CONSTANCE M. PERRY

*** **** **. ***. *** San Diego CA 92101

951-***-**** adfzg4@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

THOMAS JEFFERSON SCHOOL OF LAW, Juris Doctorate, August 2017

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES, B.A. in Broadcast Journalism, May 2014

WORK EXPERIENCE

PEABODY & BUCCINI, LLP, Encinitas, CA

Legal Assistant, 2020 – Present

Draft, edit and proofread legal documents, correspondence, and memorandums for medical malpractice attorneys.

ADLER LAW GROUP. San Diego, CA

Paralegal, 2019 – 2020

Communicates with several clients in mass torts cases to draft discovery responses. Enters data using Excel, Adobe, and Microsoft Word.

CHIHAK & MARTEL, San Diego, CA

Paralegal/ Legal Assistant, 2018 – 2019

Assisted five attorneys with trial preparation, transcribing various pleadings and memos, reviewed documents and proofread work for grammar and spelling errors. Scheduled appointments, calendared deadlines, arranged depositions, travel, court hearings, and other meetings and conferences. Filed documents using One Legal.

THE BLEILER LAW FIRM, APC, San Diego, CA

Legal Assistant/Office Manager, 2017 – 2018

Assisted attorneys by drafting legal memos, demand letters, interrogatories, and conducting legal research. Answered phones, sorted mail, and managed client files. Filed documents in both federal and state courts. Operated office equipment including scanners, photocopy machines, fax machines, printers, and transcribers. Researched cases using Westlaw and Lexis Nexis.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, ATTORNEY GENERAL, San Diego, CA

Student Intern for the Employment and Administrative Mandate Division, 2016

Assisted five attorneys by conducting legal research, drafting legal memos, various motions, demand letters, interrogatories, document request and deposition summaries. Assisted attorneys with interviews, depositions, settlement conferences, court hearings, administrative hearings and trials.

LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

TOASTMASTERS, San Diego, CA

Member, 2019-Present

I am a member of this educational organization that promotes communication, public speaking and leadership skills. I prepare and deliver speeches on a regular basis.

REEL TEENS, San Diego, CA

Board Member of a 501C3 Nonprofit Organization, 2018 - Present

Plan and execute community events throughout the inner city of San Diego to encourage a whole and healthy lifestyle among the youth and community.

LAS COLINAS DETENTION AND REENTRY FACILTY, San Diego, CA

Director of Group Journaling, 2016 -Present

I lead a team of ten women who teach a journaling class to the inmates in Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility. The class promotes growth and healing from past trauma.

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