Janae O’Connor

Paralegal

As a paralegal for Silver & Wright LLP, Janae O’Connor taps into her managerial and administrative experience by providing necessary support to the firm’s attorneys. With her proficiency in a number of technical skills such as Westlaw, Lexis, Pacer, and Truefiling Janae helps to maintain litigation files and review and prepare material for storage or disposal once a case has closed.

Janae also assists with research, prepares and handles exhibits, and drafts correspondence, pleadings, motions, and other documents by using her experience in legal writing, legal research, and civil litigation.

As an administrative assistant in a previous position, Janae drafted correspondence and bankruptcy petitions and consistently communicated with a number of clients, attorneys, and the United States Bankruptcy Court. Janae also worked as a senior digital media manager and gained extensive experience supervising and managing employees as well as coordinating organization efforts.

Janae has experience as a litigation paralegal in general civil, criminal, and appellate courts in California. Her areas of expertise are in municipal law in both civil and criminal courts including code enforcement, nuisance abatement, cost recovery, receiverships, building code compliance, misdemeanor criminal law, trial preparation, discovery, civil and criminal motion document drafting, and multiple other aspects of both civil and criminal litigation.

Janae earned her Bachelor of Communication from Christian Lutheran University and her paralegal certificate from the University of California, Irvine.

EDUCATION

• Paralegal certificate from the University of California – Irvine
• Bachelor of Communication from Christian Lutheran University