Los Angeles Legal Secretary
Resume:
Christopher A. Bailey
Los Angeles, CA 90018
***********@*****.***
Education:
University of California, Los Angeles, Class of 2003, Political Science
Kaplan University, Class of 2006, Deans List/Summa Cum Laude Paralegal Studies
West Los Angeles College, Class of 2012, Deans List /Summa Cum Laude Paralegal Studies
Santa Monica College, Class of 2016, Art History with Latin Honors/ Summa Cum Laude
Employment:
October, 2022 - December 2022 Manning, Kass - Paralegal. Performing research, communicating with clients, preparing trial notebooks, working 100% remotely.
August 2022 - December 2022 Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith (temporary legal secretary); Swedelson Gottlieb (temporary Paralegal); Manning Kass Ellrod Trester (Paralegal) - Paralegal duties discovery drafting, Lexis Nexis Research, drafting complaints, and liasoning with court clerks, clients, and third party vendors. Practice area Insurance Defense and Real Estate.
May 2022 - July 2022 Peterson Bradford Burkwitz, Legal Secretary Preparing correspondence, pleadings, and discovery for medical malpractice defense cases, calendaring, special projects as assigned. Filing documents with the courts serving opposing side.
January 2022 - April 2022 - Harris & Hayden, Paralegal Preparing discovery for service, preparing correspondence and pleadings for filing with the court. Corresponding with clients, vendors, and court attorney services for service of documents and filing with the court. Assisting Mr. Harris on any project assignments. Took cases from individuals and businesses involved in several business 40
years experience and a leading trial law firm. Well known in the community he also has business interests of his own.
May 2021 - October 2021-American Guard Services, Corporate Paralegal - file updating and notating, processing subpoenas, preparing correspondence and pleadings, calendaring, and other miscellaneous duties as assigned.
Temporary Paralegal:
January 2019 - April 2021 - Paralegal duties for the following firms: McCune & Harbor, Michael Rubin & Associates, Zinder & Koch, and Owen Patterson & Owen.
Mc Cune Harbor represented local, regional, and national clients. They Business Litigation, some PERSONAL INJURY, Contracts.
Zinder & Koch- represented local regional and national clients with insurance matters, some PERSONAL INJURY, AS INSURANCE RELATES.
OWEN PATTERSON OWEN, construction law,insurance PERSONAL INJURY direct report to Susan Owen, Esq.
Employment:
May 2018 – December, 2018. Law Offices of Everardo Vargas Valencia, Paralegal Client Services including intakes, document drafting, filing documents with the court and serving opposing counsel and other parties. Family Law Management, calendaring deadlines and editing documents for attorneys. PERSONAL INJURY, Worker’s Compensation for the Latino Community. Wellknown in the city of San Fernando, CA
August 2016 – April 2018.
LYFT and UBER Driver/Customer Service Representative, Driving customers to and from destinations in the greater Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura Counties.
Nov 2007 – Dec. 2014
Administrative Supervisor - Most Wanted Entertainment. Supervising administrative assistants (7) with the day –to- day operations of the corporate office. Direct Administrative Support to the President of the company, including correspondence and spreadsheets and making travel arrangements.
Sep 2003 – Sept 2007
Legal Assistant - Law Offices of Ronald Jason Palmieri. Transcription of work including correspondence, pleadings, and discovery Monthly billing with the Mr. Palmieri to reconcile monthly client bills. Specialties Business Litigation, PERSONAL INJURY, community work in West Hollywood, CA, Hosting events, acting as his right hand.
Jan. 2001 – Apr. 2003
Office Manager/Legal Assistant Streeter & Nangano PC. Supervising staff of 2, office clerk and receptionist with the smooth running of the office. Preparing correspondence, pleadings, and discovery for filing with the courts and service upon opposing counsel and other parties. Specialties PERSONAL INJURY, business negotiations, community work.
Jan 1996 – Dec 2000
Administrative Assistant -Trillium Digital Systems, Inc. Providing administrative support to software engineers in the Engineering department. Preparing training materials for onsite and offsite training classes to Trillium clients. Making travel arrangements for engineers who were also H1-B Visa holders.
Legal Skills Profile
•Drafted Pleadings, Discovery and Correspondence and other miscellaneous documents as assigned to clients, opposing counsel and for filing with the courts. Managing calendars and front and back- office management.
•Ratio of Support Streeter & Nangano 6:1, Law Offices of Ronald Jason Palmieri 2:1.
•Research and memorandum drafting / ADR Coordination and Scheduling
•Client interactions, interviews/intakes, telephonic and written correspondence.
•Calendaring deadlines, Scheduling Depositions, and independent medical examinations.
•Coordinating meetings, including off site meetings using virtual meetings software
•Case assessment and escalating case to attorneys via memorandum
•Travel arrangements
•Vendor Relations
•Transcription
Computer Skills Profile
•Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook)
•World Docs
•iManage
•E-filing programs (varied)
•ProLaw
•Concordance
•WordPerfect
•E-Scan
•Legal Solutions/California Judicial Council Forms
•Docs Open
•WestLaw and Lexis Nexis
•Elite
•Amicus Attorney Software
•Leap Attorney Software
•Lexis Nexis
•Westlaw
PLEASE NOTE MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WAS BOLDED ON THIS RESUME. BACK IN 1990’S, I WORKED FOR DANIEL KING, ESQ, LAW OFFICES OF DANIEL KING OF WESTLAKE VILLAGE AND I DON’T RECALL THE DATES. HE SPECIALIZED IN PERSONAL INJURY IN THE 1990s.
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