Personal Injury Client Services

Debbie Gehr, Nevada Certified Paralegal - 775-***-****

**** *. ****** **., ****** City, NV 89703 - **********@*****.***

As a 15-year Remote Certified Nevada Personal Injury Litigation Paralegal, I manage my remote home office for supervising attorneys, businesses, and as non-attorney legal document preparer for Pro Se clients. I am First Point of Contact for client intakes and interviews, answer all calls of clients, building a professional rapport to earn their confidence and trust. Respect, empathy, confidentiality, and dedication make me a valuable paralegal. I work well with minimal supervision, multi-tasking, organizing, and prioritizing caseloads to meet critical deadlines. I am cooperative, resourceful team player with co-workers in a remote office. As a patient, attentive listener, I interface successfully with remote supervising attorneys, co-workers, expert witnesses, insurance adjusters, opposing counsel, court reporters, and court clerks.

20 years computers - MS Office 365(Word/Excel/Outlook/Teams/Calendar), Citrix SharePoint, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Westlaw, Lexis-Nexis, Google Workspace/Google Suite, Google Docs, iManage, Clio, Lawyaw, MyCase, Smokeball, Zoho, Slack, Practice Panther, PACER, CRM, Chime, Confluence, Hubspot, Odyssey/First Legal/OneLegal and direct NV district court site e-filing, OneDrive, OneNote, Cloud, DocuSign, Bill4Time, SpringAhead, Amicus Attorney, Docrio, Litify, Zoom/Skype/Teams/GoogleMeets, Calendaring. NRS and NRCP 20 years experience.

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Certification in Paralegal Studies (4.0 gpa) University of Nevada, Reno, NV (grad. 2001)

A.A. Honors degree, Paralegal & Finance (3.9gpa) Western NV College (grad. 2010) Remote

Bachelor’s Honors, Business Management (3.97gpa) TM College, NV (2020-2025) Remote

Phi Theta Kappa International & Summa Cum Laude Honor Society member (2009-current)

Soroptimist Honors & Scholarship recipient (2007) Volunteer Hours - 8,392 hours total

1999-2024 - A1 Paralegal Remote Business Services - Carson City, NV (Remote USA)

Certified Paralegal, Nevada Insurance Defense/Civil Litigation - Manage remote business 15 years for supervising attorneys, law firms, and non-attorney legal document preparer for clients Pro Se. NRS & NRCP. Prepare Modria responses, settlement offers, mediation and arbitration responses, calculate settlement agreements, including attorneys' fees. Expertise drafting Answers and Civil Litigation pleadings, legal writing, research, drafting motions, petitions, stipulations, analysis, and proofreading. I draft complaints, witness statements, expert witnesses affidavits, subpoenas, responses, answers, discovery (RFA, RPA, RFI, responses, etc.), disclosures (research/redacting exhibits, Bates stamping), oppositions, proposals, legal notices, depositions, intent of agreement, declarations, affidavits, trial briefs, trial preparation, mediation briefs, arbitration documents, legal summaries, financial settlements, and asset/debt schedules. Research, review, analyze, summarize all contracts, litigation, medical and insurance records. Schedule appointments, hearings, appearances. Extensive medical and insurance terminology.

Remote communications (phone, email, Zoom, Skype, Teams, GoogleMeets) for successful contacts with a diversity of clients, using courtesy and diplomacy (federal and state, including PACER). The goal is to educate and protect our policyholders and ensure the Company’s legal interests protection. I have previous history selling auto/home/health insurance, Allstate Ins. Co. - so I understand the insurance industry

Debbie Gehr, Certified Paralegal - 775-***-****

1005 W. Fourth St., Carson City, NV 89703 - **********@*****.***

As a Remote Certified Litigation Paralegal. I am self-motivated to be a contributing asset to my employer’s goals and values. Proven respectful, compassionate and professional client intake services, email/phone/computer communications and drafting of all legal documents for Insurance Defense and Civil Litigation cases. Over 15 years of successful Remote Certified Paralegal work, with accuracy, thoroughness, organization, and great attention to detail. Using professional courtesy, confidentiality, friendliness, respect, and attentive listening, I effectively interface with remote co-workers, our valued policyholders, supervising attorneys, court clerks, court reporters, insurance adjusters, opposing counsel, process servers, and management.

As a proven remote learner in Paralegal Studies, Finance, and Business Management, I am University Certified in Paralegal Studies with honors, I have strong work ethics, critical thinking and problem solving skills. Able to multi-task, focus and prioritize to meet deadlines, I am well-organized and pay great attention to details. I build respectful rapport with attorneys and clients to establish trust for effective listening. I successfully complete intakes and interviews with a diversity of people, calming and de-escalating stressful situations and persons.

NRS and NRCP - 15 years. I draft all types of Insurance Defense and Litigation documents, including affidavits, depositions, discovery (RPA, RFA, RFI, responses, etc.), disclosures (exhibit research, redact, Bates stamping), pleadings, motions, petitions, financial statements, complaints, answers, discovery (RFA, RPA, RFI, responses, etc.), disclosures (redacting exhibits, Bates stamping), stipulations, oppositions, legal notices, depositions, intent of agreement, declarations, affidavits, proposals, mediation and arbitration briefs, legal summaries, financial settlements, asset schedules, and defense related documents. Research legal cases, providing legal writing skills. Review, analyze, and summarize all types of contracts, financials, insurance claims and records, injury/police/accident reports, medical bills and records, slip & fall, dog bites, product liability, medical malpractice claims. I have experienced in e-filing, obtaining court records, docketing, scheduling meetings and hearings, calendaring, legal writing, extensive medical and insurance terminology.

The mission is to assist and protect our policyholders, while protecting the Company’s legal interests. Years of experience in the court systems, preparing insurance defense answers, civil litigation documents, mediation, negotiation and arbitration briefs. E-filing directly in NV district court sites, OneLegal, FirstLegal, Odyssey, MS365 Word, Lexis-Nexis, Westlaw, PACER. Understand paper-file NV courts. Prepare Modria responses, settlement offers, mediation and arbitration responses, calculating settlement agreements, including attorneys' fees with interest. Expertise drafting Answers and Civil Litigation pleadings, legal writing, research, templating, database usage, contract analysis, proofreading, and implementation.

Thank you for reviewing my Nevada Remote Certified Paralegal, Civil Litigation and Insurance Defense career experience. I respectfully request the privilege of an interview as a qualified team player. I am a self-motivated, dedicated, and resourceful team player to benefit my employer’s profits and growth success. I have a perfect federal background check.

Respectfully, Debbie Gehr, Certified Paralegal

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