ANDREA CALDERON
LA PALMA,California
Summary
PROFESSIONALSUMMARY Experienced, Professional Legal Processing Specialist, offering 20 years of legal experience in various case types, case management, and effective communication; excelling at customer satisfaction and delivering positive experiences through high-quality customer assistance and ability to remain calm in high pressure situations.
CORECOMPETENCE Adept at identifying, developing and implementing new methods and procedures as needed to facilitate court goals and objectives.
Experienced at performing administrative duties such as: typing, proofreading, reports, working multi-line phone systems, filing, data processing, court document filing, processing and calendaring.
Substantial experience and knowledge in processing bails, warrants etc. Ability to work in a fast paced and challenging environment.
Possess excellent communication and customer relation skills
Background includes pulling records, drafting motions and managing litigation calendars. Excellent communication and planning skills with a hardworking and dedicated nature.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Litigation Paralegal
Plumtree & Brunner LLP
01.2023 - Current
- Completed electronic court filings at state levels.
- Maintained litigation database and document organization for Construction Defect and Breach of Contract cases.
- Organized evidence, exhibits, motions and subpoenas to support cases and prepare for trial.
- Uploaded data into CLIO and NETDOCS for review and pre-processing.
- Excellent writing skills and attention to detail
- Good judgement, strong analytical skills, and problem-solving ability
- High degree of professionalism with demonstrated ability to follow through on commitment
- Strong results orientation with a dedicated client focus and excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently while also being a strong collaborator
- Organized and efficient
Courtroom Assistant
Orange County Superior Court- Family Law
Orange , CA
10.2019 - 11.2022
- Prepared daily calendars, which included motions, case management, post judgments, and pre-trials
- Reviewed and flag motions for the Legal Research team
- Acted as Liaison between legal research and the bench officer
- Answered questions on court related issues in person and by phone as well as the public.
- Assisted the Clerk with her duties, which included: filing documents, scheduled hearings and helped prepare minute orders
- Opened mail, distributed daily correspondence and maintaining the courtroom supplies
- Maintained exhibits and subpoenas for trial and all confidential reports
- Answered incoming calls, processed requests and relayed messages to appropriate personnel.
- Restocked supplies and placed purchase orders to maintain adequate stock levels.
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility
Legal Processing Specialist II-Small
Orange County Superior Court, North Justice Center
04.2011 - 10.2019
- Assist the public with questions about court processes and/or procedures.
- Work the public service window and provide service to customers by filing all Civil Limited documents, Civil Harassment Restraining Orders and Small Claims documents.
- Provide the best customer service to the public as possible
- Set calendar and prepare walk in warrants, Ex-Partes, motions for Small Claims and Unlawful Detainers and get them ready for courtroom review
- Work on e-Filing work queues for Unlawful Detainer, Small Claims, Defaults, Fee waivers, Judgments, and Prejudgment claims
Legal Processing Specialist II
Orange County Superior Court
10.2006 - 04.2011
- Sort and distribute incoming mail and documents to appropriate clerk/desk, department
- Processed agency transmittals and edit, prepare and batch citations for vendor
- Initiated charging documents and District Attorney files through the District Attorney Interface (DAI)
- Created co-defendant cases as needed per courtroom order
- Returned City Attorney/ District Attorney Cases for correction
- Updated Excel Cite Edit status spreadsheet daily
- Answered questions on court related issues in person and on the phone from attorneys as well as the public
- Processed bail forfeitures, traffic school, court trials, fine payments, etc
- Processed warrants, court appearance and/or forfeitable warrants, follow procedures
- Accept payments, generate and issue receipts and traffic school/court trial notices
- Processed misapplications/voids and enter "Reason" using Fiscal docket entry code
- Followed security measures when suspected bills are present.
