Margaret McCarthy

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650-***-**** ad3sh9@r.postjobfree.com

Profile

Energetic, punctual, and a quick learner who is eager to contribute as a team member, yet confident working independently. A reliable, goal oriented, and task-driven professional with the ability to adapt to a variety of situations while remaining highly productive. Skilled multi-tasker with great attention to detail, meticulous organization, and the ability to prioritize successfully. Work Experience

Merrill & McGeary, Attorneys at Law Boston, Massachusetts Paralegal April 2021 to Present

Primary paralegal focused on the firm’s Condominium litigation and collections practice. Manage the firm’s Condominium litigation and collections calendar and correspondence.

Communications with the clients and property managers of multiple client Condominiums.

Draft correspondence and assist attorneys with closing documents for Real Estate transactions. Law Office of Daniel Piccinini San Francisco, California Legal Assistant/Paralegal January 2017 to May 2019

Assistant to a solo practitioner attorney specializing in Real Estate cases, Landlord/Tenant cases, and Wills and Trust cases in state court in California.

Responsible for drafting correspondence and memoranda for supervising attorney managing document collections and productions.

Legal research, client billing, and client communications and relationship management. Cotchett, Pitre, and McCarthy, LLP Burlingame, California Paralegal January 2014 to August 2015

Paralegal on large False Claims Act case in Federal and multiple State courts. Worked on document review for a time-sensitive review/cataloging project regarding damages theory and calculations.

Paralegal on high-profile pro-bono environmental case. Researched potential witnesses and experts. Trusted as a point of contact for witnesses and third-parties interested in the litigation.

Drafted correspondence, memoranda and pleadings for attorneys.

Propounded and responded to discovery, managed document collections and productions (including e-discovery and databases).

Communications and relationship management with clients and vendors.

Deposition and witness preparation, document review, investigations, court filings, trial and arbitration preparation, and legal research.

Education

University of San Francisco, School of Law May 2019 Juris Doctor

Teacher’s Assistant to Judge Lynn Duryee in Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure II and Evidence.

Tutor for re-examining students and first and second year students in Civil Procedure and Civil Procedure II.

Bar Association of San Francisco, Law Student Division, Member. Seattle University June 2013

Bachelor of Arts, Criminal Justice with an emphasis in Criminology; Psychology Minor

Four years on the Division I Women’s Basketball Team