I'm a talented Drupal developer and site builder with a passion for being on the cutting edge of web development. I am highly motivated, always learning and to expanding my horizons. I embrace a culture of sharing knowledge and experiences embodied with my team. Collaboration, group work and peer review is an integral part of my job.
Tools:
Microsoft Office, Concordance, Kroll OnTrack, LiveNote, Adobe Acrobat Professional, iManage, DMS, Prolaw, Summation, Lexis-Nexis, Westlaw, Internet Explorer, CaseMap, eCopy Desktop, Law PreDiscovery, IPRO, Groupwise, Relativity, HTML, CSS/SASS, JavaScript, Git, PHP, phpMyAdmin, Unix Command-line, Vagrant, Ansible, VirtualBox, PHPStorm, JIRA, Drupal
Events Attended:
DrupalCon, Los Angeles - May 2015
Drupal MidCamp, Chicago - March 2015
Drupal Camp Fox Vally - September 2014
Drupal MidCamp, Chicago - March 2014
An Event Apart, Chicago - August 2013
Attended Sprints:
CADUG / Breakthrough Technologies Hosted Sprint - August 2015
CADUG / Breakthrough Technologies Hosted Sprint - July 2015
DrupalCon Sprint - May 1015
Village of Oak Park Drupal User's Group - April 2014
MidCamp Sprint - March 2014
Village of Oak Park Drupal User's Group - January 2014
Development Manager @ Drupal, Drupal, Drupal. From October 2015 to Present (3 months) Drupal Developer @ Utilizing my experience in reviewing and drafting protocols to help standardize the Drupal Department workflow and organization, while also providing support and maintenance to a number of Drupal projects.
Setup and maintain my development environment while compiling a list of components and testing new programs.
Perform Drupal core and modules updates.
Review Features and other custom modules to troubleshoot issues and implement improvements.
Facilitate department overview review and discussion. From April 2015 to October 2015 (7 months) Contract Drupal Developer @ Utilizing my experience in reviewing and drafting protocols to help standardize the Drupal Department workflow and organization, while also providing support and maintenance to a number of Drupal projects.
Setup and maintain my development environment while compiling a list of components and testing new programs.
Perform Drupal core and modules updates.
Review Features and other custom modules to troubleshoot issues and implement improvements.
Facilitate department overview review and discussion. From August 2014 to April 2015 (9 months) Freelance Drupal Developer @ Taking my affinity with technology and my organizational skills and attention to detail, acquired as a Paralegal, and putting them into use developing and maintaining websites using Drupal.
• Setup and build websites using Drupal 7 CMS
• Update and test Drupal Core and contributed modules
• Setup and use local and development environments
• Theme using CSS/SASS and modify php templates
• Migrate a site from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7
• Research and Troubleshoot various client questions and issues From June 2013 to April 2015 (1 year 11 months) Contract Paralegal @ •Assisted in discovery including formulating a review strategy, preparation of review protocol and binder, choosing a review team and reviewing documents for responsiveness.
•Researched local rules and standing orders.
•Redacted documents in preparation for production, assisted in redaction team oversight and QC.
•Managed and tracked document productions.
•Drafted responses to discovery requests.
•Reviewed and tagged produced documents for case organization.
•Assisted in privilege strategizing, review, redaction and production.
•Scheduled depositions with court reporter and assisted in deposition preparation
•Compiled, tracked and sent documents to experts for review.
•Reviewed, analyzed and revised expert reports and expert tables.
•Compiled and prepared exhibits for Motions for Summary Judgment and other filings.
•Finalized redacted and sealed briefs for electronic filing and courtesy copies for the judge.
•Manage case files, correspondents, filings (PACER documents), and discovery documents.
•Analyzed and summarized information to answer attorney inquiries.
•Updated case calendar with important dates including errata sheets, mock trials, and scheduling order dates.
•Facilitated attorney assignment completion. From March 2011 to April 2013 (2 years 2 months) Contract Paralegal @ Reviewed and Tagged production documents for case organization From January 2011 to March 2011 (3 months) Project Assistant @ •Prepare for and attend Breach of Contract and Misappropriation of Trade Secrets trial
•Assisted in all phases of discovery for 16 Intellectual Property cases, including coordination of document productions, preparing exhibits for depositions, management of transcripts, redact documents, update privilege logs, and answer attorney queries
•Compiled documents in response to third party subpoena
•Managed three Intellectual Property litigation cases
•Maintained correspondence and pleadings collections
•Prepared Intellectual Property specimens for two case files From November 2007 to August 2010 (2 years 10 months) Paralegal Clerk @ •Reviewing documents for filing requirements and filing documents with Circuit Court of Cook County; Cook County Clerk; United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois; and Appellate Court of Illinois, 1st District
•Reviewing for recording requirements and recording documents with Cook County, Will County, and Kane County Recorder of Deeds
•Preparing correspondence to clients
•Preparing Governmental Exemption Petitions and maintaining files
•Preparing Certificate of Error Applications for Cook County Assessor
•Checking and maintaining status of delinquent traffic and ordinance violation fines with the Circuit Court of Cook County
•Reviewing real property legal descriptions From August 2005 to May 2007 (1 year 10 months)
Certificate, Paralegal Studies @ Loyola University Chicago From 2005 to 2007 Bachelor of Science (BS), Biological and Environmental Science @ Antioch College From 1999 to 2003 Oz Heller is skilled in: Litigation, Legal Research, Drupal, Web Development, Web Maintenance, Relativity, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Westlaw, Trials, Courts, Lexis, Intellectual Property, Depositions, Pleadings, Motions