Legal Assistant/Paralegal

CARL D. ALVARADO

*** *. ******** ******, # ***, Los Angeles, CA 90026 | 213-***-**** | ****.*********@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY:

Greenberg Traurig, Santa Monica, CA Docket Clerk (3 Month Contract) | 07/2010 – 10/2010

• Calendared domestic patent and trademark due dates using DIAMS program, relevant to common IP Prosecution, to include: Office Actions, Final Rejections, Advisory Actions and Missing Parts.

• Navigated through the USPTO's PAIR website effectively in order to download common domestic Patent and Trademark actions, to include: On-line payments of U.S. patent Maintenance Fees, the payment of trademark registration fees through the TEAS platform and the payments of foreign patent annuities through CPA or through individual foreign offices over seas in multiple countries.

Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey, Los Angeles, CA Docketing Manager (IP Dept) | 06/2008 – 07/2009

• Supervised and calendared common patent and trademark matters relevant to the IP prosecution process.

• Designed, modified and established database protocol in MDC (IP Master) to streamline data input activity.

• Prepared and filed Information Disclosure Statements (IDS - PTO 1449) with the USPTO and prepared reporting letters to both Foreign Associates and clientele abroad with regards to various patent and trademark actions due.

• Provided both daily and weekly patent and trademark IP prosecution due date reports for as many as a dozen attorneys.

The Hecker Law Group, Los Angeles, CA Paralegal/Patents and Trademarks | 09/2005 – 06/2008

• Monitored and input both patent and trademark due dates using CPI's calendaring program, including calendaring both IP prosecution and IP litigation actions due.

• Designed custom reports using CPI and modified existing CPI reports to accommodate report format requests from attorneys and supporting personnel.

• Drafted and distributed weekly and daily attorney calendars showing patent and trademark actions due at both the USPTO and multiple Foreign Associate offices over seas.

Preis, Kraft & Roy, New Orleans, LA Paralegal/Insurance Defense | 02/2004 – 08/2005

• Frequently submitted HIPPA compliant authorizations to obtain medical records for injured party plaintiffs.

• Filed numerous authorizations to obtain income tax and employment information, criminal records and the like from injured parties.

• Summarized multiple depositions and constructed medical chronologies effectively.

• Drafted and submitted discovery documents to the court, to include Interrogatories, Request for Admissions and the like.

• Frequently delivered pleadings to the Federal Court, State Court and Civil District Court locations.

Entergy Corp., New Orleans, LA Paralegal/Corporate Securities | 03/2003 – 02/2004

• Assembled the closing binders of various corporate-type mergers, acquisitions, dissolutions and purchases.

• Assisted in multiple Entergy type closing procedures after large scale, multi-billion dollar, corporate purchases were made, to include First Mortgage Bond closings.

• Frequently obtained Certificates of Good Standing from multiple States of Incorporation through the Secretary of State.

• Established protocol for obtaining signatures from Corporate Directors, Corporate Managers, and the like, while drafting bond certificates, certified resolutions, Officers certificates, Net Earnings certificates, Purchase Agreements, and other forms applicable to corporate closings in various states.

SKILLS:

Typing speed 60+ wpm and good working knowledge of: MS Word, MS Access, WordPerfect, CPI, IP Master’s Calendar program (MDC), Filemaker Pro, Compulaw, Lotus 123, Excel, Power Point, PC Law, Juris, Concordance, Summation iBlaze 3.0 and CaseMap6.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION:

• Notary Public, State of CA (Commission Expires March 2014) • Paralegal Certification, Watterson College - Pasadena, CA

• A.S. Degree, Rio Hondo College - Whittier, CA • A.S. Degree, College of Oceaneering - Wilmington, CA

• Westlaw Certification obtained in 2004 and 2005 • Required MCLE for 2009-2010 is presently up to date

• Good familiarity with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and with the State rules of court

• Experienced in legal research using Lexis and the Securities Exchange (SEC) homepage with regards to corporate filings of U-1 and U-1A certificates, Rule 24 (35) certificates, Notices, Orders and Pre Effective/Post Effective Amendments.

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS:

• Member of the National Notary Association – Membership No. 392199

• Current Editor for the Reporter Newsletter for the Los Angeles Paralegal Association (LAPA), since 2006

* Honorably Discharged Veteran USMC 7 years active duty - Rank of Sergeant/E-5 Upon Discharge*

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