Legal Contract Specialist

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Celestine Oglesby

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SUMMARY

Enthusiastic, goal-driven, results-oriented business and legal professional

with exceptional interpersonal and communication skills to foster

meaningful relationships with employees, customers, vendors, clients and

other stakeholders. Proven successes in leading/managing projects from

planning through execution, leading cross functional teams,

managing/training and inspiring staff. A strong desire to make a

significant contribution in a Legal role that will leverage my applicable

skills, talents and global interest. Proficiencies include:

QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS

Strategic and Creative Thinker Marketing Communications

Paralegal Experience/Legal Training/JD

Supervisory Experience Technically Savvy

Flexible and Adaptable to New Information

Decision Making/Problem Solver Consulting/Project Mgt Skills

Program Management Experience

Client Relations Written and Oral

Communication Mobile, able to Travel and Relocate

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2 PA Smith, LLC Intellectual Property & Corporate Law

Present

3 Legal Specialist/Paralegal (Intern)

. Conduct legal research, file legal documents, legal support

4

5 Cleveland Clinic Healthcare/Randstad Staffing

November 2011-Present

Office of Learning and Performance Development; Pediatric; Hospital

Medicine; Human Resources

Executive Administration; Special Projects: Contractor/Temporary

Deliver superior customer service: conduct research, provide

solutions/answers, register customers for training, leadership or

professional development coursework; Edit, copy, assemble course

documents

. Liaison with inter/intra and regional department units: accounts payable,

legal, credentialing, professional staff affairs

. Move the physician recruiting process along: interview schedules,

clinical privileging, credentialing, legal contracts

. Prepare financial reports for payroll, check request, and expenses;

organize and schedule with human resources the recruitment of staff,

coordinate/schedule Annual Professional Reviews; create and communicate

staff schedules, leadership training courses, maintain outlook calendars;

Use Sharepoint, Salesforce CRM

. Projects: Launch of Executive Speakers Bureau, Book project, Research

and analyzed data, Executive Community involvement, Physician Summit

Advanstar Communications: Magazine publications, event planning industries

July 2011

Editorial Assistant: Contractor position/Ajilon Professional Staffing

. Assisted editors with pre-publication production

. Used Adobe InCopy, Censhare, Web Venture desktop publishing programs

Ulmer & Berne, LLP/Major Legal Services Recruiting Firm

February 2011

Legal Support/Paralegal (contract/temporary)

. Utilized Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet and Summation document review

software programs to provide timely and accurate data for staff attorneys

and paralegals

Visual Evidence E-Discovery, LLC, Cleveland, Ohio

2008

Insurance Redaction Project: Test new VeReview legal web application tool

in order to obtain client with online document redaction needs.

. Remote Independent Contractor for pilot program

. Interfaced with the new product development team on glitches and

impediments with the program

. Skillfully reviewed electronic documents and used tool to redact

sensitive data as identified by client

. The client awarded Visual Evidence with the project

United Kingdom Pharmalink: Regulatory Affairs Consulting Firm

Consulting Project: United States Market Entry Strategy (during graduate

school) 2007

. Defined client's problem, collected/researched and analyzed data,

established facts; provided valid strategy

. Prepared analysis about U.S. market and trends; $10.8 billion market with

a $7.9 billion growth opportunity

. The market research conducted produced pertinent industry contacts,

regulatory professionals, and new clients for Pharmalink within the

healthcare/pharmaceutical industries

Litigation Management/Medicine for the Defense/ Major Legal Services

Recruiting Firm

Legal Support

2006

. Assist Client Reps with managing work product deadlines; received and

reviewed legal and medical documents and entered into special databases

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),

Intern, Cleveland, Ohio (during law school)

2004

. Worked on intellectual property, personnel and fiscal law issues;

researched EEOC, age discrimination, and sexual harassment laws. Drafted

memos and motion orders

Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)/Alliance of Artist and

Recording Companies (AARC), Washington, DC, Intern (during law school)

2004

Represent artists and recording companies domestically and globally by

collecting and distributing hometaping/private copy and rental royalties

. Filed annual royalty claims with Copyright Office and conducted

international research

South Africa Media Law & Intellectual Property Consulting, Intern

Mallinicks Law Firm, Cape Town, South Africa (during law school)

2003

. Researched media law and intellectual property (copyright/trademark)

issues for the South African Broadcasting Company. The client had

specific local trademark and competitor concerns and needed legal advice

regarding opposition advertising.

. Examined all relative issues, case law and acts such as the South African

Merchandise Marks and Copyright Acts. Then developed a brief memo for the

client's review;

Office of the Inspecting Judge of the Prisons, Intern

2003

Cape Town, South Africa, Externship (during law school)

. Reviewed formal complaints of prisoners. Traveled to several prisons to

interview complainants. Accessed the circumstances and drafted report,

under the supervision of an investigator, to submit for the judge's

review

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8 Edelman Public Relations Worldwide

Account Executive: Sports, Entertainment, and Diversity Marketing,

2000-2002

. Media Relations; Viral Email Campaign; Vendor and Client relations;

written business communications: marketing collateral, press releases,

media alerts, status reports, annual reports etc.

. Led internal and external cross-functional teams and vendors of over 10

members (creative, IT, promotions, etc.)

. Drafted legal contracts, contest rules, affidavits and liability releases

with assistance of legal counsel

. Assisted with the development and design of new Doublemint ACE website

and new trademark logo

9 EDUCATION

Employment Connection REACH to Lead Healthcare Leadership Workshop:

Certificate 2011

Temple University, MBA: International Business

2008 University of South Dakota

School of Law, Juris Doctorate

2005

Northwood University, B.B.A: Marketing/Management, Cum Laude

1999

Study Abroad Programs:

Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chauss es School of International Management

Paris, FR

Temple University Japan

Tokyo, JP

University of the Western Cape/Howard University

Cape Town, SA

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