Pauline Alvarez

acvj7m@r.postjobfree.com

714-***-****

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sullivan Ballog & Williams, LLP

Paralegal/Legal Assistant, 7/1/15-3/11/16

Ordered and process subpoenas, provided Spanish translations for attorney meetings, prepared and sent Spanish correspondence, provided additional reception support, organized and indexed trial binders in preparation for trial, prepared and organized documents in preparation to send to experts, organized and prepared various records in preparation for client audit and provided additional overflow support to legal assistants. DiMarco, Araujo & Montevideo

Paralegal / Legal Assistant, 2014-3/24/15

Provided support to Litigation attorneys and staff, served as translator for Spanish speaking clients. Drafted CMC statements, proof of service, requested documents from clients, coordinated mediations, scanned and uploaded correspondence daily, ordered medical records and bills.

Dorsey & Whitney, LLP

Legal Assistant, (contract position) 2013-2014

Provided support for attorneys, secretaries, paralegals and records-keeper. Answered multi-line Cisco switchboard, sent out daily schedule of meetings and internal correspondence, monitored cases on Pacer and complex litigation cases through File & Serve e-mail notifications, scheduled meetings on Resource Scheduler, indexed pleadings and discovery case documents for records- keeper and processed and arranged for staff and visitors to have parking and building access. Law Offices of Mirhosseini & Associates

Paralegal Internship, 2012

Assisted attorney and his paralegal with managing phone lines, filed client documents, assisted in preparing pleadings for trial, managed and organized legal correspondence, faxed and emailed documents to clients and claims adjusters, scanned client documents, indexed pleadings and discovery responses and prepared documents to be electronically filed with the courts.

Guralnick & Gilliland, LLC

Legal Assistant, 2006-2010

Provided office support to attorneys and paralegals in plaintiffs’ firm. Answered telephones, supported the collections department, assisted bankruptcy attorney as translator for Spanish- speaking clients, screened potential clients over the phone, prepared legal correspondence, assisted with preparation of trial notebooks, managed high quantities of copy jobs, requested client documents pertaining to litigation and class action lawsuits, organized client document and files, scheduled depositions, scheduled physical inspection of homes, attended and assisted in site inspections of homeowners, drafted discovery responses, updated clients with case status, sent out client bills and successfully scheduled over 500 depositions in a two-month period.

EDUCATION:

Bristol University, Paralegal Certificate

SKILLS:

Proficient in Word, WordPerfect, PowerPoint, Legal Solutions, Excel, Hot Docs, Pacer, File & Serve, World Doc, Goldmine, ProLaw, Finality, Windows 7, outlook 2007, Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.0, Advologics, Salesforce, Lexis Nexis. Bilingual in Spanish.