Resume for William R.Harri

1. William Reynolds Harris
Email: reynolds.harris@gmail.com
LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/reynoldsharris
Phone: (770) 206-0436
WORKEXPERIENCE:
Scholarly Communications Office at Emory University
Robert W. Woodruff Library, 540 AsburyCircle, Atlanta, GA
Research Assistant January2015 - August 2015
 Review, revise, and analyze potential intellectual property and copyright issues involving Emory University staff publications.
 Extensive database work to ensure all scholarly articles are correctly placed, organized, and summarized.
CedarCrestone, Inc.
1255 AldermanDrive, Alpharetta, GA
Assistant Human Resources & Legal Consultant January2014 - August 2014
 Organized and standardized CedarCrestone, Inc. and its five (5) related entities’ employment and personnel files to ensure regulatory
compliance withthe GeorgiaDepartment of Labor, Equal Employment OpportunityCommission, and Department of Homeland Security.
 Reviewed and organizedallpast andpresent employees’ records for completeness, and created MS Accessdatabase to house records.
 Evaluatedissues related to security, ERISA, Title VII, worker’s compensation, social security, and benefits during records review.
 Analyzed employees’ medical andtax records, I-9 and W4 forms, andperformed background checks to verify employment eligibility.
Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele, L.L.P.
326 Roswell Street, Marietta, GA
Insurance Defense Paralegal September 2012 – December 2013
 In 2013 yearlyreview, marquee partner declared that “William’s work-product is on the same level as a third-year attorney.”
 In addition to preparing for trial in insurance defense andcoverage matters, provided trial preparation assistance for premises liability,
personalinjury, wrongful death, products liability, nursinghome defense, medical malpractice, andworkers’ compensation cases.
 Authored “The Evolutionof Hours-of-Service (HOS) Regulations,” whichwas submitted to the Georgia Defense Lawyers’ Association’s
Quarterlymagazine (Spring 2014) for publication.
 Drafted memorandums on a wide range of legal issues, such as, “The Relevancy and Scope of Discoverable Documents and Information
Reflecting a Defendant’s Net Worthin CaseswithClaims ofPunitive Damages,” “Cross-Contamination: The Preventable Cause of Tyler Davis’
Untimely Death,” and “The Essential Elements of Criminal Sexual Battery.”
 Created original discovery work-product, and managed complex and voluminous discovery requests and responses .
 Frequentlyprepared user-friendlyand dynamic presentations and notebooks for witness interviews, hearings, depositions, ADR, andtrial.
 Drafted advanced mediation memorandums, case analyses, motions, 12(b)(6) motions, dispositive motions, pre-trial demand letters and
insurance badfaith claims, discovery, 6.4 letters, witness andexhibit lists, complaints, answers , and consolidated pre-trial orders.
 Substantivelyanalyzedclaimants’ medicalrecords, bills andreports, anddrafted chronologies, summaries, andspecial damages synopses.
Fried Rogers Goldberg LLC
3560 Lenox Road, Suite 1250, Atlanta, GA
Senior Litigation Paralegal October 2011 - September 2012
 Individuallyresponsible for preparing multi-milliondollar personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, premises liability,
products liability, commercial andresidentialreal estate, workers’ compensation, andcivil “RICO” casesfor trial.
 Consultedandcollaboratedwith founding partner Joseph Friedto settle six cases in one week, recovering over twentymillion dollars.
 Receivedformal recognitionfrom all partners for “Exemplaryand outstanding workat the firm.”
 Extensive involvement and work with exhibits, exhibit and witness lists, trial notebooks, motions in limine, andDaubert motions.
 Significant experience withmultiple PACER andCM/ECF systems.
 Extensive usage of Summation, eDiscovery, andother advancedelectronic legal file organizationsoftware.
 Sole recipient ofthree “merit-based bonuses,” which totaled approximately$30,000.
Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP
303 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA
Senior Litigation Paralegal August 2004 – October 2011
 Preparedfor trial in products liability, premises liability, insurance defense, workers’ compensation, and nursing home negligence cases.
 Receivedprogressively better yearlyreviewscores;significantly, in2011 yearlyreview, marquee partner remarked that
“William has always beenextremelyhelpful andseeks newtask andgrowth. He is my ‘go-to person’ whenever I have questions.”
 Performedextensive fact investigations involvingcomplex issues for calculating apportionment ofliability.
 Assistedin creatinga Microsoft Access database for all mass tort cases, which is stillutilized bymost of the firm.
 Draftedadvancedcase analyses specifically utilizedfor Alternative dispute resolutionand trial.
 Assistedincoordinatingandorganizing three separate audits byThe LibertyMutual Group, which resulting inprocuring newclients.
 Monthlybillablehours averaged 154, significantlyexceedingthe firm’s mandated monthlyaverage of133 hours.
 Onlyparalegal specificallysought out and requested to assist the South Carolina trialteam in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012.

