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MARGARET EVE-LYNNE MIYASAKI
Telephone: (415) 846-5913
hawaiiandelights@yahoo.com

 

OBJECTIVE: For a position that utilizes my skills and experience as a paralegal/legal administrative assistant.

 

QUALIFICATIONS: Eight years experience as paralegal/legal administrative assistant, strong communication skills, detail-oriented, ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects, Working knowledge of Mac and PC platforms, with ability to build and troubleshoot cross-platform files. MS PowerPoint and InData Trial Director.

 

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

 

11/2004 – Present, Paralegal Services

Freelance Paralegal

California certified paralegal supervised by an attorney licensed to practice law in California , Paul McCarthy, bar no. 139497. Document preparation, investigation, medical summary and research, records research, and shepardizing. Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Drug-related Habeas Corpus, Business and Residential Landlord-Tenant, Real Estate, Business Contract, Family Law.

 

06/2004 – 11/2004, Weinberg and Wilder, San Francisco, CA

Freelance Paralegal

Trial transcript summary. Intellectual Property, Criminal Defense, Appellate.

 

02/2004 - Present, Law Office of Rey Hassan, San Francisco, CA

Freelance Medical Paralegal/Trial Presentation Consultant.

PowerPoint Trial Presentation development and presentation. Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Plaintiff.

 

02/2004 – 05/2004, Bryant, Clohan and Baruh, LLP, Palo Alto, CA

Freelance Medical Paralegal

Medical record summary. Product Defect, Personal Injury, Plaintiff.

 

7/2003 - Present, Litigation Tech, San Francisco and Concord, CA

InData Trial Director Trial Presentation Support Consultant

Automated trial presentation. Personal Injury Defense.

 

9/2002 - 7/2003, Wartelle, Weaver and Schreiber, San Francisco, CA

Free-lance Medical Paralegal

Medical record/deposition summary, Internet/medical research, written discovery responses. Exhibits, demand packages. PowerPoint. Personal Injury, Toxic Tort, Building Defect Plaintiff, Complex Litigation.

 

6/2002 - 9/2002, Berman, Berman & Berman, LLP, San Francisco and Los Angeles, CA

Short-term Paralegal/Legal Administrative Assistant

Discovery summaries/indexes, deposition summaries, written discovery responses, proofread/edit/draft, legal research, filing, calendaring, courtroom observer.  Complex Litigation, Construction Defect Defense.

 

3/2002 - 7/2002, Law Office of Cheasty and Cheasty, Berkeley, CA

Legal Assistant

Investigation, medical record analysis, summary, timeline, demand package, digital imaging, joint tenancy, estate planning, pleadings, correspondence. Personal Injury Plaintiff, Intellectual Property Criminal Defense, Probate.

 

12/2001-3/2002, Baron Drexel, Oakland, CA

Free-Lance Medical Paralegal

Summarized complex medical records and prepared case chronology in a medical malpractice case alleging negligent failure to diagnose breast cancer. Medical Malpractice Plaintiff.

 

7/2001 - 2/2002, Law Office of Robert Beles, Oakland, CA  

Free-Lance Paralegal/ Legal Administrative Assistant/Office Manager

Summarized jury voir dire, pre-trial/trial transcripts, and drafted statement of facts in a special circumstances/first degree murder appeal. Investigation, summary/pleading/affidavit draft, transcription in special circumstances/first degree murder case. Medical/legal research. Correspondence, calendaring, office manager. Criminal Defense, Appellate, State and Federal Civil Plaintiff.

 

1/2000 - Present, Paul McCarthy, Oakland, CA

Freelance Paralegal/ Legal Administrative Assistant. On-Call

Probate conservatorship, trial transcript summary, legal research using Law Desk, file/serve documents, courier, courtroom observer. Probate, State and Federal Appellate, Criminal Defense, Civil Rights.

 

1983 -1986, Law Office of Morris Miyasaki, Honolulu, HI

Paralegal/Legal Administrative Assistant

Investigation, document production, administrative tasks. Criminal Defense, State and Federal Civil Litigation.

 

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

6/2002 - Present, Acapulco Restaurant and Cantina, Santa Clara, CA

Karaoke Jockey

Entertainment coordinator for a weekend karaoke show. 

 

9/2003 - Present, Eve-Lynne.com, http://www.eve-lynne.com, San Francisco, CA

Administrator/Artist/Owner

On-line portfolio/retail store for my original medical illustrations, resume, Hawaiian Delights.

 

1/2001 - 4/2001, Remedy Staffing, Temporary Placement, San Jose, CA

Receptionist/Administrative Assistant-Temp, Marketing, Trend Technologies

Receptionist, light secretarial, administrative tasks, PowerPoint presentations, Photoshop digital imaging for print.  

 

10/1999 - 5/2002, Hawaiian Delights.com, http://www.hawaiiandelights.com, Honolulu, HA (web site closed)

Administrator/Artist/Owner; Winner of the Golden Web Award for web site design.

On-line retail store selling Hawaiian Delights, my original line of crochet apparel. Created web site overall look and feel;  web design and art, icons, graphic design, photo editing, digital imaging and fashion photography.

 

EDUCATION

 

1978-1980, Kapiolani Community College, Honolulu, HI, Liberal Arts Major Transfer Student

1979-1980, Shrinerís Hospital for Crippled Children, Medical Illustrator Intern, Honolulu, HI:

Medical Illustration Intern for John Burns School of Medicine and Shrinerís Hospital.

1981-1986, University of Hawaii, Honolulu and Hilo, HI

120 Units as Pre-Med towards completion of Medical Illustration Independent Studies degree.

2000, Comp USA School of Technology, Honolulu, Hawaii and Seattle, Washington

Certification: Adobe Photoshop I & II, Adobe Illustrator I & II, Adobe PageMaker I, II & III, Corel Draw I & II, FrontPage 2000 I & II, Front Page 98 I & II, Dream weaver 98 I & II, Dream weaver 2000 I & II, Gif Animator, Macromedia Flash, Converting Files For The Web, Internet Research I & II, Web Graphics I & II, Website Promotion, Digital Imaging I & II, Internetworking I & II, HTML I & II, Internet Business I & II, Business Writing, Quark Express, Desktop Publishing, Mac OS, Windows 98, MS Office Suite 2000, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access I, II & III

2001-2003, On-Job Training: Word Perfect 8.5, Abacus Law, Legal Solutions, Law Desk, MacForms, InData Trial Director Suite 3.1, Elite Enterprise.

2001, Annual Homicide Defense Seminar, California Public Defenders Association, Rohnert Park, CA

2001, Annual Scientific Evidence Seminar, California Public Defenders Association, Sacramento, CA

2001, Annual Sentencing Seminar, California Public Defenders Association, San Jose, CA

2002, Annual Felony Defense, California Public Defenders Association, Yosemite, CA

2002, Annual Capital Case Defense Seminar, California Public Defenders Association, Monterey, CA

2003, Annual Capital Case Defense Seminar, California Public Defenders Association, Monterey, CA

2004-2005, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA, Paralegal Studies Major.

2007, Annual Capital Case Defense Seminar, California Public Defenders Association, Monterey, CA

2008, Annual Capital Case Defense Seminar, California Public Defenders Association, Monterey, CA

Foreign Language: Japanese, conversational level.

 

REFERENCES

 

Paul McCarthy, Esq.

Law Office of Robert Beles

1 Kaiser Plaza, Suite 1750

Oakland, CA

Phone: 510) 836-0113

 

Robert Cheasty

Law Office of Cheasty & Cheasty

1604 Solano Ave.

Berkeley, CA

(510) 525-1000

 

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