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Lisa DeHaven

Martinsburg,WV

Summary

Paralegal Specialist with Bachelor's Degrees in Legal Studies and Criminal Justice and over 5 years of years of experience excelling as both a Paralegal and Project Manager contracted with Children's National Hospitals in MD/VA/DC and Arlington County Public Schools building and maintaining secure network security integration systems. Experience filing and sharing sensitive information through secure databases for over 10 attorneys, approximately 1,500 clients and 30,000 employees serving over 200 individual locations. Demonstrates exceptional multi-tasking and communication skills as well as a knack for improving operational efficiency.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Paralegal - Real Estate and Civil Law

Law Offices of Kathy Santa Barbara, LLC.
01.2017 - 03.2020
  • Paralegal serving 2 offices in West Virginia and Virginia with a total of 10 attorneys and over 1,200 clients
  • Improved document organization by implementing a file management system to integrate essential case materials throughout several secure databases and networks.
  • Drafted settlement agreements, Non-disclosures and HIPAA release of Information forms for Personal Injury clients and contractual agreements for real estate transactions.
  • Edited and proofread legal documents before e-filing documents among clients, attorneys, and courts.
  • Conducted legal research and documentation through integrated databases such as ScrumMaster, Needles and Lexis.
  • Managed Calendar and daily reports for attorneys.
  • Conducted client phone calls and in person interactions.

Assistant Project Manager

SkyHop Integrated Security Systems
06.2017 - 03.2018

- Managed and Integrated the Video Monitoring/Surveillance systems and Access Control Security Systems for over 50 Children's National Hospital sites throughout Metropolitan Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. as well as over 150 public schools in Arlington Couty, Virginia.


-Provided IT support remotely and physically through secure Networks that were designed specifically for each physical job site with intense planning beginning at pre-construction stages of the job sites.


-Created excel spreadsheets to automatically transfer sensitive information from one data base to another.


-Provided over 30,000 employees with the appropriate level of security and access to restricted areas within their physical locations and secure access to the custom-built, integrated databases, secure networks and control panels.


-Microsoft 365 experience including Excel and databases such as COPPS monitoring, Sketchup and PDF writing programs for CAD drawings as well as wiring diagrams and construction blueprints.


- CAD drawings for Video Camera, Access Control door locks,

Paralegal

Ingerman and Horwitz, LLC
03.2016 - 03.2017

- Drafted and edited Petitions, responses to such and Settlement Agreements for Personal Injury Attorneys and their clients in Maryland, DC and VA.


-Conducted legal research, requested information and conducted the transference of sensitive information throughout secure databases like Empower and Needles.


- Filed necessary documents and requests to/from health care providers and insurance companies in a timely manner and provided such to the specified receptor in proper format.

Education

Bachelor Of Applied Arts And Science - Criminal Justice

American Military University
Charles Town, WV
05.2015

Bachelor Of Applied Arts And Science - Legal Studies

American Military University
Charles Town, WV
05.2015

Skills

    -Network and Database integration and the secure transfer of sensitive data

    -Legal research, case reviews and the drafting/editing/filing of settlement agreements and legal requests and/or responses

    -Conducted client/attorney meetings and phone calls

    -Managed physical and online IT support

Timeline

Assistant Project Manager

SkyHop Integrated Security Systems
06.2017 - 03.2018

Paralegal - Real Estate and Civil Law

Law Offices of Kathy Santa Barbara, LLC.
01.2017 - 03.2020

Paralegal

Ingerman and Horwitz, LLC
03.2016 - 03.2017

Bachelor Of Applied Arts And Science - Criminal Justice

American Military University

Bachelor Of Applied Arts And Science - Legal Studies

American Military University
Lisa DeHaven