Jami N. Watkins
Corpus Christi,TX
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Corporate Litigation Paralegal
Independent Contract Paralegal for Corporate Legal Departments
04.2024 - Current
- Responsible for working on a contract basis independently and remotely assisting in litigation projects requiring litigation preparation expertise
- My duties include Investigation and fact gathering, extensive complex document review and analysis, filing documents with the Court, managing deadlines, trial preparation, processing subpoenas and responding to subpoenas, drafting and editing various contracts, agreements, legal pleadings, motions, correspondence
- Tasked with researching and analyzing corporate entities and corporate structures relative to mergers and acquisitions and UCC filings, analysis of insurance and indemnity agreements, reviewing and summarizing records, attending virtually and strategizing within team meetings, coordinating deadlines and projects assigned, interviewing witnesses and coordinating with outside counsel and vendors, preparing fact witnesses for testimony, the review and management of confidential information and documents
Staff Paralegal (In-House Legal Department)
UFG Insurance
Roseville, CA
07.2022 - 04.2024
- Company Overview: Insurance company specializing in various claims
- Responsible for managing multiple cases regarding various claims escalated litigation and at all phases of the litigation life cycle of the case
- Duties include but are not limited to meeting deadlines, reviewing and analyzing pleadings, discovery, and multiple-party correspondence
- Draft pleadings and discovery responses and compile and prepare complex document production
- Interface with insureds, witnesses, experts, adjusters, and opposing counsel in preparation of discovery and case development for resolution and trial
- Research legal and other background information in the process of preparing for proper assessment and litigating the claim and/or case for trial or settlement
- Responsible for coordinating and timely preparing document productions and information sent to experts, adjusters, and others essential to the process of evaluating the claim and disputes thereof
- Also, assisted in other projects as assigned
- Insurance company specializing in various claims
Contract Paralegal
Department of Justice
Houston, TX
12.2015 - 03.2024
- Company Overview: Capital Murder Criminal Defense for Indigent Defendants
- Prepare, organize, and review voluminous discovery in various file formats in preparation for litigation of Indigent Defense of Capital Murder defendants in State and Federal criminal trial matters
- Prepare expert review materials and research background information of parties involved in case development
- Maintain and organize cloud-based databases of files and discovery
- Capital Murder Criminal Defense for Indigent Defendants
Senior Litigation and Legal Research Paralegal
Independent Contract Paralegal for a network of Attorneys/Law Groups
06.2017 - 07.2022
- Responsible for working independently and remotely managing and working in all phases of trial preparation and case mediation for several cases
- The cases range from General Litigation, Construction and Commercial Litigation, Insurance Defense and Personal Injury, Securities Litigation, and Family Law
- My duties include Investigation and fact gathering, extensive complex document review and analysis, filing documents with the Court, managing deadlines, trial preparation, preparing trial exhibits and trial notebooks, procuring subpoenas and records, drafting and editing various legal pleadings, motions, and documents, correspondence, researching and analyzing corporate entities and UCC filings, analysis of insurance and indemnity agreements, reviewing and summarizing records, researching expert and medical information, attending virtually and strategizing within team meetings, coordinating deadlines and projects assigned, interviewing witnesses and coordinating with outside counsel and vendors, preparing fact and expert witnesses for testimony, the review and management of confidential information and documents
Senior Paralegal
Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons, L.L.P.
Houston, TX
10.2007 - 11.2015
- Prepare, and revise various legal and intricate documents; Review and analyze complex documents and records; Perform legal research and background research pertaining to litigants; Interact and coordinate with clients, outside counsel, and experts; Process and prepare incoming and outgoing communication and detailed reports; Organize records and running case status reports and budgets as requested by attorneys; Coordinate attorney's traveling and maintain daily tasks lists and internal documents and reporting; Ensure timely delivery and receipt of confidential information as well as review and management of same; Attend and participate in strategies and planning of various meetings; Coordinating deadlines and projects assigned
Legal Administrative Assistant/Paralegal
Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP
Houston, TX
12.2006 - 10.2007
- Prepare, and revise various legal and intricate documents; Review and summarize complex documents and records; Perform legal research and background research pertaining to litigants; Interact and coordinate with clients, outside counsel, and experts; Prepare detailed case reports and budgets for attorney review and clients; Coordinate attorney's traveling and maintain daily tasks lists and internal documents and reporting; Review and management of confidential information; Attend and participate in strategies and planning of various meetings
Contract Senior Paralegal
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Houston, TX
10.2005 - 12.2006
- Draft, and edit various legal documents and intricate contracts; Review and summarize complex documents; Perform legal research and background research pertaining to litigants; Interact and coordinate with clients, outside counsel, and experts; Process and prepare incoming and outgoing communication; Organize records and prepare agreements and detailed budgets as requested by attorneys; Coordinate attorney's traveling and calendar for various scheduling; Maintain of daily tasks lists and keep track of various projects; Ensure timely delivery and receipt of confidential information as well as review and management of same; Attend and participate in strategies and planning of various meetings
Contract Paralegal
White, MacKalliop & Baham, P.C.
