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ROBERT STOVER

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Philadelphia, PA 19115

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Fourteen years of insurance defense and subrogation recovery with a total of 20+ years as a litigation paralegal, including plaintiff’s personal injury, medical malpractice and asbestos/toxic tort cases.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Federal and State Electronic Filing for Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey using PACER, ECM and individual state court filing systems.

Microsoft Office Suite including Word 2007 & 2010

Windows XP, Windows Pro 2000 and Windows 7

Electronic filing of Inter-Company Arbitration claims with Arbitration Forums

Lexis/Nexis Research and Westlaw Research

Pro Law

Watson and Legal Notes

Legal Files

Concordance and Summation

Relativity Database Manager

Epiq E-Discovery platform

Type 50 w.p.m.

Dragon Naturally Speaking

Weather Underground

Social Media Background Checks

Dual Screen Document Reviews

LEGAL SKILLS

Draft defense and plaintiff pleadings

Draft Discovery Sets

Document Production

Privilege Logs

Medical Records Summaries

Claims Investigation

Coordinate Site Inspection in fire, water and industrial accidents

Coordination with experts and forensic labs for materials testing

Complex File Management

Client and Expert Deposition Preparation

Draft Pre-Trial Statements & Memoranda

Blue Book and Cite Checking

Legal Writing – Draft Post Trial Motions and Briefs, Appellate Court Briefs and Reproduced Records on Appeal

Draft mediation memos

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PECO ENERGY COMPANY – CONTRACT PARALEGAL AND DAMAGE CLAIMS - Philadelphia, PA - COLLECTIONS - 03/02/2015 – 07/03/2015

TEMPORARY AND INDEPENDENT CONTRACT PARALEGAL – 6/2014 – 2/2015

Philadelphia Area, PA

Burns White, LLC – Philadelphia, PA Temporary W.C. Paralegal - 09/14 – 11/14 (8 weeks)

SUBROGATION STRATEGIES - Subrogation Claims Specialist (Contract) - 2/2013 – 4/2014

Philadelphia, PA

Job duties included review of cold closed claim files to develop a case load and pursuit to settlement.

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE STAFF COUNSEL

Senior Insurance Defense & Subrogation Paralegal

Philadelphia, PA - 2/19/2006 – 2/21/2013

Completed six years as the Subrogation Paralegal to the Regional Subrogation Counsel for the states of Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, Delaware and Ohio while assisting defense attorneys for auto, property and other personal injury claims. Duties and highlights include:

Participated in litigation, arbitration, mediation and defense of Auto, Property and GLBI claims. Supported bodily injury defense attorneys by drafting pleadings and motions, propounding and responding to discovery, preparing clients and witnesses for deposition testimony, maintaining paper file and creating trial notebooks.

Participated in the prosecution and defense of subrogation claims, including large loss property claims, fire claims, water inundation claims, construction defect and product liability claims, contractor and subcontractor liability, reinsurance claims and self-insured and risk retention group policy claims. Duties included drafting complaints and answers, motions practice, coordination of site inspections and working with expert witnesses to get all documents and exhibits necessary for preparation of expert reports to the expert. Drafted fact specific interrogatories and responded to adverse party discovery in coordination with claims personnel, insureds and risk managers.

Participated in the investigation of GLBI claims of all types, including fire, water

damage, construction defects, auto and trucking accidents, equipment breakdown claims, breach of warranty and products defect issues

Identified potential subrogation opportunities in CAT claims where construction defects may have contributed to large losses

Attended and coordinated site inspections for fire losses and industrial accidents, and scheduled expert inspections and forensic evidence testing

Met or exceeded all recovery goals. Cost- recovery ratio was rarely higher than 8% in any quarter. In 2012, working with the Regional Subrogation Attorney, collected in excess of 12 million dollars on a single case.

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Managed an open case load that ranged from 85 to 120 cases

Successfully arbitrated NY, NJ and DE PIP subrogation claims

Maintained an extensive contact list of experts to utilize in evaluation of complex liability issues in potential subrogation matters

Worked closely with insureds, brokers and independent adjusters to preserve

evidence, schedule inspections, preparing insureds for depositions and

mediation testimony

NATIONWIDE INSURANCE COMPANY TRIAL DIVISION

Wexford, PA 1/2001 – 2/2006

Insurance Defense Paralegal and Subrogation Claims Specialist

Five years of experience as an insurance defense paralegal, worker’s compensation defense paralegal and recovery paralegal for homeowner’s and auto property damage claims. Nationwide duties and highlights include:

Supported bodily injury defense attorneys by drafting pleadings and motions, propounding and responding to discovery, preparing clients and witnesses for deposition testimony, maintain paper files and prepared trial notebooks.

Attended training with attorneys and recovery specialists on rules and procedures for inter-company arbitration

In cooperation with senior attorney set up and designed protocols for staff counsel pursuit of auto and homeowners property damage subrogation claims

Worked closely with auto liability and homeowner’s adjusters to indentify and

protect subrogation rights in appropriate cases

Pursued subrogation recoveries through negotiation, arbitration and litigation

Set up reporting and tracking system for subrogation recoveries with claims

and recovery supervisors at state and regional levels

Designed complaints and discovery sets for use in subrogation litigation

EDUCATION SUMMARY

Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA. Bachelor of Arts Degree.

Major: Social Science with Pennsylvania Secondary School Teaching Certification.

3.48 GPA in core courses.

Computer Systems Institute, Pittsburgh, PA.

Awarded Certificate as a Paralegal Specialist.

3.96 GPA.

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