Legal Litigation

SUSANNE REYNOLDS

**** ******* **** *****, *****, TEXAS 76476

817-***-**** adlr91@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Detail-oriented Paralegal who has over 25 years of law firm/in-house legal department experience. Applies excellent writing skills in drafting briefs, legal memorandums, motions, and correspondence. Conducts all legal business professionally and with little guidance from attorneys and supervisors. Adept at collaborating with a diverse range of legal personnel including associates, partners, and legal secretaries. Ability to organize, prioritize and keep track of vast amounts of information and assignments, and a keen eye for detail. Ability to conduct legal research using computerized information retrieval and analysis systems. Maintain a working knowledge of the rules of civil procedure, judicial council forms and related procedures for filing. Good communicator, well-versed in interview and investigation techniques. Works well with counsel to get documents drafted, executed and filed with the court. Ability to transcribe letters, documents, memos with little to no errors. SKILLS

● Microsoft Word 10

● Excel

● Outlook

● CaseMap

● Summation

● E-filing and E-billing

● Lexis/Nexis

● Elaw

● Westlaw

● Litigation support

● Legal Writing

● Strong written and verbal communication

● Notary Public

● Strong research skills

● Legal Transcription

● Clio/MyCase

WORK HISTORY

PARALEGAL 05/2011 to Current

Bank Of America, N.A. - Fort Worth, Texas

● Manage, monitor, track portfolio of 100 litigated cases including contested, title, mediated, HOA, Tax, bankruptcy proceedings.

● Perform factual basis research of received court pleadings, contested documents, notices, title reports, communications.

● Maintain meticulously organized, chronologically indexed files, conduct document searches on bank systems, research to support a case.

● Work closely with and under the supervision of in house and outside counsel in the drafting and filing of legal documents.

● Exercise independent judgment in escalating issues within broadly defined practices and policies.

● Produce litigation support documents and complete documentation requests from outside counsel and other stakeholders.

● Identifies key legal and business issues and reports up appropriately.

● Transcribe letters, legal documents, memos.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR 01/2007 to 12/2010 Somervell County - Glenrose, Texas

● Coordinated, implemented, drafted the County's Emergency Management Plans and Emergency Operational Plans update and related procedures, which involved directly working with the State of Texas for plan direction and other city and county departments to support the development and implementation of their specific plan and procedures;

● Held emergency management related training and drills with over 20 local, state, and federal agencies

● Collaborated with local, state and federal officials when preparing for, responding to or recovering from disasters

● Maintained current understanding of local, state and federal guidelines for emergency response

● Attended monthly emergency management meetings at the North Central Council of Governments

● Transcribed Memos, letters, emergency plans

● Attended yearly training for emergency management coordinators PARALEGAL 01/2006 to 11/2006

Law Firm Of Dwayne Dent - Fort Worth, Texas

● Managed, monitored, tracked litigation portfolio of 80 litigated cases

● Worked in tandem with litigation attorneys, participated during all phases of the litigation process

● Coordinated legal documents--such as pre-claim investigations, pleadings, interrogatories, depositions, hearings, trials, corporate meetings

● Maintained meticulously organized, chronologically indexed files

● Conducted document searches to support a case, prepared testimony materials, attended depositions, organized briefs, exhibits, appendices

● Worked closely with attorneys to draft, execute, file court documents

● Legal Transcription of memos, letters, legal documents

● Interviewed clients and witnesses during the discovery process

● Coordinated trial exhibits by organizing materials, writing documentation, prepared digital materials and displays

● Communicated pertinent information to clients via phone, email and mail

● Researched state statutes, decisions, legal articles, codes, documents

● Transcribed letters, legal documents, memos

PARALEGAL 01/1995 to 12/2004

KEITH LAW FIRM - Fort Worth, Texas

● Managed, monitored, tracked 150 litigation cases

● Worked in tandem with litigation attorneys and participated during all phases of the litigation process

● Coordinated legal documents--such as pre-claim investigations, pleadings, interrogatories, and depositions, hearings, trials, corporate meetings

● Maintained meticulously organized, chronologically indexed files

● Conducted document searches to support a case, prepared testimony materials, attended depositions, organized briefs, exhibits, appendices

● Interviewed clients and witnesses during the discovery process

● Developed polished legal documents, including motions and briefs, to support litigation processes and court proceedings

● Answered client calls and responded to inquiries, using open-ended questioning skills to attain applicable information

● Maintained ongoing communication with opposing parties from discovery to trial phase to facilitate expeditious litigation

● Liaised between multiple attorneys involved in complex legal issues

● Coordinated trial exhibits by organizing materials, writing documentation and preparing digital materials and displays

● Transcribed letters, legal documents.

TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE - Fort Worth, Texas Associate of Applied Science Paralegal Studies

● Majored in Paralegal Studies

● Legal research and writing

● Tort law

● Business law

● Civil Litigation

● Family Law

● Pleadings and Discovery

● Legal Ethics

● Evidence and Investigation

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