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Paralegal/Billing Manager -- Family Law 08/2011 to 11/2012
<br />Huson Law Firm, PLLC — Maplewood, MN
<br />➢ Initiate new client contact, open new files in both billing and database;
<br />> Prepare correspondence, discovery, pleadings as case progresses and initial case
<br />filings;
<br />> Rectify previous billing system problems and maintain proper billing procedures;
<br />➢ Track and clarify previous trust fund issues, maintain trust account, prepare monthly
<br />billing statements;
<br />> Extensive client contact via e-mail and telephone to aid in the process of cases;
<br />➢ coordinate meetings, CLE information, filing information, deadlines;
<br />➢ Review medical records and prepare medical summaries for expert review;
<br />➢ Manage case files, deadlines, court filing, trail preparation, depositions;
<br />> Maintain office supplies and bank deposits.
<br />Legal Assistant — Workers' Compensation and Personal Injury 09/2010 to 08/2011
<br />Thill Law Firm, P.A. — St. Louis Park, MN (temporaiyposition)
<br />➢ Review workers' compensation files, determine status of case and advise attorney of
<br />where matter is at and either perform next step or request how to proceed;
<br />• Organize existing files and implement new process of organization for new files;
<br />> Initial file work -up, including sending out client questionnaires and initial contact with
<br />DOLI, medical providers, Workers' Compensation Division and employers;
<br />> Perform review of workers' compensation claim and summarize same;
<br />➢ Review medical records and prepare medical summaries for furtherance of claim;
<br />> Initiate and maintain client contact for status of ongoing treatment and providers; obtain
<br />authorizations to obtain records or same;
<br />> Follow-up with insurance providers regarding wage loss checks;
<br />• Manage files and perform customary/standard process follow-up;
<br />• Draft general correspondence, memoranda, discovery; answer discovery and serve and
<br />file same;
<br />Other Experience
<br />I have been employed in the legal field since 1987. I have worked as a word processor, a legal
<br />secretary, a legal assistant, and a paralegal. I have experience in corporate, family, real estate,
<br />transactional, insurance defense, estate planning, banking, employment law, personal injury,
<br />immigration, and litigation areas of law. 1 am proficient with all office equipment, Microsoft
<br />Office, TABS, Clio, RingCentral, PC DOGS), Time Matters, Excel, ECF Filing, transcription
<br />machines, facsimile machines, telephones and scanning. I am familiar with court filing
<br />procedures and all related items thereto. I type at approximately 110 wpm and am extremely
<br />diligent in my work. I believe in working together as a team towards a shared goal, and am
<br />extremely skilled in soliciting important information and utilizing the same to be successful in my
<br />work. I enjoy my career, and it is reflected both in my work product and how I conduct myself
<br />while performing the same.
<br />Education
<br />Inver Hills Community College — Inver Grove Heights, MN (1987)
<br />Legal Secretarial Science Program — Legal Secretary Certificate
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