drafted and filed settlement documents
PRONER & PRONER, ESQS.
Plaintiffs' Personal Injury Paralegal New York, NY
12/2001 - 10/2004
Investigated and processed all incoming matters and maintained the office
database
Processed HIPPA authorizations for medical, employment, school, insurance
and tax records
Processed all claims for no-fault insurance
Drafted pleadings including, Answers, Bill of Particulars, Discovery
Demands and Responses and Motions to Compel Discovery
Reviewed and summarized medical records
Attended Independent Medical Examinations with clients
Drafted settlement packages to insurance adjusters
EDUCATION
John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY
Bachelors of Arts in Criminal Justice
SKILLS
MS Office (MS Word, Outlook, Excel), SAGA, Filesite, Chrome River,
Concordance with IPro View, Bluebook, Cite-check, Westlaw, LexisNexis,
Axcelerate, Relativity, Recommind