Woody Doolittle was born and raised in Phoenix, Ariz., graduating from Alhambra High School in 1982. He started working in the legal field at the age of 16 with Treon, Strick, Lucia and Aguirre, beginning in the summer of 1981 as an in-house messenger completing court filings and deliveries. After three months he was offered a position with the firm doing in-house filing, copying, ordering of supplies, etc. He continued in this position while attending Phoenix Community College, where he was studying to become a court reporter.

After two years in school, Doolittle decided court reporting was not the career he wanted to pursue and began working full time at Treon, Strick. He continued there for 16 years and with great support and training from other employees, he became a legal secretary. One of his mentors was a paralegal and former legal secretary who took him under her wings and taught him the ropes. In addition to being a legal secretary, he was also the firm’s records manager and a paralegal. Doolittle attributes his skills today to the various positions he had at Treon, Strick.

Doolittle left the firm with attorney Jennifer Barnes, with whom he had worked for 13 years, when she opened her own practice. Working for a sole proprietor, he wore numerous hats including office administrator, secretary and paralegal. He left there in 2000 when he moved to San Diego.

Prior to his current job at Gordon & Rees, he worked at the firm of Moore, Brewer, Jones, Tyler and Wolfe as a legal secretary and paralegal. Doolittle began with Gordon & Rees in 2004 as a legal secretary and currently fills that role, as well as the role of secretarial coordinator.