Heidi Marie Wilson’s Legal Resume
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San Jose, CA 95125
I resigned as a litigation paralegal with Berry and Berry law firm when the owner Phillip Berry passed away in 2013. I changed careers and returned to my undergraduate college for graduate school. Today, I realize how much I miss the legal arena and would like to work remotely for a defense or plaintiff law firm which I hope will appreciate my character, knowledge, education, training, work experience, internships and never forgotten skills.
Relevant skills:
Detail-orientated.
Legal document reading and drafting
Communication
Organization skills
Legal research
Multitasking
Technological skills
Interpersonal skills
Collaboration
Employment:
Berry and Berry Defense Law Firm (Disputed Asbestos)
Senior and Lead Defense Review Scheduler: 11/2004- 10/2013
Scheduled medical reviews with defense physicians and medical experts daily
Trial preparation
Research.
Data entry
Processed defense medical experts authored reports
Supervise junior and entry level paralegals.
Daily correspondence with physicians, medical records department staff, requested medical records, radiographs, including CT & HRCT scans.
Lieff Cabraser Heiman & Bernstein Plaintiff Law Firm (Complex Litigation)
Entry and Junior Litigation Paralegal: 07/2000-10/2004
Assembled trial binders.
Complied and maintained new client files
Case filing
Document reviews.
Prepared pleadings, with daily correspondence with co counsels, physicians, and plaintiff experts
Data entry
Time management
Legal terminology
Education:
Master of Arts, Early Childhood Development and Psychology - Mills College 05/2014 (Summa cum laude)
Paralegal Certification-Saint Mary’s College of CA-06/1999 (Summa cum laude)
Bachelor of Arts- Philosophy; Religion, and Philosophy-Mills College 02/1998 (Magna cum laude)
Internships:
Superior Court of California County of Alameda- Family Law Court Facilitator for my Family Law Class with Saint Mary’s College of CA 01-04-1999-03/20/1999
Superior Court of California County of Alameda- Civil Division Court Clerk Assistant Intern as an undergraduate at Mills College 01/1997-04/1998