Michael Barron
Boston, MA
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Professional Experience
Paralegal
Law Office of Diane P. Long - Winchester, MA
April 2019—December 2019
Assisted in all aspects of Probate Court Litigation and Family Law, including:
Preparation, revision and finalization of Separation Agreements and Pre-Trial Memoranda for hearings
Preparation, revision, and finalization of Stipulations and Exhibits books for Arbitration
Extensive research of medical and financial records pertaining to litigation of Verified Complaints in Equity
Preparation of Verified Complaints in Equity and Court filing of such
Preparation of Answers to Verified Complaints in Equity and filings of such
Preparation of Wills, Health Care Proxies, Durable Powers of Attorney & Trusts
Preparation of Interrogatories.
Preparation and review of Requests for Production on Documents.
Preparation and review of Responses to Requests for Production of Documents.
Review of Pre-Nuptial agreements. Preparation of Complaints for Affirmation of Marriage.
Preparation and interpretation of Financial Statements (short & long form)
Preparation of Opposition to Summary Judgements.
Assistance with preparation of Pretrial Memoranda, for Divorce, Equity and Estate matters.
Preparation of Affidavits to procure financial, employment, and other relevant information to Keepers of Record relevant to the opposing party.
Preparation of Child Support Guidelines
LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE
MASS BAR ASSOCIATION - Boston, MA
November 2018—April 2019
Screen prospective clients to determine legal issue at hand, ascertaining suitability for assignment to Massachusetts Bar Lawyer Referral Services' member attorneys, using issue-spotting techniques and building chronologies to develop individual client cases.
LEGAL ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL
THOMAS M. BARRON, ATTY AT LAW - Quincy, MA
January 2018 to October 2018
• Researched and prepared materials for Breach of Contract and Non-Compete litigation
• Reviewed and analyzed case material in a broad range of subject matters such as financial records, health care materials and other litigation files
• Conducted thorough database and brick and mortar searches for Probate & Family, Real Estate and litigation support assignments, using Westlaw,,LexisNexis, PACER, USPTO, M.G.L Annotated, American Jurisprudence, and Reporters Series
Prepared injury claims, and legal forms, such as demand letters, verified complaints, wills and amendments to wills
• Requested and pursued medical records and maintained communication between medical treatment facilities and insurance companies
• Assisted in the preparation of documents, forms and applications for litigation and non-litigation cases.
BUSINESS ANALYST
MASS MUTUAL - Boston, MA
January 2013 to March 2016
• Worked in Production Support environment to classify and prioritize all issues reported through business, focusing on more complex, time-sensitive, or client-facing issues requiring often daily meetings with vendor and client.
• Organized priority list, which classified all outstanding issues reported through Production Support via Retirement Services' teams and conducted weekly meetings to obtain status updates from vendor and members of the Production Support team responsible for a given issue. Reduced ticket count by approximately fifty percent while acting as leader and custodian of priority list.
• Worked extensively with Compliance/Regulatory and New Business groups on their most salient hot-button issues, whether they were the result of inadequately vetted projects being launched in Production environment, or vendor installations with unintended consequences
• Major contributor on overhaul of Enrollment & Eligibility functionality acting as interim Project Manager and subject matter expert for Production Support
Education
BOSTON UNIVERSITY – Boston, MA
Paralegal Certificate, December 2018
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY - New York, NY
September 1988 to May 1989