JOSHUA NORMAND

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Brooklyn, NY ***29

206-***-****

acvo6y@r.postjobfree.com

SKILLS: Needles, Dropbox, CaseMap, Trial Director, Acrobat, Summation, Concordance, Lexis-Nexis, Westlaw, PCLaw, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook and PowerPoint, Cite Checking

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CACI, US SEC, New York, NY

Contractor Paralegal August 2015-April 2016

• Assisted Market Abuse Unit in SEC's New York office in discovery of fraud and market manipulation cases. Helped attorneys in witness interview preparation through preparation of exhibits, binders, notebooks and lists.

• Conducted legal research using Lexis, correspondence with opposing counsel and maintaining logs of exhibits used and copied to opposing counsel.

• Used Recommind to track and tag relevant documents for attorneys in deposing witnesses.

Andrea Schulman, DPM, Brooklyn, NY

Office Assistant April 2015-August 2015

• Assist podiatrist with input of patient information and patient visit notes.

• Work with secretarial staff and insurance companies to verify PII (Personable Identifiable Information) for efficient billing.

City of Seattle, Seattle, Washington

Public Records Assistant, July 2013-September 2013

• Initiate department search of records by distributing search notifications.

• Follow-up with staff as needed to ensure records are collected in a timely manner.

• Review of records for responsiveness to public records requests.

Law Office of Evy McElmeel, Seattle, Washington

Personal Injury Paralegal June 2009-November 2009

• Scheduled depositions, calendared court dates and maintained client files for malpractice and personal injury trials.

• Summarized depositions and forensic medical records; set up independent medical examinations with medical centers and doctors.

• Completed indexing discovery and electronic filing of court documents for trial.

Kelly Law Registry, Chicago, Illinois

Contractor Paralegal February 2004-April 2008

• Supported law firms, corporations, government agencies and banks, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and JPMorgan Chase, by completing legal research, drafting civil rights proceedings and contracts, and conducting document reviews in preparation for trial. Established teleconferences between attorneys and administrative law judges. Assembled and prepared exhibits for trial. Employed Financial Desktop to complete document remediation project.

• Led a paralegal team to complete a document remediation project while streamlining processes to increase efficiency; invited by JPMorgan Chase staff to continue past original contract due to attention to detail and ability to recognize patterns.

Azulay Seiden Law Group, Chicago, Illinois

Immigration Paralegal August 2003-October 2003

• Managed client records and applications of non-immigrant worker visas.

• Interviewed clients and corporate sponsors about job descriptions, contacted various governmental agencies, such as the Department of Labor, to process non-immigrant visas.

Lexolution,LLC, New York, New York

Contractor Litigation Paralegal November 2001-June 2003

• Provided litigation support, created trial charts and handled correspondence with opposing counsel in toxic tort (asbestos) litigation.

• Recognized for attention to detail and cordial manner with attorneys and other staff members.

Dentons US, New York, New York

Litigation Paralegal September 1997-October 2001

• Completed client intakes for large-scale toxic tort (asbestos) litigation case. Indexed new cases and court orders for summary judgment. Led trial preparation including trial notebooks and binders, completed document review. Summarized and digested depositions using Summation.

• Cite checked and shepardized cases, including brief that become law review article.

EDUCATION

Intellectual Property Law – John Marshall Law School, 2006

Lawyer’s Assistant Program/Paralegal Certificate – Adelphi University, New York, New York 1996

Bachelor of Arts, English Literature – Yeshiva University, New York, New York 1995

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