Eliza M. Donay

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Tel: 818-***-**** E-mail: acs1np@r.postjobfree.com

OVERVIEW

Experience in analyzing facts and documents in connection with complex civil litigation in toxic tort, environmental, real estate property, contract, labor/employment, insurance, business, construction, Civil antitrust, and transportation. Experience in document management and large document production. Maintained communication with all parties involved to provide updates and ensure due diligence. Performed quality check, extensive review of contracts/agreements to meet deadlines and protocols. Conducted analytic legal document research and review. Served as primary legal contact for review and routine contracts/agreements questions.

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EXPERIENCE

Boucher LLP February 2015--September 2015

Paralegal

Boucher LLP is engaged in Labor and Employment Law, Product Liability, and Civil Litigation practice.

oDrafted discovery documents, such as interrogatories and request for production of documents.

oDrafted complaints, including the background research surrounding the case.

oConducted historical research, analyzed evidence, and summarized depositions.

oAssisted in administrative proceedings assembled facts and exhibits for trial.

oReview, interpret, and maintain various databases and spreadsheets on a rapid and time-sensitive basis.

oIndexed, summarized, and input documents into database.

California State Litigation Project, CALTRANS / URS Corporation August 2011 June 2014

Senior Paralegal

Incorporated all aspect of State of California Legal Codes in two separate litigation/settlement cases. Cases consisted of construction, infrastructure, flood control, real estate, Measure I, Specific Plan, and agreements dispute, including Mitigation and Water Recharge Rights. Also one of the litigation cases comprised corruption charges against the San Bernardino County’s Board of Supervisors.

oAssembled facts and exhibits for trial.

oPrepared deposition and exhibit summaries.

oProvided historical researches, tracked legislation and legislative histories.

oAnalyzed and organized documents based on trial issues for the purpose of trial preparation and trial binders.

oAssisted attorneys in all aspect of trial preparation.

oComprehensive analytic document research and review.

oAnalyzed and organized extensive document production made by opposing and third parties.

oConducted comprehensive research and compiled documents for expert witness review.

oCompiled invoices, cost bills, and backup documentation for delay claim review.

oReview and analyzed third party agreements.

URS Corporation Cost Management

Document Control/Project Support

LACCD was engaged in a 6.2B bond funded building program consisting of more than 100 major renovations and new construction projects in the greater Los Angeles area. Led by URS Corporation as the prime consultant, the team was responsible for the overall coordination of nine campus based construction management team as well as standardization of means as methods for Procurement, Construction contracts, Professional services, Board of Trustee agenda preparation, Program controls, Finance, Design support, Claims Resolution & Agency coordination.

Responsible for tracking and routing construction invoices and change orders.

Served as primary legal contact for routine contracting questions.

Responsible for review of construction contracts and finance evaluation according to contracts.

Board of Trustee Agenda preparation and Claims Resolution support.

Review, interpret, and maintain various databases and spreadsheets on a rapid and time-sensitive basis

Acted as liaison between the Construction Project Managers within URS and LAUSD to monitor and QC transactions between both entities.

Support the continuous improvement of standard form agreements, internal review processes, and other legal policies and operations.

Work with the teams to identify and resolve legal, regulatory and other business issues.

Prepare and drafted routine agreements and review third party agreements.

Yamini Law Group April 2009 August 2011

Senior Paralegal

Yamini Law Group is engaged in Intellectual Property and Business Dispute practice.

oConducted comprehensive analytic document research and analysis.

oCompiled and organized discovery documents.

oPrepared deposition summaries.

oPrepared and organized trial documents and exhibits.

oCommunicated with clients and conducted witness interviews.

oResearched statutes, court decisions and legal documents pertaining to cases at hand.

Atlantic Richfield Corporation, Legal Department 1997 2001

Project Manager

Responsibilities included managing the ARCO China Gas Arbitration litigation, and Civil Antitrust

Litigation against ARCO, Aguilar v. ARCO, State of Montana v. ARCO involving Butt Montana mining

and cleanup efforts, US v. ARCO, a Cost Recovery case, ARCO v. Aetna involving Super Site Funds.

oPrepared and managed the litigation budgets.

oResponsible for coordinating efforts.

oLiaison between lead, outside counsel, and experts pertaining to the logistics of the case.

oHired, supervised and coordinated staff and staff assignments.

oCreated and implemented a database for research and discovery in large, complex cases.

oCommunicated with and interviewed witnesses and third parties.

oConducted comprehensive analytic legal research and analysis.

oMonitored compliance with applicable laws.

oAnalyzed litigation issues, including economic impact of disputes and quality assurance.

oFiled and indexed discovery and other litigation documents.

oPrepared documents, exhibits, and other materials for trial.

oPresented weekly reports regarding above responsibilities to trial counsel.

oWork with the business teams to identify and resolve legal, regulatory and other

business issues.

Atlantic Richfield Corporation, Legal Department 1990 1996

Paralegal

I worked on complex projects such as Toxic Tort litigation involving Benzene, asbestos, and lead Prudhoe Bay Field Leasing and Record Retention Project.

oConducted legal research and analysis.

oPrepared extensive document production.

oCompiled petroleum transportation statistics.

oProofread and finalized documents for service and filing.

oComplex development discovery and utilization of the Prudhoe Bay Field.

oDiscovery included lease holding, equity determination and allocation procedures.

oPBU Record Retention Project.

oAssembled facts and exhibits for trial.

oPrepared deposition and exhibit Summaries.

oProvided historical researches, tracked legislation and legislative histories.

EDUCATION

University of California, Los Angeles

oBA Political Science, emphasis in International Relations and Comparative Politics

oBA Philosophy, emphasis in Political Theory

Fluent in Farsi and working knowledge of German and Arabic

SKILLS

oComputer literacy: Concordance, Westlaw, Lexis, Excel, Access, Word, Worldox, Macro

oFluent in Farsi and working knowledge of German and Arabic

References Available Upon Request

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