Scarlett Boswell
Montgomery
Summary
Paralegal motivated to continually improve and extend personal skills and knowledge to attain increased responsibility and opportunities for professional growth.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Remote Paralegal
Kreig LLC
07.2022 - Current
- Support eleven attorneys in estate planning, probate law, and tax law
- Drafting pleadings, estate documents, and real property documents
- Manage deadlines in court proceedings
- Handle all client emails and phone calls regarding case statuses
- Coordinate hearings with all parties and the courts
- Handle court cases in over ten counties in Texas
- Organize and update client files
- Manage calendars for cases and attorneys
- Handle over 100 active cases including over 75 active court cases
- Extensive work in Timesov, Google Docs, Gmail, E-file, Simplifile, and Smallpdf.
- Reduced attorney workload by drafting routine legal documents such as pleadings, motions, and affidavits.
- Managed scheduling of court calendars and deadlines to maintain smooth flow of firm operations.
- 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.
Executive Administrative Assistant
Engineering Systems, Inc.
11.2019 - 04.2022
- Support nine consultants in four different practice areas including the Regional Office Manager and managing consultants
- Experience in software programs, such as, 3E, Concur, Word, Excel, Google docs, and other Microsoft programs
- Gather information, perform conflict checks, and initiate new industrial, insurance, and litigative files
- Coordinate travel arrangements for off-site meetings and inspections, as well as, in house inspections
- Handle billing including invoices and collections
- Organize and maintain projects, including filing, preparing work-product for client
- Work as a team across the nation with other offices to make a project more successful for the client and the company
- Multitasking with organizing of projects, consultants, and other employees to ensure smooth operations.
- Maintained confidentiality when handling sensitive information, protecting company interests and employee privacy.
- Handled administrative tasks such as expense report processing or invoice reconciliation efficiently; allowing executives to focus on high-priority responsibilities without distraction.
- Coordinated and booked airfare, hotel and ground transportation and prepared itinerary to facilitate successful trips.
Paralegal
Law Offices of Edward P. Graham
12.2017 - 11.2019
- Operating within multiple branches of law including Business Law, Estate Planning, Family Law, Criminal, Probate and Estate Administration, Personal Injury, Collection, Civil Litigation, Real Estate, such as, residential, and commercial, and Workers' Compensation
- Managing and handling litigation for all corporate and LLC business client's annual compliance and formations
- Managing all litigation files from the onset of the matter until settlement or trial
- Drafting pleadings, such as, complaints, affidavits, notices, and motions
- E-filing pleadings for all surrounding counties
- Collecting, managing, and analyzing information
- Checking legal documents and forms to ensure correctness
- Maintaining client files
- Keeping track of time and billing
- Providing support to lawyer in the courtroom
- Establishing and maintaining good interaction with clients
- Providing administrative support to lawyers
- Acting as a liaison between attorneys, and clients
- Extensive work performed in Time Matters, PC Law, and Word daily.
- Reduced attorney workload by drafting routine legal documents such as pleadings, motions, and affidavits.
- Managed scheduling of court calendars and deadlines to maintain smooth flow of firm operations.
- Enhanced case efficiency by organizing and maintaining legal documents, files, and correspondence.
- Assisted counsel in preparing answers, providing documentation, and information for discovery request.
Paralegal
Keough & Moody, P.C
11.2016 - 12.2017
- Drafting pleadings, such as, judgments, affidavits, notices, and motions
- Performing bankruptcy and military searches
- Establishing and maintaining good interaction with clients
- Communicating well with all defendants
- Acting as a liaison between attorneys, clients, and defendants
- Extensive work performed in Abacus programs and WordPerfect daily
- Manage all incoming defendant calls and emails
- Performing track searches and verifying ownership of property.
Paralegal
Carol Chumney Law PLLC
12.2013 - 06.2016
- Performing research on legal issues using Lexis Nexis and Westlaw
- Collecting, managing, and analyzing information
- Preparing for trial, such as, exhibits and case file organizing
- Establishing and maintaining good interaction with clients
- Cross checking the facts of the case and their legality
- Providing administrative support to lawyer
- Requesting records including medical and school
- Drafted legal briefs and memorandums of law for appellate court
- Assisted during trials, such as, jury selection and exhibit numbering including in federal court
- Assisted with marketing of the law firm with constant contact.
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Paralegal Studies -
University of Memphis
08.2012
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy -
University of Tennessee
05.1999
Skills
Legal Research
Proficient in MS Office
Case Management
Client Communication
Document drafting
Document Preparation
Calendar Management
File and Records Management
Attorney Support
Litigation Support
Legal writing
Research and data collection
Certification
- Patent Certification, IPlegalED, Inc.- Completion November 2024
Timeline
Remote Paralegal
Kreig LLC
07.2022 - Current
Executive Administrative Assistant
Engineering Systems, Inc.
11.2019 - 04.2022
Paralegal
Law Offices of Edward P. Graham
12.2017 - 11.2019
Paralegal
Keough & Moody, P.C
11.2016 - 12.2017
Paralegal
Carol Chumney Law PLLC
12.2013 - 06.2016
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy -
University of Tennessee
Bachelor of Arts in Paralegal Studies -
University of Memphis
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