Haley Coleman
Litigation Paralegal
Roswell,GA
Summary
With an expertise in defense litigation, my primary focus for the majority of my paralegal career has been in party discovery, non-party medical record retrieval, review, and analysis, deposition, mediation and trial preparation. I bring a well-developed set of skills to any personal injury litigation team. Exceptional communication skills, comfortable communicating with clients, courts, witnesses, parties, etc.
Notary Commission expires February 2026.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Litigation Paralegal & Office Manager
Schneider Injury Law
04.2022 - Current
- Conduct pre-claim investigation, legal research, and initial case assessments for a variety of personal injury claims, such as motor vehicle collisions, medical malpractice, premises liability, and sexual assault
- Draft pleadings, motions, briefs, and discovery for attorney review
- Ensure all hearings and deadlines have been calendared
- Devise new organization for case files to maintain pleadings and discovery more efficiently
- Schedule depositions with experts, witnesses, as well as schedule depositions, mediations, and arbitrations with parties
- Trial preparation included organizing exhibits, liaising between trial teams and internal/external third parties, help with voir dire, jury selection, and witness preparation
- Draft Settlement Statements and ensuring all distributions have been paid out to the proper parties
- Inventory supplies weekly and order all necessary supplies, including promotional items.
Head Litigation Paralegal & Staff Supervisor
Busch, Reed, Jones & Leeper, P.C
03.2020 - Current
- Review claim file materials/discovery production to determine, by simple review or by research, whether treatment received by Plaintiff(s) in personal injury, medical malpractice, and wrongful death matters is appropriate
- Request, obtain, follow up, record, invoice, review and analyze non-party production and prepare chronological medical summaries for attorneys to review for deposition/mediation/arbitration/ trial preparation
- Provide attorneys status updates on medical records and summaries in matters – and if unsuccessful in obtaining medical records prior to deadline, despite following up, draft and send Rule 6.4 letters to send to non-party providers
- If no production response is received within the deadline stated in the Rule 6.4, prepare Motion(s) to Compel
- Coordinate all drafted pleadings to be filed by legal assistants
- Research and engage expert witnesses (most frequently medical experts), prepare all pertinent and necessary documentation/medical records for expert review and opinion
- Assist in preparing client updates, specifically regarding medical-related information for all matters
- Work alongside attorneys to move cases forward by performing searches (LexisNexis, Accurint, Google, hiring private investigators, to locate individuals (clients or otherwise), coordinating service of non-party subpoenas, specifically out-of-state and to prepare deposition transcript summaries, if necessary
- Billed over a minimum of 400 hours per quarter with appropriately coded time entries for all daily tasks, earning bonuses for every hour over requirement, each quarter, using Tabs3
- Handle candidate searches for all staff and associates, conduct interviews, put together offer letters and compensation packages, train each new staff member (no legal-experience candidates), perform 90-day, six month, and yearly reviews, and handle termination of employees when necessary.
Workers Compensation Paralegal
Swift, Currie, McGhee & Heirs, LLP
03.2001 - 09.2019
- Sole paralegal for a busy partner with over 300 active cases
- Opened and organized all new files, reviewed claims materials from multiple insurance clients, and managed all cases for partner and his 6 associates
- Prepared discovery responses and requests, non-party requests, and all related correspondence
- Reviewed and analyzed medical records and other documents as required for evaluation of proper treatment and potential future treatment
- Evaluated investigation materials and made note of pertinent information for associates prior to depositions or mediations
- Scheduled depositions, mediations and arbitrations, as well as lay and expert witness meetings, across the state
- Provided review of transcripts and summary of depositions, when necessary
- Billed over the required minimum of 300 hours per quarter with appropriately coded time entries for all daily tasks using Rainmaker.
Head Administrative Assistant
Busch, Reed, Jones & Leeper, P.C
09.2017 - 03.2019
- Drafted and filed (via Odyssey, PeachCourt, AlaFile, eFast, and county-specific probate e-filing systems) pleadings, such as complaints, answers, motions, stipulations, dismissals, as well as 5.2 Certificates of Service for discovery responses and requests
- Was responsible for opening all files for partner, indexing claim file documents for attorney review, confirming service, and calendaring all deadlines
- Hired and scheduled service for any and all of Plaintiff’s cases
- Scheduled and participated in meetings with clients at intake of the case in preparation of future pleadings, discovery responses and requests
- Maintained partner’s personal schedule and ran personal errands for partner.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - English
University of West Georgia
09.2011 - 05.2017
Paralegal Certification Program -
Kennesaw State University
01.2022 - 08.2023
Skills
Detail-Oriented and Organized
Defense Litigation Experience
Management and Supervising
Medical Records Review and Analysis
Litigation Support
Drafting (Complaints, Answers, Motions, Briefs, Discovery, etc)
Timeline
Litigation Paralegal & Office Manager
Schneider Injury Law
04.2022 - Current
Paralegal Certification Program -
Kennesaw State University
01.2022 - 08.2023
Head Litigation Paralegal & Staff Supervisor
Busch, Reed, Jones & Leeper, P.C
03.2020 - Current
Head Administrative Assistant
Busch, Reed, Jones & Leeper, P.C
09.2017 - 03.2019
Bachelor of Arts - English
University of West Georgia
09.2011 - 05.2017
Workers Compensation Paralegal
Swift, Currie, McGhee & Heirs, LLP
03.2001 - 09.2019