Jugdeep Rodriguez
Gilroy,CA
Summary
Paralegal motivated to continually improve and extend personal skills and knowledge to attain increased responsibility and opportunities for professional growth.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Paralegal
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
03.2016 - Current
- Processing all California Public Records Act requests in a timely manner.
- Reviewing voluminous records in response to PRA requests by conducting initial reviews of key documents for relevance and privilege status.
- Assisting with court and administrative proceedings.
- Assisting in the collection of potentially responsive documents to discovery requests.
- Creating reports of open cases.
- Maintaining comprehensive knowledge of computer applications directly relating to case management.
- Filing and recording Eminent Domain documents.
- Responding to subpoenas.
- Assisting attorneys with trial preparation through thorough research and analysis of relevant laws and regulations as well as attending the trial.
- Assisting attorneys to prepare for trial by organizing exhibits and calling on witnesses to testify at hearings.
- Researching and analyzing legal issues and cases to provide accurate advice to clients.
- Enhanced case efficiency by organizing and maintaining legal documents, files, and correspondence.
- Increased collaboration among team members by coordinating meetings, conference calls, and video conferences with internal staff and external parties involved in cases.
- Liaised with legal staff to complete common tasks on schedule.
- Reduced attorney workload by drafting routine legal documents such as pleadings, motions, and affidavits.
- Applied effective time management techniques to meet tight deadlines.
- Organized and detail-oriented with a strong work ethic.
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
Legal Assistant
InSciTech through Robert Half Legal
11.2015 - 01.2016
- Copying and Scanning of confidential documents.
- Prepared binders for Trial, Depositions, and Mediations and Arbitrations.
- Answered phones.
- Cleaned out old files.
- Created new cases to company directory as well as new binders.
- Scheduled appointments, court appearances, and depositions.
Legal Assistant/Paralegal
Law Office of T. Mae Yoshida
06.2011 - 01.2015
- Conducted detailed client intakes and entering information into company database.
- Prepared pleadings.
- Communicated pertinent information to clients via phone, email and mail.
- Communicated with outside vendors on behalf of attorneys.
- Filed all documents to the WCAB, as well as requests for hearings (e-filing).
- Handled incoming and outgoing mail, making notes of each within company database.
- Updated client's files.
- Prepared files for the attorney prior to hearings.
- Invoiced for a client (interpreting services), and confirming payment for each invoice through QuickBooks.
- Calendared statues.
Petty Officer Third Class
United States Navy
11.2005 - 11.2009
- Warehouse inventory of all military issued gear.
- Created Excel spreadsheets to keep track of all inventories.
- Managed day-to-day spot checks on military watercrafts.
- Upheld a positive working environment while getting the job done.
- Successfully carried out day-to-day operations in a hazardous environment.
- Organized and managed night shift (12 on 12 off)
- Intelligence collection, and analysis of incoming and outgoing mail.
- Kept up with national security and maintained security clearance throughout the War on Terror.
Assistant
Verbatim Video
01.2004 - 06.2005
- Created invoices using QuickBooks.
- Kept up with unpaid invoices and sending out final notices.
- Duplicated Depositions into DVDs and Videos, and creating labels.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Legal Studies -
Humphreys College
01.2014
Skills
- File and Records Management
- Experienced in billing and processing invoices, collections, and creating pricing models
- Research and data collection
- Project Organization
- Client Communication
- Data Confidentiality
- Document organization
- Legal Document Preparation
- Deadline Monitoring
- Workload Management
Certification
Paralegal Certificate
Timeline
Paralegal
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
03.2016 - Current
Legal Assistant
InSciTech through Robert Half Legal
11.2015 - 01.2016
Legal Assistant/Paralegal
Law Office of T. Mae Yoshida
06.2011 - 01.2015
Petty Officer Third Class
United States Navy
11.2005 - 11.2009
Assistant
Verbatim Video
01.2004 - 06.2005
Bachelor of Arts, Legal Studies -
Humphreys College
Paralegal Certificate
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