Jack Lavelle
*** *** ****** *** #* .Elmwood Park, New Jersey 07407
Email: **********@*****.*** . Cell: 973-***-****
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OBJECTIVE
To secure a paralegal position in a law firm where I can be challenged and
expand on my skills in legal research knowledge and preparing legal
documents.
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EDUCATION
Bachelor's Degree Justice Law/Paralegal
Present
Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
Associates Degree Paralegal Studies
Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ
2011-2013
Honor Society
High School Diploma
Saddle Brook High School, Saddle Brook, NJ
2001-2005
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WORK EXPERIENCE
Weber Gallagher June-September
Paralegal
Paramus, NJ
. New York Workers' Compensation, client in-take, creating client file,
filing with NY WCB, drafting denial pleadings: drafting FROI 04, FRIO
04 addendums, PH16.2, OC-400.5, C3.3, C-7 and C-7 addendums, drafting
subpoenas, and scheduling depositions, drafting appeals, RB-89,
drafting RFA-2, drafting correspondence to all parties.
Foster & Mazzie LLC
February - April
File Clerk/ Legal Secretary
Totowa, NJ
. Filing pleadings, generating documents, opening and closing files,
dictation.
Wyndham Worldwide
January 2014
Temp - Paralegal: Compliance Law
Parsippany, NJ
. Implement government and public affairs policies by interpreting new
regulations and laws; keeping management informed of progress and
suspicious time share activity.
Law Office of John J. Cardile
Legal Assistant Intern
Montville, NJ
September 2013- December 2013
. Client intake, answering phones, taking messages, creating new files,
data entry, reviewing contracts, preparing HUD-1, title searches,
recording deeds and mortgages with the correct county clerk, creating
correspondence to adversaries and book keeping.
Lynch Law Firm
Legal Assistant Intern
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
September 2012- May 2013
. Created Red-Wells and filed depositions, pleadings, motions,
oppositions, replies, correspondence, billing, attorney notes, Court
Notices, Discovery Demands, Discovery Responses, transcripts and
exhibits, expert reports.
. Answering phones and taking messages, creating correspondences to
adversaries and court clerks.
Bergen County Court House
Filing Aid- Volunteer
Hackensack, NJ
December 2011-January 2012
. Reviewed, closed, and transferred child support files from 1993-2007.
. Organized child support documents from year, month, and alphabetical
order.
. Scanned files to each box and every box to each file room.
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PROFESSIONAL SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS
. Ability to research through use of legal library .
Microsoft Power PowerPoint
. Strong public relations communication skills . Microsoft
Word & Excel
. Ability to identify and resolve problems .
LexisNexis
. Dedication and commitment to clients . West
Law
. Preparing legal documents
. Woldox
. Strong organizational skills
. Needles
. Workers' Compensation Board .
Aderant Total Office