Legal Assistant Paralegal

Tawanna Gilbert

P. O. Box *** * Social Circle, Georgia 30025 678-***-**** (cell) * 706-***-****

(alternate) * ************@*****.***

Professional Summary

A well-qualified paralegal with over 20 years diverse experience in a small and large law firm. Responsible for drafting legal documents, including pleadings, motions, affidavits, complaints, medical records request, demand packages and legal memoranda. Responsible for reviewing and editing documents, conducting interviews, scheduling depositions, scheduling court hearings, monitoring schedules and deadlines, preparing and organizing trial binders and exhibits, assisting with settlement negotiations, filing all court documents. Extensive knowledge of legal terminology. Outstanding organizational skills enabling competent management of multiple complex assignments. Discreet and resourceful team worker who thrives in a fast- paced working environment. Professional Experience

Litigation Paralegal

February 2020 to Present (Laid off due to Covid19) Anita Lamar, Esq.

Assist with all aspects of personal injury litigation.

Prepare discovery documents, interrogatories and responses File pleadings via Peachcourt.com and/or Odysseyefilega.com Request, organize and summarize medical records and bills. Communicate with insurance carrier and opposing counsel Organize and summarize depositions Prepare medical chronologies and medical itemizations

Paralegal January 2008 to January 2020

Dan Chapman & Associates, LLC Conyers, Georgia

Assist with all aspects of personal injury litigation.

Prepare discovery documents, interrogatories and responses File pleadings via Peachcourt.com and/or Odysseyefilega.com Request, organize and summarize medical records and bills. Communicate with insurance carrier and opposing counsel Organize and summarize depositions Prepare medical chronologies and medical itemizations Prepare, scan and mail demand packages to liability and UM insurance carrier Prepare settlement proposals and statements

Assist with answering multiple lines calls and directing incoming calls to appropriate individual

Date Entry 2006 to 2007

Georgia Department of Revenue Hapeville, Georgia Assisted with all aspects of entering various tax returns into the State’s database. Paralegal 2002 to 2005

William W. Lavigno, Esq.

Conyers, Georgia

Assisted with all aspects of general civil, family law and criminal law litigation. Prepared wills, trusts and POA’s Interviewed and screened clients Prepared all legal documents, including complaint, answer, discovery documents, motions and notices Scheduled appointments, depositions, mediation and hearings Organized and summarized depositions Trial preparation including witness preparation and exhibit lists Prepared jury charges for all jury trials Prepared real estate closing documents Performed office manager duties Answered multiple lines calls Paralegal 2001 to 2002 Smith, Schroder & O’Connell Decatur, Georgia Assisted with all aspects of general civil, family law, criminal law and probate law litigation. Interviewed and screened clients Prepared all legal documents, including complaint, answer, discovery

documents, motions and notices Prepared wills, trusts and POA’s Scheduled appointments, depositions, mediation and hearings Organized and summarized depositions Trial preparation including witness preparation and exhibit lists Prepared jury charges for all jury trials Conducted legal research – medical, scientific and technical Answered multiple line calls

Paralegal 2000 to 2001

Orlando & Kopelman Decatur, Georgia

Assisted with all aspects of personal injury litigation. Requested, organized and summarized medical records and bills. Communicated with insurance carrier and opposing counsel Organized and summarized depositions Prepared medical chronologies and medical itemizations Prepared, scanned and mailed demand packages to liability insurance

carrier Prepared settlement proposals and statements Answered multiple line calls and occasionally filled in for the

receptionist

Paralegal 1995 to 2000

John C. Leggett, Esq.

Conyers, Georgia

Assisted with all aspects of general civil, family law, criminal law, juvenile law, personal injury law and worker’s compensation litigation. Interviewed and screened clients

Prepared all legal documents, including complaint, answer, discovery documents, motions and notices Scheduled appointments, depositions, mediation and hearings Organized and summarized depositions Trial preparation including witness preparation and exhibit lists Prepared jury charges for all jury trials Conducted legal research – medical, scientific and technical Requested, organized and summarized medical records and bills. Communicated with insurance carrier and opposing counsel Organized and summarized depositions

Prepared medical chronologies and medical itemizations Prepared, scanned and mailed demand packages to liability insurance

carrier Prepared settlement proposals and

statements Prepared wills, trusts and POA’s

Performed office manager duties Answered multiple line calls

Education

DeKalb Tech. 1994 to 1995 Legal Assistant

DeKalb Technical College 2003 to 2005 Criminal Justice and Paralegal

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