Litigation Paralegal
Resume:
KARA PIPKIN
*************@*****.***
San Francisco, CA 94102
Seasoned Litigation Paralegal seeks to return to the workforce after long period of working from home. Drawing on decades of experience in the legal field ( including business ownership), I seek to put my skills to work assisting attorneys in an established practice. EXPERIENCE
Felton Institute, Bipolar & Early Assessment & Management Program, San Francisco, CA 2019 Administrative Assistant
Responsible for front desk reception greetings and queries, visitor access and security, managing phone traffic, clerical support, reception area inventory, monitoring and maintaining office equipment and preparing correspondences and documents. Discontinued temporarily due to COVID 19. Knowbody, Woodside CA 1996 – 2000
Recruiter
Assisted Owner/Neighbor from home with the recruitment of high-end scientific and technology positions. Budget Legal Centers, Palo Alto CA 1994 - present
Proprietor, Paralegal
Provided paralegal services to underserved, low-income individuals in the areas of bankruptcy, divorce, eviction and immigration. Built from the ground up to break even in the first year with 100% of motions granted (or debt discharged). Closed unwillingly due to unforeseen statutory enactment which effectively prohibited routine, non-attorney, independent paralegal services. Practice currently limited to friends and family filings ‘in pro per’.
Warburg Pincus, CBT Systems, Palo Alto CA 1994 – 1996 Executive Assistant
Managed logistics and schedules for executives. Coordinated executive travel and managed product presentations. Windham Hill Records, Palo Alto, CA 1993 – 1994
Publicist
Managed collateral, wrote copy for press releases, generated press kits and coordinated media mailings. BMG Records, Munich, Germany 1986 - 1992
International Marketing Manager
As marketing manager for RCA, Arista and licensed labels (Chess, Motown, Island), made albums available for the first time on CD in Europe and Southeast Asia. Created and oversaw the release of compilations and boxed sets from product inception to sales reporting. Responsible for negotiating royalty agreements for licensed repertoire and crediting product owners with publishing and copyright revenues. Developed and oversaw marketing campaigns including release timing, merchandising, publicity and joint ventures. Hosted and organized marketing conventions in world wide locations.
Smalbein, Eubank and Johnson 1984-1986
Litigation Paralegal
● Defended insurance carriers from personal injury and medical malpractice claims. Drafted pleladings including Answers, interrogatories, Requests for Production and Admissions and related motions and orders. Summarized medical records and depositions and calendered and tracked court appearances and discovery deadlines. Prepared for and assisted at Trial, organizing exhibits and supporting documentation. Gordon, Arata, McCollum, Stuart and Duplantis, New Orleans, LA 1983 – 1984 Litigation Paralegal
Defended insurers of offshore oil drilling platforms from personal injury claims. Duties included calaendering and docketing, drafted pleadings, organization of voluminous document production and legal research. Worked on the Alaska Pipeline dispute during a document production at Chevron’s headquarters in Houston.
EDUCATION
Paralegal Certificate, Emphasis Litigation National Center for Paralegal Studies (ABA Approved) Atlanta GA 1984 B.A. English University of Florida, FL 1980 - 1984
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