Christie Osbourn

Litigation Paralegal

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

About

Specialties: Litigation support, electronic evidence presentation, courtroom and trial support, creation of custom demonstrative exhibits, litigation case management, litigation software support, document management, information systems support, organization, and (legal and witness) research.

Experience

  • Paralegal at Lewis, Thomason, King, Krieg & Waldrop, P.C.
    Sep 2009 - Present · 16 yrs 10 mos

    Draft correspondence, pleadings, and subpoenas. Organize medical records. Analyze medical records and prepare chronologies. Organize case files. Conduct background research. Assist attorney in trial preparation including creating trial notebooks, coordinating witnesses, assembling and preparing trial exhibits. Research federal and state statutes, case law, legal articles, codes and treatises. Assist in preparing legal briefs, motions and pleadings. Communicate pertinent information to clients via phone, email and mail. Maintain ongoing communication with opposing parties from discovery to trial phase. Assist counsel in preparing answers, providing documentation and information for discovery requests. Manage billable hour tracking. Prepare indices of deposition and trial testimony.

  • Paralegal at Law Office of J. Houston Gordon
    Jan 1997 - Sep 2009 · 12 yrs 9 mos

    Draft correspondence and pleadings. Interview clients and witnesses. Draft responses to discovery. Research statutes and case law. Prepare trial notebooks. Maintain calendar and docket control. Assemble briefs including preparing tables of authorities. Analyze and prepare chronologies of medical records. Schedule and prepare attorney for doctors' depositions. Summarize deposition and trial testimony. Transcribe dictation. Prepare settlement statements including negotiating medical bills. Organize case files. Prepare client billing and maintain client accounts.