VINCENT SAIA
Brooklyn, NY ****8
******@*****.***
PROFILE
Experienced paralegal professional with a wide range of skills who is able to function independently or part of a team with a reputation for consistently completing tasks on or ahead of schedule, whether through following specific instructions or through creative problem-solving
Extensive experience working in a law firm environment working with attorneys (partners as well as associates) in complex, high profile cases in the areas of general litigation, discovery, trial preparation, Entertainment, Personal Injury, Patent Law, Intellectual Property, Publishing, Commercial Real Estate, and Divorce Law.
Assisted high-level corporate officers in such areas as approval of freelance employee contracts, accounts payable and various investor-relations matters.
Strong computer skills, especially Summation, Concordance, Relativity, Pacer, Excel, Ringtail, iPro, Microsoft Word, Outlook,OnDemand, and PowerPoint. Ability to learn new technologies quickly.
Consistently given responsibilities regarding confidential/privileged documents, interviewing litigants, record keeping.
General litigation, document review, trial preparation, discovery, divorce, patent, real estate.
OTHER SKILLS
Scanning Typing - 60 WPM Red (Black) Lining Legal Research & Writing
Microsoft Word Bates Stamping Document Coding Legal Proofreading
Document Review Cite Checking Blue Booking
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY (Temporary Assignments through various agencies) 1995-present
Employment History:
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, Napoli Bern Ripka Schkolnik & Assoc. Taro Pharmaceuticals, Baker Hostetler, Hearst Publishing, Fitzpatrick Cella Harper &Scinto, Constantine Cannon, British Telecom Americas, NASD, Debevoise& Plimpton, Berger & Webb, Arkin and Kaplan, Clifford Chance, Mound Cotton Wollan&Greengrass, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann, Schulte Roth &Zabel, BMG Music Group, Proskauer Rose, et al.
Duties and Responsibilities;
Work independently as well as part of a team organizing documents, creating and labeling trial folders, creating spreadsheets, scanning and copying documents,
Instruct attorneys on the use of Summation, put in charge of reproducing, organizing, filing, and storing sensitive documents
Collected, reproduced, and returned confidential and sensitive documentation to clients
Review court documents, depositions for litigation, analyzed, prepared trial notebooks and exhibit list
Review confidential recorded material unsupervised,
EDUCATION
New York University School of Continuing Education, Paralegal Diploma Program – Litigation
Beatrice Moritz Proofreading Course- Legal Proofreading
William Paterson University- Bachelor of Fine Arts