Oil & Gas Paralegal/Litigation Technology/Administrative Assistant
Resume:
Charmin W. Duhé
Unit #**
Seabrook, Texas 77586
******@*****.***
October 2011-Present
Donato, Minx, Brown & Pool, P.C.
Paralegal/Litigation Technology Manager for Insurance Subrogation Firm, responsible for all document
productions and databases including creating, review, organizing, loading documents, production and
maintenance of all document databases, expert and witness material preparation and trial preparation
regarding exhibits. Assist and prepare pleadings and discovery and medical records summaries.
November 2010-May 2011
Duane T. Corley, Attorney at Law
Paralegal for family law practice, duties include preparing pleadings, orders and other documents related
to divorce and custody and child support proceedings. Responsible for scheduling mediation, calendaring
of hearings and trial deadlines.
August 2008-January 2010
Liskow & Lewis
Oil and Gas Litigation Paralegal responsible for major oil corporation legacy cases involving
environmental property claims, 29-B compliance, plugging & abandonment and pit closures. Also worked
on cases involving NORM, OSHA and LDEQ compliance. Responsible for document productions,
research, expert materials and hearing and trial preparation. Build and maintain large document
databases. Assist and prepare pleadings, appellate briefs and discovery.
February 2007-July 2008
Abbott, Simses & Kuchler, APLC
Defense Litigation Paralegal responsible for general file maintenance, assist and prepare pleadings and
correspondence, discovery and deposition preparation, calendaring, Deposition summaries, summarizing
medical records, Preparation and filing of state, federal and appellate court pleadings and legal research.
Handling cases involving insurance defense, environmental, contracts, asbestos, benzene, and medical
malpractice. Trial and hearing preparation (demonstrative evidence, expert & witness materials, exhibits,
etc.)
September 2003-September 2006
Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, LLC
Defense Litigation Paralegal responsible for general file maintenance, assist and prepare pleadings and
correspondence, discovery and deposition preparation, calendaring, trial and hearing preparation and
attendance of same (demonstrative evidence, expert & witness materials, exhibits, etc.), participated in
several mass document productions utilizing Summation databases for same and supervision of temporary
paralegals during document coding projects. Deposition summaries, summarizing medical records, legal
research, and attendance at expert inspections. Handling cases involving insurance defense, nuisance,
environmental, contracts, mold, and asbestos.
May 1998-March 2002
Jefferson Parish, 24th Judicial District Court-Judge Ross P. LaDart
Ross P. LaDart, Attorney at Law
Setting Pre-Trial conferences and sending out orders, jury charges and reasons for judgment in lieu of law
clerk’s absence, checking in attorneys for trials and motions, Responsible for the Judge’s calendar in so
far as setting appointments and social events, Purchase Orders and Reimbursements, general office
maintenance. I also handled campaign fundraisers and campaign finances for the Judge.
(May 1999-March 2002)
Answering phones, taking appointments, preparing and filing pleadings, setting up depositions, tickler
systems, general file maintenance, dictation, discovery, preparing corporate books and preparing wills.
Responsible for billing and payment deposits as well as balancing Escrow and Attorney at Law accounts,
accounts payable and accounts receivable. Practice consisted of Domestic and Family Law, Insurance,
Medical Malpractice, and other various areas of law.(May 1998-May 1999)
November 1997-May 1998
Ballay & Braud,PLC
Answering phones, taking appointments, preparing and filing pleadings, setting up depositions, tickler
systems, general file maintenance, dictation, discovery, preparing corporate books and preparing wills.
EDUCATION
1978-1989
Buras High School
Buras, Louisiana 70041
1989-1990
MC Comb High School
MC Comb, Mississippi 39648
1990-1993
Southwest Mississippi Community College
Summit, Mississippi
University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
1996-1997
Professional Career Development Institute--Paralegal
Program– received paralegal certificate in October, 1997.
SKILLS
Typing, Data Processing, and proficient computers skills with both windows and Mac, also proficient in
WordPerfect, Word, Access, Excel, Powerpoint, Desksite, Elite, Worldox, Quicken, ProDoc, Pacer,
Lexis-Nexis e-filing, Federal Court e-filing, Time Matters, AIM, IManage, Trial Graphics and
Demonstrative Evidence, Timemap, Summation, Timeslips, Juris and Maximizer programs. Internet,
Westlaw and Lexis legal research programs.
REFERENCES
Amber Buras
Business Advisor, Power Accounting
Shell Energy North America
909 Fannin Street
Houston, TX 77010
Phone: 713-***-****
Email: *****.*****@*****.***
Billy Graham
Fishing Tool Manager, Weatherford International Ltd.
210 S. Carancahua, Ste. 500
Corpus Christi, Texas 78401
Louis Reyna IV
Facility Administrator, Emergi-Care
2409 Falcon Pass #100
Houston, TX 77062
Scott Morgan, Esq.
Senior Counsel, Entergy Corporation
639 Loyola Ave
New Orleans, LA 70113
Sharonda Williams, Esq.
Chief of Litigation-City of New Orleans
1300 Perdido Street
Suite 5E03
New Orleans, LA 70112
Judge Ross P. LaDart
24th Judicial District Court, Division “O”
Gretna, LA
Charles L. Miller, Jr., Esq.
Mobile, AL
*****@***********.***
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