GUY PARKER

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WASHINGTON, DC 20007

202-***-**** (cell)

E-MAIL: acrema@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER SUMMARY

Created the conflicts department at Top 5 Texas law firm

Assisted in testing/conversion/implementation of Elite Enterprise at Top 15 DC law firm

Managed day-to-day operations of team, including analyzing and solving problems, processes, staffing, personnel issues, and recruiting (Supervised staff of 20)

Exposure to a cross section of industries ranging from general litigation to healthcare, insurance, e-business, and consumer products

Skilled in sales/marketing/business development, research, project management, event planning, HR/Operations, financial and credit analysis, and clearing conflicts of interests

Developed and implemented working capital processes and quality assurance (risk management) guidelines for litigation-specific and audit services that were adopted firmwide.

WORK HISTORY

Arent Fox, LLP, Washington, DC April 2005 – July 2008

Conflicts Coordinator

Worked in co-manager role in conflicts department at Top 15 DC law firm. Continually improve processes involved with conflicts checking, including recommendation of waivers, as necessary.

Researched and cleared conflicts of interest for all potential new work and potential new-hire paralegals, associates and shareholders for all offices (DC, NY, LA). Work was performed in conjunction with various partners throughout the firm.

Research includes use of various D&B reports, Hoover’s, Westlaw, the Internet, and other sources as needed.

Maintained Elite conflicts database for conflicts and client/matter purposes.

Assisted in Elite Enterprise testing and conversion. Assisted in LA office conversion.

Liaison between Ethics Chairman and conflicts department.

Supervised workload of two assistants and provided training as needed.

Godwin Gruber, LLP, Dallas, TX Sept. 2004 – Mar. 2005

Conflicts Specialist

Created and managed the conflicts department at Top 5 Texas law firm. Created and improved all processes and policies involved with conflicts checking, including obtaining waivers and setting up Chinese walls.

Cleared conflicts of interest for all potential new work and potential new-hire paralegals, associates and shareholders for both offices (Dallas and Houston). Work was performed in conjunction with various shareholders throughout the firm.

Handled client-intake functions and other business development duties for marketing department as assigned.

Maintained CMS conflicts database for conflicts, marketing, and client/matter purposes.

Assisted accounting department with attorney origination credits.

Liaison between HR and potential new hires. Responsible for setting up new hires in firm databases.

Provided training to new hires in conflicts procedures.

Imprimis Staffing, Fort Worth, TX (Contract Position) Feb. 2004 – July 2004

Associate Transaction Specialist for Staubach Global Services

Wrote, negotiated and finalized pending contracts with the BNSF Railroad’s customers all over the U.S.

Negotiated terms, including indemnity and insurance coverage, of industry track agreements, land leases, track leases, construction agreements, storage agreements, and all other applicable railroad real estate contracts

Worked with customers, railroad engineers, and surveyors to complete details of exhibits for corresponding agreements

Obtained certificates of insurance for each type of agreement, including all special endorsements needed, through insurance carrier/provider and/or customer

Liaison between BNSF Legal, BNSF Risk Management, and customers

Completed administrative functions for department including new contract distribution, termination of agreements, maintaining transaction tracking database, research, receiving and applying payments, and reporting.

Jenkens & Gilchrist, Dallas, TX Mar. 2003 – Jan. 2004

National Conflicts Coordinator for U.S. operations office of law firm

Cleared conflicts of interest for all potential new work and potential new-hire paralegals, attorneys and shareholders for all 9 U.S. offices. Work was performed in conjunction with various shareholders throughout the firm.

Handled client-intake functions and other business development duties for marketing department as assigned

Maintained Elite database for conflicts, marketing, and client/matter purposes

Assisted billing team with Elite database maintenance and troubleshooting

Liaison between national HR and potential new hires

Assisted department supervisor with day-to-day operations, including ad hoc requests & reporting, analyzing and solving problems, processes, personnel issues, and training.

Arthur Andersen, LLP, Dallas, TX Oct. 1998 – May 2002

Business Analyst with litigation/financial/audit services team

Managed day-to-day operations of team, including analyzing and solving problems, processes, staffing, personnel issues, and recruiting.

Ran conflicts searches for all new work for six regional offices. Assisted partners in clearing potential conflicts-of-interest items.

Designed & implemented law-firm sales/marketing plan and healthcare financial services sales/marketing plan, including brochures, presentations and product development.

Attained lead generation, lead quantification, client/industry research, credit and risk analysis, case research (Westlaw & LexisNexis) and business development for the healthcare, insurance revenue recovery, litigation, regulatory compliance, business interruption and all other practice group offerings.

Experienced in all client work, including proposals, business plan development, and sales pitches.

Performed financial and business analysis, including budgeting and reconciliation of $6 million annual budget (client work sold) and generating ad hoc reports. Developed and implemented team’s working capital processes. Managed local partner’s working capital. Project manager for all team client work; duties included maintenance of all time and expense reconciliation, billings and collections for team’s client work, meeting required deadlines, and development and monitoring of project and practice development budgets.

Developed quality assurance (risk management) guidelines and taught litigation-specific quality assurance classes for team. Taught quality assurance for business consulting new hire orientation in Dallas. Ensured all projects met quality measures from start to finish.

Assisted staffing manager with staffing issues, requests, backlog, and chargeability. Liaison to HR.

EDUCATION

Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

Bachelor of University Studies in Liberal Arts

Major Concentrations: International Relations and Business

Minor Concentration: Mass Communications

VOLUNTEER WORK

MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, DC

Board of Associates

Latin American Youth Center, Washington, DC

Associate Volunteer Board

COMPUTER SKILLS

PC & Mac, Microsoft Office 2007 & XP, Microsoft Project, HTML, ACT, WordPerfect, Elite for Windows, Elite Enterprise, I-Manage, CMS, IQ/Objects 6.0, Jetform, D-Base, FoxPro, Lotus123, Lotus Notes v. R5, Filemaker Pro, PageMaker, Various proprietary software packages, type 85+wpm and 11,000+ keystrokes per hour

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