Lucy Kattoura
Wesley Chapel,USA
Summary
Versatile and adaptive Senior Paralegal with over 25 years of extensive experience spanning corporate, real estate, community association foreclosure law, evictions, professional liability, general liability, medical mal-practice, and construction defect. Attention to detail and ability to work in a fast-paced, high-volume environment as an independent and driven worker. Possesses excellent judgment and client relation skills to provide administrative and supportive assistance to a successful legal team.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
General Liability Paralegal
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Tampa, FL
09.2023 - Current
- Detail oriented and highly organized General Liability Paralegal with experience supporting defense litigation teams in fast paced legal environments. Skilled in case management, drafting legal documents, coordinating discovery, and maintaining client communication while managing high volume caseloads. Adept at supporting attorneys through all phases of litigation with efficiency, accuracy, and professionalism.
- Support attorneys in complex general liability, construction defect, and medical malpractice defense litigation from case inception through trial preparation.
- Manage high-volume litigation caseloads involving general liability, construction defect, and medical malpractice matters in state and federal courts.
- Draft pleadings, discovery responses, subpoenas, deposition summaries, and trial preparation materials for construction defect and medical malpractice defense cases.
- Coordinate collection and review of medical records, expert materials, insurance documentation, and construction project records.
- Assist with trial preparation, mediation, arbitration, and settlement coordination for complex civil litigation matters.
- Maintain calendaring and compliance with court deadlines, discovery schedules, and litigation procedures across multiple practice areas.
- Communicate with clients, insurers, medical providers, experts, and opposing counsel regarding case status and litigation support needs.
- Conduct factual and legal research related to liability claims, medical negligence allegations, and construction defect disputes.
Professional Liability Paralegal
Bush Ross, P.A.
Tampa, FL
03.2011 - 08.2023
- Primarily preparing chronologies, preparing subpoenas, drafting discovery, preparing settlement agreements. Assist attorney with mediation/deposition preparation to include preparing documents for use of event, creating notebooks, preparing exhibits. Identify and locate appropriate Expert Witnesses.
- I have knowledge use with Relativity.
- Communicate with clients, opposing counsel and experts.
- Proficiently review, organize and summarize records.
- Draft documents and correspondence for attorney review.
Foreclosure/Eviction Paralegal
Ben-Ezra & Katz, P.A.
Fort Lauderdale, FL
07.2008 - 02.2011
- Managed and monitored 1000+ foreclosure files for multiple clients. Communicated with clients on weekly basis. Managed 100+ eviction files for multiple clients.
- Prepared and provided bidding instructions and sale results.
- Closed and billed files on PC Law program and Juris.
- Executed Assignments of Mortgages, Affidavits, Motions, Final Judgments and other various documents for proceedings.
- Contacted attorneys to ascertain the status of title search for unpaid taxes, lien position and any unusual circumstances.
- Prepared eviction packages, complaints, motions and writs of possession.
- Scheduled lock-outs with Sheriff departments.
Accounting/Litigation Paralegal
Fromberg, Perlow & Kornik, P.A.
Aventura, FL
12.2005 - 06.2008
- Prepared cases for trial, depositions, mediations and attended trials with attorney. Prepared monthly financial statements, maintained AP and AR records, including project coding and cost allocation with weekly balance sheets.
- Prepared discovery responses and requests, transcribed pleadings, motions, orders, notices, court filings and general legal documents.
- Documented deposits, prepared wire transfers, tracked commercial loan payments via Excel.
- Restructured general ledgers for several accounts.
- Conducted reconciliations for various accounts and corrected variances.
- Prepared settlement disbursements.
- Administered multiple-property rentals and tenant contracts.
Bookkeeping/Real Estate Paralegal
Leopold, Korn & Leopold, P.A.
Aventura, FL
03.2002 - 12.2005
- Responsible for all ongoing real estate matters and transactions, such as escrow instructions, deeds, easements, memorandum of leases, analysis of contracts, restrictive covenants, settlement statements, review/clearing title and survey.
- Maintained all the general ledgers and entered journal transactions via QuickBooks.
- Created spreadsheets in Excel for accounting purposes.
- Opened and closed accounts for multiple developers.
- Handled all escrow and trust accounts, documented all bank deposits, wire transfers, reconciliations and prepared disbursement of payments.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Legal Studies
Florida International University
Miami, FLSkills
- Litigation
- Evictions
- Scheduling
- Foreclosures
- Liens/Judgments
- Transcription
- Settlements
- Communication Skills
- Payment Tracking
- Accounting/Reconciliation
- File Management
- Case Preparation
Affiliations
Florida Notary Public
Certification
Certified Notary
Timeline
General Liability Paralegal
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
09.2023 - Current
Professional Liability Paralegal
Bush Ross, P.A.
03.2011 - 08.2023
Foreclosure/Eviction Paralegal
Ben-Ezra & Katz, P.A.
07.2008 - 02.2011
Accounting/Litigation Paralegal
Fromberg, Perlow & Kornik, P.A.
12.2005 - 06.2008
Bookkeeping/Real Estate Paralegal
Leopold, Korn & Leopold, P.A.
03.2002 - 12.2005
Bachelor of Science - Legal Studies
Florida International University