BENJAMIN SCANLON

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Pittsburg PA, 15922

443-***-****

LEGAL EXPERIENCE:

Strobe & Bantley, Washington D.C. Paralegal, June 2004 –Present

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:

• Protected clients’ patent technologies including: medical devices

• Knowledge of UPSTO rules and regulation

• Prepared and helped to file trademark and patent applications, monitored status and updated fillings

• Advanced knowledge of office reaction responses

• Superior understanding of filing related papers via the USPTO’s EFS web site

• Ability to skillfully navigate the USPTO PAIR web site at a high level

• Provided litigation support and research

• Managed large scale document collections and reviews

• Ability to prepare both us and foreign filling

• Prepared, proofed, and filed, electronic patent fillings

• Edited, proofed, and maintained practice specific material in regard to style,

• Experienced in Electrical, Biotech, and Mechanical fields

• Reviewed Client Billings

• Manage and update Excel spreadsheet’s to monitor critical deadlines

• Docketing experience in US Patents, Foreign Patents, Us Trademarks, Foreign Trademark’s

• Proof and titled electronic patent and trademark fillings

• Full field the required actions to keep patents, trademarks, and copyrights current

• Developed, maintained, and expanded the filing system.

GENERAL LITIGATION:

• Performed research

• Drafted interrogatories, answers, motions, and pleadings for discovery. Also worked on contracts, and briefs.

• Cite checked and blue booked documents

• Managed large scale document collections and reviews, including coding and creating and maintaining privilege logs

• Participated in strategy sessions with attorneys and made recommendations on trial issues

• Ensured compliance with all state and local rules using Pacer

• Acted as point of contact for clients and opposing counsel

• Scheduled interviews for clients and opposing counsel

• Reviewed medical comp claims

• Knowledgeable of medical comp claims process for DC, Maryland, and Virginia.

• Knowledge of rules of local and state civil procedure for Maryland, Virginia, and DC

CORPORATE, REAL ESTATE & FINANCE:

• Filed SEC forms, including 10-k, 10-Q, 8-K, proxy statements and section 16 reports

• Corporate maintenance

• Reviewed loan documents and managed closings

• Experience with mergers and acquisitions

• Extensive experience drafting contracts

• Advanced ability to draft cap tables

• Superior knowledge of drafting option agreements

• Contract negotiation

• Handled real estate closings

• Negotiation of title closings

• Performed title survey and analysis

• Preparation of title memorandum

• Drafted lease amendments

• Reviewed Real Estate contracts

Immigration, Bankruptcy and Miscellaneous

• Extensive knowledge of E-2 visas

• Ability to prepare non-immigrant visas (E,H,L,O,P, and Perm)

• Ability to prepare k-1 visas

• Ability to prepare H-1b visas

• Ability to prepare TN Visas

• Prepare e-bankruptcy petitions

• Processing chapter 7,11, and 13 bankruptcies

• Supervised, trained and mentored paralegals

• Advanced knowledge of FOIA legal issues.

• Processed FOIA applications

EDUCATION:

• New York University, September 1998 May 2003 BS in Political Science and Economics 3.72 GPA

• Regents College, London, UK

• Harford Community College, Paralegal Certificate ABA Approved September 2003 – May 2004

Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Access),Outlook, Legal Key, Law 5.0 Lexis Nexus, Needles, Summation, Westlaw, Concordance, Pacer, Needles, Case Map, Dropbox, SAS, STAT,SPSS, Case-Logic, Relativity, Ring Tail. Serve, Elite and Work-Flow I-Pro, Trail Director, Word-docks, Court link, Adobe, Time Matter’s, Oracle, Display Soft, and Title Express.

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