1. Christina Nickle
Discovery Bay, CA 94505 │ 925.437.1862 │ gtnickle@comcast.net | www.linkedin.com/in/tina-nickle-b21184a6
Office Manager | Paralegal | Secretary
Reliable and organized Administrative Professional and Certified Paralegal with 20-plus years of experience
ensuring smooth business operations and high staff productivity by maintaining a cohesive and efficient work
environment. Experienced supervisor keeps staff on track while maintaining office morale. Excel at
administrative tasks and research by being detail-oriented and utilizing strong interpersonal and multi-tasking
skills. Extensive technical expertise expedites processes and deliverables. Creative problem-solver and self-
starter committed to exceeding goals and delivering quality results.
Demonstrated Strengths
• Office Management • Case Management
• Communication • Legal Research
• Employee Hiring and Training • Meeting and Event Logistics
• Contracts/Supplier Management • Customer Service, Client In-take
• Property Administration • Strong team member
Technical Expertise
Business Software: Microsoft Office Suite, GroupWise, Windows, Word Perfect, Meeting Maker, Office
Communicator and LYNC Telephone Conferencing, Skype
Legal Software: I-Manage, Summation, Real Time, ProForma/Legal Solutions, and Trial Director
Specialized Apps: Microix Purchase Order System and DAD (Disability Advocacy Database) Client & Time
Tracking System
Professional Experience
DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA, Sacramento Regional Office, Sacramento, CA 01/2007 – 04/2015
Office Manager II/Paralegal
Manage daily office operations, including staffing, compliance, training, and budgeting. Supervise six office
support staff to ensure efficient and effective operations. Hire, train, coach, and evaluate support personnel and
temporary agency staff. Direct work activities to ensure deadlines are met, prioritizing and coordinating work
assignments and major casework or projects. Coordinate travel arrangements and assist in preparation of grant
reports. Provide reasonable accommodation assistance to staff with disabilities, as needed. Participate in off-site
professional development. Coordinate bi-annual all-staff training events, including setting the agenda, handling
logistics and managing vendors. Assist with development and implementation of agency policies and legal unit
protocols. Ensure safe office operations by developing and maintaining emergency plans.
• Undertook a special project to open the Fresno and Sacramento offices' legal units. Hired and trained new
staff. Led the Fresno office search and set up, including coordinating occupancy, quotes for vendor services,
notifying stakeholders, updating business cards and letterhead, and serving as the point of contact with
Fresno Office Property Management Agency and Owner. Coordinated logistics and execution of a successful
Office Open House event.
• Serve on the management team, facilitating the monthly management and staff meetings, preparing agendas,
taking notes, and producing confidential memos and documents.
• Participated in outreach to minority and underserved communities to promote agency services.
• Improve productivity by facilitating new staff orientation, ongoing training, and mandatory continuing legal
education (MCLE) training.
• Reduce costs and improve budget profile by preparing and monitoring annual unit budget and overseeing
purchasing, property inventory, and facility and equipment maintenance.

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MILLER, STARR & REGALIA, Walnut Creek, CA 1997 – 2006
Paralegal – Real Estate, Construction Defect, Land Use, Environmental, Insurance
Assist attorneys in preparing for trials, hearings, and closings by managing complex and general litigation cases,
undertaking discovery and document production, conducting research, providing trial preparation and alternative
dispute resolution (ADR) support, and preparing memorandum of costs post-trial.
• Complex and General Litigation Case Management – Monitored progress of personnel assigned to specific
projects for pending litigation to ensure timely support. Coordinated services with outside vendors and
retained outside investigators.
• Discovery and Document Production – Researched Corporate, L.L.P. and Real property ownership.
Conducted research to locate expert witness. Schedule and control document acquisition and production,
including summarizing, arranging reproduction and indexing. Prepared chronologies. Assisted attorney in
reviewing documents for privilege and drafted the privilege log. Provide deposition support, including taking
notes, organizing exhibits entered, and summarizing depositions or hiring contractors to provide summaries.
Retained court reporter and determined need for computerized or videotaped transcript.
• Research – Conducted research using Westlaw, Lexis-Nexis, Law Library, Dun & Bradstreet, Internet, and
First American Fast Web Real Estate database. Attended destructive testing with all parties and took notes.
• Trial Preparation and ADR Support – Worked with experts and consultants to draft Trial Exhibits list and
organize, mark and index Trial Exhibits. Drafted key witness files and lists. Prepared trial subpoenas and
arranged for service. Coordinated and designed important documents, graphic exhibits, and video and
demonstrative evidence. Contracted with local vendors for technical courtroom equipment and space.
Obtained juror list, drafted jury instructions & voir dire questions, and prepare juror chart. Obtained electronic
data in Real-Time and marked key testimony, ordered transcripts and input to Summation.
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY: Livermore, CA 1986– 1996
Senior Administrator/Supervisor, Business Services Department Food Services Unit
Supervised staff and operations for the Business Services Department Food Services Unit that managed
laboratory-wide food services contracts and services. Acted as the customer services liaison on services to the
7,000 - 10,000 employees. Developed and implemented company-wide policies and procedures to ensure Food
Services contract compliance and Laboratory compliance with procedures. Performed audits and
safety/sanitation inspections, resolving discrepancies to ensure high standards were met.
• Managed the Food Services Unit annual program budget of $2 million in contracts, managing financial terms
of the contracts to eliminate $700,000 in fiscal government subsidy over 9 years.
• Managed construction remodels and service compliance for the Laboratory to ensure corporate regulations
and state and federal codes were met. Ensured ADA compliance requirements were met for four food service
cafe buildings, 200 vending machines and $500K in catering.
• Oversaw equipment inventory and purchasing, ordering and replacing cafeteria kitchen equipment as needed.
* * * Career Notes * * *
While obtaining Paralegal Certificate, served as a legal assistant for various law firms. Prepared J.C. forms,
pleadings, accountings, asset Inventories, and charts. Prepared client forms for filing with the County, letters to
carrier and healthcare providers. From client questionnaires generated Trusts/Wills/DPAs, Asset Schedules, and
Q Deeds and PCORs by entering details into appropriate databases.
While obtaining Associate in Arts degree, served as secretary in Unified School District and University educational
entities in the district's two Human Resources offices, the Assistant Superintendent's office and the University
Science & Math Division. Served 4 years on an Elementary School District Board of Education.
Education / Training
Paralegal Certificate, SAINT MARY’S COLLEGE, Moraga, CA
Bachelor of Arts, Management, SAINT MARY’S COLLEGE, Moraga, CA
Notary, commissioned since 2000
Training
Mediation/Arbitration ● Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) Training
Time Management ● Disability & Cultural Competence