Houston, TX
10.2004 - 10.2005
- Prepare, and revise various legal documents and comprehensive memoranda; Review and summarize complex documents and records; Perform legal research and background research about litigants; Prepare detailed case reports and budgets for attorney review and clients; Maintain daily tasks lists and internal documents and reporting; Review and management of confidential information; Managing various accounts payables for various case matters; Coordinating deadlines and projects assigned
Senior Paralegal
Hays, McConn, Rice & Pickering, P.C.
Houston, TX
12.2002 - 10.2004
- Prepare, and revise various legal and intricate documents; Review and analyze complex documents and records; Perform legal research and background research pertaining to litigants; Interact and coordinate with clients, outside counsel, and experts; Process and prepare incoming and outgoing communication and detailed reports; Organize records and running case status reports and budgets as requested by attorneys; Coordinate attorney's travelling and maintain daily tasks lists and internal documents and reporting; Ensure timely delivery and receipt of confidential information as well as review and management of same; Managing various accounts payables and vendor accounts; Attend and participate in strategies and planning of various meetings; Coordinating deadlines and projects assigned
Senior Paralegal
Rusty Hardin & Associates, LLP
Houston, TX
03.2002 - 12.2002
- Draft, and edit various legal documents and intricate contracts; Review and summarize complex documents; Perform legal research and background research pertaining to litigants; Interact and coordinate with clients, outside counsel, and experts; Process and prepare incoming and outgoing communication; Organize records and prepare agreements and detailed budgets as requested by attorneys; Coordinate attorney's traveling and calendar for various scheduling; Maintain of daily tasks lists and keep track of various projects; Ensure timely delivery and receipt of confidential information as well as review and management of same; Managing various accounts payables and vendor accounts; Attend and participate in strategies and planning of various meetings
Paralegal
Sheehy, Serpe & Ware, P.C.
Houston, TX
03.1999 - 03.2002
- Prepare, and revise various legal documents and comprehensive memoranda; Review and summarize complex documents and records; Perform legal research and background research on litigants; Prepare detailed case reports and budgets for attorney review and clients; Maintain daily tasks lists and internal documents and reporting; Review and management of confidential information; Managing various accounts payables for various case matters; Coordinating deadlines and projects assigned
Education
Bachelor of Arts - History
Univ of Houston
Houston, TX08.2004
Associate of Applied Science - Legal Studies
Lee College
Baytown, TX05.1997
Skills
- E-Filing
- Court Procedures
- Adobe Acrobat
- Cloud File Management
- Westlaw
- Case Research
- Preparation of Legal Pleadings
- Discovery
- Preparation of Documents
- Investigation
- Research for Case
- Preparation of Memoranda
- Spreadsheets for Case Analysis
- Contract Drafting
- Contract Management
- Negotiating
- Contract Revision
- Contract Processing
- Preparation of Exhibits
- Document Production
- EDiscovery processes
- Document Management Software
- Preparation for Trials
- Attendance for Trials
- Preparation for Hearings
- Attendance for Hearings
- Preparation for Mediations
- Attendance for Mediations
- Preparation for Arbitrations
- Attendance for Arbitrations
- Records Analysis
- Testimony Analysis
- Summary of Testimony
- MS Office
- E Transcript
- Notary Public
- Billing systems
- Timekeeping systems
Timeline
Corporate Litigation Paralegal
Independent Contract Paralegal for Corporate Legal Departments
04.2024 - Current
Staff Paralegal (In-House Legal Department)
UFG Insurance
07.2022 - 04.2024
Senior Litigation and Legal Research Paralegal
Independent Contract Paralegal for a network of Attorneys/Law Groups
06.2017 - 07.2022
Contract Paralegal
Department of Justice
12.2015 - 03.2024
Senior Paralegal
Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons, L.L.P.
10.2007 - 11.2015
Legal Administrative Assistant/Paralegal
Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP
12.2006 - 10.2007
Contract Senior Paralegal
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
10.2005 - 12.2006
Contract Paralegal
White, MacKalliop & Baham, P.C.
10.2004 - 10.2005
Senior Paralegal
Hays, McConn, Rice & Pickering, P.C.
12.2002 - 10.2004
Senior Paralegal
Rusty Hardin & Associates, LLP
03.2002 - 12.2002
Paralegal
Sheehy, Serpe & Ware, P.C.
03.1999 - 03.2002
Bachelor of Arts - History
Univ of Houston
Associate of Applied Science - Legal Studies
Lee College
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