Professional. Paralegal. Portland.
Offering litigation support to attorneys in Oregon & Washington.
EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONAL
25 years experience in research, analysis, writing, and consultative support.
REMOTE OR ON-SITE
Able to support your team from anywhere, no dedicated space required.
FLEXIBLE, ON DEMAND Support
Available by the project, by the hour, or however you need, from intake through trial and beyond.
WHO AM I?
Freelance paralegal, experienced writer and investigator.
With 25+ years as a professional writer, analyst, project manager, and consultant, I have the experience to assist you in complex legal tasks, from challenging investigation and discovery to drafting pleadings to to crafting exhibits and supporting you at trial.
I’m a paralegal, not an aspiring lawyer, so my focus is on advancing your matters, not my own career aspirations.
I’ve spent most of the past 30 years here in Portland, but have lived and traveled all over the country and globe, so I bring the best of both worlds.
Why PARALEGAL PDX?
I'll save you money, and more importantly... time.
My billing rate allows you to flexibly and competitively bill for paralegal tasks, and most importantly, frees you up to spend your time being a lawyer.
I bill my clients with the same precision, ethics, and attention to detail that you bill yours, with detailed billing entries by the .1 hour.
I don’t work “9 to 5,” I work when needed, where needed, so you’re never paying me to sit around, and when there’s a deadline, I can meet it.
How I can help your law firm.
- Conduct pre-intake interviews and document the needs of potential clients prior to attorney review.
- Gather, organize, scan and evaluate client documents.
- Conduct background and asset checks adhering to professional and privacy standards
- Acquire evidence from electronic devices, including email, text messages, photographs, video, voicemails, and transcribe / prepare preserving metadata, chain of custody, and evidence integrity.
- Submit and follow up on records requests from law enforcement, medical providers, insurance companies, and government entities.
- Assist clients in preparing and organizing documents.
- Prepare, redact/sanitize, and mark documents and native files for production.
- Create medical records and billing summaries for personal injury cases.
- Identify and evaluate expert witness candidates.
- Draft complaints, notices, motions, discovery requests, and subpoenas.
- Create financial models for damages, judgments, and interest calculation.
- Support calendaring, document management, time-keeping, and other tasks via firm management software like Clio, Microsoft Office, etc.
- Finalize and e-file documents in Oregon and Washington via Odyssey and in Federal Court via PACER.
- Handle in-person filing and other Court business in Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas Counties.
- Notarize documents in Oregon (traditional, remote, and mobile).
- File liens in county records offices.
- Arrange process service and file proofs.
- Arrange court reporters, videographers, and appropriate meeting venues.
- Take near-verbatim notes during depositions to avoid delays in transcript access.
- Craft exhibits and organize witness, hearing, and trial binders.
- Attend hearings and trials, provide on-site support including real-time research, drafting, and filing.
- Search for assets (real property, vehicles, etc.)
- Register foreign judgments.
- Prepare debtor interrogatories.
- Manage FED notices, service, and coordination with sheriff’s offices.
Contact Information
EMAIL: jim@paralegalpdx.com