Bonnie M. Follett
875 Bush St. #44
San Francisco, CA 94108
Telephone: (415) 474-3391
Facsimile: (702) 442-4854
Email: bonniefollett@ix.netcom.com
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OVERVIEW
Ms. Follett is an attorney admitted to the State Bar of California in June 1994 and is in good standing. She is a member of the San Francisco Bar Association (BASF). She is a sole practitioner with many years experience as a legal assistant and paralegal in the San Francisco area, and has worked on
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| EDUCATION
May 1993 - Juris Doctor Degree,
Golden Gate University School of Law,
San Francisco, CA
June 1987 - Paralegal Certificate,
San Francisco State University,
San Francisco, CA
December 1975 - Bachelor Of Fine Arts Degree (BFA),
Mankato State University,
Mankato, MN |
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WORK EXPERIENCE
2000-Present:
Law Offices of Bonnie Follett
San Francisco, CA.
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Ms. Follett began her solo practice in the year 2000 and has handled various matters, including business set-ups, preparation of contracts, handled domain disputes, trademark and copyright matters, and filed and defended clients regarding civil litigation matters.
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1996-2000:
Steinhart & Falconer LLP
San Francisco, CA.
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Ms. Follett was a legal assistant in charge of the office litigation calendar and also performed cite-checking and shepardizing of briefs, handling of document productions, privilege reviews, document organization, case summaries, and litigation support database work. She conducted on-line and internet investigations, such as obtaining corporate information, public records, and court docket records. She managed audit letters for clients of the firm, as well as proposals and marketing materials. - Ms. Follett also worked in the Intellectual Property Dept., on general trademark and copyright prosecution matters, trademark docketing and reports.
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1993 - 1996:
McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen
San Francisco. |
After law school, Ms. Follett worked as a legal assistant on a long term temporary assignment at McCutchen which involved litigation support work on a complex environmental (RCRA) case which was resolved to a satisfactory result for the client just prior to trial. Her contribution involved analysis of voluminous
documents and depositions as well as conducting trial preparation work.
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1989 - 1993:
Thornton, Taylor, Downs & Becker
San Francisco.
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She provided litigation support for insurance defense cases on a part-time schedule during law school. Performed legal research and litigation support work, summarized depositions, etc. Also was in charge of the office litigation calendar/docket.
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1987 - 1989:
Denenberg, Tuffley, Bocan, Jamieson, Black, Hopkins & Ewald
San Francisco.
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As senior legal assistant at this branch office of a Michigan firm, she primarily worked on a large products liability case involving a hotel fire. The client obtained a favorable settlement. She also worked on various insurance defense litigation cases and investigation and preparation of insurance subrogation cases.
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COMPUTER LITERACY AND SKILLS:
Ms. Follett has used a variety of software applications, including: Microsoft Word, Corel WordPerfect, Excel, PowerPoint, Summation, Westlaw,
Legalex (for litigation calendaring), Intellectual Property Networks (IPN) Worldmarks (for trademark docketing), Saegis (for trademark searches),
Dun & Bradstreet, and CDB Infotek (for investigations).
Skilled with legal research and preparation of legal documents, including pleadings, discovery and briefs.
She is also experienced with graphics programs, such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Painter, Photosuite, etc. - She is highly computer
literate and has learned to design, create, upload and maintain Internet websites.
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Page Updated: September 2002.
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