Karin Weaver
Senior Litigation Paralegal
Lansdale,PA
Summary
Helping attorneys maximize their impact to optimize clients’ settlements and resolutions. Meticulous Legal Professional empowered with robust communication, organizational, and interpersonal competencies; special expertise in insurance defense litigation; experienced e-filing, answering pleadings and assisting with discovery requests and responses. Well-practiced in researching and analyzing complex legal and insurance documents. Expertly skilled at handling complex matters, prioritizing and balancing multiple tasks, and assisting attorneys through all stages of litigation in fast-paced, high intensity environments.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Insurance Defense Paralegal
Hall, Booth, & Smith
01.2026 - Current
- Support 1-2 attorneys in serving clients and preparing for arbitration and trial by conducting, reviewing, and analyzing legal research; preparing legal documentation; completing timely court filings in PA and Federal Courts; scheduling medical examinations, depositions, and inspections; and summarizing medical records, discovery documents, and deposition testimonies.
- Correspond with clients to compose answers in preparation for interviews, questions, and interrogation.
- Handles all legal administrative tasks and paralegal tasks.
- Attend trials to effectuate counsel defense strategy.
- Reviewed and analyzed pleadings and contracts.
- Reviewed medical chronologies and medical expense recaps.
Insurance Defense Paralegal
Marshall Dennehey
07.2024 - 12.2025
- Support up to 5 attorneys in Employment Law and Professional Liability for first responders, teachers, architects and engineers.
- Reviewed medical chronologies and medical expense recaps.
- Prepared draft pleadings, motions, deposition notices, discovery requests, responses and objections.
- Prepare cases for settlement, arbitration and trial by conducting, reviewing, and analyzing legal research; review AIA documents; jury verdict research; preparing legal documentation; reporting to client/carrier; retention of experts; and summarizing medical records, discovery documents, and deposition testimonies.
- Handles all legal administrative tasks and paralegal tasks.
- Strengthened paralegal performance by conducting training for all paralegals providing advance performance and contributing to satisfactory probationary performance.
- Helped attorneys prepare for hearings, depositions, mediations and trials.
- Reviewed and analyzed pleadings and contracts.
- Collaborated with attorneys to develop strategies for each case.
Insurance Defense Paralegal
ZARWIN BAUM, DeVito, Kaplan, Schaer
11.2023 - 07.2024
- Support 3 attorneys in serving clients and preparing for trial by conducting, reviewing, and analyzing legal research; preparing legal documentation; completing timely court filings in PA, NJ, and Federal Courts; scheduling medical examinations, depositions, and inspections; and summarizing medical records, discovery documents, and deposition testimonies.
- Correspond with clients to compose answers in preparation for interviews, questions, and interrogation.
- Surpassed billing goal by $50K in 2021, $48K in 2020 and $87K in 2019—a combined increase of ~54% over 3 years—by reassessing time management and work diary.
- Elevated team performance by conducting training for new paralegals and support staff that contributed to satisfactory probationary performance.
- Wrote correspondence, status reports and pre-mediation and pre-trial reports for clients.
- Helped attorneys prepare for hearings, depositions, mediations and trials.
- Reviewed and analyzed pleadings and contracts.
- Reviewed medical chronologies and medical expense recaps.
- Prepared draft pleadings, motions, deposition notices, discovery requests, responses and objections.
- Researched statutes, decisions, legal articles, and codes.
- Contacted clients to schedule appointments and discuss progress of cases.
Senior Insurance Defense Paralegal
LAW OFFICES OF DONNA M. DIPIETRO
08.2022 - 11.2023
- Support 1-2 attorneys in serving clients and preparing for arbitration and trial by conducting, reviewing, and analyzing legal research; preparing legal documentation; completing timely court filings in PA and Federal Courts; scheduling medical examinations, depositions, and inspections; and summarizing medical records, discovery documents, and deposition testimonies.
- Correspond with clients to compose answers in preparation for interviews, questions, and interrogation.
- Handles all legal administrative tasks and paralegal tasks.
- Attend trials to effectuate counsel defense strategy.
- Reviewed and analyzed pleadings and contracts.
- Contacted clients to schedule appointments and discuss progress of cases.
Insurance Defense Paralegal
THOMAS, THOMAS & HAFER
05.2017 - 11.2018
- Supported 3 attorneys with answering and handling discovery, pleading preparation, contacting experts, investigating fact witnesses, and preparing for trial.
- Drafted wide range of legal documents, including discovery requests, subpoenas, and pleadings.
- Responded to Request for Production of Documents.
- Scheduled and coordinated depositions and meetings.
- Served as subject matter expert regarding evaluation and interpretation of insurance policies, contracts, and lease agreements.
- Revised and finalized letters, briefs, and memos.
- Researched statutes, decisions, legal articles, and codes.
Insurance Defense Paralegal
MINTZER, SAROWITZ, ZERIS, LEDVA & MEYERS
01.2015 - 01.2017
- Provided pre-litigation support to 3 attorneys within the Commercial Subrogation Unit throughout entire litigation process from inception through trial to pursue reimbursement for damages on behalf of clients nationally for construction defects, workers compensation and automotive losses.
- Assisted attorneys with reviewing and organizing witness reports.
- Communicated pertinent information to clients via phone, email, and mail.
Education
AAS - Paralegal Studies
NASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Garden City, NYSkills
Litigation support
Legal writing
Client communication
Case analysis
Legal research
Electronic filing
Accomplishments
Worked closely with management assisting in career development of other paralegals and claims examiners.
Maintain average of $200K in billables per year and ~95% accounts receivable.
Formerly licensed as claims adjuster in NY, CT, DE, FL, and AL in all lines except workers compensation.
Timeline
Insurance Defense Paralegal
Hall, Booth, & Smith
01.2026 - Current
Insurance Defense Paralegal
Marshall Dennehey
07.2024 - 12.2025
Insurance Defense Paralegal
ZARWIN BAUM, DeVito, Kaplan, Schaer
11.2023 - 07.2024
Senior Insurance Defense Paralegal
LAW OFFICES OF DONNA M. DIPIETRO
08.2022 - 11.2023
Insurance Defense Paralegal
THOMAS, THOMAS & HAFER
05.2017 - 11.2018
Insurance Defense Paralegal
MINTZER, SAROWITZ, ZERIS, LEDVA & MEYERS
01.2015 - 01.2017
AAS - Paralegal Studies
NASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Career Notes
Formerly served as Senior Claims Examiner at several national commercial and personal lines carriers with responsibility for overseeing liability, fatalities, construction defects and complex litigation claims; assessed and evaluated insurance risks.
Professional Highlights
- Worked closely with management assisting in career development of other paralegals and claims examiners.
- Maintain average of $200K in billables per year and ~95% accounts receivable.
- Formerly licensed as claims adjuster in NY, CT, DE, FL, and AL in all lines except workers compensation.
Technologies
MS Office, Adobe, Kofax, Dropbox, Netdocs, iManage, Prolaw, Juris, iTimekeep, Timeslips, Legal Files, Aderant, Canva, Nebula, KLD