Theresa Hutson

Leave Administration (LOA) Specialist (Full time-temp.)works closely with the manager of Leave Administration to ensure that Save Mart is administering Leave Program based on various leave types: FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act), CFRA (California Family Rights Act), PDL (Pregnancy Disability Leave), ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), STD (Short-term Disability), LTD, (Long-term Disability), FEHA (Fair Employment and Housing Act), HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), USERRA (Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act), CA SDI (California State Disability Insurance), Ca and Nevada DFEH/EDD
(California and Nevada Department of Fair Employment and
Housing/Employment Development Department).

• Housing/Employment Development Department).
  Completed human resource operational requirements by reaching out to employees who were out due to having COVID 19 or in quarantine for same.
• Conducting interviews (Questions provided by Legal) to assess employees medical condition, whether they are taking a test and if they would like to let me know their results voluntarily.
• Contacting COVID positive employees several times a week to discuss their condition and check how they are doing.
• Track and report various “key elements” of the Leave database, ensuring that trends are brought forward so that Leadership can make informed decisions on directions/changes.
• Maintain calendar to ensure employees are reached out to at appropriate times.
• Caseload of 300 employees.
• Working six weeks assisting with many new cases that came in waves around the fourth of July.
• Working with a sense of urgency to ensure that LOA dept. is responsive to stakeholders.

• Elder Law Practice, full service law office. Concentrating on Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts, Revocable Trust, Irrevocable Trust, Special Needs Trust, Power of Attorney, Health Care Directives, Probate, Medi-Cal Planning, Including Medi-Cal Crisis Planning
• Responsible for preparing new trust files in Abacus Law, and assist attorney in completing estate plans
• Conferred with clients and other involved parties to gather and track case information
• Followed-up on status of releases, policies and return of recorded documents
• Checked signatures and legal descriptions for accuracy and integrity
• Originated, reviewed, processed, closed and administered Estate and Probate cases
• Kept up-to-date on case progress by frequently reviewing records and reporting findings to clients

• Collected and prepared pre-trial discoveries, records and evidence, including interviews of witnesses, clients and law enforcement
• Managed day-to-day legal activities such as subpoena services for Conflict office with one attorney
• Reviewed case files and reported case progress to clients
• Answering telephone and coordinated meetings and conferences
• Answered prison line from inmates inquiring about their case(s)
• Contacted clients to schedule appointments and discuss progress of cases
• Strictly adhered to privacy laws to avert possible information breaches and protect client data
• Performed word processing and editing of documents
• Filing court documents and legal pleadings with court clerk on behalf of attorney
• Maintained litigation docket and calendars for attorney, noting deadlines for responsive pleadings, motions and other important deadlines

• Research Constitutional laws and regulations and delivered analysis and assessments to Attorney
• Examine and generate memos on statutory law, case law, federal and state regulations using online research databases, such as Lexis , and print sources
• Analyze information to monitor compliance outcomes and identify and address trends of non-compliant behavior
• Research Employment laws and regulations and deliver analysis and assessments to Attorneys