Litigation Paralegal Resume

Desired Industry: Legal	SpiderID: 29036
Desired Job Location: Chicago, Illinois	Date Posted: 10/8/2009
Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent	Availability Date: 10/01/2009
Desired Wage: 50,000.00
	U.S. Work Authorization: Yes
Job Level: Experienced with over 2 years experience	Willing to Travel:
Highest Degree Attained: Bachelors	Willing to Relocate: No

Objective:
To obtain a position in a law firm or in-house counsel as a Litigation Paralegal.

Experience:
Terri Y. Roberts 907 West Washington
Oak Park, IL 60302
(708) 848-3309
terriyvette10@yahoo.com

Contract Assignment:
6/2009 – 9/2009

Litigation Paralegal
Discovery: Deposition Preparation; utilized Concordance database to search and “tag” emails to attachments; prepared documents for attorneys review and approval; compiled and organized documents to create numerous deposition binders. Software: Microsoft Office, Outlook, Concordance/ Concordance Image.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

7/2006- 4/2009
KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP, Chicago, IL.

General Litigation Paralegal
Performed and prepared for several Arbitration Hearing: abstract deposition transcripts; create and organize exhibits; prepare Arbitration binders; assist with coordination of experts and witness during Arbitration. Document Reviews / Production: Organize & index documents produced by opposing parties; review production for “key documents”, names, facts and potential discovery questions, etc., prepare document production in response to discovery requests; assist in the selection of documents that are responsive; prepare documents for production: bates identify, coordinate copies for production. Pleadings: chart allegations and responses on multiparty cases. Discovery: Assist with discovery answers and request to interrogatories; requests for production and request for admission. Investigation: Review client files, gather & organize factual data; perform deposition searches; review, summarize and organize opposing parties productions. Research: Conduct legal research using the Internet and West law; attend seminar to obtain background information on Expert witness. File Maintenance on Large Files: Organize case files in a logical, useful form; set-up and update databases as needed; organize and index exhibits, pleadings and discovery; create and update witness files; track produced documents and incorporate new production into the file. Software: Microsoft Office, Concordance/Opticon Network, Nero Burning Rom, Adobe Acrobat 8, Live Note, Attorney Desk Top Legal Key, West law. Familiar with: Discovery Accelerator, ECF-filing Preparation.

Various Contract Assignments:
9/2003 –6/2006

Litigation Paralegal
Discovery: Creating database management; Quality Control document production; Document Review; Deposition preparation; Maintain and organized large scale discovery files; Trial preparation; Created trial exhibit binders, and deposition designation; Communications with experts, consultant and local counsel regarding document productions; Variety of Paralegal duties. Software: Concordance, IPRO Image, Live Note, Attorney Desk Top Legal Key, Excel, Summation , and Microsoft Office.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

6/2002 – 7/2003
SCHAIN, BURNEY, ROSS & CITRON, LTD, Chicago, IL.

Litigation Paralegal and Law Librarian:
Trial preparation and courtroom coordination. Abstracting depositions as requested. Indexing documents, deposition designation and file management as needed. Create privileged and chronology logs. Maintain the law library acquisitions, selections and order processing and docket management, Software- Microsoft Offices: Word97, Excel and GroupWise; Cook County Forms; On-Line Searching: Westlaw

6/2000- 6/2002
CLAUSEN MILLER P.C., Chicago, IL

Litigation Subrogation Paralegal:
Trial preparation and courtroom coordination. Indexing documents, deposition abstracting as requested for complex litigation insurance cases. Concordance database search to retrieve imaged documents. Software-Novell GroupWise, DTE Time Entry for Windows, WordPerfect, Concordance Database.

10/1997-6/2000
D’ANCONA & PFLAUM, Chicago, IL

Litigation Paralegal:
Trial preparation and courtroom coordination. abstracting depositions as requested. Created privileged documents log. Indexing documents, deposition designation, Summation searching for keywords within deposition transcripts, complex and commercial litigation cases, created and maintained pleadings, correspondence, memoranda files and docket management, prepared Federal and State service of summons. On-line Searching- Westlaw, Summation. Software-Microsoft Excel, Power-Point.

Education:
EDUCATION: Roosevelt University, 1992, Chicago, IL
Lawyers Assisted Program, Certificate
A.B.A. Approved Graduate Level General Program

Illinois State University, 1980, Normal, IL
Bachelors of Science Degree
Major: Informational Science
Minor: Public Relations

Affiliations:
Illinois Paralegal Association

Skills:
Concordance,Concordance Image, Option, Legal Key, Outlook, Microsoft Office, Westlaw, Nero Burning Rom, Adobe Acrobat, LiveNote, Excel, WordPerfect, Peoplesoft, Summation, ECF Filing Preparation, E-Discovery, Discovery Accelerator,DTE Time Entry, Groupwise,

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