KEITH F. GAINES

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Jamaica, N.Y. 11434

C#917-***-****

OBJECTIVE: To further enhance my career as a Calendar Coordinator/Paralegal

EDUCATION:

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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