Rebecca J. Jeffrey

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Ridgefield, WA 98642

360-***-**** (cell)

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Paralegals NW (owner, contract paralegal business; licensed in OR and WA) May 2016 to present - Seasoned paralegal with over 20 years of experience in personal injury, insurance defense, wrongful death, products liability, construction defect, mass torts, premises liability, disability litigation, medical malpractice, intellectual property and workers compensation. Some experience in real estate, environmental, professional liability, child sex abuse and family law. Services offered: Specialized legal support including, but not limited to: Draft legal pleadings; Prepare discovery responses; Draft interrogatories and responses; Conduct legal research (with prior approval from client); Summarize deposition transcripts; Summarize medical records; Case review and analysis; Request and produce discovery; Find and interview fact witnesses; Prepare case for trial; Assist with selection and preparation of trial exhibits; Secretarial work; Schedule mediations, arbitrations and depositions; Schedule fact witnesses and expert witnesses for trial or deposition; Create forms and pdfs; Draft and manage emails, correspondence and report letters to clients; Word processing; Transcription; Online research; Document review and coding; Editing and proofreading. March 30, 2020 to December 11, 2023 – Litigation paralegal for Oregon Department of Justice, Trial Division; worked on a wide variety of cases defending lawsuits filed against the State of Oregon including lawsuits against the Department of Human Services (child abuse/neglect), Department of Transportation (traffic design, lighting, wrongful death, etc.) and Oregon State Police (wrongful arrest, etc.).

October 2014 to October 2019 – Insurance defense paralegal for two small law firms focusing on car accident cases primarily involving admitted liability car accidents; conducted research and investigation; reviewed/analyzed documents; set up/organized files; managed 40 to 60 cases doing 85% of the work on each case from the time they came in the door until settlement or trial; communicated with clients, opposing counsel, witnesses, expert witnesses, private investigators and others as needed; requested and summarized medical records and medical bills; drafted pleadings including pleadings usually required at attorney level; prepared and responded to discovery requests; prepared trial exhibits and trial notebooks, contacted and scheduled trial witnesses including expert witnesses. August 1994 to October 2003 (Bullivant Houser Bailey, PC) – Insurance defense litigation paralegal primarily working in civil state courts in Oregon and Washington with some experience in Federal courts (class action lawsuits). Worked for defense in the class action breast implant litigation, a class action pharmaceutical case (Imitrex), a class action local environmental case (contamination of an aquifer in Fairview, Oregon) and a class action toxic mold case (subdivision in southern Oregon). Responsibilities: Conducted research and investigation, reviewed/analyzed documents; drafted pleadings; summarized medical records, medical bills and other discovery documents. Managed large document cases via image- scanning and database including document coding and design of appropriate database forms. Communicated with opposing counsel, medical providers, clients, private investigators, lay witnesses, expert witnesses, process servers and IME physicians via telephone, email, Skype, DropBox and Hightail. Requested and produced discovery via electronic and other means. Performed case file management involving analysis of issues of lawsuit including liability exposure to clients; analysis and application of appropriate language in insurance policies; drafted report letters to clients and worked case up from the time the file was opened. Performed trial preparation including notebooks, exhibits and assisting with arrangements for presentation of exhibits via use of courtroom technology. Practice areas: Primarily personal injury defense, wrongful death, products liability, medical malpractice, construction defect, mass torts and premises liability with some experience in environmental and intellectual property law.

Senior Paralegal – Standard Insurance Company, Portland, Oregon June 2005 to April 2012 – Corporate paralegal to in-house attorneys working on life, short-term and long-term disability litigation (ERISA and non-ERISA), primarily in Federal court; determined appropriate policy (contract) applicable to each lawsuit, analyzed claim file for verification of correct application of policy language; communicated with outside counsel; summarized medical records and claim documents; prepared discovery pleadings; adhered to corporate reporting guidelines. Requirements included the ability to correctly analyze and apply contract provisions. Paralegal – Sather, Byerly & Holloway, Portland, Oregon December 2003 to June 2005 – (Administrative Law – Workers Compensation) Reviewed/summarized medical records, scheduled doctor conferences and depositions, prepared pleadings and forms for submission to the Workers Compensation Board.

Equine Art by Rebecca J.

May 2001 to 2008 – Self-employed part time as an artist painting or drawing commissioned portraits of horses, dogs and other animals. Also design and create browbands for dressage bridles and custom dressage saddle pads. Volunteer

2001 to present – Oregon Dressage Society, Runner/golfcart runner, scribe, scorer, etc. at dressage horse shows in Oregon and Washington. Classroom Law Project – performed various clerical duties as needed. Clark County Food Bank – Food Sorter.

Computer Skills: Type 85 WPM; highly fluent with the Internet including social media research; MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access); Time Matters; WordPerfect; Adobe Pro; Carpe Diem; CLAS; Westlaw; Lexis/Nexis; OJIN/OJCIN; PACER; Courtlink; Relativity; Concordance; Summation; PC Law, ProLaw; Amicus; QuickBooks; various electronic deposition transcript programs (LiveNote, etc.). Education: Graduated from Lompoc Sr. H. S., Lompoc, CA. Two years at Austin Comm. College, Austin, TX (Business Management). Paralegal certification from Southwestern Paralegal Institute, Houston, TX (ABA-approved). College courses in Oregon in Psychology and Real Estate. CLE seminars annually since 1994. Member of Oregon Paralegal Association and National Federation of Paralegal Associations since 1994. Professional References:

Jesse Jacobs (NW Injury Law Center), 360-***-****, ad4chd@r.postjobfree.com Scott Brooksby (Olson Brooksby), 503-***-****, ad4chd@r.postjobfree.com Kristin Olson (Olson Brooksby), 503-***-****, ad4chd@r.postjobfree.com