1. KAREN M. CLARK
2941 Linden Lane, Apt. G
Carmichael, CA 95608
(916) 949-9539
Karenclark212@gmail.com
EXPERIENCE: Litigation, transactional & administrative experience, with emphasis in
Employment, Personal Injury, Business, Healthcare, Construction Defect, Environmental,
Medical/Dental/Professional Malpractice, Real Estate. Also experienced in Advertising, Marketing
and Public Relations; Writing; Personal Historian; Design.
SKILLS:
Trial Preparation, Expert/Witness
Coordination
Heavy Document Management (compilation,
analysis, redacting, metadata elimination)
Research—Legal, Factual & Historical Deposition/Medical/Employment Record Summaries
Case Management & Calendaring (State
& Federal)
Deposition / Mediation / Meeting
scheduling & coordination
Client Contact, Supervision & Training of Staff,
Office Management/Administration
Event Planning; Travel Planning & Arrangements
Document Drafting
(pleadings/discovery/motions/
correspondence)
Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint),
WordPerfect, Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat
Pro, Social Media, Trial Exhibits, Slideshows
EMPLOYMENT:
2011-Present—Virtual Assistant & Contract Paralegal; Writer; Personal Historian. Recent
Assignments: Launched start-up litigation boutique law firm; Ancestry Quest in UK; Lifestory for 79-
year-old MS patient (ghostwriter); Novel for Change.
7/2009-10/2011 — VITALE & LOWE (Zurich North America), 3249 Quality Drive, Rancho
Cordova, CA 95670—Litigation Paralegal to Three Attorneys−Employment, General Liability,
Construction Defect.
2004-2008 — HUNTER RICHEY DI BENEDETTO & EISENBEIS, LLP, 520 Capitol Mall, Suite
400, Sacramento, CA−Senior Legal Assistant to one partner and one associate−Healthcare and
Employment Law (Transactional and Litigation). (NO LONGER IN BUSINESS)
2001-02 — SOMACH, SIMMONS & DUNN, 813 Sixth Street, Sacramento, CA-Paralegal to three
partners, three associates−Environmental Law/defense.
2000-01 — DOWNEY, BRAND, SEYMOUR & ROHWER, 555 Capitol Mall, Sacramento,
CA−Legal Assistant to one partner and one associate−Employment Law/defense.
1997-00 — MURPHY, PEARSON, BRADLEY & FEENEY, 701 University Avenue, Sacramento,
CA-Senior Legal Secretary to senior managing partner and two associates−Professional Malpractice
(Legal, Dental, Medical)/Insurance defense.
EDUCATION:
MARANGONI ISTITUTO, Milan, Italy, 2002, Certificate in Fashion Design
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY, Santa Clara, CA 1988-89 Paralegal Certificate, GPA 3.75
LANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Eugene, OR 1980-82 Associate of Science Degree, Legal Secretary Option GPA 3.93,
president and founder of Legal Students’ Association. Instructor’s Assistant -Business English and Composition.
