1. RESUME FOR IDA H. SCOTT
Ida H. Scott
6818 Blue Lake Drive
San Antonio, Texas 78244
(210) 463-3848
Education:
Incarnate Word High School – graduated
Texas Tech University – BA Sociology, Minor English
San Antonio College – Associate Degree in Legal Assisting, 1982
Certifications:
Texas Board of Legal Specialization – Civil Trial Law 1994;
(First year for Paralegals)
Recertify every 5 years
Memberships:
Battle of Flowers Organization
Paralegal Division of the State Bar of Texas – Charter Member
South Texas Organization of Paralegals (STOP) – now AAPA
Miss Rodeo Texas Association – Secretary for the Board of Directors
Phi Mu Sorority
Job Descriptions:
Knowledge of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure;
Knowledge of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure;
Knowledge and experience with O’Connor’s Texas Civil Forms;
Knowledge and experience with O’Connor’s Federal Civil Forms;
Experience in the preparation of discovery requests and discovery responses;
Experience in the preparation, organization and bates labeling of documents for production;
Experience in the communications with records services for ordering records;
Experience in the area of summarizing depositions, medical records, billing records, education
and employment records;
Experience in the preparation of deposition notices;
Ability to plan and organize the depositions of witnesses and parties;
Ability to plan, prepare and organize the documents and pleadings for hearings, mediation,
deposition prep and trial notebooks;
Experience in assisting attorneys at major hearings and trials in State and Federal Court;
Experience in assisting with client meetings and working with the clients in order to respond to
discovery requests and reviewing the clients’ documents for production;
Experience in preparation of all parties production logs;
Other pointes:
Highly organized and dependable.
No problem asking questions to clarify an assignments.
Believe in team work with attorneys, paralegals, secretaries and other support staff of the office.

2. Sense of humor.
Volunteer to assist others when able.
Knowledge of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Implement the use of the O’Connor’s Texas Forms and Federal Forms for Civil Trials.
Experience with E-filing and Pacer.
Experience with West Law.
Employment:
J. Guerra Law Firm
7551 Callaghan Road, Suite 300
San Antonio, Texas 78229
(210) 366-4529
Contract paralegal position for solo plaintiff attorney who specializes in
swimming pool accidents or drownings in Texas and as a co-counsel in other
states. Few personal injury or wrongful death matters. I prepare deposition notebooks, mediation
and hearing notebooks; order and review medical records, employment records, and business
records. Some e-filimg. Reference us either Jesse Guerra or Kellie Guerra. Available at any time
for interviews.
13750 San Pedro Avenue, Suite 730
San Antonio, Texas 78232
(210) 404-0333
Paralegal position with all attorneys and cases are assigned to each attorney with a paralegal.
Presently I am a contract paralegal. From 10/1/14 – 11/30/15 I was a full time employed
employee. Then moved to contract paralegal handling Special Projects, i.e. All Parties
Production Summary, Billing Records Summary from 11/30/15 – 1/15/16.. Mr. Espey is to be
contacted for a reference.
Special Counsel
9901 W. Interstate 10
Suite 750
San Antonio, Texas 78230
210-824-0300
Contract paralegal position with Espey and Associates from April 2014-September 2014. The
assignment was drafting the All Parties Production Log for a construction case in Edinburg,
Texas. Summarizing the documents produced by all parties with trial set in August 2014.
Special Counsel has knowledge of my ability as a litigation paralegal.
Tessmer Law Firm
7800 IH 10 W
Suite 830
San Antonio, Texas 78230
210-368-9708
Subrogation paralegal.
October 2013 – February 2014.

3. I have worked other contract positions for Special Counsel with other firms for short periods of
time.
Howard Davis Law Office
Ben Davis
6655 First Park Ten Blvd.
Suite 250
San Antonio, Texas 78213
210-738-8080
Plaintiff firm. The cases came to me when the Petition was to be filed. I did review the file
received from the pre-litigation team for completeness before filing a lawsuit.
April 2012-July 2012. Left the firm due to family matters.
Former firm:
Ray Valdez McChristian & Jeans
Ray, McChristian & Jeans, PC
1250 NE Loop 410
Suite 700
San Antonio, Texas 78209
210-341-2554
Paralegal for Michael Ezzell who is no longer with firm as established his own law firm.
Litigation defense cases which included trucking accidents, employment cases, and insurance
defense cases. Worked closely with the home offices of the trucking companies for discovery
documents, responding to discovery and for communicating with the drivers. Assisted with the
case from its inception to the end. Assisted at trial in Austin, Texas in January 2011.
Employed 2008-2011. Left the firm as my daughter passed away October 25, 2010.
Programs:
Microsoft Word; Word Perfect; Juris; Lexis; Pacer; some experience with Excel; Summation.
Willing to learn other programs.
Other References:
Reese L. Harrison Jr.
Formerly with Oppenheimer, Blend Harrison & Tate
Strasburger & Price
2301 Broadway
San Antonio, Texas 78215
(210) 250-6125
Mr. Harrison’s paralegal for 13 years and has knowledge of my experience as a Litigation
paralegal.
Cheryl Gates
Docu-trieve Litigation Support, LLC
One Riverwalk Place

4. San Antonio, Texas 78205
(210) 716-7899
Known and worked with Cheryl over the past 10 years in the records area if litigation. Cheryl
has knowledge of my experience as a paralegal.
Honorable Judge Richard Price
Bexar County Courthouse
San Antonio, Texas 78205
210-335-2086
Judge Price has knowledge of my civil litigation experience.
Additional references will be provided upon request.