Paralegal

Thomas P. Darby

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Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450

201-***-****

**********@*********.***

OBJECTIVE:

To secure a position as a litigation paralegal

PROFILE STATEMENT:

A paralegal with fifteen years of experience reviewing, analyzing, organizing, and

managing documents, drafting discovery demands and motions, assisting attorneys with

trial and deposition preparation, and supervising junior paralegals

EXPERIENCE:

June 2013 – Present

• Stay-at-home father

• Aspiring author, completing three novels, submitting one to numerous literary

agents

Oct. 2012 – June 2013 LAW OFFICES OF JOSEPH CAROLAN

MCU Paralegal (via Robert Half Legal)

• Drafted discovery demands, responses, and motions to compel, strike, and dismiss

• Communicated with clients, outside counsel, and courts

• Reviewed, analyzed, and tracked document productions and discovery

• Monitored case matter activities

• Produced documents to outside and opposing counsel

July 2012 – Oct. 2012

• Resumed paralegal job search

June 2012 - July 2012 LOWENSTEIN SANDLER PC

Temporary Paralegal (via Update Legal)

• Redacted online documents using Concordance and IPRO for a class action

matter.

June 2011 – June 2012

• Reviewed and closed numerous files for my late father’s law practice

• Attended Kovats Real Estate and Insurance School

• Conducted cold calls at Keller Williams Village Realty, Ridgewood, NJ

Jan. 2010 to June 2011 DARGER & ERRANTE, LLP

Managing Paralegal (via Nadine Bocelli & Company, Inc.)

• Supervised six paralegals in an asbestos defense litigation law firm

• Authorized and submitted hours for payroll

• Answered discovery requests

• Reviewed and analyzed documents

• Assisted with trial preparation

Dec. 2007 – Jan. 2010

• Stay-at-home father

• Worked as a substitute teacher in multiple municipalities throughout northern New

Jersey

Oct. 2007 to Dec. 2007 SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC

Temporary Paralegal (via Lexolution)

• Gathered, processed, and submitted materials for Class Actions to Claims

Administrators

• Handled restraining orders, subpoenas, foreclosures and maritime matters

Sept. 2006 – Oct. 2007

• Stayed home with my two pre-school aged sons and worked on my writing

July 1995 to Sept. 2006 FLEMMING ZULACK WILLIAMSON ZAUDERER

Litigation Paralegal

• Worked extensively on asbestos defense litigation

• Reviewed documents

• Created databases

• Logged, organized, and tracked documents

• Assembled materials for expert witnesses,

• Assisted with trial and deposition preparation

• Conducted court filings

• Initiated and conducted file reduction project

Jan. 1995 – July 1995

• Conducted paralegal job search

Sept. 1992 to Jan. 1995 WESTCHESTER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY

Senior Information Systems Clerk

• Worked in Economic Crimes Bureau

• Co-ordinated evidence for cases

• Researched insurance claims

• Conducted legal research

• Created computer reports for A.D.A.s and investigators

• Assisted with trial preparation.

EDUCATION:

SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, New York

Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Literature, May 1989

Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York

ABA Approved Paralegal Certificate Program, June 1994

Kovats Real Estate and Insurance School, Maywood, NJ

New Jersey Real Estate Salesperson’s License, November 2011

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Cite checking

• Shepardizing

• Concordance

• Word

• Excel

• Microsoft Access

• Summation

• Quicken

• Case Map

• Pacer

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Reliability

• Diligence

• Honesty

• Discretion

• Initiative

• Independence

• Ability to work within a team

• Organization

• Attention to detail

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