Paralegal Manager

Paralegal Manager — Beacon Legal Partners

Boston, MA | July 2023 – Present

• Supervised 5 paralegals and 3 legal assistants in preparing trial briefs and pleadings for 80+ active litigation cases, increasing workflow productivity by 19%.
• Implemented Relativity databases for e-discovery across 40 complex corporate lawsuits, reducing database search times by 32% and retrieving 250 key exhibits.
• Negotiated service agreements with 4 court reporting agencies and deposition vendors, cutting administrative processing and vendor overhead costs by 15%.
• Audited client billing histories and case records in Clio to resolve inconsistencies, recovering $14,000 in unbilled expenses and reducing invoicing lag by 24%.

Senior Paralegal — Suffolk Law Group

Boston, MA | June 2021 – June 2023

• Conducted legal research on 90+ corporate liability and contract dispute cases using Westlaw and LexisNexis, shortening research preparation times by 25%.
• Indexed and processed over 6,000 legal documents, including subpoenas, disclosures, and deposition logs, reducing file retrieval latency by 35% weekly.
• Coordinated filings with court clerks in 4 distinct state jurisdictions to ensure compliance with digital and physical filing regulations, achieving 100% accuracy.
• Scheduled and organized deposition schedules for 12 complex cases, coordinating logistics with 3rd-party transcription agencies to improve efficiency by 18%.

Staff supervision, Case allocation, E-discovery management, Subpoena tracking, Legal database administration, Billing audits, Docketing, Westlaw, LexisNexis, Relativity, Clio, Microsoft Office 365, SharePoint, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Court filing coordination, Trial notebook preparation

E-Discovery Migration Project

Role: Project Leader

Tools: Relativity, Clio, Slack

Led the migration of 140 active case files to a cloud database, reducing query response times by 35%.

Billing Audit Initiative

Role: Lead Auditor

Tools: Microsoft Excel, Clio

Reviewed 300+ legacy billing folders, recovering $18,000 in unbilled disbursements and enhancing invoicing efficiency by 22%.

• Certified Paralegal (CP) (2022)
• Relativity Certified Administrator (RCA) (2024)

• Languages: English (Native), French (Conversational)
• Volunteer Work: Legal aid assistant at Boston Community Legal Center (2022–present)
• Availability: 2 weeks notice