Tammi Meyer
New Orleans,LA
Summary
Legal professional with over 20 years in legal.
Highly motivated and a team player.
Exceptional work ethic, attention to detail.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Litigation Paralegal
Egengberg Trial Lawyers
New Orleans, Louisiana
09.2020 - Current
- Prepare Petitions and File Same
- Completed electronic court filings at state and federal levels.
- Schedule depositions for all parties
- Meet with client(s) to ascertain discovery responses & prepare same
- Prepare discovery to all parties
- Prepare Demand letters
- Schedule Mediations & Prepare Position Papers
- Prepare Mediation Binders
- Make hotel arrangements
- Summarize medical records
- Summarize depositions
- Quantum Research
- Docket calendar with all upcoming trials
- Prepare Trial Subpoenas
- Coordinate with doctors as to their testimony
Litigation Paralegal
Nugent Keating Law Firm
New Orleans, LA
04.2015 - 09.2020
- Conducted detailed client intakes and entered information into company's data base.
- Opened and maintained claims with insurance companies.
- Made all doctor's appointments for client(s) and kept their treating physicians updated on all testing and/or specialist.
- Maintained relationships with client(s) throughout their claim.
- Organized evidence, exhibits, motions and subpoenas to support cases and prepare for trial.
- Used document review tools to discover and inspect records.
- Handled electronic court filings and coordinated court activities.
- Completed electronic court filings at state and federal levels.
- Generated leads to meet and exceed revenue goals by identifying new clients.
- Produced legal documents such as briefs and pleadings,
- Revised and finalized letters, briefs and memos.
- Reviewed, edited and proofread litigation for proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.
- Assisted attorneys with reviewing and organizing witness reports.
- Contacted witnesses to testify under oath at court hearings.
- Communicated pertinent information to clients via phone, email and mail.
Paralegal - Personal Injury
Chouest Law Firm
Metairie, LA
05.2012 - 09.2015
- Conducted detailed client intakes and entered information into company database.
- Opened and maintained claims with insurance companies.
- Scheduled the client(s)doctor appointments and help manage their treatment.
- Assisted counsel in preparing Petitions, providing documentation and information for discovery request.
- Prepared legal briefs, motions and pleadings.
- Directed and coordinated service of subpoenas and scheduling of depositions of doctors and adverse parties.
- Maintained Needles document management system.
- Answered client calls to respond to inquiries, using open-ended questioning skills to attain applicable information.
- Conducted detailed client intakes and entered information into company database.
Paralegal/Sales
MEDKM
Mandeville, Louisiana
11.2007 - 01.2012
- Marketed for new clients to use company's software, with intended focus on ;aw firms.
- Reviewed and obtained missing medical records pertaining to medical malpractice claims.
- Prepared documents for Medical Review Panel submissions.
- Assisted with electronic documentation of medical records.
- Drafted routine discovery and submitted to client (attorney).
- Organized exhibits for trial and created trial binders.
- Internet research to locate experts to testify at trial and submit to client (attorney).
- Prepare medical records and bill audits.
Legal Assistant/Paralegal
T, Peter Breslin/Chehardy Sherman
Metairie, Louisiana
01.2003 - 08.2005
- Scheduled appointments for attorney.
- Opened claim with insurance companies.
- Drafted letters of representation.
- Helped client(s) with property damage to their vehicles.
- Drafted all correspondence.
- Called into IRS to report settlement income for attorney.
- Prepared and filed Petitions in appropriate court.
- Conducted all client interviews.
- Help client(s) with their responses to discovery.
- Drafted all legal documents.
- Drafted and filed legal documents.
Executive Legal Assistant
Aubert & Pajares
New Orleans, Louisiana
03.2001 - 07.2003
- Maintained calendar for three (3) attorneys.
- Extensive dictaphone typing.
- Administrative support.
- Scheduled depositions.
- Inter-office filing.
- Entered all attorney time sheets into data base.
- Ordered all medical records and prepared binders for Medical Malpractice Claims.
- Worked alongside attorneys, administrative assistants and fellow legal assistants on complex cases and legal processes
- Prepared for trials, conducting legal research and drafting pleadings
- Completed electronic filings, initiated billing statements and managed firm administrative matters
Legal Assistant to the Managing Partner
Ungar & Wheelahan
New Orleans, Louisiana
03.1985 - 08.1986
- Answered telephone an scheduled appointments.
- Responsible for all inter-office filing.
- Prepared medical bill summary for settlements.
- Scheduled depositions and prepared subpoenas.
- Made all travel arrangements.
- Helped attorney with preparing witnesses for trial.
- Ordered all medical records and prepared medical summaries.
- Prepared deposition summaries.
Education
Executive Secretarial
Philips Business School
Metairie, LA03.1978
Skills
- Conflict Resolution
- Microsoft Office
- Deposition Briefings
- Case Summaries
- Legal Research
- Legal Terminology
- Decision Making
- Critical Thinking
- Complex Problem Solving
- Legal Correspondence
- Task Prioritization
- Proofreading and Editing
- Client Support
- Dependable and Reliable
Timeline
Litigation Paralegal
Egengberg Trial Lawyers
09.2020 - Current
Litigation Paralegal
Nugent Keating Law Firm
04.2015 - 09.2020
Paralegal - Personal Injury
Chouest Law Firm
05.2012 - 09.2015
Paralegal/Sales
MEDKM
11.2007 - 01.2012
Legal Assistant/Paralegal
T, Peter Breslin/Chehardy Sherman
01.2003 - 08.2005
Executive Legal Assistant
Aubert & Pajares
03.2001 - 07.2003
Legal Assistant to the Managing Partner
Ungar & Wheelahan
03.1985 - 08.1986
Executive Secretarial
Philips Business School