
FrankBudnick
Litigation Paralegal
Highly qualified and efficient paralegal professional with more than 10 years' litigation experience. Significant experience in product liability, insurance defense, and asbestos litigation. Strong technology skills including proficiency in Lexis/Nexis, Westlaw, Word, Excel, and Summation. Excellent writing skills and experience in drafting a wide range of legal documents including pleadings, discovery, motions, memoranda of law, briefs and correspondence. Extensive knowledge of substantive and procedural aspects of civil litigation. Solid discovery skills including e-discovery knowledge.
The Law Office , Carolina
Litigation Paralegal June 2015 to Present 11 years & 1 month
Handle heavy case load and assist with all aspects of the litigation lifecycle from inception through appeal.
Draft legal documents including pleadings, interrogatories, jury instructions, voir dire, affidavits, subpoenas and memoranda of law.
Law Consultants Private Limited
Litigation Paralegal February 2013 to May 2015 2 years & 4 months
Assist at trial; surveyed jury panels to obtain insight into decisions contributing to verdict.
Developed in-house method of preparing trial exhibits reducing vendor costs by 15%.
Law Consultants Private Limited
Legal Assistant April 2011 to January 2013 1 year & 10 months
Organized and indexed case files; developed time-saving case filing system.
Drafted correspondence and other legal documents.
Law School
Masters in Law (August 2007 to March 2009)
Law school
Bachelors in Law (September 2003 to May 2007)
Aitchison College
GCE Advanced Level (February 2001 to January 2003)
Confident
Flexible
Insightful
- Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis and PACER
- organizational skills
- investigative skills
- civil litigation Proficiency
- appellate procedure
- Microsoft Office suite
- attention to detail
- written and oral communication skills
- Strong research skills
- plaintiff and defense cases