SWATI THAKUR
San Diego,CA
Summary
Certified Professional holding Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management offering 5+ years of career distinguished by commended performance and proven results. I am looking forward to securing an opportunity where I can make the best of my potential & contribute to the organization’s growth working as a Legal Assistant/Paralegal. Creative and Innovative thinker with effective Goal setting abilities combined with leadership, cultural awareness, team building, communication, flexibility, interpersonal and presentation skills. Self-motivated with the ability to excel in a fast-paced environment, managing competing priorities, implementing decisions to meet objectives, operational deadlines and adapt readily to new challenges.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Legal Clerk
Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC
03.2025 - Current
- Company Overview: As a global leader in consumer lending industry, acquiring, and collecting nonperforming loans, PRA Group returns capital banks and other creditors to help expand financial services for consumers in the Americas and Europe. With more than 4,500 employees worldwide, PRA Group companies collaborate with customers to help them resolve their debt.
- Responsible for E-filing pleadings & motions for difference states through their court websites.
- Document management systems through QLAW.
- Coordinating summons & complaint filed/Proof of service with our vendors ABC Legal Services.
- Maintaining daily reports and resolving all attorney suit rejects in a timely manner so that we are able to reach our monthly goals of suit filed.
- Also give training to vendors & make respective SOP to work all task codes.
- Participate in various team meetings to reach the monthly goal & to improve the performance.
- Participate in various meeting with attorney to review/draft Summons, Pleadings, motions, dismissals and SOJ’s as needed.
- Participate in complete cycle of pre-suit & post judgment processes starting from Summons & Complaint, sheriff letter, dismissal with/wo prejudice or default judgment process.
- Familiar with Answers from defendant, sending discovery, sending stipulation, opposing counsel Notice of appearance, counterclaim, case management conference, trial, notice of hearing.
- Familiar with Post judgment processes - Lien process, wage garnishment, sanctions, SOJ’s, vacate process, judgment renewal.
- Familiar with Substitution of counsel, Notice of Association, change of address.
- Prepare and format legal documents using the template including Pleading, Motion, Correspondence and Discovery Requests.
- Schedule and coordinate meetings, appointments, court dates. Communicating with clients, court clerk, court reporter.
- Managing day to day operations as Attorney Calendar Management, Document Preparation and Proofreading, Electronic Filings with court, Trial Preparation and Case Management.
- Maintained Calendars for all assigned active cases which included keeping track of filings, hearings, trial dates and scheduling conference and interviews.
- Maintained Document Management System including the review of accounts through internal software program. Prepare necessary docket sheets for attorneys in various states. Prepare cases for hearings and/or trials, under attorney supervision.
- Maintained an advanced Filing system and retrieving documents from case records and updating Database Court Management Systems.
- Maintained Proofreading and Quality for all documents and check for appropriate formatting, spelling, and grammatical errors.
- Maintained shared office Calendars and individual attorney calendars in Outlook with a Schedule of dates and deadlines.
- Updating critical information in the Docketing database upon instruction, maintaining accuracy of the docketing database to ensure quality of records. Managing communications and calendars for multiple attorneys and maintaining deadlines.
- Calendaring: Updating, tracking and entering deadlines and trial dates on firm’s calendar including dates of hearing, arbitrations, mediations and court appearances.
- As a global leader in consumer lending industry, acquiring, and collecting nonperforming loans, PRA Group returns capital banks and other creditors to help expand financial services for consumers in the Americas and Europe. With more than 4,500 employees worldwide, PRA Group companies collaborate with customers to help them resolve their debt.
Database QA
InfoObjects Inc
08.2023 - 12.2023
- Company Overview: Global Advertising and Marketing Technology company connecting Advertisers with consumers to drive performance while respecting and protecting consumer privacy and Client data.
- Worked in Software Testing Life Cycle Process- Reviewing Requirement Specification documentation, Writing Acceptance Test Criteria, Test Scenario, Test Plans, Writing Test cases with Test data, following various testing Methodologies: Black-Box, Unit Testing.
