Third Party Litigation Paralegal
Resume:
MARINA MILMAN
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SKILLS
Civil and Criminal Litigation
Trial Preparation
Legal Research
Insurance Law
Labor and Employment Law
Intellectual Property Law
Managing complex multi-district cases
Cite-checking, blue booking
Ability to manage multiple projects at the same time
Ability to work independently and in a team setting
Superior communication and presentation skills
Lexis-Nexis, Westlaw, Relativity, PACER, NYSCEF
Bloomberg, BOX, SMARSH
Fluent in Russian and Licensed Notary Public
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Thompson Coburn LLP, New York • NY 04/2022 – 09/2023
Business Litigation Paralegal
• Assisted attorneys in all phases of discovery, and provided trial support.
• Created exhibits charts, and assembled binders for expert review.
• Conducted document reviews in Relativity database, redacted, bates stamped documents for productions.
• Cite-checked, blue-booked briefs and prepared exhibits for e-filing.
• E-filed pleadings in State and Federal Courts.
• Worked with third-party providers on facilitating service on individuals and corporations.
Bank Leumi USA, New York • NY 05/2021 – 03/2022
Associate Paralegal/Treasurer
Collected customers records responsive to grand jury, civil and criminal subpoenas.
Ran searches in SMARSH database to identify responsive documents for outside counsels’ review.
Bates Stamped and reviewed documents for privileged information, produced documents to third-party.
Assisted in-house counsels in organizing documents for upcoming hearings and arbitrations.
Drafted and sent Legal Holds to internal employees, tracked compliance.
Maintained a list of terminated employees, notified IT Department if employees are on Legal Hold upon departure.
Attended Board Meetings and drafted Minutes.
Tracked the filings dates to ensure that Bank’s entities are in good standing in various states.
Filed annual reports with various States.
Collaborated with IT Department in process improvement project to better track and facilitate Legal Holds.
Putney, Twombly, Hall & Hirson LLP, New York • NY 10/2018 - 03/2021
Litigation/Employment Paralegal/Managing Clerk
Assisted attorneys in all phases of the discovery process.
Requested medical records from medical facilities.
Drafted legal documents for E-filings in both State and Federal Courts.
Organized documents and exhibits for upcoming trials, depositions and arbitrations.
Contacted various vendors to request retrieval of pleadings from State and Federal Courts.
Drafted and sent subpoenas to obtain mobile and employment records.
Managed firm’s calendar for filings due dates, hearings, trials and depositions in Abacus System.
Jefferies LLC, New York NY 04/2018 - 10/2018
Employment Law Paralegal – Contract
Collected employees’ records and prepared responsive documents for document production in response to third party subpoenas.
Assisted attorneys in document production by running searches in Bloomberg database, reviewed documents for responsiveness and sorted out privilege documents.
Drafted Hold Notices and put custodians on preservation.
Calendar courts dates, booked conference rooms for the meetings, and created meeting invites.
Drafted Offer Letters, Separation Agreements, Relocation Agreements, and Continuing Employment Agreements.
Worked with outside counsels on collection of internal records for review and production.
McKinsey & Co., New York NY 10/2017 - 02/2018
E-Discovery Paralegal - Contract
Provided e-discovery support to litigation department by assisting with preservation, and collection requests.
Interacted with various internal departments and collected records related to pending litigations for outside counsels’ review.
Oversaw and facilitated document production related to current litigation matters.
Reviewed, redacted and bates stamped legal records in response to third party subpoena.
Worked on process improvement of a new e-discovery platform.
Conducted conflict check of prospective experts during on-boarding process.
JP Morgan Chase & Co., New York NY 01/2014 - 06/2017
E-Discovery Paralegal II
Provided e-discovery support to various litigation groups, assisted litigators with identifying relevant custodians
and placed them on Legal Hold.
Processed preservation requests and sent Hold Notices to Bank’s employees, assisted with placing custodians
on ongoing preservations.
Responsible for overseeing various processes including the Quarterly Reminder, and assisted custodians with inquiries
about their current legal hold status.
Provided weekly reports to litigators regarding departing employees who were on preservation hold upon departure.
Released custodians from closed matters, processed individual releases, and provided preservations
and Hold Notices reports to counsels.
Assisted with drafting PowerPoint slides for upper management to provide metrics and to update on the project milestones.
Employment Litigation Paralegal II – Contract via Manpower/Experis
Performed extensive legal research on external and internal databases.
Provided case management of multiple employment cases with minimal supervision.
Analyzed legal documents and HR Policies.
Facilitated communication with internal departments to obtain employees’ records for outside counsels’ review.
Drafted Legal Holds, and preservation requests.
Assisted in-house attorney in trial by providing dependable trial support.
Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, New York NY 01/2007 - 08/2011
Litigation Paralegal
Assisted attorneys in all stages of discovery, prepared cases for trials, and arbitrations.
Drafted pre-discovery pleadings and correspondence.
Organized exhibits for depositions and hearings.
Oversaw significant document production by managing third-party vendors.
Drafted pleadings, organized correspondence and case law binders.
Managed internal databases and collection of exhibits.
Filed legal documents through ECF in Federal and State Courts.
Performed Cite-check and blue-booked memorandums.
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, New York NY 08/2004 - 12/2006
Intellectual Property Litigation Paralegal
Assisted in the preparation of pretrial motions, trial binders and trial exhibits.
Organized all necessary documents for depositions, hearings, trials, and arbitrations.
Summarized depositions and compiled key testimony into case database.
Compiled charts of document production, exhibits and privilege documents.
Drafted simple pleadings, handled filings of pleadings in State and Federal Courts, obtained orders from Judges’ chambers.
EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS
Master of Public Administration, Human Resources, GPA: 3.6 - 05/2013
CUNY, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY
Minor: Management and Operations
Bachelor of Science, Legal Assistant Studies (ABA Approved) - 12/2003
CUNY, New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY
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