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. 

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.

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)

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