Rochelle Sacks

• Draft and file family law forms; calendar court dates
• Manage electronic and hard-copy case files.
• Coordinate hearings and mediations with courts; communicate with outside counsel. Perform general office administration.
  
  

• Draft and file immigration petitions for business and asylum cases.
• Manage electronic and hard-copy case files; procure vital records and organize evidentiary materials.
• Correspond with clients of diverse nationalities, law enforcement, and courts; utilize USCIS website for electronic filings, payments and deadlines.

• Jewish Family Service, Los Angeles, CA Volunteer Coordinator

Social Services: Co-led interactive, Zoom classes for the “Chaverim Program” for adults with special needs,fostering engagement and support to develop confidence and life skills. Created, taught and supervised educational programs, drafted project proposals, led discussions and break-out rooms via Zoom.

• Assisted attorneys in civil law enforcement, conducting investigations into securities law violations to return money to harmed investors.
• Conducted discovery review, fact finding and analysis. Summarized facts.
• Written correspondence, participated claimant interviews; documented evidence.
• Assisted drafting settlement agreements.
• Utilized complex electronic databases to manage documents.
• Privacy and Information Security Awareness Training Certificate holder.
• Federal Government Litigation - Contract Remote

• Assisted attorneys in providing free legal services and advocacy to help workers recover stolen wages from business entities; coordinated with the Labor Commissioner of California to enforce judgments and recover unpaid wages for low-income workers.
• Drafted discovery requests and demand letters; managed electronic filing systems, updated Excel spreadsheets, and conducted corporate and legal research.

Assistant to Assistant General Counsel Ellen Farrel and Chief Managing Counsel Dawn Pittman (Product Liability / Corporate Law):

• Assisted General Counsel with claim filings and discovery management for Toyota and Lexus vehicles; coordinated verifications and settlement checks with attorneys and Toyota Financial Services.
• Organized international travel logistics, calendared meetings, coordinated case review meetings with Japan Headquarters and U.S. offices, and managed filing projects for the Fire Claims Team.
• Handled large filing and record-keeping project for the NUUMI class action lawsuit; processed, tracked, and escalated legal claims using complex electronic database systems; managed discovery for litigation.
• Coordinated and managed meetings, events, and administrative projects for internal teams and external stakeholders; tracked, updated, and maintained fire claims cases.

• City Government:: Managed accounts payable, processed purchase orders, and maintained business tax records.
• Led Business Tax Department record archives project, including document identification, tracking, filing, and classification for hard copy and electronic databases.
• Tracked and organized business license renewals, including liquor licenses.
• Managed calendars, planned and executed internal events, and supported the Risk Department.
• Assisted CFO Don Rhoades with administrative and clerical tasks.

• Conducted in-person client intake interviews in English and Spanish; drafted follow-up correspondence.
• Drafted and filed probate conservatorship petitions for developmentally disabled minors and infirm adults, some with estate attachments; monitored case status.
• Managed calendars and clinic operations; key holder to court filing cabinets.
• Attended court hearings, supported petitioners at group signing events (30–50 people), and conducted group PowerPoint presentations.

• Created an electronic legal database for contracts and legal documents.
• Drafted, filed and monitored Secretary of State forms and USPTO renewal forms; obtained executive signatures.
• Drafted aerospace agreements, compliance reviews, and export regulation analysis.
• Written correspondence/contract negotiation, NDA’s with clients Boeing, Sikorsky, et al.

• Analyzed, synthesized, summarized, and prepared evidence for O-1 Alien of Exceptional Ability visa for SVP, Arnaud Robert.
• Synthesized supporting evidence from the USPTO, U.S. Navy, World Economic Forum, movie studios and the MPAA.
• Human Resources: Conceptualized and wrote an employee relocation handbook for recent international workers as part of on-boarding. Event planning.

• Assisted five attorneys in defending large corporations in asbestos personal injury litigation; corresponded with clients, including Lincoln Electric Co., Ford Motor Co., and American Standard.
• Drafted legal correspondence, authorizations, subpoenas, discovery requests, and interrogatories; reviewed, organized, summarized, and managed medical records and discovery; prepared trial binders.
• Coordinated national meetings and supported trial preparation with weekly agendas/action plans.

• Maritime Personal Injury Law Firm: Managed case files, drafted interrogatories, drafted notices, settlement agreements, coordinated expert witness selection, trial prep and discovery requests.
• Organized, Analyzed and summarized damage information, accident, injury, medical records, and treatment for evidence. Corresponded with clients, medical providers and insurance companies.
• Assisted attorney with exhibits for mediation preparation, mediations and arbitrations.

• Researched and summarized real property law and land use codes for high value cases.
• Assisted with discovery, mediation, and trial preparation.
• Drafted page/line deposition summaries and declarations used in trial.
• Created discovery indexes. Participated in settlement conferences; meeting minutes.