Ashley Hahn
Miami
Summary
Highly skilled Trial Paralegal with background in preparing and organizing legal documents, conducting research and managing client relationships. Strengths lie in keen understanding of court proceedings, ability to work under pressure and exceptional multitasking skills. Possess strong communication skills which have contributed significantly to successful case outcomes. Effective team player who collaborates well with attorneys, clients, and other professionals to ensure smooth operating systems.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Contract Litigation Paralegal
Insurance Defense
Miami
01.2026 - Current
- Support insurance defense attorneys in bodily injury, premises liability, auto negligence, and general liability matters
- Draft pleadings, discovery responses, motions, subpoenas, and trial binders
- Manage case files from inception through trial preparation
- Coordinate depositions, mediations, and IMEs
- Summarize medical records and prepare medical chronologies
- Review and organize claim files and policy documents
- E-file in state and federal courts
- Maintain litigation calendars and deadline tracking
- Track and record billable time in accordance with firm and carrier guidelines
- Prepare and submit detailed time entries for attorney review
- Assist with client invoicing and monthly billing cycles
Lead Trial Paralegal
Moises Gross Plaintiff's First Party
Miami
05.2023 - 12.2025
- Draft pleadings, memos, motions and correspondence
- Trial preparation
- Comply with and propound discovery
- Mediation preparation
- Correspond with clients, experts, and other law firms
- Maintain and/or create binders for hearings, depositions and trial
- Prepare settlement statements
- Litigation case management
- Perform investigative searches
- Conduct various searches and queries on the internet
- Meet with clients
- Scheduling of depositions and hearings
- Coordination with court reporting companies
- Coordinate with outside sources to obtain photos, enlargements and/or trial exhibits
- Review and analyze motions
- Conduct pre-claim investigation, legal research and initial case assessments
- Draft pleadings, motions and appellate documents and file them with the court
- Perform administrative duties (calendar hearings and deadlines, organize case files, manage logistics)
- Maintain pleadings and discovery indexes
- Organize exhibits, documents, evidence, briefs and appendices
- Aid attorneys with interrogatories and other discovery requests
- Gather relevant information from a variety of sources
- Liaise between trial teams and internal/external third parties
- Help with Voir Dire, jury selection and witnesses preparation
- Provide assistance with case settlements.
Trial Paralegal
Gimenez & Carrillo, LLC. Plaintiff's First Party
Miami
09.2022 - 04.2023
- Conduct client interviews and maintain general contact with the client
- Locate and interview witnesses
- Conduct investigations, statistical and documentary research
- Conduct legal research
- Draft legal documents, correspondence and pleadings
- Summarize depositions, interrogatories and testimony
- Attend executions of wills, real estate closings, depositions, court or administrative hearings and trials with the attorney
- Author and sign correspondence provided the paralegal status is clearly indicated and the correspondence does not contain independent legal opinions or legal advice.
Trial Paralegal
The Strems Law Firm Plaintiff's First Party
Coral Gables
10.2019 - 10.2021
- Conduct pre-claim investigation, legal research and initial case assessments
- Draft pleadings, motions and appellate documents and file them with the court
- Perform administrative duties (calendar hearings and deadlines, organise case files, manage logistics etc)
- Maintain pleadings and discovery indexes
- Organize exhibits, documents, evidence, briefs and appendices
- Aid attorneys with interrogatories and other discovery requests
- Gather relevant information from a variety of sources
- Liaise between trial teams and internal/external third parties
- Help with voir dire, jury selection and witnesses preparation
- Provide assistance with case settlements
- County Dockets, and Court map, Trial Works, ACT, Microsoft Outlook, Court Map.
Paralegal
Pacin & Levine, P.A. Plaintiff Litigation
Miami
09.2017 - 09.2018
- Kept cases organized by establishing and organizing files; monitoring calendars; meeting deadlines; documenting actions; inputting information into file database and case management software; confirming case status with attorney
- Helped develop cases by maintaining contact with people involved in the case; scheduling depositions; preparing and forwarding summonses and subpoenas; drafting complaints; preparing and filing discovery requests; preparing responses to opposing counsel; generating status reports
- Kept clients informed by maintaining contact; communicating case progress
- Maintains case costs by verifying outstanding balances with attorney, clients, and providers
- Supports case preparation by preparing case summaries and materials for mediation conferences; preparing pleadings; monitoring and obtaining discovery responses; organizing materials for team case review
- Enhanced trial proceedings by organizing evidence; preparing exhibits; scheduling witnesses; ensuring that witnesses are ready when needed; taking courtroom notes
- Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications
- Accomplished organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
Legal Assistant
Law Office of Christopher Esco, Esq. Insurance Def
Miami
04.2011 - 10.2016
- Maintained and overlooked all attorney schedules and caseload
- Organized and indexed all case files for staff attorneys while filing correspondence, and other documentation in an accurate and timely manner
- Scheduled and coordinated sworn statements, and court designated hearings
- Assisted with trial and hearing preparations
- Performed other secretarial duties, such as answering phones, organizing mail and transcribing documents.
Education
High school diploma -
Miami Sunset Senior High School
07.2006
Skills
- Expert in English/Spanish
- Proficient with Microsoft 365
- QuickBooks
- Excel
- Word Doc
- E-File
- E-Courtesy
- Legal Research
- Legal Drafting
- Professional Phone Etiquette
- Administrative Experience
- Adobe Acrobat
- Proofreading
- Personal Assistant Experience
- Negotiation Skills
- Writing Skills
- Case Management
- Microsoft Outlook
- Office Management
- Courtmap (10 years)
- PACER (5 years)
- Transcribing
- Typing
- Time Matters (2 years)
- Practice Master
- Clio (3 years)
- Filevine (3 years)
- Lexis
- West law
- AI legal software
- Trial Exhibits
- Trial binders
- Electronic devices for trial
- Witness Lists
Languages
English, Expert
Spanish, Expert
Certification
Paramedic
Timeline
Contract Litigation Paralegal
Insurance Defense
01.2026 - Current
Lead Trial Paralegal
Moises Gross Plaintiff's First Party
05.2023 - 12.2025
Trial Paralegal
Gimenez & Carrillo, LLC. Plaintiff's First Party
09.2022 - 04.2023
Trial Paralegal
The Strems Law Firm Plaintiff's First Party
10.2019 - 10.2021
Paralegal
Pacin & Levine, P.A. Plaintiff Litigation
09.2017 - 09.2018
Legal Assistant
Law Office of Christopher Esco, Esq. Insurance Def
04.2011 - 10.2016
High school diploma -
Miami Sunset Senior High School