Deborah Duffus

303-***-****

acvvx2@r.postjobfree.com

Summary:

Contract administration and paralegal experience with Strong documentation skills related to contract origination, addendums, tracking, and contract management; process and project activity in litigation preparation, document review, proofreading, document organization projects, and database utilization.

Performed tasks on Federal Government Web Page to acquire new trademarks and renew old ones.

Generated legal documents from Abacus for litigation activities, such as Summons and Complaints, Third Party Pre-Warning letters and Default documents for almost all 50 states in the United States.

Worked with Contracts group drafting, reviewing, and tracking vendor contracts.

Prepared all cases for archives according to FOIA policy and government procedures.

Drafted contracts for management approval based on directives.

Tracked and administered all contracts using an Excel Database and in-house tracking software application.

Worked with the Finance Department to acquire approvals for contracts.

Tracked environmental events for incidents of non-compliance in the field by Kinder Morgan employees involving oil and chemical spills, gas leaks from pipeline, and announced/unannounced inspections of Kinder Morgan facilities by Regulatory Agencies.

Skills:

Verified and researched Secretary of State database for Business entities and Corporations in good status.

Drafting Contracts and leases; Administration of lease and contracts tracked in database.

Highly organized professional blending diverse skills with experience, knowledge, and excellent legal writing skills.

Researched and verified licenses of contractors and subcontractors.

Legal Research, Westlaw and LexisNexis Applications.

Trial Preparation, document organization and document coding.

Writing Pleadings, Motions, Deposition Summaries and reports.

Cases involving Product Liability Law, Environmental law, (Water law and Oil and Gas law) Construction Defect Law, and Employment law and Corporate law.

Summation, Concordance.

Ringtail.

Relativity, Abacus software and Adobe Acrobat.

Document coding and data entry.

Compliance Paralegal, Oil and Gas (EPA)

IP Copyright and Patent Applications and Litigation

Intermediate Skills, MS Office Suite

Paralegal Refresher, 2009.

Project Management Seminars.

Notary Public

Education:

Licensed Realtor, State of Colorado, ACI Real Estate Academy, City, CO, 2003

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Management, Regis University, Denver, CO, 2000

Project Management Certificate, Colorado State University, Denver, CO, 1998

ABA Approved Paralegal Certificate, General Practice, Denver Paralegal Institute, Denver, CO, 1981

General practice program which covered basic legal studies, including legal research, business law, real property, family law, litigation, estate law, and law in several other subject areas.

Paralegal Refresher, Front Range Community College, 2009 - Legal Research and Litigation.

Professional Affiliations - COALSP (Colorado Association of Legal Support Professionals).

Experience:

Measured Progress (Temporary) Longmont, CO (Job Store) April 2016 and June 2016

Scorer and Analyst of Standardized Tests according to specific instructions. Analysis performed and information put into a computer program.

DORA- Division of Civil Rights (Remedy Staffing) Denver May 2016

Paralegal conducting Intake and interview of individuals who have experienced an event of Discrimination in their employment, housing circumstance or as a Public Accommodation. Drafted the Charge, Complaint and Statement of Discrimination for Investigators to review and research.

22nd Century Staffing– Denver, CO Nov 2015 – April 2016

Administrative Assistant

Completed some short term assignments. Provided clerical support drafting letters and reports.

Sports Authority, Inc. (Corporate Office), Englewood, CO June 2015 – August 2015

Legal Assistant

Supported four attorney’s in the Legal Department working in Commercial Real Estate and Lease Agreements, drafting vendor Contracts, assisting General Counsel in Corporate matters and Board Meetings, and some Employment law matters.

Robert Half Legal – Denver, CO March 2015– May 2015

Paralegal (Litigation)

Worked on Document coding project in house at Robert Half. Coded timesheet documents according to specific instructions.

Vail Resorts, Denver CO Nov 14 – Dec 14

Contract Administrator (Contractual)

Responsibilities:

Worked with Contracts group drafting, reviewing, and tracking vendor contracts.

Ensure contract execution in accordance with company policy.

Negotiate contract terms and conditions.

Ensure that contractor is in compliance with legal requirements, owner specifications and government regulations.

Main Street Power, Inc., Denver CO Aug 14 – Sep 14

Corporate Transactional Paralegal (Contractual)

Responsibilities:

Performed general administrative support, entity administration, ensuring all entities were compliant with state laws, document and transaction drafting and management for multiple transactions through closing, corporate governance, and contracts administration.

Mental Health Partners, Boulder, CO May 13 – Jun 14

Paralegal

Responsibilities:

Read and extracted information from active contracts coming up for renewal.

Added the information from the Statement of work to a database.

Converted pdf contract documents to word documents to be copied in a document for managers writing new contracts from the expired contracts.

