Case Management Litigation Support
Resume:
CLARA VIERA
** ***** *****, **********, ** *****
Ph 201-***-****
Email: ad0afe@r.postjobfree.com
CORE COMPETENCIES
Paralegal with experience and knowledge of NJ/NY State and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, e-filing procedures, and docketing. Organized and able to manage case files from inception to settlement or trial. Tech savvy with E-Discovery, ESI, and litigation support software for managing files.
SKILLS
Legal Discovery, Case Management Software, e-Filing, Lexis/Nexis, West Law, iManage, Outlook, ShareFile, Adobe, Nuance, bilingual (fluency in Spanish), EverLaw, Relativity, Concordance and Summation.
EXPERIENCE
Litigation Paralegal (Contract Role)
BRACH EICHLER, LLC, Roseland, NJ - 1/2023 – 5/2023
Assisted with employment law matters and shareholder disputes while maintaining heavy client contact.
Participated in initial client and witness interviews, investigations, and fact analysis. Prepared timeline.
eDiscovery: Managed and organize large volume of documents, especially client document collections. Perform searches, and managed large discovery matters within Concordance and EverLaw. Coordinate and collaborate with eDiscovery staff to ensure legal team needs are defined and met.
Assisted with compiling and analyzing structured data for the purpose of performing damages calculations.
Coordinated with eDiscovery vendors and agencies such as court reporters, and court personnel.
Assisted with proofreading, cite and fact checking, case law retrieval, sherardizing, and citation verification. Research local rules and procedures.
Prepared templates and initial drafts of pleadings, motions, discovery requests, and related legal documents.
Knowledge of filing/e-filing procedures and coordinate with docketing regarding the filings.
Prepared, served, tracked, and enforced subpoenas for documents and testimony.
Prepared privilege logs and indexed documents in response to discovery demands.
Litigation Paralegal
KINNEY, LISOVICZ, REILLY & WOLFF PC, Parsippany, NJ - 5/2019 – 1/2022
Managed bodily injury cases from inception through settlement or trial.
Drafted, served, and tracked subpoenas for production of documents or testimony.
Prepared medical chronologies, scheduled IME’s and prepared experts for IMEs.
Coordinated with outside vendors and agencies such as court reporters, court personnel, eDiscovery vendors.
Summarized deposition transcripts for use by attorneys.
Drafted discovery demands and gathered responsive documents to discovery requests.
Trial Support: organized and prepared trial materials, specifically pleadings, witness prep materials, trial notebooks, exhibits, and demonstratives.
Litigation Paralegal
CARELLA, BYRNE, CECCHI, OLSTEIN, BRODY & AGNELLO, Roseland, NJ - 6/2018 - 4/2019
Assisted a team of litigation attorneys litigate against manufacturers of prescription opioids which misrepresented the risks of long-term use of opioids and against distributors for failing to properly monitor
suspicious orders of prescription drugs, all of which contributed to the opioid epidemic.
eDiscovery: Managed and organized large volume of documents, performed complex searches, review, and managed large discovery matters within Relativity.
Prepared pleadings, motions, affidavits, Pro Hac Vice motions and coordinated service of process.
Litigation Paralegal (Contract Role)
BMW of North America, Woodcliff Lake, NJ - 6/2017 - 3/2018
Assisted a team of litigation attorneys defend the largest automotive, MDL product liability, class action in the US’s history which involved the recall of 36+ million vehicles worldwide.
Analyzed documentary evidence, including preparation of chronologies and timelines.
Oversaw and coordinated discovery, conducted legal research and organized case information.
Managed, reviewed, organized, and maintained productions of documents received in responses to discovery demands from over 15 automotive, third-party defendants in Relativity.
Paralegal (Contract Role)
NYC DISTRICT, CARPENTERS UNION, New York, NY - 1/2017 - 6/2017
Assisted the Grievance Department consisting of a 25,000-employee organization, handle matters related to Labor & Employment matters consisting of wage & hour claims, discrimination, sexual harassment, work related injuries and wrongful termination.
Analyzed a multitude of contracts daily to prepare and apply same during arbitrations relating to the aforementioned.
Paralegal
CONNELL FOLEY, LLP, Roseland, NJ - 11/2011- 1/2014
Assisted a team of 20+ attorneys defend an environmental class action involving over 300 Third Party Defendants and $5 billion dollars’ worth of damages.
eDiscovery: Managed large volume of documents, performed complex searches in Case Vantage & Catalyst. Implemented and maintained electronic discovery databases in Summation for Healthcare class actions.
Paralegal
CHIESA, SHAHINIAN & GIANTOMASI (formerly WOLFF & SAMSON), West Orange, NJ - 2006-2010
Assisted attorneys to analyze develop and litigate major cases relating to commercial, environmental and construction law, from inception to trial.
Gathered, reviewed, and maintained voluminous documents exchanged in discovery in Summation.
Summarized deposition transcripts for attorney use.
Maintained and coded case documents in Summation for attorney review.
Prepared trial notebooks, exhibits and witness binders.
Responsible for ECF filings in PACER for the entire firm once per week.
Paralegal
FOX ROTHSCHILD (formerly Grotta, Glassman & Hoffman), Roseland, NJ - 2004-2006
Assisted the Training Department train the firm’s clients’ labor force on how to limit liability pertaining to sexual harassment.
Prepared position letters for EEOC and NLRB charges; interviewed management’s witnesses.
Summarized and indexed deposition transcripts.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS SKILLS
Life Insurance License, Department of Banking & Insurance, 2016
B.A. Social Science, Montclair State University, 1997
ABA Approved Paralegal Certificate, Montclair State University, 1997
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