Houston, Texas 77042 Cell (832) 545-4996 email: mm743918@westpost.net ________________________________________ EXPERIENCE ________________________________________ Sheehy Ware & Pappas, P.C., Houston, Texas August 2007-June 2010 Primary responsibility was to simultaneously maintain various insurance defense dockets in various jurisdictions. The expanded duties of this role were: * Summarizing legal documents and medical documents * Ordering all medical records and materials. * Performing records research * Coordinating document research * Preparing reports required by attorneys * Preparing correspondence * Drafting various legal documents Dominion Exploration & Production, Houston, Texas March 2007-August 2 007 Paralegal - Contract Reviewed and tabbed pertinent and privileged documents in response to discovery requests for federal litigation case. Entered data into the Ringtail database a pplication. Lone Star MedStaff, Houston, Texas Jan 2007-August 2007 Recruiter-Contract Healthcare recruitment specializing in locum tenens (contract) and permanent pla cement of Physicians and Physician Assistants (PAs) throughout Texas. Mercer HR Services, Houston, Texas August 2006-Jan 2007 Participant Service Representative Responsibilities included but not limited to answering queries and handling prob lem resolution on pension, payroll, employee relations, leave of absences and he alth & welfare issues for United Healthcare employees (60,000 employees). Train ed in various Human Resource software applications. Exxon Company, Houston, Texas Paralegal - Contract Jul 2005-Nov 2005 Reviewed and tabbed documents in response to discovery requests for environmenta l litigation case filed in Florida. Reviewed and summarized documents in respon se to discovery requests for environmental exposure litigation case filed in New Jersey. Forman, Perry, Watkins, Krutz & Tardy, LLP Jun 2004 - May 2005 Paralegal Primary responsibility was to maintain the Texas asbestos docket for the Union P acific Railroad Company. Other responsibilities included the preparation and fi ling of all legal documents related to pre-trial matters. Roberts, Markel, & Guerry, P.C. Jul 2000 - Jun 2004 Paralegal Primary responsibility was to simultaneously maintain silica dockets in various jurisdictions in the state of Texas. The expanded duties of this role were: * Prepare cases for trial including trial notebooks * Review, organize, and summarize legal and medical documents * Order all medical records and materials, schedule and coordinate depositions, independent medical exams and records/pathology reviews * Participate in case planning with attorneys including the preparation and fili ng of legal documents for all pre-trial matters. This included reviewing cases to research possible defenses and advise attorneys in remote jurisdictions of th e proper course of action. Shell Oil Company, Houston, Texas Jun 1999 - Jul 2000 Paralegal - Contract Reviewed privileged documents for environmental litigation cases. Conducted sea rches in response to discovery requests for long-term chemical toxic tort exposu re litigation. Entered data to the asbestos database application that I develop ed. Andrews & Kurth; Kirklan, Boudreaux & Landry; & TCI Consulting, Houston, TX Dec 1998 - May 1999 Paralegal - Contract Contracted with these three firms in various paralegal capacities over a six-mon th span. Bean & Manning, Houston, Texas May 1993 - Oct 1998 Paralegal In the capacity of sole paralegal my primary responsibility included simultaneou sly maintaining asbestos dockets for 25 various state jurisdictions including Lo uisiana, Arkansas, Colorado, and Oklahoma with approximately 5,000 plaintiffs. Additional responsibilities included: * Preparation of cases for trial including trial notebooks * Review, organize, and summarize legal and medical documents * Order all medical records and materials, schedule and coordinate depositions, independent medical exams and records/pathology reviews * Participate in case planning with attorneys including the preparation and fili ng of legal documents for all pre-trial matters. This included reviewing cases to research possible defenses and advise attorneys in remote jurisdictions of th e proper course of action. EDUCATION ________________________________________ Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas Business and Accounting 1986-1989 Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas Freshman 1985-1986 Southwest Paralegal Institute, Houston, Texas Jan 1995 Paralegal Certificate OTHER ________________________________________ Extracurricular Activities - Sam Houston: Participated in ROTC Acted as Dorm President Kappa Sigma Fraternity - Treasurer Lacrosse team member Interests: Reading, sports, fishing, and outdoor activities