JoAnna Quintero

Areas of Practice: Civil Litigation, Personal Injury and Criminal Defense

• Production: Draft pleadings, correspondence, memos, demand packets; Prepare and file discovery requests; monitor and obtain discovery responses from opposing counsel; Organize evidence, exhibits, motions and subpoenas to support cases and prepare for trial.
• Process: Schedule depositions; request and forward citations to process servers; prepare responses to opposing counsel's scheduling requests; coordinate hearings with the Court and schedule depositions; schedule mediation conferences; Review, edit and proofread litigation documents for proper grammar, spelling and punctuation; and process pleadings and correspondence via the use of the electronic court filings at state and federal levels
• Communication: Initiate and maintain contact with opposing counsel; Confer with adjusters in personal injury matters; Assist clients by initiating and maintaining contact; Contact clients to schedule appointments and discuss progress of cases.
• Calendar: Input court appearances; track multiple deadlines for filing various legal documents
• Prepare and manage criminal defense files and maintain contact with clients
• Manage Pre-Litigation; Initial client intake, acquire and review medical and billing records; maintain all case files, handle client disbursements.

Main Areas of Practice: Commercial Debt Law; Creditors' Rights, Judgment Enforcement

• Monitor, evaluate, and perform tasks related to debts owed to Creditors (producing demands, assessing collectability, skip tracing, locating employers)
• Opening of pre-litigation and litigation files into Collection Master (management software) and creating files
• Pre-Judgment Preparation of: petitions and citations; Motions for default judgment, summary judgment, and to compel discovery and depositions; judgments with completion via e-filing
• Post-Judgment Preparation of: abstracts of judgment; post-judgment motions, proceedings, and writs with completion via recording with the Official Records Department
• Interact with several parties on Court Appointed Receiverships
• Docketing, scheduling, and monitoring deadlines and all dates for appearances, hearings, and depositions
• Prepare reports for existing clients and potential clients relating to debt collection
• Communicate and interact well with clients and debtors via phone and email
• Prepare letters to debtors relating to status of collection

Areas of Practice: Civil Litigation, Probate, Personal Injury, Family Law and Criminal Defense

• Production: Draft pleadings, correspondence, memos, demand packets; Prepare and file discovery requests; monitor and obtain discovery responses from opposing counsel; Prepare exhibits and document production in preparation for trial; Log all hours on billable files
• Process: Schedule depositions; request and forward citations to process servers; prepare responses to opposing counsel's scheduling requests; coordinate hearings with the Court and schedule depositions; schedule mediation conferences; and process pleadings and correspondence via the use of the E-file portals with State, Federal and Appellate Court
• Communication: Initiate and maintain contact with opposing counsel; Confer with adjusters in personal injury matters; Assist clients by initiating and maintaining contact; Prepare clients to answer discovery and convey case status to clients as well as upcoming court settings
• Calendar: Input court appearances; track multiple deadlines for filing various legal documents
• Acquire and review medical and billing records
• Prepare and manage criminal appointed files with completion of CJA Vouchers

Areas of Practice: Civil Litigation, Probate, Personal Injury and Family Law

• Type pleadings, correspondence, memos; Prepare and file discovery requests; monitor and obtain discovery responses from opposing counsel; Log all hours on billable files
• Calendar: Input court appearances; track multiple deadlines for filing various legal documents
• Prepare client intakes

Areas of Practice: Commercial & Civil Litigation, Personal Injury Defense, Product & Premise Liability Claims and Civil Appeals; Court Appointed Criminal Defense

• Screen calls for Sofia Ramon and Lisa D. Powell
• Transcribe pleadings, correspondence and memos from dictation
• Type Appellate Briefs from dictation and submit to the 13th Court of Appeals
• Manage calendar; Assist in organizing many trip reservations
• Maintain case files and heavy filing on active cases by fling daily
• Archive all legal documents to create a paperless environment
• Log all billable hours on My Juris software
• Prepare and manage criminal appointed files with completion of CJA Vouchers

Areas of Practice: Civil Litigation, Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice

Screen calls for Harold Tummel & Lydia Casso Tummel

• Transcribe correspondence, pleadings, and appellate briefs from dictation
• Calendar input court appearances
• Translate and convey status to clients in Spanish
• Acquire medical and billing records and establish rapport with medical providers
• Handle time and billing for faxes and miscellaneous correspondence
• Scan and archive all legal documents; Maintained case files in up to date status by filing daily.