William Harris

Experience

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  Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP

  Aug 2004 - Oct 2011

  Sr. Litigation Paralegal

  • Prepared for trial in products liability, premises liability, insurance defense, workers’ compensation and nursing home negligence cases.• Received progressively better yearly review scores; significantly, in 2011 yearly review, marquee partner remarked that, “William has always been extremely helpful and seeks new task and growth. He is my ‘go-to person’ whenever I have questions.”• Performed extensive fact investigations involving complex issues for calculating apportionment of liability.• Assisted in creating a Microsoft Access database for all mass tort cases, which is still utilized by most of the firm.• Drafted advanced case analyses specifically utilized for Alternative dispute resolution and trial.• Assisted in coordinating and organizing three separate audits by The Liberty Mutual Group, which resulting in procuring new clients.• Monthly billable hours averaged 154, significantly exceeding the firm’s mandated monthly average of 133 hours.• Only paralegal specifically sought out and requested to assist the South Carolina trial team in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Show less

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  Fried Rogers Goldberg LLC

  Oct 2011 - Sept 2012

  Sr. Litigation Paralegal

  • Individually responsible for preparing multi-million dollar personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, premises liability, products liability, commercial and residential real estate, workers’ compensation, and civil “RICO” cases for trial.• Consulted and collaborated with founding partner Joseph Fried to settle six cases in one week, recovering over twenty million dollars.• Received formal recognition from all partners for “Exemplary and outstanding work at the firm.”• Extensive involvement and work with exhibits, exhibit and witness lists, trial notebooks, motions in limine, and Daubert motions.• Significant experience with multiple PACER and CM/ECF systems. • Extensive usage of Summation, eDiscovery, and other advanced electronic legal file organization software. • Sole recipient of three “merit-based bonuses,” which totaled approximately $15,000. Show less

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  Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele

  Sept 2012 - Dec 2013

  Insurance Defense & Litigation Paralegal

  • In 2013 yearly review, marquee partner declared that “William’s work-product is on the same level as a third-year attorney.” • In addition to preparing for trial in insurance defense and coverage matters, provided trial preparation assistance for premises liability, personal injury, wrongful death, products liability, nursing home defense, medical malpractice, and workers’ compensation cases.• Authored “The Evolution of Hours-of-Service (HOS) Regulations,” which was submitted to the Georgia Defense Lawyers’ Association’s Quarterly magazine (Spring 2014) for publication.• Drafted memorandums on a wide range of legal issues, such as, “The Relevancy and Scope of Discoverable Documents and Information Reflecting a Defendant’s Net Worth in Cases with Claims of Punitive Damages,” “Cross-Contamination: The Preventable Cause of Tyler Davis’ Untimely Death” and “The Essential Elements of Criminal Sexual Battery.”• Created original discovery work-product, and managed complex and voluminous discovery requests and responses.• Frequently prepared user-friendly and dynamic presentations and notebooks for witness interviews, hearings, depositions, ADR, and trial.• Drafted advanced mediation memorandums, case analyses, motions, 12(b)(6) motions, dispositive motions, pre-suit demand letters and insurance bad faith claims, discovery, 6.4 letters, witness and exhibit lists, complaints, answers, and consolidated pretrial orders.• Substantively analyzed claimants’ medical records, bills and reports, and drafted chronologies, summaries, and special damages synopses. Show less

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  CedarCrestone, Inc.

  Jan 2014 - Aug 2014

  Assistant Human Resources & Legal Consultant

  • Standardized and assimilated CedarCrestone, Inc. and its five related entities’ employment and personnel files to ensure regulatory compliance with the Georgia Department of Labor, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Homeland Security.• Assisted with customer service issues involving Oracle Fusion HCM, PeopleSoft and Salesforce.• Reviewed and organized all past and present employees’ records for completeness, and created Access database to house records.• Evaluated issues related to security, ERISA, Title VII, worker’s compensation, social security and benefits during records review.• Analyzed employees’ medical and tax records, I-9 and W4 forms and performed background checks to verify employment eligibility. Show less

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  WAATME.org World Accreditation Addiction Treatment Mark of Excellence ©

  Aug 2014 - now

  Vice President Operations
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  Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center

  Jan 2015 - Jul 2015

  Research and Office Assistant (part-time position while attending Emory Law School)

  • Review, revise, and analyze potential intellectual property and copyright issues involving Emory University staff publications.• Extensive database work to ensure all scholarly articles are correctly placed, organized, and summarized.

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  PsychologyTree.com

  Oct 2017 - now

  Editor At Large