Dianne Marie White
***********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
I am outgoing, friendly, personable, extremely hard worker with extreme ethics. I would like to work where I can bring those attributes to my working environment. That environment should recognize and appreciate initiative, performance, and professionalism.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2022 to Present Currently employed.
2010 to 2020 Manchel, Wiggings & Kaye, W. Steed Scott, Randie Siegel, Honorable Holly Hughes, Honorable Alex Manning. Paralegal for all attorneys. Performed heavy litigation, defense and plaintiff. Handled all other issues involving case, such as translating documents, summarize depositions, meet with clients, prep clients for trial, mediation, handled all medical records, summarize all medical records. Extensive knowledge on all areas of litigation.
2006 to 2011 Atlanta Acquisition Group, Inc. Property Manager. Handled tenant relations, sales, contracts, repairs, and marketing and advertising. Dealt with evictions, and landlord tenant repair issues.
03/01/2007 to 11/1/2010 Hinton & Powell. Paralegal to Senior Partner. In charge of all pleadings and settlement distributions for over 1,000 cases. Duties included negotiating Medicaid liens, ERISA and other subrogation liens to maximize recovery for the clients. Scheduled mediations, arbitrations, hearing dates, depositions and conferences with clients/physicians/experts. Heavy client interaction. Prepared clients for depositions and mediation.
01/02/2000 to 12/01/2006 Smith, White, Sharma & Halpern. Duties included managing and creating satellite offices, determining locations, creating management/office guidelines. In charge of staffing office, creating legal documents and assisting with case distribution. Heavy litigation, case management, and interaction with client both plaintiff and defense litigation.
10/01/1998 to 01/01/2000 Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, LLC. Legal secretary and paralegal to managing partner. Handled highly publicized cases, including Emory and Gwinnett Medical System. Highly profiled firm.
06/05/1990 to 09/05/1998 Richardson, Gandy & Veach. Paralegal/office manager/translator for all three attorneys. Duties included interviewing clients, witnesses, drafting discovery and briefs, legal research, interacting with attorneys/clients/physicians. In charge of over 500 cases on a daily basis with no supervision. Extensive knowledge of court rules and practices both at the state and federal court levels. Increased Spanish clientele over 20%.
AREAS OF GENERAL BUSINESS EXPERTISE:
Marketing Contract Negotiations Corporate Registrations
Sales Governmental Compliance Customer Service
Insurance Claims Litigation
EXPERIENCE IN LEGAL AREAS INCLUDING:
Business Law Product/Premises Liability Personal Injury
Family Law Workers’ Compensation Domestic Law
Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Social Security
SKILLS:
Fluent in Spanish and English 90 WPM WordPerfect
Microsoft/Word/Excel Lexis Odyssey/Peachcourt/Federal
Quicken/Quick Books Word/Word Perfect Time Slips
Imanagerent Tabs Casepeer
Extensive Knowledge of Legal Research
EDUCATION:
1989 - 1993 Clayton State College/Kennesaw University
1993 - 1994 National Center for Paralegal Studies
10/2012 Flight Attendant Express – Completed