Legal Assistant Medical Malpractice
Resume:
Meredith Ellen Gillis
Aventura, FL 33180
Dear Sir or Madam:
I am interested in pursuing employment opportunities within the organization, with the unique opportunity to develop skills in a challenging environment. Attached is my resume for your review.
I am a paralegal and I graduated from Nova University with a Bachelor of Science in Pre- Law. As indicated on the resume, I have working knowledge of all documents including: Personal Injury
Criminal Law
Civil Litigation
Medical Malpractice
Legal Research
Entertainment Law
Wills & Trusts
The experience that I have gained from performing the above, has given me the opportunity to develop strengths for quality performance on the job. I was appointed Guardian Ad Litem form the Supreme Court of Florida. I was also appointed to defend cases on behalf of disadvantaged minors.
I look forward to meeting with you to discuss my qualifications in relation to your needs. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Meredith Gillis
Meredith Gillis
Meredith Ellen Gillis
3332 N.E. 190th Street, #1014
Aventura, FL 33180
EXPERIENCE:
Law Offices of Theodore Enfield
Paralegal: April 2017-June 2018
Area of Law: Personal Injury
Duties included: Met with clients, answered phones, opened up files, closed files, dealt with insurance companies, doctors, and hospitals.
Ehrenstein Charbonneau Calderin
Paralegal: March 2010 to February 2011
Area of Law: Entertainment, Wills & Trusts, and Litigation. Duties included: During my employment I performed all of the necessary legal assistant tasks while specializing in some areas. I drafted and edited entertainment contracts for high profile clients. I also filed lawsuits in Federal, as well as, Southern District Courts, and performed all litigation procedures. Travelers Insurance Company - Law Offices of Robert Tacher File Clerk: November 2009 to December 2009
Area of Law: In house counsel for Travelers Insurance Company. Duties included: I was responsible for basic office tasks such as filing paperwork and answering telephones. But, my main assignment was to coordinate the relocation of closed files to the offsite storage facility.
Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney
Legal Assistant: July 2008 to February 2009
Area of Law: Banking, UCC issues, construction-defect matters and Internet law, Commercial contractual disputes including non-compete agreements, employment agreements and real property disputes. Duties included: I was responsible for maintaining all of the incoming and outgoing filing, pleadings and correspondence, for all cases in the firm. While also providing ample back fill for all of the legal secretaries, working one on one with the attorney's to assist them with their day to day tasks. Law Office of Timmy Ross
Legal Secretary: January 2008 to February 2008
Area of Law: In house counsel for Bristol Insurance Company. Duties included: During this assignment I was responsible for scheduling all hearings and depositions, as well as handling basic legal secretary responsibilities, such as typing up legal documents and speaking with clients, I worked directly for the partner of the firm where I was able to utilize my dictation skills. Papy-Weissenborn - Vraspir & Puga, P.A.
Paralegal: July 2007 to August 2007
Area of Law: Commercial and Corporate Litigation, Insurance Defense, Banking, Antitrust, Securities, Probate, Immigration, Personal Injury, Taxation, Architectural, Engineering, Legal and Medical Malpractice, Construction Litigation, Aviation Litigation, Family Law and Real Estate Law. Duties included: As well as handling basic paralegal responsibilities, such as typing up legal documents and speaking with clients, I worked directly for the partner of the firm where I was able to utilize my dictation skills.
Berenfeld, Spritzer, Shechter & Sheer
Computer Forensic Paralegal: September 2006 to April 2007 Area of Law: Computer Forensics
Duties included: My main responsibility during this assignment was to inspect computer hard drives that may contain evidence that could be critical to a case. It was also my responsibility to make copies of all the evidence found on the hard drives and provides them to the attorneys via CD/DVD as well as other digital formats. I also attended several paralegal seminars, in and out of state, to assist in marketing the company. Epstein Becker Green
Paralegal: April 2006 to June 2006
Area of Law: Labor and Employment Counsel across the nation and around the world. Duties included: During this assignment I worked as a floater, assisting all legal professionals with projects throughout the firm. My projects included but were not limited to typing up documents, dictation and filing. By the end of my assignment I had been given the trusted duty of handling a project for a major case where I was organizing documents by chronological order according to the important facts of the case. Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weisller, Alhadeff & Sitterson Paralegal: June 2006 to August 2006
Area of Law: Medical Malpractice.
