EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

PHARR LAW, PLLC, Winston-Salem, NC - Paralegal/Case Manager, May 2009 - Present

Management of complex, multi-party lawsuits; preparation, filing and service of pleadings and other court documents; drafting discovery requests and responses; draft status reports, budgets and updates for clients and insurance adjusters; tracking litigation deadlines and hearings; scheduling client conferences and mediations; filing; time entry.

BELL, DAVIS & PITT, Winston-Salem, NC - Legal Assistant, May 2008 – Jan. 2009

Scheduling client conferences and mediations, maintaining attorney calendar, filing, preparation of court documents, time entry.

BOZENHARD, SOCHA & ELY, W. Spfld., MA - Legal Assistant, June 1994 – Dec. 2007

Extensive client and attorney contact; litigation preparation; management of office supplies; and billing. Major responsibilities are listed below:

Domestic Relations: gathered information to prepare divorce packages including financial statements; prepared all court documents i.e., motions, complaints for modification, complaints for contempt; drafted separation agreements, custody agreements, and guardian ad litem reports.

Real Estate: (residential and commercial) responsible for everything for the closing including but not limited to the following: receiving the title order from the lender, setting up the file and ordering the title exam, ordering the municipal lien certificate and plot plan; scheduling the closing; getting payoffs; preparing the closing package from the lender; preparing HUD form and writing checks for disbursement of the proceeds and balancing trustee accounts; ensuring recording of the discharge.

Commercial closings – prepared documents including but not limited to: note, mortgage, UCC forms, security agreement, indemnification agreement, title insurance policy, settlement statement, UCC searches, and search entity filings on Secretary of State web site.

Corporate – set up of corporations, typing minutes of special meetings, filing UCC forms, commercial real estate closings.

Probate - Prepare: inventory and subsequent accountings to the final account, M792 and M706.

EDUCATION:

Salter School - Legal Assistant Certificate, June 1994

Legal terminology; business English; business math; shorthand/speedwriting; dictation/transcription

PROFESSONAL

SKILLS:

Windows; Microsoft Word; WordPerfect; Microsoft Excel; SoftPro; Blackacre’s; RESPA; Elite; Hummingbird; E Copy; Practice Master; keyboarding 60+ wpm; ECF/Pacer; transcription; Adobe

REFERENCES: Available upon request.

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