Medical Insurance

Harvey Scott

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PROFESSIONAL STRENGTHS

• 16 years of experience managing over 1,000 personal injury and medical negligence cases.

• Prepared cases for trial every 4-6 weeks in my last position at Midkiff, Muncie & Ross, P.C.

• Chosen to serve on nine member Virginia Trial Lawyer Association Paralegal Section Committee in 2009.

• Managed over $10,000,000 in medical malpractice cases in 2008.

• Lead paralegal of litigation team that secured a $12,000,000 case settlement in 2007.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Defense Litigation Paralegal, MIDKIFF MUNCIE & ROSS, P.C., Richmond, Virginia May 2011 – May 2012

Temporary Litigation Paralegal to James G. Muncie, Jr., Partner and Laurence M. Dickinson, Associate.

Receive and evaluate new matter materials from insurance carriers, prepare responsive pleadings to initial plaintiff

filings including Complaints, discovery, and Request for Admissions.

Procure experts, insure all pleading deadlines are met and prepare all cases for trial.

Summarize and organize medical records from carriers, documents received through discovery and subpoena

duces tecum.

Complete insurance carrier Budgets, Pre-Trial Reports and online forms.

On assignment through Lawyer’s Staffing.

Paralegal, CAPITAL ONE, N.A., Richmond, Virginia December 2010 – April 2011

Temporarily managed subpoena compliance and fulfillment processes on a national level or a global investment bank.

Coordinated intake of all documents obtained through research requests

Assisted with document preparation and production, generate correspondence and documents to requester.

Communicated with North American business partners and subpoena team associates.

On assignment through Lawyer’s Staffing.

Paralegal, CANTOR STONEBURNER FORD (formerly CANTOR ARKEMA), Richmond, Virginia May 2008 – Jan 2010

Litigation Paralegal to Firm Partner, Stephanie E. Grana.

Managed complex medical negligence, catastrophic injury and wrongful death matters.

Screened new case calls, created new case files, prepared submittal packages.

Drafted pleadings, obtained relevant records, performed document review and analysis, maintained privilege logs,

scheduled depositions, witness interviews and mediations.

Maintained attorney calendar; insured Pre-Trial Order deadlines are met.

Prepared packages for causation and standard of care experts and maintained expert certifications, created medical and

deposition summaries, conducted medical research and maintained medical research file.

Coordinated trial preparation including assisting in the creation of medical illustrations, trial notebooks and jury lists.

Attended Virginia Circuit Court trials, Motion(s) In Limine hearings, Pre-Trial Conferences and other hearings

with supervising attorney and provide administrative support.

Litigation Paralegal, MARKS & HARRISON, PC, Richmond, Virginia September 2006 – April 2008

Reported directly to supervising attorney Roger T. Creager.

Drafted Virginia circuit court pleadings, court papers and other legal documents; prepared mediation brochures,

medical summaries and deposition summaries.

Prepared United States District Court pleadings, proficient in navigating PACER and ECF, knowledgeable in Federal Court electronic case filing policies and procedures.

Attended hearings in Richmond, Henrico, Prince George, Fairfax, Virginia Court of Appeals and Federal Court with supervising attorney to provide information and assistance.

Coordinated attorney calendar management, retaining of court reports and videographers.

Located and served as liaison to liability experts including Accident Reconstructionalists, Life Care Planners,

Economists, Human Factors and Perception Experts.

Organized Focus Groups / Mock Juries: assisted in drafting narratives and participant questionnaires, creating

multi-media case presentations, prepared reports and analysis from participant information.

EDUCATION

J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, 2007-2009

Completed coursework toward Paralegal Studies Associates Degree.

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