Dedicated legal professional offering expertise in personal injury law. Proven success in building trusting long-lasting relationships with clients and providing sound legal advice from intake to case completion in clear and universal terms.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Paralegal
Gallon, Takacs, & Boissoneault
11.2019 - 08.2023
Communicate with personal injury and workman’s compensation clients to provide the highest legal of customer service, keeping clients up to date as to the status of their case, as well as keeping their files updated with current medical treatment
Draft and review complaints, answers, interrogatories, legal briefs, and demand packages
Meet and confer with clients alongside supervising attorney to assist in matters pertaining to estate planning
Draft wills, trusts, power of attorney, minor compromises, special administration applications and other probate documents.
Paralegal III
Kisling, Nestico, and Redick
10.2018 - 11.2019
Worked directly with personal injury clients from intake to the disbursal of their case
Managed all aspects of the pre litigation personal injury case to keep the case moving forward to resolution in a timely manner
Requested and reviewed medical records, drafted demand letters, and prepared demand packages.
Senior Legal Assistant
Mainor Wirth Injury Lawyers
06.2014 - 01.2017
Assisted personal injury and social security disability clients with their cases
Managed medical treatment reviewed medical records, drafted demand packages, various briefs, and negotiated settlements with insurance company
Involved in pre litigation and litigation stages of cases, attended mediations, depositions, and trials
Supervised team of three legal assistants involving case management and settlement goals.
Senior Legal Assistant
Ed Bernstein & Associates
05.2008 - 06.2014
Managed a case load of personal injury, workers compensation, premise liability, social security disability, and family law/estate planning cases
Supervised team of five individuals involving training, daily duties, and monthly goals.
Education
J.D. -
University of Toledo College of Law
Toledo, OH
05.2023
Bachelor of Arts -
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH
05.2002
Skills
Proficient in Ohio and Michigan court filling and procedures
Legal research expertise utilizing Westlaw and LexisNexis