TrialWorks
Siara Hanna
Madisonville,TN
Summary
Accomplished Senior Litigation Paralegal with a proven high volume and high settlement track record. Successful in managing the workload while maintaining organize and effective. Great at reading, analyzing, and organizing high volumes of medical records, litigation documents, court deadlines, discovery, pleadings, and anything a case needs from start to finish. Experienced in Personal Injury, Worker's Compensation, and Medical Malpractice in Florida, Maryland, Georgia, and District of Columbia. Excelled in high-value claims, contributing to a $13.5 million verdict. Proficient in MS Office Suite and multiple case management software. Worked for both Plaintiff's and Defense and can adapt to any setting.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Paralegal
Lightfoot Law
11.2022 - Current
- Conferred with clients and other involved parties to gather and track case information.
- Prepared legal briefs, motions, and pleadings.
- Prepared all correspondences.
- Assisted counsel in preparing answers, providing documentation, and information for discovery request.
- Conducted detailed client intakes and entered information into company database.
- Organized evidence, exhibits, motions, and subpoenas to support cases and prepare for trial.
- Reviewed medical records, police report, health liens, and other details to place a value on the case.
- Assisted in trial and received $13,500,000.00 verdict.
- All the presuit work
- Worker's Compensation, Personal Injury, and Medical Malpractice
- Uploaded data into case management software for review and pre-processing.
- Managed exhibits, evidence, and data related for all court apperances.
- Communicated pertinent information to clients via phone, email, and mail.
Litigation Paralegal
Kilgore Pearlman
06.2020 - 12.2021
- Organized evidence, exhibits, motions, and subpoenas to support cases and prepare for trial.
- Prepared, indexed and developed exhibits for depositions, hearings, or trial
- Used document review tools to discover and inspect records.
- Completed electronic court filings
- Uploaded data into the case management database for review and pre-processing.
- Reviewed case file and created detailed case chorology
- Passed background check for State Farm
- Communicated pertinent information to clients via phone, email, and mail.
- Contacted clients to schedule appointments and discuss progress of cases.
- Assisted attorneys with reviewing and organizing witness reports.
- Revised and finalized letters, briefs, and memos.
- Reviewed, edited and proofread litigation for proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.
- Contacted witnesses to testify under oath at court hearings.
- Reviewed the policy and Complaint to prepare Answer and Affirmative Defenses
- Collaborated with attorneys to develop strategies for each case.
Litigation Paralegal
Legally Pink
03.2018 - 05.2020
- Organized evidence, exhibits, motions, and subpoenas to support cases and prepare for trial.
- Prepared, indexed and developed exhibits for trial, hearings, depositions, mediations.
- Analyzed medical records to prepare medical chronology, discovery responses, and trial exhibits
- Used document review tools to discover and inspect records.
- Wrote and filed pleadings with state and federal courts on schedule to maximize case success.
- Attended trials, court hearings, mediations, and depositions to take notes and document proceedings.
- Created weekly, monthly, and quarterly case reports.
- Interviewed clients to obtain information relevant to cases.
- Contacted witnesses to testify under oath at court hearings.
- Collaborated with attorneys to develop strategies for each case.
Litigation Legal Assistant
Pearson Bitman
05.2017 - 03.2018
- Organized evidence, exhibits, motions, and subpoenas to support cases and prepare for trial.
- Supervised appointment scheduling for multiple attorneys and made adjustments as needed.
- Calendared trial order in multiple jurisdictions
- Proficient in scheduling hearings, mediations, conferences with clients
- Excellent in responding to emails and phone calls
- Scheduled in multiple counties across the state of Florida
- Supervised appointment scheduling for multiple attorneys and made adjustments as needed.
- Calendared trial order in multiple jurisdictions
- Proficient in scheduling hearings, mediations, conferences with clients
- Excellent in responding to emails and phone calls
- Scheduled in multiple counties across the state of Florida
Legal Assistant Intern
Todd K. Miner, PA
02.2016 - 05.2017
- Communicated pertinent information to clients via phone, email, and mail.
- Client intake specialist
- Answer phone, interact with clients, prepare documents, and send emails and faxes
- Manage cases and building my inventory
- Assist multiple attorneys with litigation and pre-suit tasks
- Assist six paralegals with their to-do items
- Attend initial conference and prepare sign up packet
- Scanned, converted, and organized records into electronic format with consistent naming convention.
- Sorted and organized all the incoming and outgoing correspondences via mail, fax, or hand delivery
Education
Bachelor of Science - Legal Studies
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL05.2017
Skills
- Medical Records Review
- High Value Claims Paralegal
- Time Management, Organization, Effective Communication
- Proficient in MS Office, Excel, PowerPoint, Multiple Case Management Software Systems, and Cloud Base Storage
- Case Management
- Case Summaries
- Negotiation
- Calendar Management
- Document Preparation
- Administrative Support
- Proofreading
Software
Client Profiles
NEOS
Clio
Timeline
Paralegal
Lightfoot Law
11.2022 - Current
Litigation Paralegal
Kilgore Pearlman
06.2020 - 12.2021
Litigation Paralegal
Legally Pink
03.2018 - 05.2020
Litigation Legal Assistant
Pearson Bitman
05.2017 - 03.2018
Legal Assistant Intern
Todd K. Miner, PA
02.2016 - 05.2017
Bachelor of Science - Legal Studies
University of Central Florida
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