Crystal Sixbury

• Expedited document review process by conducting initial reviews of key documents for relevance and privilege status.
• Aided settlement negotiations with effective summary reports outlining key points from discovery materials for use during mediation sessions or pretrial settlement talks.
• Assisted in drafting legal documents, ensuring compliance with court requirements and deadlines.
• Facilitated smoother trial preparations, organizing exhibits and coordinating witnesses.

• Aided settlement negotiations with effective summary reports outlining key points from discovery materials for use during mediation sessions or pretrial settlement talks.
• Strengthened case presentations with detailed investigative work and evidence gathering.
• Assisted in drafting legal documents, ensuring compliance with court requirements and deadlines.
• Facilitated smoother trial preparations, organizing exhibits and coordinating witnesses.

• Prepared legal briefs, motions, and pleadings.
• Ensured compliance with court rules and procedures by accurately preparing and submitting legal filings within established timeframes.
• Assisted attorneys with trial preparation through thorough research and analysis of relevant laws and regulations.

• Contributed to firm-client relationship building through professional interactions with clients during meetings or phone calls, conveying empathy while maintaining confidentiality.
• Helped attorneys prepare for trial by organizing exhibits and calling on witnesses to testify at hearings.
• Summarized depositions, legal documents and other material to provide attorney with relevant material for cases.

• Reduced attorney workload by drafting routine legal documents such as pleadings, motions, and affidavits.
• Managed scheduling of court calendars and deadlines to maintain smooth flow of firm operations.
• Enhanced case efficiency by organizing and maintaining legal documents, files, and correspondence.
• Assisted counsel in preparing answers, providing documentation, and information for discovery request.
• Skills: Trial Preparation

Assist the paralegal and legal secretary with administrative duties. Assist attorneys with their case files.
Organize files and update indexes for pleadings and discovery.
Update expert witness files.
Assist attorney in court by taking notes.
Proficient with Microsoft Word and Word Perfect.

Visit three Motherhood lease departments at Gordmans and Babies-R-Us. Maintaining product placement and markdown integrity.
Met sales plan 92% of the time for Babies-R-Us.
Achieve high company audit standards.

Responsibilities included day to day facets of department and store operations as well as 15 direct reports. Accountable for $2.8 million in business by motivating and mentoring my sales staff to achieve and exceed sales plans.
Increased designer handbag sales in Coach by 78% and Dooney and Bourke 41% by mentoring and coaching selling specialist to exceed sales plans.
Implemented proven team building exercises resulting in stable and secure departmental cohesion.
Analyzed and identified weakness in poor performing vendors by training and coaching sales associates.
Modeled and confirmed customer relations resulting in positive incentives.
Interviewed, hired, and trained new associates.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Store executive training program
Dimensional management training I
Dimensional management training II