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Leah Castriota

DeLand,United States

Summary

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Paralegal/ Legal Assistant

Landis Graham French, P.C
06.2022 - 10.2023
  • Serve as point of contact for clients
  • Maintaining schedules, case lists, and files for multiple Attorneys
  • Assisting multiple Attorneys in the areas of Estate Planning, Medicaid Planning, and Family Law (contested and uncontested dissolution) to prepare documents, letters, pleadings, and any other associated documents
  • Assist with preparing pleadings for Probate and Guardianship cases in over flow cases
  • Assist Mediation Attorney with coordinating with parties, setting up Zoom rooms, preparing and organizing mediation materials, sending out invoices to parties, and any other necessary tasks as needed pre and post mediation
  • Assist Litigation Attorney with preparing pleadings for litigation cases, making Attorney edits to complaints, motions, and orders
  • Assist with the management and training of Stetson Interns.

Paralegal/ Legal Assistant

McCutcheon & Hamner P.C
08.2018 - 01.2022
  • Serve as point of contact for clients
  • Collect relevant case information
  • Request and maintain subrogation for case
  • Obtain and maintain medical records for case
  • Prepare and send letters of representation and various correspondence as directed by attorney
  • Prepare Demand Packages for motor vehicle cases
  • Prepare Settlement packages
  • Filing and maintaining files for both initial and appeals for Title II Social Security Benefits
  • Preparing, opening and closing simple Estates and Administrations
  • Scheduling of clients, Depositions, Mediations, Physician Depositions, meetings as requested
  • Maintain client files in both hard copy and digital, E-Filing court documents
  • Organizing records and bills for depositions, mediations, and trials.

Paralegal Temporary Position

Jawan Olive P.C
06.2018 - 08.2018
  • Answered phone calls from clients
  • Schedule client meetings
  • Open and maintain client files
  • Draft Attorney billing according to hours ledger
  • Draft miscellaneous correspondence.

Paralegal Internship

Akin Law P.C
01.2017 - 01.2017
  • Practice focused primarily on cases in the areas of Elder Law, Estate planning, and adult guardianship matters
  • I assisted with scheduling client appointments, maintaining case files, updating / inputting client information into system & files, additional duties as directed by attorney.

Education

Associates - Science Legal Studies

DAYTONA STATE COLLEGE
Daytona Beach, Florida
01.2017

Bachelors - English / Religious Studies

STETSON UNIVERSITY
DeLand, Florida
01.2015

Skills

  • Drafting Documents
  • Correspondence
  • Medical Records
  • Scheduling
  • Westlaw and LexisNexis
  • Administrative Support
  • Assisting Legal Professionals
  • Confidentiality Understanding
  • Fluent in Legal Terminology
  • Client Relations
  • Marital Settlement Agreements
  • Exceptional Telephone Etiquette
  • Court Document Filing
  • Legal Document Reviewing
  • Deadline Monitoring
  • Exhibit Organization
  • Prepare Exhibits
  • Conducting Intakes

Languages

English

Work Authorization

United States

Personal Information

Title: Paralegal/ Legal Assistant

Timeline

Paralegal/ Legal Assistant

Landis Graham French, P.C
06.2022 - 10.2023

Paralegal/ Legal Assistant

McCutcheon & Hamner P.C
08.2018 - 01.2022

Paralegal Temporary Position

Jawan Olive P.C
06.2018 - 08.2018

Paralegal Internship

Akin Law P.C
01.2017 - 01.2017

Associates - Science Legal Studies

DAYTONA STATE COLLEGE

Bachelors - English / Religious Studies

STETSON UNIVERSITY

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