Ms. DENISE C. LOWE
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Summary
·Corporate litigation paralegal, Research experience utilizing Westlaw, LexisNexus and collaborating with major clients and outside counsel during e-discovery process. Drafting of legal documents including responses to answers to complaints, pleadings, responses to interrogatories and request for production, affidavits, motions, notices, subpoenas, etc.
Education
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN TAXATION NATIONAL JURIS UNIVERSITY 09/2019
·Related coursework: Legal Research and Writing, Securities Regulations, Tax Practice and Procedure
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN LEGAL STUDIES NATIONAL PARALEGAL COLLEGE 08/2017
·Related coursework: Laws of Evidence, E-Discovery, Administrative Law, Legal Document Preparation
CERTIFICATE IN PARALEGAL STUDIES NATIONAL PARALEGAL COLLEGE 05/2015
·Related coursework: Contracts, Business Law & Bankruptcy, Professional Responsibility
NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT AMERICAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY SYSTEM 07/2021
·Related coursework: Nonprofit Law, Financial Management in Nonprofit Organizations
Skills & Abilities
DOCUMENT REVIEW
·Assisting attorneys with case settlements (gathering and organizing data, distributing statements or negotiations checklists, drafting settlement agreements).
·Identifying issues for appeal (indexing cases for a table of authorities, drafting appellate documents and filing documents with the court).
EVIDENCE MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH
·Assisting with all aspects of the discovery, pre-trial and trial processes, including but not limited to: organizing exhibits, preparing witnesses, drafting interrogatories, preparing trial binders and serving as a liaison between clients, witnesses, experts, vendors, and the trial team.
·Gathering documents and evidence, internet research, creating case investigation notebooks and creating a chronology of facts, conducting initial interviews and forming initial case assessments.
Experience
INTAKE SPECIALIST CENTER FOR DISABILITY & ELDER LAW 2014 - 2015
·Under the supervision of an attorney, assisted the public in completing the necessary documents for filing petitions for adult guardianship, reviewed the documents and organized all documents in order ready for court also explain the cost for filing the case and answered additional questions related to the filing procedures
PACKER RED RIVER VALLEY FOOD PANTRY 2019
·Building boxes, folding and taping
·Using a shopping list as a guide to packing bags and boxes
·Packing bags and boxes with the correct amount of items for each box and bag
·Organizing boxes in designed storage space