1. 1805 W. Estates Dr. E-mail: tembry1964@yahoo.com
Mount Prospect, IL 60056 Phone: 847-420-6459
Thomas Embry
Objective Seeking a position as a paralegal or senior paralegal working for a well
respected law firm or corporate entity in Chicago or northern suburbs
Experience
Clark Hill, PLC, Litigation Paralegal, February 2014 - Present
 Prepare privilege logs, search reports and production documents for
attorney review
 Manage large E-Discovery databases of documents while working on
complex multi-million dollar litigation cases.
 Prepare deposition outlines and trial related materials
 Assist attorneys in the courtroom with exhibit monitoring and
presentation during trial
 Professionally manage and maintain wide range of contract,
commercial, probate and guardianship cases
 Draft documentation to be filed with the Court such as Subpoenas,
Discovery Requests, Petitions for Administration; Annual
Accountings, Final Reports, Subpoenas and Discovery Requests
 Personally manage meet and confer sessions with clients to determine
scope of E-Discovery and custodian files at issue
Foley and Lardner, LLP, Litigation Paralegal, 2008 – February 2014
 Successfully navigate search and review of E-Discovery documents on
web hosted software applications
 Oversee and manage workflow/work product of several project
assistants within litigation department
 Effectively prepare documents and exhibits for attorneys during trials,
arbitration/mediation hearings and depositions
 Coordinate with marketing and research departments to develop a
comprehensive and technologically advanced approach to obtaining
larger platform of practice areas
 Work closely with attorneys in preparing involved document
productions in both electronic and hard copy formats
Novack and Macey, LLP, Paralegal, 2004 – 2008
 Effectively prepared documents and exhibits for attorneys during trials
and depositions
 Monitor entire case files as well as privilege and redaction log projects
involving large volume of complex documents
 Draft pleadings to be filed with the Court

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Education Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois
Bachelor of Arts Degree, May 2003
 Major: Criminal Justice
 Minor: Sociology
 G.P.A. 3.79 Magna Cum Laude Honors
Computer Skills in the following programs/software applications:
Relativity, Concordance, Applied Discovery, Opticon E-Discovery
software, Law E-Discovery software, Trial Director, Deposition Director,
Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Juris, Casemap, Timemap, Textmap,
Lexis, Westlaw, LiveNote, FileSite, TimePro,
Bloomberg Terminal, Bloomberg Law
Trial Experience in the following State and District Courts
Illinois State Court - Cook County, Lake County, DuPage County
Federal District Court - Northern District of Illinois
US Court of Appeals, 7th
Circuit Illinois
Federal District Court - Western District of New York
Federal District Court - Central District of California
Numerous Arbitrations across the country
Certificates
Honor’s Day Recognition 2001-2003
Dean’s List Recognition 1999-2003
Relativity End User (2008)
Concordance End User, CLE Certified (2007)
Summation End User, CLE Certified (2006)
Projects
Prepared and conducted a comprehensive risk assessment on a juvenile
offender from Jackson County Juvenile Detention Center in downstate
Illinois for an Assessment of Offenders class in college
References Available upon request