Tammy Breen

Experience

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  Phillips & Akers

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1998

  Legal Assistant
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  The Bair Law Firm

  Sept 1999 - Jun 2005

  Paralegal

  • Responsible for preparing objections and responses to discovery requests and finalize with clients; • Supplement discovery responses; • Review of documents to determine relevancy to request from adverse parties; • Organize and index of incoming document production; • Prepare outgoing discovery, including general and case-specific requests; • Draft petitions, answers and motions to compel, quash, continuance, etc.; • Perform research on various subjects using the Internet, Westlaw or Lexis and medical library; • Locate, interviewing and hiring of expert witnesses including determining documents to be reviewed and forwarding same; • Draft motions in liminie, exhibit lists, jury charge and witness lists; • Draft litigation plans and budgets required by the insurance carriers; • Subpoena medical, billing and employment records; • Summarize medical records and deposition testimony; • Coordinating depositions, hearings, mediations and place on attorneys’ calendars; and • Calculate and calendar deadlines, including those pertaining to Article 4590i and the Civil Practice & Remedies Code. Show less

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  Rathwell & Wallison

  Jun 2005 - Jan 2014

  Paralegal

  • Responsible for forming and dissolving various corporate entities; • Obtain tax identification numbers; • Draft objections and responses to incoming discovery and working with clients to finalize same; • Supplement discovery responses; • Initial review of documents to determine eligibility for production to adverse parties; • Organize and index incoming document production; • Draft initial discovery requests, including general and case-specific requests; • Subpoena medical, billing and employment records; • Summarize medical and billing records, including determining total charges, adjustments, and expenses eligible for recovery; • Draft trial preparation orders, including motions in limine, exhibit lists, jury charge and witness lists; • Determine documents to be reviewed and forward same to expert witnesses; • Performing research on any subject matter using the Internet and LexisNexis; and• Locate witnesses and perform background checks.IN ADDITION:• Responsible for submitting monthly billing to clients; • Post payments from clients; • Collections; accounts payable; payroll; electronic payments to 401k provider; administering firm’s cafeteria plan; • Prepare financial statements; and • Administratively supervise the staff. Show less

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  De Ford L:aw Firm

  Feb 2014 - Feb 2017

  Paralegal

  • Draft Petitions, Temporary Orders, and Child Support Withholding Orders;• Draft Objections and Responses to Discovery;• New Client Intake;• Draft Estate Planning Documents, i.e., Wills and Powers of Attorney; • Draft all documents pertaining to probate, depending on administration; and• Efiling

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  Wham & Rogers

  May 2015 - Jun 2018

  Contract Paralegal

  • Prepare medical and billing affidavits;• Obtain client’s medical records; and• Manage electronic and paper files

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  The Chandler Law Firm, PLLC

  Feb 2017 - Jan 2018

  Paralegal

  Draft Petitions and outgoing discovery requests; Draft Objections and Responses to Incoming discovery; Monitor service of citations; Obtain clients: medical and billing records in admissible form; Draft pre-trial documents; and Draft probate documents and set hearings.

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  Drucker Hopkins

  Feb 2018 - Jun 2018

  Contract Paralegal

  • Prepare pleadings, discovery and motions;• Prepare documents for hearings and trials;• Prepare client invoices and statements;• Receiving/depositing payments;• Entering all financial transaction in Quickbooks;• Payment of bills;• Prepare/Run payroll;• Keeping calendars up-to-date; and• Maintain timeline of deadlines and events

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  The Michels Law Firm

  Jun 2018 - Sept 2019

  Office Administrator and Paralegal

  • Prepare pleadings, discovery and motions;• Prepare documents for hearings and trials;• Prepare client invoices and statements;• Receiving/depositing payments;• Entering all financial transaction in Quickbooks;• Payment of bills;• Prepare/Run payroll;• Keeping calendars up-to-date; and• Maintain timeline of deadlines and events

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  McKinney Taylor P.C.

  Jun 2022 - now

  Litigation Paralegal