Duties included: I was solely responsible for handling large case loads and preparing the cases for trial. Experience while Living Abroad
June 1999 to February 2005
During my travels I lived in Australia and worked as a paralegal from various temporary staffing agencies. The areas of law that I practiced in were: Corporate Law, Employment Law, Commercial Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property and Technology, Corporate Projects, Criminal Law and Family Law. I performed the following duties during my employment at these firms: Instructed in court, prepared briefs for barristers; prepared power point presentations, handled all litigation files and opened up new files, dictation; filed documents, typed documents and letters, entered time sheets and billed clients and schedules meetings for Barristers.
Law Offices of Sheldon Schlesinger
Paralegal: February 1999 to March 1999
Area of Law: Plaintiff's Medical Malpractice.
Duties included: During my employment I prepared complaints, spoke with clients, set hearings for attorneys, prepared cases for trial and taking over litigation files from beginning to end of litigation. Weiss & Handler
Paralegal: May 1998 to October 1998
Area of Law: Litigation, Sexual Harassment.
Duties included: During my employment I prepared orders, hearing notices and subpoenas. I was responsible for client inspection and documentation of these inspections, and attended attorney client meetings. I prepared deposition questions for the attorney as well as prepared hearings, looked up cases for memorandum of law, prepared witness lists and exhibit lists. I handled many other major cases such as a name change case.
Law Offices of Balkin, Doran & Enfield
Legal Assistant: July 1996 to February 1998
Area of Law: Personal Injury, Family Law, Medical Malpractice, Worker's Compensation (Plaintiff). Duties included: During my employment I was responsible for meeting with potential and existing clients, interacting with clients documents such as petitions for dissolutions of marriage, special motions and orders. I was responsible for opening files and preparing closing statements. I wrote demand letters to insurance companies, and filed complaints. I also prepared and filed forms such as notices to appear, interrogations, requests for production, and subpoenas. Law Offices of Patrick E. Farrell
Legal Assistant: February 1996 to May 1996
Area of Law: Insurance Defense (Acted as in house counsel for Geico Insurance Company) Duties included: During my employment I was responsible to obtained authorization for release of records for closed cases. I also answered interrogatories and plaintiff's complaints while working on the following documents: general releases, stipulations for dismissal, responses to plaintiff's request for productions, motions for telephone appearance and appointment of commissioner, subpoenas duces tecum without deposition, motions to strike/dismiss, stipulations for extension of time and supplemental and consortium interrogatories.
Law Offices of Bohdon Newslacheny
Legal Assistant: November 1995 to January 1996
Area of Law: Insurance Defense.
Duties included: During my employment I was responsible to obtained authorization for release of records for closed cases. I also answered interrogatories and plaintiff's complaints while working on the following documents: general releases, stipulations for dismissal, responses to plaintiff's request for productions, motions for telephone appearance and appointment of commissioner, subpoenas duces tecum without deposition, motions to strike/dismiss, stipulations from extension of time and supplemental and consortium interrogatories.
Law Offices of Sheldon Golding
Law Clerk: November 1992 to January 1993
Area of Law: Criminal Defense.
Duties included: During my employment I was required to performed legal research, file and deliver documents to the courthouse, as well as answering the telephones for the office. EDUCATION:
Nova University, Davie, Florida
Bachelor of Science in Pre-Law, October 1992 to May 1995 Mock Trial courses included: research and courtroom strategy, briefing, looking up statutes, trial preparation, conducting opening statements and closing arguments, and conducting direct and cross examinations of witnesses.
Angelia University, Cambridge, England
Study Abroad, November 1994
Exchange Program to study the British law system.
Legal Career Institute, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Paralegal Certificate, July 1990 to May 1991
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
Appointed Guardian Ad Litem for the Supreme Court of Florida SKILLS:
Bookkeeping, dictation and Microsoft Office Suite (98 - Vista) April 2012-April 2014
Vice President of Aventura Marina 2 Condo Association in Aventura, Florida
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