VALERIE PARK

**** ********* ****** #*** *******, WA 98199, 206-***-**** acuirt@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER SUMMARY

A legal professional with a proven record of success as a self-starter, mastering complex, high volume work with an exceptional level of quality, while being knowledgeable in several fields and eager for new learning opportunities

EXPERIENCE

7/31/2015 to 12/31/2015

Cancer Research and Biostatistics (CRAB) – Temporary Data Coordinator Assistant

•Entered and analyzed data for more than 1,000 of 3,500 participants in an ongoing cancer clinical research trial

11/15/2010 TO 11/6/2014

Symetra Life Insurance Company – Mortgage Loan Closer

•Funded approved Mortgage loans on commercial properties located across the United States

•Performed loan due diligence such as title and environmental review, appraisals, tenant documents and loan documents

•Partnered in funding, on a shortened timeline, the portfolio of the company’s largest borrower for a record high-funding day

•Participated in “Closing Conference”, Mortgage Banker Servicing Conference, and development and marketing of new “Swift Loans” product

5/1/2006 TO 8/31/2010

City of Seattle – Paralegal, Utilities Section

•Supported attorneys in litigation, including research, filings, court appearances, drafting pleadings, and appeals, including Lane and Okeson v. City of Seattle state Supreme Court cases and federal cases

•Edited ordinances and co-drafted ordinances required in response to litigation

•Contributed to Land Use, Contracts, and Environmental Protection sections, as needed

•Completed many Public Disclosure Requests; wrote a history of unmapped Works Progress Administration (WPA) stormwater drains installed in several Seattle neighborhoods; created research binders, such as for utility rate-cases

8/1/2002 TO 1/12/2006

Lane Powell, PC – File Assistant, Records Department

•Maintained attorneys’ paper files and pleading notebooks, created bar code labels and managed records database

•Assisted with Conflicts checks, department procedure manual, and off-site records storage8/1/2002 TO 1/12/2006

4/1/2002 TO 8/1/2002

Wershow & Ellenbogen - Paralegal Internship in Family Law/Personal Injury

EDUCATION

2001-2002 Edmonds Community College Lynnwood, WA

ADVANCED PARALEGAL CERTIFICATE

1994-1998 Agnes Scott College Decatur, GA

BACHELOR OF ARTS, CUM LAUDE, PSYCHOLOGY

•Authored archival research independent study on child development

•Recipient, Human Relations Award, 1998

•Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology, 1998-present

Member, Washington State Paralegal Association