Legal Assistant Paralegal

Jessica Rosario Schwab

Paralegal & Notary Public

EM: ****************@*****.***; Tel 754-***-****

Paralegal with extensive experience in Plaintiff and Defense litigation involving Personal Injury, Automobile Accidents, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home Negligence, Wrongful Death, and Product Liability cases; also PIP Suits, Property Damage and Sinkhole. EXPERIENCE:

- Liaison between the a orney and clients, adjusters, opposing counsel, court personnel, and experts;

- Intake of new clients; conducting initial case assessments, claim investigations and legal research; preparing Adjuster Case Reports;

- Requesting medical records and bills, and any prior injury or claims records; via HIPPA Auth. or via Non-Party Ntc. & Subpoena;

- Reviewing / summarizing investigation reports, medical records, deposition transcripts, and any case related file materials;

- Overseeing files kept current, organizing records, exhibits, and evidence, and maintaining pleadings and discovery indexes;

- Coordinating and scheduling appointments, depositions, and hearings, on multiple calendars, and overseeing deadlines;

- Drafting correspondence, and preparing, filing, and service of pleadings, including Complaints, Motions, and Briefs;

- Preparing and drafting discovery to be served as well as drafting and preparing responses to Interrogatories, RTP, and RFA;

- Preparing clients and witnesses to testify for IME, R/S, EUO, Deposition, Mediation, and Trial; assisted and a ended all conferences;

- Assisting a orney with jury selection and providing a orney with legal assistant support at Trial;

- Drafting and preparing closing statements including negotiating reduction of bills with providers;

- Accounting assistant maintaining costs / office expense ledgers; preparing quarterly reports for CPA and annually for taxes;

- Detail and tracking time spent on case files for either client billing purposes or for A orney fees and costs affidavits;

- Training personnel in the procedures and forms used in Personal Injury cases. EDUCATION & SKILLS:

- St. Joseph’s College, NY, USF,, and Tampa College, FL - Business Law & Paralegal Studies (3 yrs. During 1985 – 1992;)

- Notary Public – Wedding Officiate and preparation of End of Life Packets (Last Will & Testaments, POA, Living Wills;)

- Bilingual able to read, write, and converse fluently in Spanish and translate for a orney;

- Type 90 wpm and proficient in the use of software applications such as Microsoft Outlook, Word, Office, and Excel;

- Knowledge of the legal rules and procedures of local, state, and federal courts; using Florida's E-filing system, CM/ECF, and JAWS;

- Proficient in legal research programs such as Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, and case management programs Client Profiles and Abacus.

- Construction Remodeling Office Administrator (2000-2012) / Project Manager - Hurricane Charley, Port Charlo e (2004-2007) EMPLOYERS:

Law Offices of Calandra & Inman, P.L., Tampa, FL March 2016 – June 2021 Paralegal & Legal Assistant – (2) a orneys - litigating Plaintiff PI and Med-Mal cases; also Defense in Animal Control and Criminal. Pliego & Stillo, P.A., Tampa and Miami, FL Aug. 2014 – Sept. 2015 Paralegal Consultant - hired to train personnel in filing PIP suits including process, forms, and procedures; discovery, and E-filing. Barry A. Cohen, P.A., Tampa, FL Dec. 2011 – Jan. 2014 Paralegal & Legal Assistant - (3) a orneys - Plaintiff & Defense litigation / high profile - PI, Wrongful Death, Med-Mal, Products Liability, Nursing Home, Tobacco claims, and Civil Rights Violation cases; also commercial / corporate issues, and Qui tam cases. Thompson Trial Group, Tampa, FL July 2010 – Dec. 2011 Paralegal & Legal Assistant - (2) a orneys - litigation of Plaintiff residential and commercial Sinkhole and Property Damage claims. Smith & Stallworth, P.A., Tampa, FL April 2009 – July 2009 Paralegal Consultant - (2) a orneys expanding into PI; hired to train personnel in Personal Injury practice, procedures, and forms. Lorraine Valenti, P.A., Tampa, FL Dec. 2000 – Aug. 2004 and Dec. 2007 – Mar. 2009 Paralegal & Legal Assistant - (1) a orney - new private practice - insurance defense PI litigation for ANPAC (American National Property & Casualty) and Federated Insurance; also litigation of Plaintiff PD claims for Sprint, Nextel, and Embarq. Vessel & Morales, P.A., Tampa, FL Nov. 1994 – May 1999 Paralegal & Legal Assistant - (2) a orneys - litigation of Plaintiff PI and Auto Accidents; preparation of Last Wills & POAs. Providing Paralegal & Legal Assistant Support and Training

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