Leslie Davis
Columbia,SC
Summary
Paralegal motivated to continually improve and extend personal skills and knowledge to attain increased responsibility and opportunities for professional growth.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Paralegal
Smith Robinson
02.2022 - Current
- Case manager of insurance defense cases, mostly automobile accidents with GEICO, American Southern Insurance Co (State of SC's insurance for EMS and police officers) and State Farm
- Help defend bankruptcy, foreclosure and real estate cases for counties such as Kershaw, Dillon and Fairfield
- Maintain cases from start to finish
- Schedule appointments, depositions, mediations, and arrange attorney calendars in Outlook
- Have worked on cases of discrimination to slip and falls and false arrest for the State of South Carolina and its counties, including SC Detention Center, SCDOT, City of Aiken, and Chester County
- Proficient in MicroSoft Word 365, Powerpoint, NetDocs, Clio (billing), and Westlaw
- File pleadings in Federal, Bankruptcy and State courts
- Draft Answers, discovery requests and responses, motions, client update reports
- Summarize depositions and document production
- Prepare settlement releases, covenants and minor settlement documents
Paralegal
Brown & Brehmer
11.2016 - 09.2022
- Case manager of insurance defense cases
- Drafted pleadings and discovery
- Dictation
- Scanned and Bates numbered documents in Adobe Pro
- Typed case reports, deposition summaries, motions, orders, correspondence, etc
- In Microsoft Word
- Filed pleadings in the US District Court and State Court
- Kept attorney calendar, scheduled appointments, and coordinated conference calls and video conferences
- Scheduled depositions and mediations
- Researched using SC Bar and WebPacer, Lexis Nexis, and/or Westlaw
- Performed general office duties such as filing, copying, labeling, preparing notebooks, and opening/closing files
Paralegal
Stewart Law Offices
09.2017 - 02.2022
- Case manager of high-volume workers' compensation claims and personal injury matters
- Drafted pleadings and discovery
- Worked in Needles 4 and Neos databases, Bates number documents in Adobe Pro
- Filed documents with the Commission and uploaded pre-hearing briefs
- Scheduled depositions and mediations
- Performed general office duties such as filing, copying, labeling, preparing notebooks, and opening/closing files
Paralegal
Walker & Morgan, LLC
08.2013 - 04.2016
- Case manager of personal injury/catastrophic burn injury cases
- Drafted pleadings, discovery, sorting through large volumes of medical records and discovery
- Trained in Case Notebook, Case Logistics and Trial Works
- Scanned and Bates numbered documents in Adobe Pro
- Typed discovery, motions, orders, correspondence, etc
- In Microsoft Word
- Filed pleadings in the US District Court
- Kept attorney calendar, schedule appointments, and coordinated conference calls and video conferences
- Researched using, WebPacer, Lexis Nexis, and/or Westlaw
- Performed general office duties such as filing, copying, labeling, preparing notebooks, and opening/closing files
Paralegal
McGowan Hood & Felder, LLP
11.2010 - 08.2013
- Handled the process of litigating class actions; drafted pleadings, discovery, sorting through large volumes of documents
- Worked in CaseMap and Pro Law software
- Scanned and Bates numbered documents in Adobe Pro
- Transcribed dictation
- Managed attorney calendar, scheduled appointments and coordinated conference calls on multiline telephone
- Typed discovery, motions, orders, correspondence, etc
- In Microsoft Word and/or WordPerfect
- Filed pleadings in the US District Court and Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Performed general office duties such as filing, copying, labeling, and opening/closing files
- Researched using, WebPacer, Lexis Nexis, and/or Westlaw
- (working for Susan F. Campbell-same attorney as MBHC below)
Paralegal
McCutchen Blanton Hopkins & Campbell, LLP
01.2009 - 11.2010
- Administered pleadings and discovery for large class action suits, domestic matters, plaintiff's personal injury cases, and other general litigation matters in state, federal and appellate courts
- Scanned and Bates numbered documents in Adobe Pro
- Transcribed dictation
- Scheduled appointments and coordinated conference calls on multiline telephone
- Typed pleadings, discovery, motions, orders, correspondence, etc
- In Microsoft Word and/or WordPerfect
- Entered time entries in Tabs
- (law firm dissolved)
Paralegal
Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC
02.2003 - 01.2009
- Managed personal injury cases, estates, foreclosure litigation and wills/probate matters in state or federal courts
- Transcribed dictation, scheduled appointments and coordinated conference calls on multiline telephone
- Typed pleadings, discovery, motions, orders, correspondence, etc
- In Microsoft Word
- Input data and kept track of documents, calls, etc
- In Lawbase (Database) and ContactWise
- Entered time entries in ProAdvantage, created presentations in PowerPoint
- Researched using WebPacer, Westlaw and other internet sites depending on the issue
- Handled calls and e-mails for attorney when needed
- Performed general office duties such as filing, copying, labeling, and opening/closing files
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Secretarial Studies And Office Administration
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina08.1996
Paralegal Certificate -
Midlands Technical College
West Columbia, SC08.1993
Skills
- Notary public
- Summation
- Microsoft Word
- WordPerfect
- Works
- Publisher
- Excel
- Access
- PowerPoint
- CaseMap
- Case Logistics
- Westlaw
- Concordance
- Corel Office
- Case Management
- Legal Research
- Document drafting
- Administrative Support
- File Organization
- Proofreading
- Court Filing
- Deposition Summaries
- Legal Document Preparation
- Deadline Monitoring
- Trial Preparation Assistance
- Time Keeping with Clio
- NetDocs
- LexisNexis
- Westlaw
Special skills and/or honors, etc.
Member of the Palmetto Paralegal Association, Certified notary public, Trained in Summation, Proficient in Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, Works, Publisher, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, CaseMap, Case Logistics, Westlaw, Concordance, Corel Office, Lotus 1, 2 & 3, DOS applications, Database III Plus (including SQL and QBE commands), Honor roll- Winter 1989 and Spring 1990 (Midland's Tech), Deans List 1994, 1995, 1996 (USC)
Timeline
Paralegal
Smith Robinson
02.2022 - Current
Paralegal
Stewart Law Offices
09.2017 - 02.2022
Paralegal
Brown & Brehmer
11.2016 - 09.2022
Paralegal
Walker & Morgan, LLC
08.2013 - 04.2016
Paralegal
McGowan Hood & Felder, LLP
11.2010 - 08.2013
Paralegal
McCutchen Blanton Hopkins & Campbell, LLP
01.2009 - 11.2010
Paralegal
Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC
02.2003 - 01.2009
Associate of Applied Science - Secretarial Studies And Office Administration
University of South Carolina
Paralegal Certificate -
Midlands Technical College
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