Contract Coordinator, Paralegal

Ashley Beerbohm

** **** ********* #**, ****** Rocks Beach, FL 33785

727-***-**** ● **************@*****.***

EDUCATION

*/**** – 5/2014

WESTERN STATE COLLEGE OF LAW, Fullerton, CA

Juris Doctor degree, with honors

Honors: Institutional Honors, Scholastic Merit

Academic Scholarship, 2013 – 2014

Witkin Award, Arbitration

Witkin Award, Advising Entrepreneurs

Certifications: Business Law Certificate

Women’s Law Association, Member

Activities:

8/2006 – 6/2010

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, Tampa, FL

Bachelor of Arts degree, Communications

Honors: Lambda Pi Eta, Member

School of Arts & Sciences Honors Society, Member

Bright Future Scholarship, 2006 – 2010

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

10/2013 – 4/2014

MEMORIALCARE HEALTH SERVICES, INC., Fountain Valley, CA

Legal Intern

Materials Contracting Department

Created and drafted contracts for all materials, equipment, staffing, and food needed to efficiently

run the hospitals and urgent care centers owned by the company

Received and redlined vendor’s contracts to ensure compliance

Extensively researched, created, and drafted a company policy implementing an independent

contractor checklist to ensure MemorialCare is in compliance with state and federal laws

6/2013 – 8/2013

RIPPETOE MILES, LLP, Irvine, CA

Law Clerk

Public Entity Defense

Extensive legal research on issues pertaining to litigation, such as obtaining DNA through an

independent medical exam and difference between emotional distress and psychological injury

Summarized Medical Records, Billing Records, Employment Records, Traffic Reports and

Insurance Records, which were used to establish facts in Summary Judgment Motions

Assisted with discovery and summarized depositions, interrogatories (special and form), request

for admissions, document production requests and requests for inspection

5/2012 – 8/2012

LAW OFFICE OF GALE AND VALLANCE, APC, Orange, CA

Legal Intern

Corporate Law

Drafted Corporate By Laws, Warranty Agreements, and Buy/Sell Agreements

Created and sent Charters with the Secretary of State

Business Transaction / Litigation

Drafted Property Transfer Agreements, Answers and Cross Complaints and Subpoeana Duces

Tecum

Created an evidence file for court

Estate Planning

Drafted Trusts and Grant Deeds

SKILLS

Proficient in Abacus, Amicus, Microsoft Word, Word Perfect, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint

Trained in Westlaw, Westlaw Next, Lexis Nexis, Lexis Nexis Advanced

INTERESTS

Gourmet cooking, traveling, fashion, snowboarding and spending time with my family

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