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Lauren Fitzgerald

Litigation Paralegal

[email protected]
+1 215 555 0149
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Summary

Litigation paralegal with six years of experience in commercial and employment cases. Supports four attorneys on about 35 active matters, manages document review for productions of up to 200,000 pages and has never missed a court deadline. NALA Certified Paralegal.

Experience

Litigation Paralegal, Walnut Street Law Group

Mar 2021 – Present · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Support four attorneys on about 35 active commercial and employment matters.
Draft discovery requests, responses, subpoenas and routine motions for attorney review.
Manage document review and production in Relativity for productions of up to 200,000 pages.
Track every court and filing deadline in the docketing system; none missed in six years.

Legal Assistant, Rittenhouse Legal

Jan 2019 – Feb 2021 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

E-filed pleadings in federal and state courts.
Prepared trial binders and exhibit lists for three trials.
Summarized depositions and medical records for attorneys.

Education

Paralegal Certificate (ABA-approved), Community College of Philadelphia

2018 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

BA Political Science, Temple University

2014 – 2018 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Skills

Litigation support, Discovery, Legal research, E-filing, Relativity, Westlaw, Docketing, Trial preparation

Certifications

Certified Paralegal (CP) — NALA, 2020

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Jonathan Weiss

Commercial Litigation Associate

[email protected]
+1 212 555 0175
New York, New York

Summary

Litigation associate with six years of experience in commercial disputes. Takes and defends depositions, drafts dispositive motions and has second-chaired two jury trials. Admitted in New York and New Jersey.

Experience

Associate, Litigation, Hudson & Park LLP

Sep 2020 – Present · New York, New York

Represent companies in contract, partnership and business tort disputes in state and federal courts.
Took or defended 30 depositions and drafted summary judgment motions granted in full in four cases.
Second-chaired two jury trials, including examining five witnesses.
Supervise two junior associates and three paralegals on document review and discovery.

Judicial Law Clerk, Superior Court of New Jersey, Civil Division

Aug 2019 – Aug 2020 · Newark, New Jersey

Researched and drafted bench memoranda and opinions on civil motions.
Attended hearings and conferences and managed the judge's motion calendar.

Education

Juris Doctor, Fordham University School of Law

2016 – 2019 · New York, New York

Staff member, law review
Moot court competition semifinalist

BA History, Rutgers University

2012 – 2016 · New Brunswick, New Jersey

Skills

Commercial litigation, Depositions, Motion practice, Trial preparation, Legal research and writing, E-discovery, Westlaw and Lexis

Certifications

Admitted to practice, New York — 2020
Admitted to practice, New Jersey — 2020

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