Paralegal Construction Foreman

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JOHN C. LUENGAS

***** ****** **. #***, ***********, CA 92683 / 714-***-****

E-mail: adrbph@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER OBJECTIVE

Position as a Paralegal experienced in Construction Defect, Civil Litigation, Commercial Unlawful Detainers/Breach of Leases and Trial Prep.

EXPERIENCE

Employed as a Paralegal by Legal Temp Agencies, to assist law firms who are preparing a case(s) for trial and/or settlement.

(Law firms listed below)

RESPONSIBILITIES

Assist with preparing assigned cases for Trial and/or Settlement, create trial notebooks (e.g. Motions In Limine, Exhibit Notebooks, Witness Notebooks, Operative Pleading Notebooks and Discovery Notebooks), perform data entry and other support functions during trial preparation.

Assist with extensive document review, organize, categorize, and indexing documents (e.g. documents received from clients and/or experts, review for privileged and non-privileged matter, Bates Stamp and index those documents for deposit into a document depository and/or to opposing parties), code documents by entering information into databases using document management software programs such as: Ringtail / CasePortal, Summation, Concordance / I-Pro, and Live Note. Often handled technical aspects of case management. Assist in preparing discovery responses and/or requests; summarize deposition transcripts, and medical records. Research through Lexis and WestLaw Legal Research programs. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES:

THE ABBEY MANAGEMENT COMPANY (Privately Held Investment Company – La Mirada, CA.) In-House Paralegal, 5/14/09 – 8/22/16

Assisted In-house attorney pursuing a Civil Litigation/Construction Defect action pertaining to a multi-million dollar home, assisted in collection matters for The Abbey Management Company and assisted with many other Civil actions (e.g. Commercial Unlawful Detainers and Breach of Lease actions) that arose within many of the Company’s Commercial Properties.

Assisted in preparing discovery responses and/or requests; summarize deposition transcripts; responsible for extensive document review, organization, categorize, indexing documents and coding of documents by entering information into databases using a document management software programs such as, Summation. Assist with preparing demand letters to delinquent Tenants, preparing Unlawful Detainers for eviction and/or Breach of Lease actions, assisted in preparing documents pertaining to the settlement of many actions, (e.g. Settlement Agreements, Stipulations for Entry of Judgment, Settlement of Entire Case, and Dismissals), and assisted with continued status updates for numerous Limited Liability Companies and Corporate Entities registered with the States of California and Delaware - Secretary of States. Often handled technical aspects of case management.

LAW FIRMS:

VENABLE LLP (Century City, CA)

Paralegal, 06/08 - 08/08 (Temp Paralegal)

ROSS, DIXON & BELL LLP (Irvine, CA)

Paralegal, 12/06 - 02/07, 06/07 - 11/07 & 02/08 - 03/08 (Temp Paralegal) THELEN, REID, BROWN, RAYSMAN & STEINER LLP (Downtown L.A.) Paralegal, 12/06 - 12/06 (Temp Paralegal)

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER (Irvine, CA)

Paralegal, 11/06 - 11/06 (Temp Paralegal)

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AMERICAN SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION (Brea, CA)

Paralegal, 09/06 - 10/06 (Temp Paralegal)

LAW OFFICES OF BRIAN D. WITZER (West Hollywood, CA) Paralegal, 07/06 - 08/06 (Temp Paralegal)

PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP (Downtown L.A.) Paralegal, 05/06 – 06/06 (Temp Paralegal)

MOLDO, DAVIDSON, FRAIOLI, SEROR & SESTANOVICH LLP (Century City, CA.) Paralegal, 03/06 – 05/06 (Temp Paralegal)

LAW OFFICES OF LINDA LIBERTUCCI (Defense Construction Defect - Brea, CA.) Paralegal, 10/10/05 – 1/31/06 (Temp Paralegal)

CALLAHAN & BLAINE (Santa Ana, CA.)

Paralegal, 11/18/04 – 09/20/05 (Temp Paralegal)

GIBBS, GIDEN, LOCHER & TURNER (Defense Construction Defect - Century City, CA.) Paralegal, 8/9/04 – 11/12/04 (Temp Paralegal)

STEPHAN, ORINGHER, RICHMAN & THEODORA (Costa Mesa, CA.) Paralegal, 2/9/04 - 6/28/04 (Temp Paralegal)

ANDERSON & KRIGER (Plaintiff Construction Defect - Riverside, CA.) Paralegal, 9/8/03 – 2/5/04 (Temp Paralegal)

HART, KING & COLDREN (Santa Ana, CA.)

Paralegal, 6/10/03 - 8/8/03 (Temp Paralegal)

LATHAM & WATKINS (Costa Mesa, CA.)

Paralegal, 4/28/03 - 5/13/03 (Temp Paralegal)

BOOTH, MITCHELL & STRANGE (Orange County - Orange, CA.) Paralegal, 4/16/03 - 4/25/03 & 3/31/03 - 4/11/03 (Temp Paralegal) PIMCO (INVESTMENT FIRM) (Newport Beach, CA.)

Paralegal, 4/14/03 - 4/15/03 (Temp Paralegal)

LEWIS & BRISBOIS (Downtown L.A.)

Paralegal, 3/24/03 - 3/29/03 (Temp Paralegal)

OTHER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES:

KASDAN, SIMONDS & EPSTEIN LLP (Plaintiff Construction Defect Firm - Irvine, CA.) Paralegal, 9/14/98 - 1/31/03

Prepared assigned cases for trial. Create trial notebooks, performed data entry and other support functions during trial preparation. Oversee work/testing performed by plaintiff and defense subcontractors and/or experts. Responsible for extensive document review and organization (e.g. documents received from clients and/or experts, review for privileged and non- privileged matter, Bates Stamp and index those documents for deposit into document depository). Researched through Lexis- Nexis programs for the purpose of locating entities named in the beginning stages of litigation, verify original and subsequent homeowners/clients. Often handled technical aspects of case management, and assisted with discovery responses. HAIGHT, BROWN AND BONESTEEL (Civil Litigation - Defense and Corporate Law - Santa Ana, CA.) File Clerk / Office Support / Paralegal, 5/97 - 5/98 File and index documents in chronological order and assist in preparing cases for trial. TIEGER AND BUMILLER (Insurance Litigation - Defense - Irvine, CA.) File Clerk / Office Support, 11/95 - 8/5/96

File and index documents in chronological order, copy legal documents, order office supplies, and answer phones. 3

THE BUCKLEY FIRM (Consumer Foreclosures - Mission Viejo, CA.) File Clerk / Office Support, 11/94 - 8/14/95

File and index documents in chronological order.

CHARLES PANKOW BUILDERS, LTD

Construction Foreman, 1987 - 1991

Supervising Crew, Tracking Project and Man-hour Costing, Employee Relations and Normal Running of Day - to - Day Operations.

RAY WILSON CONSTRUCTION

Construction Foreman, 1985 - 1987

Supervising Crew, Tracking Project and Man-hour Costing, Employee Relations and Normal Running of Day - to - Day Operations

EDUCATION

Santa Ana Jr. College, Santa Ana, CA.

SKILL

Proficient on Windows 7 Professional, WordPerfect 9.0, Microsoft Word 2010, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Concordance - Database Document Management, Summation – Database Document Management, Live Note, Legal Solutions Plus, Lexis-Nexis Research Programs, Alchemy – Database Document Management, and MRI – Real Estate Solutions program.

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