Seasoned paralegal with 15+ years of experience, including Employment & Labor, Civil Litigation and Regulatory Law. Seeking an opportunity to utilize my extensive legal knowledge, organizational skills, and collaborative competency.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Paralegal
Prudential Financial
06.2020 - Current
Support in-house and outside counsel with litigation cases and regulatory matters.
Collect and review data for litigations, regulatory, compliance and risk management issues.
Draft and manage Records Hold Orders for all business areas, including compliance, employment and labor, commercial real estate and private funds.
Analyze and prepare responses to Third-Party and Governmental Subpoenas.
Work closely with business partners on pre-litigations and litigations.
Senior Paralegal
Adams Gutierrez & Lattiboudere, LLC
02.2008 - 05.2020
Monitor policy and regulation changes, recommending active case law updates to clients to maintain 100% compliance.
Prepare document exhibits and trial binders for case management, depositions and trials related to Civil Litigations and Employment & Labor cases.
Prepare pleadings and discovery for large caseloads.
Assist counsel with client, witness interviews and drafting investigative reports related to Title VII and other workplace policy violations.
Prepare for and assist counsel at workplace anti-discrimination, harassment training.
Draft policy handbooks and settlement agreements.
Liaison between law firm, clients, Human Resources, in-house counsel and insurance carriers.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - English and Criminal Justice
Seton Hall University
05-2004
Skills
Proficient in Workday, iManage, Legal Hold Pro, TeamConnect, MS Office (including Teams, Excel, Word, Outlook, etc), eCourts, Pacer, Adobe Acrobat X Pro
NJ Notary Public
Languages
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
Affiliations
Volunteer Lawyers for Justice (8/2021 - present)
McKinsey Academy Leadership Essentials Program (9/2023-12/2023)