Legal Assistant Senior Paralegal

HELEN JO GODFREY

**** **** ******* ******, #*** West Covina, CA 91790-1163 562-***-**** ************@*****.***

SKILLS

Calendar Management

Case Management

Trial Preparation

Discovery Process

E-Filing

Court Filings

Legal Documentation

Lexis/Nexis

Database Management

Skype

PACER

Adobe Acrobat 2017

Client & Expert Interviews

Case Anywhere

Proposal Writing

Depositions, Hearings, Trials

DISCO

Abacus Law

Epson Scan

MIT/Webextentder

Communications

One Discovery

Factual/Legal Research

EDUCATION

Paralegal/Legal Assistant Certification – Cerritos Community College

Legal Secretary Program Certificate – Long Beach City College

Associate of Arts Degree – Cabrillo College

EMPLOYMENT

Nossaman, Los Angeles, CA 3/2020 - 4/2020

Temporary Litigation Paralegal

Worked on databases One Discovery, and DISCO reviewed documents and determined if the documents were responsive or non-responsive.

Law Offices of Gene J. Goldsman, Santa Ana, CA 3/2019 - 10/2019

Paralegal

Prepared and drafted Notices of Expert Designation, deposition notices, correspondence and drafted emails for this plaintiff firm.

The Chaves Law Group for Fred Loya Insurance, Orange, CA 6/2018 - 3/2019

Paralegal for Insurance Defense Law Firm. Responded and propounded discovery, ordered subpoenas, depositions, prepared deposition and hearing and trial notices, drafted correspondence and emails, had contact with clients, opposing counsel, and third parties. Processed mail for attorney using Time Matters and calendared dates.

Independent Contractor 2/2018 - 6/2018

Contract litigation paralegal for small and large firms throughout Los Angeles and Orange County such as Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLC, and The Best Company.

CIT Bank, N.A., Pasadena, CA 1/2017 - 1/2018

Long-term contract paralegal assignment with CIT Bank, N. A., Legal Department. Managed and responded to third-party subpoenas ensuring subpoenas were responded to timely, interfaced with outside counsel, clients and customers regarding extensions and payments to the bank, opened new matters, prepared correspondence, emails, consumer declarations, and memorandum, processed levies for the Levy Department, used CIT programs to research, loans, and worked on special assignments.

Independent Contractor 10/2015 – 1/2017

Contract paralegal for large and small firms in Los Angeles and Orange County, including a long-term assignment with the Law Office of Glenn E. Stern. Propounded and responded to discovery, drafted motions to compel, correspondence, emails, memorandum, probate petitions, supplement to petitions, stipulations, declarations, jury instructions, witness subpoenas for deposition and trial, and Bate-stamped documents. Calendared dates on Rocket Matter, maintained files on Dropbox and paper files. Worked with clients on responding to discovery.

United States Attorney’s Office – Central District, Los Angeles, CA 3/2015 - 9/2015

Contract with Lockheed Martin. Senior Paralegal in the Major Frauds Section of the United State Attorney's Office. Organized and indexed files, drafted and prepared correspondence, declarations, and indices in preparation for trial. Organized Major Frauds Storage room, indexed boxes and notified AUSA’s of contents in the storage room and closed files, as asked. Logged all incoming and outgoing files in the storage room, prepared Exhibit and Witness Indexes for trials, prepared discovery and other indices. Redacted Bate numbered documents using Adobe Acrobat in preparation for trials, prepared and indexed attorney and trial binders, researched online databases in preparation for trial and prepared files to be closed, archived or destroyed.

Contract Paralegal 9/1993 - 2/2015

Extensively involved with preparing correspondence, memorandums, petitions, trustee documents, income and expense declarations, jury instructions, subpoenas, etc. Extensive interaction with government representatives, CEOs, counsel of larger corporations, private investigators, and other involved parties. Conducted research, propounded all forms of discovery, including motions to compel and assisted with depositions, hearings and trials. Performed interviews, updated documents, and ensured all materials were ready for trial. Prepared notebooks, charts and trial boards, complied information for database entry, used E-filing system to file documents with State and Federal Courts in Los Angeles and Orange County.

References and Additional Work History Available Upon Request

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