Legal Assistant Paralegal
Resume:
DAVID A. TINTER
Notary Public (Virginia and Maryland)
Paralegal Member, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association 1301 SOUTH SCOTT STREET # 514
ARLINGTON, VA 22204
(571) 215 – 6715
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EXPERIENCE
2020-Present
Paralegal
KOONZ, McKENNEY, JOHNSON & DePAOLIS, LLP Fairfax, Virginia
Meet with and interview potential clients; evaluate potential claims. Draft retainer agreements, Prepare HIPAA Compliant medical records releases; draft correspondence to health care providers to obtain medical records and bills from health care providers’ review, analyze and index incoming medical records; Maintain voluminous medical records and invoice binders and files.
Review and analyze medical records to determine standard of care, breach and causation issues; analyze cases to determine merit. Prepare memoranda to counsel; draft decline letters as required and directed by counsel.
Draft demand letters to insurance adjusters and prepare demand packages; draft and file complaints as directed by counsel. Verify account balances and determine 3
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party Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security liens, if any, prior to settlement. Negotiated settlement reductions with Medicare, Medicaid, and healthcare providers.
Obtain service of Complaint on defendants through sheriff and private process servers; research State Commission Corporation records to determine correct defendant entities. Locate defendants in compliance with 39 CFR §265.6(d)(4); effected service of process by certified mail via preparation and tracking of USPS Forms 3800 and 3811.
Propound discovery and prepare responses to discovery for client review; meet with clients to finalize Answers to Interrogatories; prepare and maintain discovery binders.
Schedule, prepare clients for and attend depositions; review and index deposition transcripts; obtain client signatures on affidavits, errata sheets, and acknowledgment of waiver of right to read transcript.
Trial preparation (including, but not limited to): Schedule and coordinate expert witness trial appearance; prepare voir dire questions, jury instructions, trial notebooks and exhibits; work on opening and closing statements with attorneys, transport exhibits to court and set up, assist trial attorneys in court as necessary. 2017-2019
Paralegal
BACON, THORNTON & PALMER, LLP Greenbelt, Maryland
Prepare and file federal court pleadings via Casefile Xpress including, but not limited to: Answers, Cross Claims, Dispositive Motions, Md. Local Rule 103.3 Disclosure of Corporate Interest Statements, Protective Orders, Motions in Limine, Jury Instructions, Final Orders, Stipulations of Dismissal, Satisfactions of Judgment, Appellate Briefs to Maryland Court of Appeals.
Retain and coordinate with fire experts, construction/engineering experts and traffic accident reconstructionists; photograph, survey, measure and diagram accident scenes; Arrange site inspections and investigations. Draft and serve spoliation letters/notices and chain of custody letters.
Request and obtain police reports, fire & rescue reports and accident investigation reports and photographs; Review and Index of Fire Cause and Origin Reports pursuant to and in compliance with NFPA 921 Guidelines and 49CFR, Part 831
Request and obtain Certified Copies of NOAA Climatological data records from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; file FOIA requests; file FOIA appeals as necessary through Office of Government Information Services
(OGIS)
Request and obtain records through The District of Columbia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), DC Code §§ 2-531-539, in compliance with DC Code § 2-534 from Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro PARP), D.C. Water & Sewer, Washington Gas, WSSC, PEPCO, NOVEC. Obtain certified copies of Plats from county land records.
Work with Compex Legal Services to prepare and serve subpoenas duces tecum and notices of depositions duces tecum; Review and index subpoenaed medical records; Analyze subpoenaed medical and employment records for evidence of pre- existing medical conditions and pre-incident onset of alleged injuries; verify status of medical impairment, obtain evidence for impeachment of medical claims.
Conduct conflict check on new incoming files; open files into Time Matters and Timeslips software; create and open hard file; Track, record and code expenses in Time Matters and TimeSlips; reconcile attorney pre-bills prior to submission.
Maintain attorney calendar - synchronize with outlook, time matters and timeslips calendars. 2009 - 2016
Paralegal / Office Manager
LAW OFFICE OF MAURICE I. BURSTEIN Rockville, Maryland
E-file and electronically maintain pleadings and filings for federal courts using PACER, CaseFileXpress, and other e-filing systems as dictated by jurisdiction.
Designed and implemented Statute Calendar and outlook based calendar system for concurrent attorney and paralegal usage; Created self-working combination of Word and Excel disbursement sheets and time sheets.
Locate defendants in compliance with 39 CFR §265.6(d)(4); effected service of process by certified mail via preparation and tracking of USPS Forms 3800 and 3811. Drafted affidavits of service with appropriate supporting documents for court filing and certification pursuant to Md. §6-311(d) regarding insurance coverage, good faith effort, due diligence, and evasion of service; Prepare motions for alternative service with supporting documentation.
Draft Complaints, Summonses, Subpoenas, §10-104 Medical Records Statements, 26(b)(4) Statements, Exhibit Lists, cease and desist letters pursuant to Fair Debt Collection Practices Act 15 USC 1692c §8.05 (a)(2).
Retain and coordinate with private process servers, monitor attempts at service and conduct skip trace when necessary.
Photograph accident sites and vehicles involved in accidents, obtain police reports, police photographs, interview fact and expert witnesses. Create diagrams, work with accident reconstructionists, arson experts, etc.
Prepare HIPAA compliant releases, Medicare releases, requested and obtained medical records and bills and wage loss confirmation. Verify account balances and determine 3 rd
party Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security liens, if any, prior to settlement. Negotiated settlement reductions with Medicare, Medicaid, and healthcare providers.
