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Sally
Smith
345 First Street
Belmont, CA 94333
(650) 655-2221
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EXPERIENCE
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Regan &
Ford,
Palo Alto, California
Paralegal
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March 2000 to Present
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Litigation
paralegal with cases in both federal and state courts. Prepared for trial in civil litigation
matters related to sexual harassment and discrimination, products liability
and breach of contract; organized trial exhibits and coordinated with
witnesses. Discovery review of
documents for SEC investigations. Also
assigned to immigration trade group; preparation, processing, and filing of
H-1B petitions including contact with clients.
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Olive &
Olive,
Palo Alto, California
Paralegal
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April 1998 – March 2000
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Assigned to
commercial litigation section with cases in both federal and state
courts. Prepared for, attended, and
assisted with hearings, including evidentiary hearings, depositions,
client/other meetings, and mediations; responsible for coordinating witnesses,
organizing exhibits and research, and preparing demonstrative exhibits. Assigned to a high profile, document
intensive, class action case regarding construction defects. Responsible for managing case files,
drafting and responding to discovery requests, analyzing, managing,
summarizing and translating documents, doing research for both factual and
legal issues related to various areas of law as well as performing searches
for individuals and corporate entities.
Extensive contact with clients, government entities, opposing counsel
offices, judicial chambers, and occasional contact with media outlets.
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McDonalds,
Peters, Moore, Palo Alto, California
Paralegal
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May 1995 – April 1998
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Prepared for and
assisted with trial in civil litigation matter relating to a stock offering
and employment contract; assisted with pending litigation matters including
reviewing and organizing document productions, preparing indices to document
productions, summarizing depositions, translating to English and summarizing
documents. Sole paralegal assigned to
civil forfeiture cases. Assisted in
representation of three major task forces comprised of various South
Florida municipalities and governmental agencies with continuous
high volume of cases. Responsible for
preparing pleadings and discovery.
Managed cases through disposition, client meetings, including default,
settlement, or trial. Coordinated
witnesses, research, and documents for all hearings and attended hearings. Maintained status reports of activity in
all cases.
Electronic
Discovery (½ day seminar)
AILA
Conference: The Basics in Immigration Law (1 day seminar)
Lexis-Nexis -
Paralegal Certificate of Mastery Level I
(5 module training)
Internet
Research (1 day seminar)
Discovery
Skills for the Paralegal (1 day
seminar)
Preparing for
Trial (1 day seminar)
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University of Texas, Austin, Texas
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April 1988
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Bachelor of Business Administration
in International Finance and Marketing
Fluent
written and spoken German & French
Proficient in
Lexis-Nexis, Westlaw, Pacer, CaseMap, In-Magic,
Concordance, Live-Note, I-Pro,
PowerPoint, Excel
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