Christina Flores Brown
Dickinson,TX
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Paralegal/ Project Coordinator
Reich & Binstock
07.2020 - Current
- Assist Partner in campaign formation such as coordinating meetings and conferences among marketing firms, law firms, and experts, drafting of Attorney Fee Contracts and Joint Venture Agreements, developing teams for new and existing campaigns/dockets.
- Act as liaison between Partner and Controller regarding financials of starting campaigns.
- Input settlement distributions and expenses to appropriate matters and generate settlement statements to clients & referring firms.
- Follow cases through intake to settlement by creating and maintaining client files in database.
- Draft complaints, motions, orders, subpoenas, correspondences, discovery, and review same
- Review clients' medical records and medical experts' reports, obtain medical records, experts, and medical providers.
- Assist clients with Plaintiff Fact Sheets, Court Questionnaires, or claim forms.
- Communicate with clients regarding the status of their case.
- Maintain Partner's calendar, travels, lodging, and conferences.
- Lead a team of 2-3 legal assistants.
- Accelerated process of intake to filing of claims and organization of client files.
- Lead additional projects.
- Participate in new hire interviews and provide training.
- Provide additional support to other paralegals.
Legal Assistant/Paralegal
Walsh Gallegos Trevino Russo & Kyle
05.2018 - 05.2020
- Provided legal support for 3 attorneys representing governmental entities (school districts) in litigation involving ADA, FMLA, FLSA, FERPA, Section 1983 claims, Whistleblower, and other employment issues, as well as personal injury claims and contractual disputes.
- Conducted research to support legal proceedings, summarized witness testimonies, assisted with drafting and reviewing of legal documents (petitions, answers, contracts, memos), maintained attorneys' calendars and dockets, obtained experts, and student records.
- Reviewed student records for confidential information.
- Tracked and entered attorneys' billable time.
- Drafted reports to insurance companies regarding status of cases.
Paralegal
Volk and McElroy, LLP
01.2012 - 05.2018
- Provideed legal, trial, and administrative support for 3 attorneys within busy family and personal injury law firm.
- Managed paralegal activities as well as administrative functions.
- Drafted and reviewed petitions, demands, exhibits, motions, settlements, orders, subpoenas, answers, decrees, SAPCR, modifications, and child support
- Interfaced/communicated with clients, family evaluators, legal teams, opposing counsel/s, and court officials.
- Reviewed clients' medical records and medical expert's reports, and obtained medical records, experts, and medical providers for clients when needed.
- Summarized reports, medical records, and depositions.
- Assisted attorneys in a timely matter in drafting and e-filing of legal documents, supported case preparation for court appearances, depositions, mediations, meetings.
- Excelled within a fast-paced law firm; assessed and prioritized demands to provide the highest quality of legal representation to clients.
- Overhauled file system by creating document templates.
- Enhanced records organization, elevated efficiency, and improved service levels.
- Managed complex, deadline-intensive matters, notarized documents, and traveled to courthouse to have orders signed if attorney was unavailable.
Legal Secretary
Law Office of Almazan & Quintanilla
01.2011 - 01.2012
- Data entry, provided attorney with preparation of petitions for clients, handled new client information, and maintained office needs.
- Interacted with detention centers, clients, and attorneys.
- Met with clients at detention centers.
- Took client payments.
- Provided updates to clients on their case.
Education
Associates in Accounting -
Lone Star Community College
Kingswood, TX07.2024
Skills
- Management
- E-Filing (State & Federal)
- MS Office
- Salesforce
- OneHub, Sharefile, Dropbox
- Westlaw
Certification
Notary Public, 12/27
Timeline
Senior Paralegal/ Project Coordinator
Reich & Binstock
07.2020 - Current
Legal Assistant/Paralegal
Walsh Gallegos Trevino Russo & Kyle
05.2018 - 05.2020
Paralegal
Volk and McElroy, LLP
01.2012 - 05.2018
Legal Secretary
Law Office of Almazan & Quintanilla
01.2011 - 01.2012
Associates in Accounting -
Lone Star Community College
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