Martin Cervantes, B.S., Certified Paralegal pursuant to BPC § 6450

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688 949-***-**** adwrqs@r.postjobfree.com Career

Seasoned civil litigation paralegal with broad experience in a variety of practice areas including creditors and consumers rights, bankruptcy, labor and employment for both plaintiff and defense, personal injury for both plaintiff and defense, contract disputes, class actions pertaining to medical devices and pharmaceuticals, family law, and business and real estate litigation. Experience

2021 – 2022 Scheer Law Group, Aliso Viejo, Civil Litigation Paralegal - Creditors Rights

• Prepared demands for payment and validation of debt notices

• Prepared responses to consumers request for validation of debt

• Engaged in and materialized settlement agreements between the parties

• Prepared settlement agreements and stipulations for entry of judgment

• Prepared complaints, answers, and case management statements

• Prepared responses to bill of particulars

• Responded to written and oral discovery

• Managed case files, discovery and trial documents in all phases of case management

• Prepared requests for entry of defaults and default judgments

• Prepared replevins, abstracts of judgment, wage garnishments, and bank levies

• Prepared Acknowledgment of Satisfaction of Judgments and dismissals

• Released liens and levies

• Prepared status reports to clients

2018 – 2020 Trachtman & Trachtman, Irvine, Civil Litigation Paralegal - Personal Injury Defense

• Performed EAMS database searches and social media research

• Performed jury verdicts and settlements to determine the settlement value of cases

• Prepared authorizations to obtain medical records

• Prepared deposition subpoenas, trial subpoenas and notices in lieu of subpoena

• Prepared hearing notebooks, exhibit list and witness lists

• Prepared standard discovery requests for record copy service and notices of deposition

• Prepared statutory offers of compromise

• Summarized medical records and employment records

• Summarized billing records to ascertain the nature of plaintiff’s claimed medical specials

• Summarized answers to interrogatories, requests for admission and requests for production

• Selected records to be submitted to experts in advance of IME, inspections and depositions

• Selected exhibits for use at depositions, mediation, settlement conferences and/or trial

• Served as liaison between clients, opposing counsel, witnesses and experts

• Served as an interpreter and translator for staff attorneys and Spanish speaking clients 2014 – 2017 Hershorin & Henry, Civil Litigation Paralegal - Employment & Real Estate Law Defense

• Maintained calendar to meet statutory deadlines and coordinate witnesses

• Maintained calendar to meet statutory deadlines and coordinate witnesses

• Prepared chronology of events and timelines for use in the litigation process

• Prepared retainers, substitutions of attorney and notices of limited scope representation

• Prepared pre-litigation demand letters and statutory offers of compromise

• Prepared complaints, cross-complaints, answers and case management statements

• Prepared pre-trial and discovery motions including P&A's, both moving and responding

• Prepared evidentiary objections and table of contents with table of authorities for pleadings

• Prepared meet and confers letters and statutory offers of settlement

• Propounded and responded to written and oral discovery

• Prepared stipulations, notices of rulings, orders, judgments and dismissals

• Prepared post-judgment executions including liens, writs, levies and satisfactions

• Prepared memorandum of costs after judgment and memorandum of costs on appeal

• Performed legal research, sherardized case law and prepared Lis Pendes v Proficient in State/Federal e-filings/procedures (CCP; CRC; FRCP; Pacer; CM/ECF) calendaring and billing systems including Outlook, Abacus and Time Slips 2012 – 2014 Rager & Noiroux, Irvine, Civil, Family & Employment Law Paralegal – Plaintiff

• Assisted attorneys in all aspects of the litigation, arbitration and/or mediation process 2006 - 2012 Seals & Tenenbaum, Anaheim, Civil & Business Litigation Paralegal – Plaintiff

• Assisted senior trial attorneys litigate cases from their inception to post-judgment 2003 - 2006 Grant & Grant, Irvine, Civil & Business Litigation Paralegal – Plaintiff

• Assisted senior trial attorneys in commencing, defending and bring cases to trial Professional Degree & Certifications

Bachelor’s in Paralegal Studies (ABA approved), cum laude, University of La Verne Certificate in Paralegal Studies (ABA approved), magna cum laude, University of California, Irvine Certificate in Legal Secretary Studies (ABA approved), University of California, Los Angeles Certificate in Personal Injury Paralegal Specialist (deferred), Duke University Technology Proficiency

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