Robert Hester, Jr.
Thousand Oaks
Summary
Over 27 years of diverse and varied paralegal experience in highly sensitive deadline driven environments requiring an extremely high level of accuracy and attention to detail. Keenly adept at managing multiple tasks with changing requirements and deadlines. Proven experience in learning new areas of law. Very strong computer, internet and database skills.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Paralegal
The Swanson Law Group
Westlake Village
07.2023 - 01.2026
- Specialized in plaintiff personal injury matters.
Supervisory Paralegal
DorenfeldLaw, Inc.
Agoura Hills
06.2019 - 07.2023
- Specializing in insurance defense of policyholders and plaintiff matters in all aspects of civil litigation including personal injury, habitability, employment law, business transactions, business disputes, insurance disputes, bond claims and construction defect. Also business formations, estate planning and probate.
Paralegal
Masserman & Ducey, LLP
Sherman Oaks
09.2017 - 06.2019
- Specialized in insurance defense of policyholders for all types of civil litigation matters.
Paralegal
LightGabler
Camarillo
08.2016 - 06.2017
- Specialized in employment law defense for employers.
Paralegal
Anderson Kill
Ventura
12.2007 - 07.2016
- Specialized in insurance policy enforcement, civil litigation, federal, personal injury, mass toxic torts, probate, business formations and non-profit corporation formations.
Paralegal
Law Offices of Peter R. Nelson
Westlake Village
01.2004 - 11.2007
- Specialized in insurance and employer defense for workers' compensation matters and civil matters.
Paralegal
Law Office of Ball & Yorke
Ventura
08.2002 - 12.2003
- Specialized in plaintiff personal injury, wrongful termination and other civil litigation matters.
Paralegal and Office Manager
Law Office of Robert P. Jennings
Ventura
06.2002 - 08.2002
- Specialized in plaintiff personal injury, malicious prosecution, criminal, family law, immigration, probate and other civil litigation matters.
Paralegal
Law Office of Ball & Yorke
Ventura
02.2002 - 06.2002
- Specialized in plaintiff personal injury, wrongful termination and other civil litigation matters.
Paralegal
Law Offices of Timothy J. Hogan
Camarillo
11.1998 - 01.2002
- Specialized in insurance defense of policyholders for construction defect, personal injury and other civil litigation matters.
Education
ABA Approved Paralegal Certificate -
UCSB Extension
Santa Barbara, CA 08.1997 - 11.1999
Bachelor of Arts - Law & Society
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 09.1995 - 04.1997
Associate of Arts - Political Science
Moorpark College
Moorpark, CA 08.1993 - 06.1995
Skills
- All aspects of civil law from retention to settlement
- Trial Preparation
- Legal Research
- Excellent investigation and reporting skills
- Drafting and service of pleadings, motions, discovery, subpoenas, case management orders, retainers, settlement agreements, releases, contracts, insurance tenders and correspondence with all parties
- All types of filings including e-filing, in-person filings, federal filings and county recorder filings
- Maintaining daily billable work for each applicable case in preparation for monthly firm income
- Administrative support including answering phones, calendaring, scanning and copying
- Negotiation of outstanding liens and medical bills
- Training of paralegals and support staff
- Litigation support
- Reporting and documentation
- Case management
- Document preparation
- Strong legal background
- Legal jargon knowledge
- Client communications
- Corporate law
- Assisting with insurance policy reconstruction for insurance policies dating back to the 1950's
- Analyzing insurance policies and public records for insurance policy enforcement, civil matters, toxic tort matters and personal injury
- Uploading insurance policies of clients into online databases for access by clients and our office
- Business formations and non-profit corporation formations including management of annual requirements
Computer Skills
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Publisher
- Microsoft Power Point
- Word Perfect
- Legal Solutions Plus
- Adobe Pro
- Docusign
- Dropbox
- Jurisearch
- Westlaw
- Lexis
- FileVine
- Imanage
- Prolaw
- CaseMap
- Case Home Page
- CM/ECF
- Pacer
- Proforma
- Visions
- Abacus Law
- Abacus Accounting
- A-1 Law
- Hot Docs
- Any Time Deluxe
- Time Slips
- Time Matters
Timeline
Paralegal
The Swanson Law Group
07.2023 - 01.2026
Supervisory Paralegal
DorenfeldLaw, Inc.
06.2019 - 07.2023
Paralegal
Masserman & Ducey, LLP
09.2017 - 06.2019
Paralegal
LightGabler
08.2016 - 06.2017
Paralegal
Anderson Kill
12.2007 - 07.2016
Paralegal
Law Offices of Peter R. Nelson
01.2004 - 11.2007
Paralegal
Law Office of Ball & Yorke
08.2002 - 12.2003
Paralegal and Office Manager
Law Office of Robert P. Jennings
06.2002 - 08.2002
Paralegal
Law Office of Ball & Yorke
02.2002 - 06.2002
Paralegal
Law Offices of Timothy J. Hogan
11.1998 - 01.2002
ABA Approved Paralegal Certificate -
UCSB Extension
08.1997 - 11.1999
Bachelor of Arts - Law & Society
University of California, Santa Barbara
09.1995 - 04.1997
Associate of Arts - Political Science
Moorpark College
08.1993 - 06.1995