Hudson Legal, Denver, CO 2013

Litigation Paralegal

Responsibilities:

Pre-litigation preparation of exhibits and mortgage documents for Professional misconduct trial v. SEC

Document Management, Organization and Processing of Oil and Gas Leases for Litigation and Divestiture.

Composed Estoppel Certificates for sale of leased property in shopping centers.

Kinder Morgan Energy Company, Lakewood, CO May 12 – Nov 12

Compliance Paralegal

Responsibilities:

Tracked environmental events for incidents of non-compliance in the field by Kinder Morgan employees involving oil and chemical spills, gas leaks from pipeline, and announced/unannounced inspections of Kinder Morgan facilities by Regulatory Agencies.

Developed processes for internal incident reporting and EPA reporting of these incidents subject to an EPA Administrative Agreement with Kinder Morgan preventing debarment.

Used spreadsheet applications (Excel) for tracking and an internal application software called STARS for incident description and reporting.

Boulder County Attorney’s Office, Boulder CO 2011

Paralegal

Responsibilities:

Paralegal Assisting Investigative Unit and Trial Unit with enforcement action of matters.

Scanned and saved subpoenas and other case documents to electronic case files.

Opened and Closed cases. Tracked status of cases in an Excel database for report to management.

Prepared all cases for archives according to FOIA policy and government procedures.

SEC (Security and Exchange Commission), Denver, CO 2010

Litigation Paralegal

Responsibilities:

Litigation Paralegal reviewed and extracted documents from a Relativity Database utilized for trial and exhibit preparation for an SEC Hearing involving Professional liability in alleged illegal Accounting practices.

Organize documents and coordinate document productions.

Handled Photocopying and scanning documents, and helping prepare them for court filings.

Maintained litigation files, reviewing and preparing material for storage or disposal once a case has closed.

Geomega Inc. (Environmental Expert Engineering Firm) Boulder, CO Dec 08 – Jan 10

Paralegal- environmental defense

Responsibilities:

Coded and organized documents in Excel case document database for Fox River Expert Witnesses.

Performed tasks on Federal Government Web Page to acquire new trademarks and renew old ones.

Performed Document Collection at Chevron, organization and review of environmental case documents for litigation between Geomega/Chevron vs. EPA in the Cooper Drum lawsuit.

Litigation Paralegal for Mental Health Attorney: Schedule hearings, draft stipulations and orders of the court.

Managed case files and maintained file database.

CRG West, Denver, CO Jan 08 – Nov 08

Paralegal

Responsibilities:

Drafted Master Agreements and Addenda for Telecommunication leases for Cages and Cabinets.

Tracked contract status in Excel database after execution, scanned and saved to electronic files.

Tracked contract dates for commencement, expiration, and renewal.

Used Company templates for writing contracts and leases.

Drafted Contracts for leasing of cages and cabinets for the operation of Meet-Me-Room Technology.

Reviewed and verified registration status of business entities and corporations with the Secretary of State’s Office of Colorado and other states.

Ensured that business entities were corporations in good standing with the state reported and verified d/b/a names. (CRG West).

Holme, Roberts & Owen Law Firm, Denver, CO Jan 03 – Sep 07

IP Paralegal

Responsibilities:

Responsible for specific tasks on the RIAA (Downloading Copyright Infringement Case) Intellectual Property law.

Utilized the database Abacus in performing the duties of automated litigation. Generated documents to file with court proofreading them for accuracy and verifying correct content information.

Scheduled events in Abacus for the Litigation calendar for each case.

Generated legal documents from Abacus for litigation activities, such as Summons and Complaints, Third Party Pre-Warning letters and Default documents for almost all 50 states in the United States.

Used and searched Pacer and other databases to obtain information used in Litigation.

Worked with National Process Server and Local Counsel in each state to achieve good service of subpoenas and other case documents according to court rules for each state. Scanned and saved subpoenas and other case documents to electronic case files.

Handled document coding and review of case documents in asbestos lawsuits and other environmental lawsuits.

Used Summation Blaze and Concordance.

SPX Realty, LLC, Denver, CO Jan 04 – Present

Licensed Real Estate Broke (Part time)

Responsibilities:

Write and negotiate terms of contracts for the purchase of Real Property. Assist Residential buyers in their purchase of homes.

QWEST (formerly known as U S WEST), Denver, CO Sep 87 – Jun 01

Associate Project Manager (IT Department - Software Development)

Responsibilities:

Conducted pre-contract research of specifications, costs and estimates, and cost of capital equipment from engineers to include in contract pricing and terms for the development of software for the end user.

Tracked Drafted contracts for management approval based on directives.

and administered all contracts using an Excel Database and in-house tracking software application.

Worked with the Finance Department to acquire approvals for contracts.

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