- Recording and documenting Test case Results and comparing it to expected results based on Requirement Traceability Matrix.
- Performing Database validation and comparing the result with UI Data.
- Managing Defect Reporting Life cycle- from Start to Resolution, perform Retesting/Regression testing, helping manage company deliver quality product to Clients.
- Reporting & follow up on Bugs identified during QA Validation along with production after deployment.
- Managing Agile Testing Methodology, Functional & Non-Functional Testing. Involvement in Smoke, Unit, Integration, System, End-to-end Testing followed by Regression.
- Composing & Executing SQL Queries covering the test scenarios and Acceptance Criteria in PostgreSQL & Microsoft SQL Server.
- Global Advertising and Marketing Technology company connecting Advertisers with consumers to drive performance while respecting and protecting consumer privacy and Client data.
Legal Clerk
Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC
04.2019 - 03.2023
- Responsible for Identifying, Formatting, Collating and Drafting Pre/Post Trial documents under Attorney's supervision to electronically file for Colorado, Denver, California, Florida, Missouri and Washington and other states Court Websites and E-filing systems.
- Prepare and format legal documents using the template including Pleading, Motion, Correspondence and Discovery Requests.
- E-Filed Documents in State Court for various state: Summons & Complaint,Pleadings, Answer & Counter Claims, Request for Production of Documents, Response, Motion to Dismiss case with/without Prejudice, Motion to Withdraw, Stipulation, Motion for Default Judgment, Satisfaction of Judgment, Judgment Renewal, Notice of Civil Return Date, Motion to Enforce Settlement, Motion to Vacate Notice of Settlement, Motion for Default Judgment on Stipulation, Pleading, Notice of Default Letter, Motion to Re-Open Case, Proposed Order, Proposed Judgment, Notice of Change of Address, Notice of Hearing, Return Of Service, Writ of Garnishment, Substitution of Counsel and Notice of Settlement.
- Maintained Document Management System including the review of accounts through internal software program. Prepare necessary docket sheets for attorneys in various states. Prepare cases for hearings and/or trials, under attorney supervision.
- Familiar with Drafting Answers, Correspondence, Formatting Pleadings, Preparing Discovery (Request for Admissions), Preparing Court Documents, Motions, Declarations under attorney supervision in a given template.
- Maintained an advanced Filing system and retrieving documents from case records and updating Database Court Management Systems.
- Maintained Proofreading and Quality for all documents and check for appropriate formatting, spelling, and grammatical errors.
- Maintained shared office Calendars and individual attorney calendars in Outlook with a Schedule of dates and deadlines.
- Updating critical information in the Docketing database upon instruction, maintaining accuracy of the docketing database to ensure quality of records. Managing communications and calendars for multiple attorneys and maintaining deadlines.
- Calendaring: Updating, tracking and entering deadlines and trial dates on firm’s calendar including dates of hearing, arbitrations, mediations and court appearances.
Education
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management -
Institute of Management Technology
Masters in Sociology -
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Bachelors in Sociology -
Delhi University
Skills
- Document Management System
- DocuSign
- Adobe Sign
- IManage
- Case Management
- Docketing
- Clio
- Legal Drafting
- Legal Research
- LexisNexis-Progene
- Agile
- Scrum Methodology
- TFS
- Confluence
- Test Management
- Project Management Tool
- Jira
- Database Management
- Microsoft SQL Server
- PostgreSQL
- Microsoft Products
- Word
- Excel
- SharePoint
- PowerPoint
- Outlook
- Teams
- Adobe Acrobat Pro
- Adobe DC
- Civil E-Filing
- California
- One Legal
- ABC Legal
Timeline
Legal Clerk
Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC
03.2025 - Current
Database QA
InfoObjects Inc
08.2023 - 12.2023
Legal Clerk
Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC
04.2019 - 03.2023
Masters in Sociology -
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Bachelors in Sociology -
Delhi University
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management -
Institute of Management Technology
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