DeAnna La Tour

Hm. 209-***-**** ad3bl1@r.postjobfree.com

Paralegal/Executive Legal Assistant/Executive Assistant Work History.

Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office May 2023 – August 2023 Supervising Legal Clerk

• Intake and booking of inmates, calculating bail, documenting clothing and money for inmate inventory,

• Updating 8 different databases including LiveScan, OMS, Renovo, ICIJIS, and Clips with inmate information for the court.

• Reviewing and approving visitation at the detention center. Also monitoring visitation.

• Answering phone call from the public and bail bondsman regarding booking, inmate incarceration, bail amount and release dates.

• Prepare Teletype for out of county warrants, ICE, and Federal agencies.

• Receiving in-county and out of county warrants, 10-flash, ICE holds, Parole holds and Probation holds.

• Knowledge and implementation of Sheriff Department Policies and Procedures.

• Other related duties when assigned.

Stanislaus County Public Defenders Office October 2017 – May 2023 Legal Clerk

• Assist 4 attorneys with calendaring, preparing correspondence to clients.

• Process various legal forms, documents and procedures.

• Preparing documents for arraignment each day.

• Enter new and update existing case file information.

• Examine documents for proper form, sufficiency of information and conformance with legal procedures.

• Assemble and maintain legal files.

• Answer incoming calls and maintain a good rapport with staff and the public.

• Assist with MCLE training schedule and set-up.

San Joaquin Public Defenders Office September 2016 – March 2017 Legal Technician

• Prepared stipulations and petitions for prop 47 cases.

• Researched defendant charges for qualifying characteristics on physical files, microfilm, ICJIS, and FCE systems.

• Maintained filing systems. Training new employees on prop 47 procedures.

• Prepared procedure manual for prop 47 process and other felonies. Recorded dispositions on PDS. Law Office of Sam Ferdows, Burlingame, CA February 2014 – November 2015 Paralegal (On-Call)

• Drafted simple pleadings and assisted General Counsel with motions and filings.

• Performed a variety of clerical duties.

• Organized necessary documents for probate and trusts.

• Prepared and maintained documents for Corporation, LLC’s.

• Maintained all files including intellectual property and trademark files and VC company data.

• Prepared Statements of Information, formation documents and dissolutions. Robert Half Legal (contract), San Francisco, CA June 2015 – August 2015 Sr. Paralegal

• Performed legal research on various insurance matters utilizing Westlaw.

• Assisted as needed in preparing departmental policies and procedures, budgets, charts and documents. which may include contracts, proposals and statistical information.

• Organized and maintained department files and compliances in company’s document management systems.

• Maintained outside counsels’ legal expense log and utilization analysis.

• Assisted attorneys and compliance staff with regulatory matters with the DOI and SOS filings.

• Assisted with gathering data and compiling information for special projects as assigned Advanced Clinical (contract), San Carlos, CA October 2014 – January 2015 Contracts Assistant

• Reviewed and monitored 20 biopharmaceutical CDAs per day.

• Reviewed, maintained, updated and monitored all contracts, amendments, correspondence

• and work orders.

• Created, tracked, maintained and updated 6 large spreadsheets contracts per day.

• Performed a variety of administrative functions within the contracts department.

• Corresponded with our European counterparts regarding contract status. Amidi Partners, Redwood City, CA July 2010– December 2013 Paralegal and Personal Secretary

• Drafted simple pleadings and assisted attorneys with motions and filings.

• Interviewed clients for the purpose of gathering intake information

• Reorganized all legal files to improve research ability from 2 hours to 2 minutes.

• Prepared and processed new corporations and LLC’s with the California Secretary of State.

• Created and maintained corporate and stock books.

• Researched and compared insurance policies from one year to the next for 5 divisions.

• Obtained, reviewed, organized and analyzed preliminary documentation and information supporting workers compensation and other insurance claims asserted by all parties.

• Updated venture capital spreadsheets to coincide with the latest information from 35 investment companies.

• Updated and revising employee handbooks for 5 divisions of the company.

• Prepared employment agreements for 5 divisions, assisted in preparing termination notices. F. Rodgers Corporation, Livermore, CA April 2006 –December 2009 Paralegal

• Drafted simple pleadings and assisted General Counsel with motions and filings.

• Created spreadsheet for tracking of litigation, and union matters.

• Represented company in small claims court throughout the Western United States. With a 95% success rate.

• Point person for all eDiscovery across litigation process.

• General clerical duties. copying, filing, preparing correspondence.

• Researched construction companies and clients for litigation discovery.

• Prepared and maintained all business licenses and construction licenses.

• Prepared all A/P transactions for the legal department weekly.

• Calculated and prepared legal expenses for accounting department.

• Interviewed clients for intake information and trial prep. Computer Skills.

Microsoft Office Outlook Westlaw efiling LexisNexis GroupWise Microfiche iManage ICIJIS Citrix accounting system PD System Education.

2019 UC Stanislaus Criminal Law Course 2016 Patten University, English Course

2005 CERF, Sacramento, CA - Paralegal Certificate

1998 Cañada College, Redwood City, CA Secretary Certification 1986 Southwest College, Hayward, CA Management Certificate

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