Ally Thaw

• Solely manage financial operations for the Santa Barbara branch, supporting 250+ clients across trust and business accounts. • Implemented software to automate a previously manual bookkeeping system, reducing monthly processing time from weeks to days. • Categorize 300+ weekly transactions, produce monthly financial reports with these. • Reassign $50k of previously unallocated costs to appropriate clients & vendors to reduce unrecovered costs to under $10k.

• Manage a caseload of active personal injury cases, balancing legal work with financial responsibilities • Track client treatment progress, collect and organize medical records and billing documentation • Draft demand letters, mediation briefs, and discovery documents for attorney review • Coordinate with insurance adjusters, co-counsels and opposing counsels to support case progression • Prepare weekly internal case meetings to ensure alignment with attorneys on case strategy and action items

• California Credentialed Paralegal in compliance with California Business & Professions Code section 6450(c)(3) • Conduct legal research and support case preparation using tools such as Westlaw and internal databases

• Review and verify client invoices by auditing billable hours for accuracy • Reconcile financial records in Excel to support payroll and billing reports • Maintain and organize client billing and case records across physical and digital systems • Utilize SQL and relational databases to support trial preparation and evidence organization • Troubleshoot software and technical issues for attorneys and staff to improve day to day efficiency

Relevant Coursework: Statistical Modeling, Data Analysis, Experimental Design, Regression Analysis Technical Skills: R, SQL, SAS, Excel

Awarded an NCAA Division 1 scholarship as a Women's Volleyball Team Member while pursuing a degree in Environmental Engineering.