Junior Paralegal
Lindgren Hale & Ostrowski LLP · Minneapolis, MN
Jun, 2024 · Present
Draft complaints, answers, motions, and discovery requests/responses for a 6-attorney civil litigation group handling commercial contract and employment disputes.
Coordinate document review in Relativity for matters up to 180,000 documents; built coding panels and privilege logs that cut attorney second-level review time by 25%.
Maintain docket and deadline calendar for 60+ active matters in Clio; zero missed court or discovery deadlines across 2 years.
Prepare trial binders, exhibit lists, and witness kits for 4 bench trials and 11 arbitrations.
E-file in Minnesota state courts and federal CM/ECF (D. Minn.); manage service of process vendors.
Cite-check and Bluebook briefs using Westlaw; summarize 40+ deposition transcripts per quarter.
Legal Assistant
Northstar Title & Escrow · St. Paul, MN
Aug, 2022 · May, 2024
Assembled closing packages for 300+ residential and small commercial real estate transactions per year.
Ran title searches, reviewed abstracts and lien reports, and flagged curative issues to closing attorneys.
Drafted deeds, affidavits, and settlement statements; tracked recording with Hennepin and Ramsey counties.
Reduced closing-package errors by 30% by building a shared checklist template.
Legal Intern
Volunteer Lawyers Network · Minneapolis, MN
Jan, 2022 · May, 2022
Conducted client intake interviews for housing and consumer-debt clinics (150+ clients).
Drafted plain-language client letters and prepared conciliation court filings under attorney supervision.