Legal Assistant Paralegal
Resume:
KEITH F. GAINES
Jamaica, N.Y. 11434
OBJECTIVE: To further enhance my career as a Calendar Coordinator/Paralegal
EDUCATION:
*/** *** **** ****** INSTITUTE
A.O.S. Degree: Paralegal Studies
11/90 INTERBORO INSTITUTE
Legal Assistant Certificate
1977-1980 ALBANY UNIVERSITY
Business Administration
EMPLOYMENT:
Law Office of Abrams, Gorelick, Friedman & Jacobson
SENIOR CALENDAR COORDINATOR-8/02 to 10/30/20
Duties Included: Confirming Conferences w/Courts and
Plaintiffs Firms; Motions(ensuring Bill Ability, whether we were granted Summary Judgment, whether an appearance was necessary, whether Relief Sought was against us); EBT's(whether we had to Order court reporter and Interpretor, determining whether we were First or Last named, contact w/insured and other Firms involved.) Distributing advanced Calendars to Attorneys; creating Stipulations regarding adjournments; heavy phone correspondence, being entrusted with the most complex issues dealing with multi-party Actions and getting the task done; entering future Calendar Appearances; Billing Appearances and some Legal Research.
Law Office of Oshman, Helfenstein, Mirisola & Schwartz
SENIOR CALENDAR CLERK/PARALEGAL-12/00 to 7/02
Duties Included: Confirming Conferences/Motions w/Courts and other Firms involved in action; EBT's(whether we had to Order Ct. Reporter/Interpretor, determining whether we were first or last named Party and contact w/insured and other Firms involved; Distributing Advanced Calendars; Entering future calendar dates; Heavy phone contact And being entrusted with the most complex issues dealing with multi-party Actions and getting the task done.
Law Office of Michael Pressman
SENIOR CALENDAR CLERK/PARALEGAL-5/98 to 12/00
Duties Included: Confirming Conferences w/Courts and
Plaintiffs Firms; Motions(ensuring Bill Ability, whether we were granted Summary Judgment, whether an appearance was necessary, whether Relief Sought was against us); EBT's(whether we had to Order court reporter and Interpretor, determining whether we were First or Last named, contact w/insured and other Firms involved.) Distributing advanced Calendars to Attorneys; creating Stipulations regarding adjournments; heavy phone correspondence, entering future Calendar Appearances; Billing Appearances and some Legal Research. And being entrusted with the most complex issues dealing with multi-party Actions and getting the task done.
Law Offices of David Peterson, Manhattan, N.Y.
PARALEGAL 4/97-5/98
Duties included: Setting up No-Fault,Bodily Injury and Property Damage Claims; confirming calendar dates(ie EBT's, Preliminary and Pre-Trial Conferences; IME Exams, Liability Exams, 50-H Hearings, etc.); conducting Intakes of prospective clients; heavy phone correspondence w/insurance adjusters, doctors, clients, hospitals and other attorneys; bluebooking and clerical duties and being entrusted with the most complex issues dealing with multi-party Actions and getting the task done.
Charles Fischer, Esq., Manhattan, N.Y.
LEGAL ASSISTANT 1/97-4/97
Duties included: Rendering services in connection w/Court proceedings.(ie.Voir Dire).
INTERNSHIP:
Simonson, Hess & Leibowitz, Manhattan, N.Y.
LEGAL INTERN 12/96-2/97
Duties included: Updating and informing attorneys and assistants of all supplementary and newly discovered information pertaining to current cases. Filing of personal injury claims for pending and decided cases; examination of photographs; proofreading of legal documents and general office duties.
Law Office of Claude D. Tims, Esq., Brooklyn, N.Y.
PARALEGAL INTERN 7/96-12/96
Duties included: .Preparing motions, affirmations and defendant's affidavit and the types of relief sought; prepared memorandums of custody, federal and criminal cases by citing other relevant cases; researching and shepardizing cases on the computer(Lexis/Nexis) and prepared legal briefs via researching and citing rulings from court decisions.
Kings County Supreme Court, Brooklyn, N.Y
LAW INTERN 11/95-8/96
Duties included: Performing legal research of criminal cases; observing criminal and civil trials; sat in on chamber conferences and other court proceedings. Supervision by the Honorable George Wade, Jr. included oral observation reports at the end of each ten-hour session, weekly.
SKILLS:
Lexis/Nexis; WestLaw; WordPerfect(6.0; 12; 5.1 DOS); ACT(Database); Abacus; TimeMatters; Word for Windows; Worldox; Perfect Law; Microsoft Word; Typing; Shepardizing; Bluebooking and General Office skills.
References furnished upon Request
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