Medical Paralegal
Resume:
Daniel L. Goldman
West Hollywood, CA 90046
424-***-**** adfbh7@r.postjobfree.com
EDUCATION
UCLA Extension AttorneyAssistant Training Program
Paralegal Certificate, Civil
Litigation Program
Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN
B.A. Liberal Arts, major - Political Science
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
8/31/12 - Present – Los Angeles – Paralegal.
Worked at various law firms in the L.A. area, on a contract and temporary basis. These firms include: Bird Marella. Selman & Brietman, Silver & Field, Girardi & Keese. Haight Brown & Bonesteel, Manning & Kass, Adams Stirling, and The Rudd law firm. At these firms, I performed various tasks, including: Propounded and responded to discovery; worked in the Relativity database; prepared deposition summaries; performed research, document review and reports for auto accident cases. Prepared Attorneys for trial and hearings. Regularly supervised other Paralegals on a variety of projects. I also worked on a large oil spill case, where I worked extensively on Relativity.
1/11 – 8/31/12 – COHEN & LORD - Los Angeles – Paralegal . Served 11 Doe defendants with 54 complaints, in large pharmaceutical, JCCP, coordinated case. Prepared documents for service on Doe Defendants, and prepared documents for trials and hearings. Reviewed, analyzed and prepared documents for distribution to document depository. Prepared and responded to discovery requests. Gathered medical records, summarized and analyzed same. Prepared medical record and deposition summaries. Supervised Paralegals and other staff, at various points of the case.
6/09 – 12/10 – TEMPORARY POSTIONS, including - PFEIFFER THIGPEN FITZGIBBON & ZIONTZ - Santa Monica – Paralegal; MORGAN BROWNING
CAPITAL - Los Angeles – Paralegal .
Pepared documents for hearings and trial. Researched legal and real estate issues on Lexis-Nexis and Westlaw database. Contacted witnesses and arranged depositions, prepared pleadings and discovery for hearings and default judgments documents for judgment debtor hearings. Prepared medical record and deposition summaries. Supervised paralegals and Attorneys, as needed.
12/08 – 6/09 - BOWMAN AND BROOKE LLP - San Jose, CA – Paralegal. Prepared attorneys for trial, including preparation of all trial materials. Consulted with experts regularly regarding depositions, trial preparation and various case issues. Prepared medical record summaries, and scheduled depositions with experts and witnesses and prepared discovery responses and summaries of opposing counsel discovery responses. Prepared deposition transcripts on Summation database and performed searches of same.
10/07 - 10/08 – LITTLER MENDELSON - San Jose, CA – Paralegal. Assisted attorneys with trial preparation. Created deposition summaries for Attorney review, and in preparation for trial. Performed daily tasks relating to labor and employment cases. Instrumental in producing documents from Summation database and created indices of same. Performed on-line client research regarding relevant case information. Created deposition video clips through computer program - Trial Director. Supervised Paralegals and Attorneys, at various points in cases.
2/06 - 10/07 -TEMPORARY POSITIONS - Los Angeles, San Jose - Paralegal . Worked on temporary assignments at various law firms in the L.A. and San Jose areas. Performed a variety of paralegal assignments at prestigious law firms such as Bingham, McCutchen, McGuire Woods, Chapman Gluckman & Dean, Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. Supervised Paralegals, as needed.
9/04 - 2/06 BIRD, MARELLA, BOXER, WOLPERT, NESSIM, DROOKS & LINCENBERG - Los Angeles – Paralegal. Prepared documents for a variety of court filings, and all case-related binders. Conducted on-site client document reviews, performed trial preparation including exhibit and witness lists. Extensive experience in preparing privileged logs and worked on Summation database in reviewing and analyzing documents.
9/03 - 9/04 LINER, YANKELEVITZ, SUNSHINE & REGENSTREIF - Los Angeles – Paralegal.
Prepared attorneys for trial including the preparation of case, discovery and pleading binders. Prepared exhibit and witness lists, managed thousands of documents and prepared documents for court filings in Los Angeles Superior and U.S. Federal District Court. Researched legal issues on Westlaw and Lexis-Nexis databases and assisted attorneys in all areas of complex civil litigation matters. Prepared medical record and deposition summaries. Worked on large municipality case – City of Los Angeles v. Chevron . Supervised Paralegals and Attorneys, throughout cases.
4/01 - 9/03 IRELL & MANELLA LLP - Los Angeles – Paralegal . Prepared and reviewed documents for production. Maintained sensitive case files and performed nationwide travel to client offices to gather documents in response to SEC subpoenas. Extensively used Concordance database system in reviewing production documents and worked with thousands of case documents. Supervised Litigation Clerks in daily tasks, including trial preparation, pre and post-trial duties and appellate work. Tracked important case dates with Case-Map. Prepared medical record and deposition summaries.
Supervises Paralegals and staff on large cases.
COMPUTER EXPERIENCE
Concordance; Summation, Live Note, Lexis-Nexis, Westlaw, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Word, WordPerfect, Case-Map, Trial Director, Relativity, Searchlight, Disco.
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