John Allard
Carlsbad,CA
Summary
Experienced medical and legal office assistant with top skills in communication on sensitive subject matters, and trial and motion document preparation.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Advanced Medical Support Assistant
Department of Veterans Affairs
San Diego, CA
11.2022 - Current
- Scheduled over 2600 mental health patient's appointments and consults
- Monitor electronic waitlists
- Prepare for clinic visits
- Establish and maintain medical outpatient charts as well as administrative records
- Monitor appointments for areas of responsibility
- Coordinate information and actions related to mental health patient care and services
- Ensure that encounter forms are completed in order to obtain appropriate workload credit
- Verify and update demographics and insurance information
- Coordinate transfer of care with patients
Legal Assistant
Law Office of Johnathan Bradley Smith
Temecula, CA
02.2022 - 07.2022
- Updated databases with new information received from attorneys or clients
- Prepared legal documents for filing with the court
- Created quickbooks database and created invoices
- Contacted and compiled personal and financial information from clients
Paralegal
Allard Smith APLC
Carlsbad, CA
06.2016 - 02.2022
- Assisted in the preparation of legal arguments and memoranda of law.
- Organized and prepared case exhibits and evidence for trial.
- Organized client calendars, prepared mailings and handled high call volumes.
- Organized legal documents in company filing systems and databases.
- Filed pleadings and paperwork with court clerk to meet strict deadlines.
- Drafted discovery responses including interrogatories and requests for production of documents.
- Contacted witnesses and scheduled interviews and evaluations.
- Collaborated with attorneys in all stages of litigation process.
- Attended court proceedings to observe trials or hearings.
- Entered data into and managed litigation databases and Excel spreadsheets.
- Called witnesses to give testimonies during court hearings.
- Proofread documents prior to filing them with courts or submitting them to opposing counsels.
- Drafted witness declarations and pretrial statements.
- Filed motions with courts electronically or via hard copy.
- Coordinated subpoena services and other support activities for legal office.
Education
Bachelor of Arts -
University of San Diego
San Diego, CA05-2020
Carroll College
Helena, MT05-2018
Skills
- Data Entry
- Administrative Support
- File Management
- Data Confidentiality
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Google Drive
- Quickbooks
- PowerPoint
- Adobe Acrobat Pro
- Outlook
- Excel
- Document Review
- Scheduling
Timeline
Advanced Medical Support Assistant
Department of Veterans Affairs
11.2022 - Current
Legal Assistant
Law Office of Johnathan Bradley Smith
02.2022 - 07.2022
Paralegal
Allard Smith APLC
06.2016 - 02.2022
Bachelor of Arts -
University of San Diego
Carroll College