2. EDUCATION:
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Hanover, NewHampshire August 1999 - May2004
Bachelor of Arts (A.B.), Government andInternationalRelations
 Receivedthe veryrare DartmouthCollege official academic citationfor “Meritorious Performance” incapstone senior-year seminar,
“Governmental Strategy& Politics,” whichstatedthat “William‘s talents for writingandanalysisare far above those ofhis peers.”
 Member of the Dartmouth TennisTeam, Dartmouth Film Society, Student Council, and Sigma Nu fraternity.
EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Atlanta, GA
(On indefinite hiatus)
August 2014 – July2015
 Completed CivilProcedure, Complex Litigation, Torts, Contracts, LegalWriting Research & Analysis, Business Associations, Legislation&
Regulation, andCriminal Law, all ofwhichwith a grade of“B” or higher.
 One of onlyten students to receive an“A” in Criminal Law out ofapproximately160 classmates.
 Electedmember of the Lawschool’s Student BodyAssembly(SBA).
ATLANTA’S JOHN MARSHALL SCHOOL OF LAW, Atlanta, Georgia
(Enrolled as an audit student)
August 2013 – December 2013
 Successfullycompleted “GeorgiaPractice & Procedure” and“Torts I” while working full-time.
RELEVANTSKILLS:
 Can accuratelyand consistently type approximatelyseventy-five (75) words per minute.
 Current NotaryPublic ingood standing.
 Formallyeducated at EmoryLawSchool inconducting legal research in WestLaw Classic and WL Next, LexisNexis, and Bloomberg Law.
 Extremelyexperienced in LexisNexis, LexisNexis File & Serve, CM/EFC, LN Accurint, WestLaw Classic and Next, CMS, andTime Matters.
 Veryexperienced with iSummation, Relativity, Concordance, Firm Manager, AbacusLaw, and FilePro.
 Multiple years of experience usingiManage, Needles Legal CMS, Orion, TLOxp, DropBox, FastScanner, and Microsoft OneDrive.
 Extremelyexperienced with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Access, andExcel, Adobe Reader and Acrobat.
 Approximatelynine (9) years of managing complex and voluminous pleadings, digital discovery, e-Evidence, andother types of
electronicallystored information, requiringsubstantive organization, prioritization, analysis, and the creation of documents andexhibits.
 Frequent client contact (inperson, via email, over the phone) to discuss case progression, discovery, andaddress concerns andquestions.
 Particularlyadept in designingtechnicallyadvanced Access databases, complex Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations.
HONORS& INTERESTS:
 In June 2014, invited bythe executive director of communications for LexisNexis to conduct a webinar for LexisNexis’s
Business of Law Section, entitled“Legal TechBriefs:Paralegalviewpoint on the future of technology for lawandbusiness.”
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBUDj2ZL_-A&feature=youtu.be).
 In June 2014, electedbythe AmericanBar Association to serve as a liaison for the InternationalCommission onDisabilityRights, which
required frequent communicationandcoordination betweenthe ABA and attorneys throughout the world for ABA events and functions.
 In January2014, approached bythe executive editor of the AmericanBar Association to write a bookbasedona multitude ofideas that
were personallysubmitted to the AmericanBar Association’s Publishing Committee.
 In December 2013, receiveda full scholarshipfrom the ABA Center for Professional Development for the “EmergingE-Discovery
Challenges inConstruction Cases:Tips, Tricks, Tweets, andTexts” course series.
 Current member, ingoodstanding, of the following ABA sections: Antitrust Law, Forum Committee onthe Construction Industry, The
Center for Professional Responsibility, Law Practice Division, Sectionof FamilyLaw, Government andTrial Techniques, Sector Lawyers
DivisionSolo, Small Firm andGeneral Practice Division, HealthLawSection, Section of InternationalLaw, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice
Section, Section ofLitigation, Sectionof Real Property, Trust, andEstate Law, andthe Section ofIndividual Rights and Responsibilities.
 Attendedthe ABA Derivatives & Future LawCommittee Meeting inNaples, FL inJanuary2014.
 In November 2015, received a certificate regarding anti-moneylaundering fromthe national AML Compliance Officer.
 In August 2014, earnedCertificatesof Merit fromthe Medical GroupManagement Associationfor completing“Utilizing Nonphysician
Providers in your MedicalPractice” and“2015 PQRS Requirements.”
 Current andactive member of the American Societyof Digital Forensics & eDiscovery, Inc., InternationalAssociation ofBusiness
Communicators, Societyof HumanResourcesManagers, MedicalGroupManagers Association, SouthernPovertyCenter, Brunswick’s
Norcross Toastmasters, and the Health Care Administrators Association.
 In September 2014, received WestLaw Next certificate of completionof advanced training course.
 In May2015, became certifiedinstructor in WestLawandWestLaw Next for “L.L.M. training.”
 In April 2015, nominatedby the AmericanBar Associationfor the Sectionof International Law’s Vice-Chair inthe Law Student, L.L.M. &
New Lawyer OutreachCommittee.
 ReceivedCertificate of Appreciationfrom the Southern PovertyLaw Center.