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Education
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., Paralegal Certificate, 1977
Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, B.A., 1969
University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1966-67
Experience
After graduation from college, Mrs. Matthews was employed by Antioch College as an Instructor. After returning to the Washington area in 1970, Mrs. Matthews was employed by the D.C. Public Schools as a Research Assistant and Counselor. In 1975, Mrs. Matthews joined the National Housing Partnership ("NHP") as a paralegal. While at NHP, her duties included: preparing documents for the multi-family real estate developments built by the company; maintaining the records for the company's subsidiary corporations and limited partnerships; and serving as EEOC coordinator.
Between 1979 and 1984, Mrs. Matthews was an independent paralegal working for various solo practitioners. During this period, Mrs. Matthews obtained experience in a number of substantive areas of law including general practice, bankruptcy, litigation and antitrust. Her duties during this period included: research at various administrative agencies, drafting pleadings, client interviews, setting up and maintaining litigation support systems, and trial preparation.
Since joining Duncan, Weinberg, Genzer & Pembroke, P.C., in 1984, Mrs. Matthews's responsibilities have included: litigation support, research at administrative agencies and supervision of other paralegals. Her primary functions are assisting the Firm's attorneys in all aspects of trial preparation including organization of documents, research, drafting pleadings, preparing exhibits, summarizing testimony and attending and assisting at trial. In the litigation support area, Mrs. Matthews was responsible for researching and recommending the computerized litigation support software purchased by the Firm.
Mrs. Matthews's research duties have taken her to most of the area's administrative agencies and major libraries. Assignments have included retrieval of documents from the National Archives, preparation of legislative histories and retrieval of documents and cases from various administrative agencies as they relate to the Firm's energy practice.
Mrs. Matthews also trains and supervises and assists in the training of various law clerks and other paralegals employed by the Firm.