Taylor L. Crosby
Tampa,FL
Summary
I am currently a full-time personal injury litigation paralegal and part-time student at Stetson University College of Law. My background includes more than a decade of experience in the legal industry, history and criticism of art, research, teaching, and academic library management. I am a published B.A. and M.A. with an education in the history of art and philosophy. My areas of focus during my tenure at Florida State University were Latin American Visual Culture, with an emphasis on 18th century Peruvian art, architecture, and city planning. I am now working and looking for growth in the legal industry. I bring a variety of unique experiences and am a dedicated learner looking to obtain new, challenging, and interesting opportunities.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Paralegal
Kubicki Draper, P.A.
05.2021 - Current
- Coordinate experts with opposing counsel and maintain schedule for IME
- Manage complex premises, commercial, and auto liability cases efficiently using specialized software programs designed for paralegal work to track information related to multiple parties over long periods of time
- Ensure compliance with court rules and procedures by accurately preparing and submitting legal filings within established timeframes
- Draft detailed case analyses, medical chronologies and imaging logs
- Issue subpoenas and maintain responses to obtain pertinent case documents
- Coordinate experts with opposing counsel and maintain schedule for IMEs
- Arrange and prepare for trial
- Prepare Expert, Witness, and Exhibit Lists
- Draft and respond to Discovery requests
- Trial experience in premises liability matter
Paralegal
Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin
03.2020 - 05.2021
- Analyze initial dispute information on personal injury protection (PIP) files to recommend settlement or defense
- Calculate benefits owed and recommend settlement amounts, defense, or dismissal
- Draft answers, discovery responses, and other pleadings
- Manage rearrangement of files for group of paralegals
- Complete medical records chronologies
- Work on global settlements
Office Assistant
Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin
12.2019 - 02.2020
- Follow-up with facilities in regards to response to subpoenas; obtain medical, employment, insurance, and other records
- Prepare subpoena letters, attachments, and certification of records; file to be served.
- Track receipt of responses to subpoenas
Research Assistant
Florida State University Department Of Art History
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Arranged library materials, assisted patrons, and monitored library resources in the Patricia Rose Library of Art and Design
- Completed catalogue of thousands of recent book donations, employing library IT programs (Spring 2016) and shelf-check organizational project on corpus of books
- Oversaw patronage and daily library operations and tracked and record holds and loans
- Assisted Media Center Curator in departmental operations.
Outreach Coordinator
Florida State University Libraries
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Assisted in FSU Libraries event planning communications between local businesses and the university
- Oversaw FSU Heritage Museum daily operations, such as opening, closing, and student and visitor patronage
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Leader
Florida State University Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Development
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Trained in research instructional methods and student pedagogy
- Led cohort of fifteen freshman and sophomore researchers throughout year-long assistantship with FSU faculty member or graduate student
- Worked with students throughout proposals, prospectuses, the drafting of final research posters
- Assisted students in developing professionalism, including interview, time management, and resume and cover letter building skills
Congressional Session Intern
Sachs Sax Caplan, P.L.
01.2012 - 01.2015
- Attended Florida House of Representatives & Senate committee and subcommittee meetings in lieu of lobbyist Robert Boyd, Esq.
- Followed bills throughout session and took notes on relevant presentations, testimony, questions, and commentary during committee meetings
- Tracked legislation regarding private/public K-12 and higher education, appropriations, educational materials, and transportation for Mr. Boyd
- Shadowed Attorney Boyd in meetings with Representatives
Education
J.D. - Law
Stetson University College of Law
Tampa, FL05.2024
Master of Arts - Art History, Criticism, And Conservation
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL01.2018
Bachelor of Arts - History And Criticism of Art
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL01.2016
Skills
- Legal Research
- Organizational Skills
- Document organization
- Correspondence Writing
- Verbal Communication
- Written Communication
- Document Management
- Legal writing
- Attorney Support
- Work Prioritization
- Correspondence and Legal Forms
- Legal and Court Processes
Research
- Politics Of Aesthetic Discourse: Landscape Reform In Eighteenth-Century Lima, Florida State University, honors thesis (2016), ACC Meeting of the Minds (2016), Florida Undergraduate Research Conference (FURC, 2016), FSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (2014-2016), Bess H. Ward Honors Travel Grant for in-situ research in Lima, Peru (2016)
- Redefining Gray's Cottage at Goodwood Plantation, from Plantation Architecture and Landscapes of Florida and Beyond (Paul Niell, 2018), Coordinated exhibition of museum's artifacts along with contemporary works by artist Edouard Duval-Carrié in Decolonizing Refinement: Contemporary Pursuits in the Art of Edouard Duval-Carrié (2018)
Timeline
Paralegal
Kubicki Draper, P.A.
05.2021 - Current
Paralegal
Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin
03.2020 - 05.2021
Office Assistant
Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin
12.2019 - 02.2020
Research Assistant
Florida State University Department Of Art History
01.2016 - 01.2018
Outreach Coordinator
Florida State University Libraries
01.2015 - 01.2016
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Leader
Florida State University Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Development
01.2015 - 01.2016
Congressional Session Intern
Sachs Sax Caplan, P.L.
01.2012 - 01.2015
J.D. - Law
Stetson University College of Law
Master of Arts - Art History, Criticism, And Conservation
Florida State University
Bachelor of Arts - History And Criticism of Art
Florida State University