kimberly clark, cla
e-mail abi3gk@r.postjobfree.com
**** ********** ****** . *****, ******* 33133
PHONE 786-***-****
EXPERIENCE
OCTOBER 2009 - OCTOBER 2010 PERRY & NEBLETT
MIAMI, FL
Senior Paralegal
Responsible for preparation of corporate
documentation for vessel purchases; prepare minutes
of meeting for shareholders and directors; draft
resolutions, waivers, minutes, approvals of action
without meeting; draft dissolution of the
corporation; prepare and file appropriate documents
corresponding to an issuance of new stock or a
transfer of stock ownership; draft corporate
resolutions and other documents; coordinated and
managed preparation of yacht registration
documents; obtain information and file
documentation necessary to qualify corporation to
transact business; responsible for coordination of
payment of client corporate fees to foreign
entities on an annual basis; responsible for
obtaining client cruising licenses from
governmental entities.
April 2007 - October 2009 Moore & Company
Coral Gables, FL
Transactional Paralegal
Formed foreign and domestic entities for clients
and oversee the annual maintenance of same which
included filing annual reports, payment of
corporate fees and obtained renewed yacht
registration; draft articles of incorporation,
by-laws, organizational minutes, stock
certificates; obtain and prepare minute book,
corporate seal, stock ledger, etc.; prepare and
file appropriate documents with the Secretary of
State, Department of Corporations, Internal Revenue
Service; prepared and arranged for registration of
clients' yachts with shipping registries; conducted
yacht closings held in foreign countries, offshore
and domestically; responsible for training and
supervision of new paralegal; networking with
shipping registries worldwide at boat shows and
other boating related events; also assisted with
organizing, analyzing, filing and preparing
chronologies for litigation practice.
February 2006 - March 2007 Papy, Weissenborn,
et., al. Coral Gables, FL
Legal Assistant
Performed secretarial duties for two attorneys such
as transcribe dictation, maintain calendar,
schedule hearings, prepare pleadings and screen
callers/clients. Also prepared deposition
outlines.
July 2005 - October 2005 Crescent Heights
Miami, FL
Corporate Paralegal
Performed corporate paralegal functions such as
formation of new companies with various Secretaries
of State, prepared corporate secretary
certificates, prepared and filed certificates of
amendment, filed annual reports for each new
company, prepared and filed UCCs.
March 2004 - June 2005 Greenberg Traurig
Miami, FL
Legal Assistant
Performed secretarial functions for Shareholder and
Associate; Prepared title commitments and title
polices using Displaysoft; request title
commitments, surveys and plats; assist in filing
condominium papers with HUD and State of Florida.
2001- March 2004 Nagin, Gallop & Figueredo,
P.A. Miami, FL
Legal Assistant
Legal Assistant working in the areas of
Intellectual Property Litigation; performed
research using Westlaw database; establishes and
maintains computerized database system to track
files (Summation); researches and responds to
inquiries from clients, interested parties,
attorneys and judicial personnel regarding status
of case and legal process; undertakes assigned
legal research projects; prepare simple motions;
review cases for deadlines and procedural
compliance, completeness and accuracy; arrange for
filing of legal documents; compiles and prepares
reports of case data; prepares and maintains
notebooks and documents to be used in depositions
and court proceedings; attends and assists in
depositions and trial at the request of attorney
for purposes of document management and note taking
and update and monitor docketing deadlines using
ProLaw software.
1996 - 2001 Avatar Properties, Inc. Miami, FL
Senior Admin. Assist. - 1999; Admin. Assist. -
1998-1999; and Secretary - 1996-1998
Responsibilities included residential and
commercial real estate transactions including
contracts, opening files, ordering hard copies of
recorded documents, clearing exceptions where
required, recording necessary documents, deposition
summary and document production for Executive Vice
President/General Counsel, Senior Corporate
Attorney and Assistant Vice President.
Education
2002 Barry University
Miami Shores, FL
Bachelor of Liberal Studies, Legal Studies
Concentration
Memberships
Member of South Florida Paralegal Association 2003
- Present; Member of National Association of Legal
Assistants 2004 - Present; Certified Legal
Assistant 2004 - Present; Florida Notary Public
skills
Knowledge of Windows 2000, WordPerfect Office 2000,
Microsoft 2000, Microsoft Outlook, Adobe Acrobat
5.0, ProLaw, Summation, Displaysoft and DocsOpen