EDUCATION

HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE / ACT CENTER

[2005 – 2007]

Completed Paralegal Certification Program

(Ranked Highest in Class)

Litigation Paralegal

Thirteen (13) years of experience in insurance defense, Jones Act, personal injury, and commercial litigation.

TRIAL EXPERIENCE

COURSE DESCRIPTION COURSE NO. SEMESTER

Paralegal Certificate Program 1: 7619 Summer 2005

Paralegal Certificate Program 2: 7618 Fall 2005

Paralegal Certificate Program 3: 7606 Fall 2005

Paralegal Certificate Program 4: 7617 Fall 2005

Paralegal Certificate Program 5: 7616 Fall 2006

Paralegal Certificate Program 6: 7535 Spring 2007

WORK EXPERIENCE

DONATO BROWN POOL & MOEHLMANN

3200 SOUTHWEST FRWY, SUITE 2300

HOUSTON, TX 77027

713-***-****

Litigation Paralegal

[November 2022 – May 2023] 6 mos.

PLAVNICKY KINZEL MAKOWSKI LLP

5300 Memorial Drive, Suite 675

Houston, TX 77007

713-***-****

Litigation Paralegal

[February 2016 – October 2022] 6 yrs. 5 mos.

PLAVNICKY & MARSHALL, PC

909 Fannin Street, Suite 1111

Houston, TX 77010

713-***-****

Legal Assistant / Paralegal

[January 2003 – February 2009] 6 yrs. 2 mos.

JOB DUTIES: case filing (hard copy and electronic), coordinating attorney schedules / drafting pleadings, motions, and client reports / e-filing and serving case documents / creating and updating case timelines, document production inventories, and medical record analyses / client and witness relations / issuing document subpoenas, Deposition by Written Questions, and FOIA requests / background checks, skip tracing and party investigations / legal research and Internet research / document review and data analysis / propound and respond to discovery / upkeep billable time / trial preparation.

TRIAL PREP: reviewing case files and pulling all potential trial exhibits for attorney review / preparing exhibit lists, witness lists, and trial subpoenas / assembling trial binders / preparing page/line designations and video cuts / creating demonstrative aids / preparing witness testimony outlines and determine which exhibits to use with each witness / reviewing the opposition’s exhibits and page/line designations to determine if any require objections / operating courtroom media devices / Voir dire selection and juror research / scheduling testimony of witnesses / pulling exhibits as needed during trial as well as for the purpose of impeachment.

SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE BASE:

Microsoft Office

(Word, Outlook Excel, Power Point, OneDrive, OneNote)

Adobe Acrobat

Corel WordPerfect 12

Lexis Nexis

Time Matters

Time Slips

re:Search TX

e-File Texas

Pacer

DropBox

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