Liz Golden

Personal Injury and Aviation

• Prepared legal documents like pleadings, motions, and affidavits to streamline attorney tasks.
• Handled court calendar management to support efficient firm processes.
• Enhanced case efficiency by organizing and maintaining legal documents, files, and correspondence.
• Assisted counsel in preparing answers, providing documentation, and information for discovery request.
• Edited and proofread legal documents to verify accuracy.
• Liaised with other paralegals and legal staff to complete common tasks on schedule.
• Contributed to firm-client relationship building through professional interactions with clients during meetings or phone calls, conveying empathy while maintaining confidentiality.
• Communicated with clients, opposing counsel and court personnel to keep all parties informed on case updates.
• Prepared legal briefs, motions, and pleadings.
• Maintained and updated organized client contact information to keep in touch with clients and provide updates on cases.
• Assisted in preparation of settlement proposals and agreements to help attorneys negotiate settlement in best interest of client.
• Conferred with clients and other involved parties to gather and track case information.
• Promoted a positive work environment by providing training and guidance to junior paralegals or interns as needed.
• Increased client satisfaction with thorough research and prompt response to inquiries.
• Assisted in drafting legal documents, ensuring compliance with court requirements and deadlines.

Family Law Firm

I left this job because I had twins.

• Maintained a high degree of confidentiality while handling sensitive client information and legal matters.
• Oversaw trial pleadings, notices, motions and discovery.
• Streamlined case management processes for improved efficiency and timely resolution of legal matters.
• Assisted attorneys in resolving challenging custody disputes amicably through effective negotiation tactics.
• Demonstrated exceptional attention to detail when proofreading and editing legal documents for accuracy, ensuring error-free submissions to courts.
• Gathered, organized and maintained case files.
• Enhanced client satisfaction by effectively managing family law cases and providing exceptional support to attorneys.

• As a legal assistant to one of the three partners at this firm I was in charge of:
• Met with potential new clients with the attorney to case evaluate and take notes
• Prepared and sent contracts and HIPAA
• Opened every new file and did FOIA request and NTSB dockets
• Scheduled meetings, inspections, hearings, depositions, and mediations
• Prepared motions, applications, and orders for Pro Hac Vice
• Drafted correspondence, demands, discovery responses, and motions
• Filed pleadings
• Direct contact with every client to check in and give case status updates
• Filing and organization system of every document; physical and in ATO
• Check requests for invoices
• Settlement statements and pleadings
• I left this job to relocate closer to family back in Florida.