Maria Annally Sunga
*** ***** ***** **. **** City CA, 94015 650-***-**** ********@*****.***
Education
San Francisco State University College of Extended Learning, San Francisco, CA January 2008
ABA Approved Paralegal Studies Certificate
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA May 2006
Bachelor of Arts Political Science
Application Experience
Concordance, Summation, iConect, LiveNote, LexisNexis, Westlaw, Sanction Clip Creator II, Legal Key & Microsoft Office Suite
Summary of Professional Experience
PPC, San Francisco, CA September 2010 –Present
IP Litigation Paralegal
Report directly to General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel and outside patent counsel with broad range of responsibilities that encompass patent litigation matters from inception to discovery
Research import activity of companies determined by the International Trade Commission to have infringed PPC’s patents; distribute monthly statistical reports to litigation team
Attend government meetings, court hearings, depositions and discovery related meetings with outside counsel; draft memorandums to General Counsel regarding outcome and case status
Support outside litigation patent counsel in conducting document collection, review and preservation
Function as liaison between all litigation team members and support vendors
Covington and Burling LLP, San Francisco, CA November 2008 – March 2009
Junior Paralegal
Assisted senior IP litigation paralegals with document production and review using iConect and Concordance
Utilized LexisNexis and Westlaw to Shepardize case law
Assembled and maintained war rooms for new and pending litigation matters
Organized relevant paper and electronic documents for expert review
Thelen LLP, San Francisco, CA November 2007 – November 2008
Contract Litigation Paralegal
Prepared attorneys for hearings, depositions and trial by organizing exhibits and litigation binders
Worked directly with expert witness in analyzing voluminous documents to determine damages
Created several deposition video clips for trial using Sanction Clip Creator II
Law Offices of Rufus L. Cole, San Francisco, CA January 2007- July 2007
File Clerk/Case Clerk
Managed case files by indexing pleadings, filing daily correspondence, attorney notes and legal research
Received and maintained all incoming client medical records
Coordinated shipments of files to offsite storage