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Paralegal

Location:
Pittsburgh, PA
Salary:
40000
Posted:
June 06, 2014

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Judith L. Beck, J.D.

*** ******* **

Springdale PA 15144

865-***-****

acegwr@r.postjobfree.com

Legal Experience

. Currently assist with mortgage foreclosures and real estate

transactions

. Assisted and/or handled a variety of legal matters, including

asbestos, motor vehicle accidents, workers' compensation, slip and

fall, toxic tort, plaintiff's personal injury, property damage,

contract rights and responsibilities, insurance claims, consumer

rights, family law, defamation and public utility/regulatory law

. Managed over 100 contested foreclosure cases at Bank of America, N.A.,

as a Mortgage Resolution Specialist II, assisting outside foreclosure

counsel prepare discovery and for trial, liaising with a variety of

bank departments and vendors

. Competently managed legal file materials, including 300 asbestos files

and voluminous class action cases, both physically and on databases

. Obtained and organized trial preparation documents, including medical,

financial and employment records

. Researched and wrote legal documents, including legal memoranda,

complaints, answers, discovery requests and responses, motions,

pretrial statements, trial briefs, exceptions and appellate briefs

. Represented clients at depositions, settlement conferences, prehearing

conferences, motions court and hearings.

. Prepared clients and witnesses for depositions and trial testimony

. Supervised an insurance defense production team preparing discovery

responses of more than 100,000 pages

. Managed a payday advance store, including hiring and training

assistants

. Oversaw local counsel in Connecticut, Kentucky, Virginia, Florida and

Texas on regulatory matters and customer complaints against a water

utility company

Legal Employment

Dyer Law Firm, P.C., Pittsburgh PA

April 2014 - present

Legal Assistant, Mortgage foreclosures

Inside Edge - Legal, Pittsburgh PA

Oct. 2012 - April 2014

Contract Mortgage Resolution Specialist II with Bank of America, N.A.

Beck's Legal Support Svcs., Pittsburgh PA

Mar. 2012 - Oct. 2012

Temporary and part-time paralegal and law clerk services

Legal Network, Pittsburgh PA

Oct. 2001 - May 2002

Contract Attorney for Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

LawCorps, Pittsburgh PA

July 1999 - July 2001

Contract Attorney for Duquesne Light Company and Jones Day Reavis & Pogue

Welch, Gold & Siegel, Pittsburgh PA

May 1999 - Nov. 2000

Associate Attorney

LawCorps, Pittsburgh PA

Sept. 1998 - Dec. 1998

Contract Attorney for a variety of clients

Jones, Gregg, Creehan & Gerace, Pittsburgh PA

Oct. 1996 - Sept. 1998

Associate Attorney

Wayman, Irvin & McAuley, Pittsburgh PA

Oct. 1993 - Oct. 1996

Research Assistant, Law Clerk

Financial/Insurance Employment

Catholic Cemeteries Association/ The Catholic Funeral Plan of the Diocese

of Pgh Sept. 2011 - Dec. 2011

Family Counselor, Cemetery Needs & Sales Representative, Funeral Insurance

Plans

Western & Southern Life Insurance Company, Pittsburgh PA

Nov. 2010 - Sept. 2011

Sales Representative, Health & Life Insurance

Moxy Marketing, Greentree PA

Sept. 2010 - Nov. 2010

B2B Sales Representative, Verizon Products

Banker's Life & Casualty, Knoxville TN

Sept. 2009 - June 2010

Sales Representative, Senior Health & Life Insurance

Combined Insurance, Knoxville TN

July 2009 - Sept. 2009

Sales Representative, Health & Life Insurance

Check Into Cash, Harriman TN

Feb. 2007 - July 2009

Manager (2 years) & Assistant Manager (6 months), payday advances, check

cashing

Nova Information Systems, Knoxville TN

May 2006 - Nov. 2006

Temporary Customer Service Representative, Technical Support

Liberty Tax Service, Maryville TN

Jan. 2006 - Apr. 2006

Temporary Tax Preparer, individual and small business taxes

American Republic Insurance Company, Knoxville TN

Sept. 2005 - Nov. 2005

Sales Representative, Health & Life Insurance

World Finance Corporation, Maryville TN

May 2004 - July 2005

Assistant Manager, small loans, collections

Education & Licenses

Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh PA

J.D., cum laude

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA

Litigation Paralegal Certificate

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

B.S. Biology

PA Health & Life Insurance License

Active

PA Law License

Inactive

Memberships & Associations

Women's Business Network of Southwestern PA (WBN, Inc.), Chapter

Representative 2011-2012

Toastmasters International, Aspinwall Toastmasters: V.P. of Public

Relations 2012-2013, Secretary 2011-2012;

District 13 Toastmasters: Public Relations Officer 2012-2013

P.O.W.E.R., Volunteer at non-profit, preparing and facilitating creative

writing workshops, Apr. 2011-Oct. 2012

R.C.A.C., Volunteer contributing writer for senior community center monthly

newsletter, Jan. 2012-Oct. 2012



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