Associate Attorney Case Management

Joseph F. Bohren II

**** ************ ****

Odessa, FL 33556

813-***-**** / *************@*****.***

Willing to Relocate

Professional Summary:

Goal driven, experienced professional with comprehensive operational, analytical, and interpersonal acumen. Fosters open communication in collaborating cross-functional professionals to drive progress, while balancing a high volume of competing demands and deadlines. Expertise across multiple domains including civil and appellate litigation and case preparation, library operations, administrative services, writing.

Summary of Qualifications & Technical Skill Set:

- Insurance Defense Expertise

- Civil & Appellate Litigation - Case Management

- Personal Injury Expertise - Corporate Counsel Services

- Office Administration - Library Science & Librarian Services

- Stakeholder Engagement - Documentation & Compliance

- Case Law Research & Drafting - Writing & Copy Editing

- Relationship Building - Communications & Collaboration

English / Spanish (Basic) / Russian (Basic)

PC & Mac Proficiency / Word / Excel / PowerPoint / Outlook / Westlaw / FrontPage / Acrobat / Publisher / Word Perfect / Needles Legal Case Platform / FL Bar Database / Law Enforcement Databases / Data Analysis & Extraction / Database Management / Content Writing & Editing / Operation & Troubleshooting of Standard Office Equipment / Typing Speed of 60WPM

Cumulative Experience:

Rywant, Alvarez, Jones, Russo & Guyton, P.A. – Associate Attorney 2023-2024. Construction defects defense litigation.

Hoffman & Hoffman, P.A. – Miami, FL -- Associate Attorney 2021-2023; specialized in real-property insurance defense. Worked remotely drafting case reports, pleadings, discovery responses, deposition summaries, legal research memoranda, correspondence.

Dennis A. Lopez, P.A. – Tampa, FL -- Associate Attorney 2008 – 2018; specialized in plaintiff’s personal-injury litigation. Also performed all secretarial and paralegal duties for two-person firm. Handled a load of about 80 cases at any given time, dealing with all aspects from initial client interview to trial preparation. Many cases were Engle tobacco-liability cases – mass tort or class action litigation.

Miami-Dade County Library – Homestead, FL -- Librarian I 2006 – 2007

Galen Health Institute – Tampa, FL -- Library Assistant 2005 – 2006

Barkan & Neff – Tampa, FL -- Law Clerk 2002 – 2003

Rouson & Dudley, P.A. – St. Petersburg, FL -- Associate Attorney 1999 – 2002

Boca Insurance Lenders, Inc. – Delray Beach, FL -- Corporate Counsel 1995

•• Increasing degree of legal, analytical, operational, administrative, and interpersonal acumen over tenure with regional leaders across multiple industries

•• Skilled in multiple legal services including insurance defense, personal injury, corporate counsel, disability claims, family law, estate probate, criminal defense, debt collection law, and appellate practice

•Adept in end to end case management for personal injury claims / drafting of pleadings & motions / field research & investigations / client interviews / legal research / file & data management / correspondence / scheduling / office administration / compliance & documentation

•• Rapidly resolves complex internal and client facing challenges through proactive decision making and effective communication

•• Skilled in providing customer focused library operations including circulation desk services / customer service & resolutions / research / inventory management

•• Innate ability to collaborate and communicate with stakeholders across departmental and organizational levels to build consensus and achieve buy-in / advanced interpersonal & persuasive acumen

•• Additional expertise in print reporting, content writing, editing, and proofreading

Complete Employment History Upon Request

Education & Licensure:

Master of Library and Information Science, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 2004

Juris Doctor, University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, MD 1992

Master of Arts in Mass Communications, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 1987

Bachelor of Arts in Government, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 1985

Admitted to the Bar of the State of Florida

Admitted to the Bar of Maryland (Expired)

References Upon Request

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