Opened files, initiated conflict checks. Prepared demand packages to insurance adjusters; Interact with claims adjusters regarding client progress, status of demands, status of pending litigation, etc. Advise clients daily as to status of claims and litigation.
Travel to and from court for filings and to check case status.
Track and record client related expenses for inclusion on disbursement sheets; prepare monthly balance sheets for attorney trust and operating accounts.
2006-2008:
Legal Assistant / Paralegal
HALL, SICKELS, FREI & MIMS, P.C. Reston, Virginia
Meet with and interview potential clients; evaluate potential claims. Draft retainer agreements, Prepare HIPAA Compliant medical records releases; draft correspondence to health care providers to obtain medical records and bills from health care providers’ review, analyze and index incoming medical records; Maintain voluminous medical records and invoice binders and files.
Review and analyze medical records to determine standard of care, breach and causation issues; analyze cases to determine merit. Prepare memoranda to counsel; draft decline letters as required and directed by counsel.
Draft demand letters to insurance adjusters and prepare demand packages; draft and file complaints as directed by counsel. Verify account balances and determine 3
rd
party Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security liens, if any, prior to settlement. Negotiated settlement reductions with Medicare, Medicaid, and healthcare providers.
Obtain service of Complaint on defendants through sheriff and private process servers; research State Commission Corporation records to determine correct defendant entities. Locate defendants in compliance with 39 CFR §265.6(d)(4); effected service of process by certified mail via preparation and tracking of USPS Forms 3800 and 3811.
Propound discovery and prepare responses to discovery for client review; meet with clients to finalize Answers to Interrogatories; prepare and maintain discovery binders.
Schedule, prepare clients for and attend depositions; review and index deposition transcripts; obtain client signatures on affidavits, errata sheets, and acknowledgment of waiver of right to read transcript.
Trial preparation (including, but not limited to): Schedule and coordinate expert witness trial appearance; prepare voir dire questions, jury instructions, trial notebooks and exhibits; work on opening and closing statements with attorneys, transport exhibits to court and set up, assist trial attorneys in court as necessary. 2001-2005:
Paralegal / Legal Secretary
SICILIANO, ELLIS, DYER & BOCCAROSSE Fairfax, Virginia
Open file and initiate conflict check; prepare correspondence acknowledging receipt of new files.
Draft and file court pleadings, (including, but not limited to): answers, cross claims, motions in limine, briefs, jury instructions, dismissal orders, final orders, releases, and other Circuit Court pleadings, position statements to Virginia Court of Appeals and arbitration statements.
Propound Interrogatories and Requests for Production; prepare responses to opposing counsel discovery after reviewing file and meeting with clients. Draft and send letters to opposing counsel regarding overdue discovery; prepare and file motions to compel as directed by counsel.
Prepare and issue subpoenas duces tecum for medical, employment and police records; arrange foreign records depositions duces tecum when necessary; review and index medical records; prepare medical records chronologies; draft transmittal letters to expert doctors for medical records reviews and independent medical examinations.
Request and obtain Certified Copies of NOAA Climatological data records from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; file FOIA requests; file FOIA appeals as necessary through Office of Government Information Services
(OGIS).
Schedule and notice depositions, independent medical examinations and expert witness trial appearances.
Communicate with clients, arrange client meetings, and advise clients as to the status of litigation.
Assist trial attorneys in court as necessary.
Transcribe attorney dictation as necessary; responsible for general file maintenance; maintain attorney’s daily and trial calendars.
Code and enter attorney timesheets into Juris database; generate, review, and proof attorney pre-bills; generate and submit client bills.
EDUCATION AND RELATED COURSEWORK
Paralegal Certificate, George Mason University School of Law, 2004 B.A. in Communications, University of Maryland, 1991 Trial Preparation from Start to Finish for Virginia Paralegals (CLE) Paralegals and the Litigation Team (CLE)
Analyzing Medical Records for the Virginia Paralegal (CLE) COMPUTER SKILLS
Software: Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel), Westlaw; Lexis; Juris; Novell Client for Windows; “Tabs;” “Needles;” “Prevail;”
“Relativity” “Time Matters” “Sage Timeslips”
PACER, CaseFile Xpress; MDEC
Transcribe at 80+ wpm
DAVID A. TINTER
NOTARY PUBLIC
Paralegal Member, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association 1301 SOUTH SCOTT STREET # 514
ARLINGTON, VA 22204
(571) 215 – 6715
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R E F E R E N C E S
Richard A. Yeagley, Esq.
DECARO, DORAN, SICILIANO, GALLAGHER & DEBLASIS
(703) 352 – 5175
********@***********.***
Jenelle E. Langen, Esq. (retired)
SICILIANO, ELLIS, DYER & BOCCAROSSE
********@*****.***
Steven M. Frei, Esq. (goes by “Steve”)
FREI, MIMS, & PERUSHEK
(703) 925 – 0500
*****.****@**********.***
Maurice I. Burstein, Esq.
LAW OFFICE OF MAURICE I. BURSTEIN
******@*************.***
George W. Bradley, Esq.
Francis J. Prior, Esq.
SICILIANO, ELLIS, DYER & BOCCAROSSE
(703) 385 – 6692
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Michael L. Zimmerman, Esq. (retired)
SICILIANO, ELLIS, DYER & BOCCAROSSE
Douglas A. Seymour, Esq.
SICILIANO, ELLIS, DYER & BOCCAROSSE
(703) 385 – 6692
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