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Glenda Denise Hawthorne
[G. D. Hawthorne]
Founder and Managing Director of J.J. Tate-Hawthorne Enterprises Owner & General Manager of Legal Search Legal Support Services e-mail: ad4xze@r.postjobfree.com Telephone: 646-***-**** Work Experience
Owner/Managing Directo r : J.J. Tate-Hawthorne Enterprises, New York, NY November 2009 – Present: Enterprise management: Oversee ongoing operations of various businesses within enterprise group. Proficiency in Foreign Exchange trading across several platforms.
Owner & General Manager : Legal Search Legal Support Services, New York, NY November 1992 – Present: Start-up, management, and oversight of paralegal outsourcing, legal research and general consulting business; responsible for procurement of start-up financing, office equipment and furnishings, and office space; client procurement, workload management, accounts receivable, servicing of contracts; product development, and quality control of work for lay and professional clients. Senior Litigation Paralegal : Rains & Progrebin, Mineola, NY November, 1991 to May,1992: Only paralegal in a small management labor law firm; responsible for all the research, docketing and filings re labor cases; learned and instructed fellow office workers in new computer system. Executive Secretary :
1989 to1991:
Smith Barney Shearson, New York, NY: Responsible for dictation, word processing, data input, preparation of reports and other financial documents for Senior Vice Presidents and Associates.
Ernst & Young, New York, NY: Data input clerk; trained in Excel program. Senior Litigation Paralegal :
Whitman & Ransom, New York, NY:
February, 1988 to January 1989: Responsible for major case management; Attendance at arbitration hearing (coordination of exhibits, documents, attorney and witness schedules, witness prep conferences); Interviewing and screening of prospective paralegals for litigation department; Lexis and Westlaw training. All other functions and duties of litigation paralegal.
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Paralegal Temp - Litigation Paralegal -New York, NY : May 1984 to May 1986:
Firms :
● Townley & Updike;
● Condon & Forsythe;
● Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson;
● Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler;
● White & Case;
● Equitable Life Insurance Co.;
● Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson;
● Stroock, Stroock & Lavan;
● Sullivan & Cromwell;
● Kramer, Levin, Nessen, Kamin & Frankel;
● Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett;
● New York Law Department;
● Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Warton & Garrison;
● Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom;
● Cravath, Swaine & Moore.
Assistant Medical Photographer :
● Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 1978 to 1980 Education
● BA [in process]
Biology Major; Law Minor
■ Wayne State University - Detroit, MI
■ 1972 to 1981 (previously)
■ Currently Enrolled
● Law School:
■ Detroit College of Law
● 1981 (1 yr)
Certifications
● ACEDS: eDiscovery Executive Certification
Languages
● English (Fluent, with scientific, medical, and legal research and writing skills)
● French (Intermediate)
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Computer Skills :
ACEDS Trainning:
● eDiscovery Executive Certification in multiple eDiscovery platforms
Microsoft Office Suite:
■ Word;
■ PowerPoint;
■ Excel;
Additional Skills :
● MT4 Financial Analysis and Trading Skills:
■ Foreign Exchange trading
● Proofreading and Editing :
■ Scientific;
■ Medical;
■ Legal;
■ Economic; and
■ Fiction.