Courtroom Assistant/ Civil
Orange County Superior Court, Central Justice Center
06.2004 - 10.2006
- Prepared daily calendars; which included motions, case management, post judgments, and pre-trials
- Reviewed and flagged motions for the Legal Research team
- Acted as Liaison between legal research and the judicial officer
- Answered questions on court related issues in person and on the phone from attorneys as well as the public
- Assisted the clerk with duties, which included: filing documents, and preparing minute orders
- Assisted the judicial officer by making sure the daily case load is prepared and on the bench when court session begins
- Opened and distributed daily correspondence, maintaining the courtroom supplies
Court Processing Specialist II- Appellate Clerk
Orange County Superior Court
01.2004 - 07.2004
- Processed new appeals, designations of records for appeals, memorandum of costs on appeal and miscellaneous filing regarding appeals
- Processed the fees and prepared court reporter's transcripts for appeals
- Monitored filing due date for the appeals
- Issued notices regarding failures to comply with California rules of court
- Entered documents into Banner, used Banner to generate Registers of Action and indexes for Appellate Clerks transcripts
- Created clerk's transcripts on appeals, copied and paginated documents
- Maintained a daily/weekly calendar, handled all travel arrangements and was responsible for preparing monthly expense reports
- Human Resource and Payroll Liaison for Distribution Center
- Processed HR paperwork, ensured policies and procedures are in compliance
- Maintained all employee files; i.e
- Sick time, vacations, promotions, transfers performance reviews and terminations for the Distribution Center
- Processed weekly timecards for 65 employees (calculate hours, code and submit to payroll department)
- Submitted weekly spreadsheets by hours/dollars spent by department on payroll for both temp and regular employees
- Managed and maintained confidential files
- Contacted outside vendors for services
- Met with vendors for quotes and audits for external bills and invoices
- Sorted, stamped and filed wide variety of legal and judicial materials.
Executive Administrative Assistant
Vans, Inc
10.1999 - 01.2002
- Responded to emails and other correspondence to facilitate communication and enhance business processes.
- Organized and updated schedules for executives.
- Used software to coordinate meetings, appointments and tasks senior executives.
- Handled scheduling for executive's calendar and prepared meeting agenda and materials.
- Human Resource and Payroll Liaison for Distribution Center Processed HR paperwork and ensured policies and procedures are in compliance
- Maintained all employee files; i.e. sick time, vacations, promotions, transfers performance reviews and terminations for the Distribution Center Processed weekly timecards for 65 employees (calculate hours, code and submit to payroll department)
- Billed weekly spreadsheets by hours/dollars spent by department on payroll for both temporary and regular employees
- Managed and maintained confidential files
- Contacted outside vendors for services.
- Met with vendors for quotes and audits for external bills and invoices
Education
Franklin Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective -
Orange County Superior Court
Fullerton, CA06.2016
Associate of Arts -
Orange County Superior Court
Fullerton, CA01.2016
No Degree - Court Reporting
South Coast College
Orange, CA10.2024
Skills
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Multitasking
- Communication
- E-filing
- Calendaring
- Acrobat Adobe
- Customer Service
- CLIO
- Netdocs
- Zoom/Teams
- Document Preparation
- Legal Documentation
- Civil Law
- Electronic Discovery
- Legal and Court Processes
- Administrative Assistant
Affiliations
Certificate of Recognition
(20 years of Service)
Superior Court of California
County of Orange
April 2022
Learning to Lead
Superior Court of California
County of Orange
September 2017
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Litigation Paralegal
Plumtree & Brunner LLP
01.2023 - Current
Courtroom Assistant
Orange County Superior Court- Family Law
10.2019 - 11.2022
Legal Processing Specialist II-Small
Orange County Superior Court, North Justice Center
04.2011 - 10.2019
Legal Processing Specialist II
Orange County Superior Court
10.2006 - 04.2011
Courtroom Assistant/ Civil
Orange County Superior Court, Central Justice Center
06.2004 - 10.2006
Court Processing Specialist II- Appellate Clerk
Orange County Superior Court
01.2004 - 07.2004
Executive Administrative Assistant
Vans, Inc
10.1999 - 01.2002
Franklin Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective -
Orange County Superior Court
Associate of Arts -
Orange County Superior Court
No Degree - Court Reporting
South Coast College
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