Legal Assistant, Administrative Assistant, Secretary
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Kalene L. Adams
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Contract Assignment – Integral Group – Atlanta, GA
*/*/**** – 8/2/2013
Administrative Assistant¬ to Vice Presidents of Project Development – Provided administrative support to multiple Development Group Vice Presidents. Primary duties included assistance with real estate redevelopment and senior housing projects: research and compile information for proposed project properties regarding location, transportation and amenities, preparing power point presentations for proposals, revising organizational charts, preparing and submitting redevelopment proposals, updating development informational charts, managing calendars and meetings, and inputting property database information.
Contract Assignment - Duke Realty – Atlanta, GA
5/6/2013-6/7/2013
Legal Assistant to Vice President of Legal – Provided assistance to Vice President of Legal and 2 Paralegals. Duties to include preparing closing binders, downloading, scanning and organizing real estate closing documents through Sharepoint, preparing and submitting correspondence, and preparing and filing new entity registrations and annual registrations.
Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP - Atlanta, GA
4/2012 – 4/2013
Legal Assistant - Civil Service Litigation, Probate, Property Tax, Condemnations – Provided assistance to 1 Of Counsel and 1 Associate who were responsible for all Clayton County civil litigation and EEOC appeals, as well as private client probate matters, property tax, and condemnation cases. Primary duties included preparing wills and probate forms, preparing tax condemnation pleadings, editing complex airport purchasing and servicing agreements for Augusta Regional Airport, preparing client and court correspondence, preparing discovery for tax matters and leave of absences, managing calendars, preparing EEOC hearing/mediation notebooks, opening and closing files, performing conflict checks, managing CLE registrations, preparing expense reports, entering attorney time, processing invoices, answering calls, managing office equipment service and supplies and setting up conferences.
Contract Assignment – Taylor, English & Duma LLP - Atlanta, GA
9/2011 – 3/2012
Corporate Paralegal - Provided contracted assistance to 15 attorneys in Corporate Department of mid-sized law firm. Primary duties to include corporate filings, maintaining corporate records, obtaining EIN numbers, managing franchise files, organizing client records, updating case status reports, filing Form D documents, preparing closing binders, revising contracts, revising ESOP agreements, preparing and filing corporate dissolutions, assistance with document management for large insurance claims case, managing, obtaining certificates of existence, preparing and filing corporate amendments, processing accounts payable/receivables, entering attorney time, receiving client calls, and filing annual registrations.
Bryan Cave LLP - Charlotte, NC
1/2008 – 3/2011
Legal Assistant - Financial Institutions, Corporate Finance, Real Estate & Banking, Commercial Litigation – Provided Assistance to 1 Partner and 2 Associates in Financial Institutions, 1 Associate in Commercial Litigation, and 1 Associate in Real Estate & Banking. Duties included preparing and filing pleadings, preparing client correspondence and firm templates, converting documents, revising Private Placement Memorandums, revising and managing franchise agreements, providing firm switchboard relief, processing mail, preparing expense reports, booking travel, setting up conferences, managing CLE credits and classes, preparing seminar and business development marketing materials, entering attorney time, opening and closing files, submitting conflict checks, preparing invoices and accounting reports, processing expenses, and maintaining association registrations.
Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice PLLC - Charlotte, NC
5/2006 – 7/2007
Legal Assistant - Corporate Finance & Economic Development – Provided assistance to 1 Partner and 1 Associate in Corporate Finance and 1 Economic Development Partner. Primary duties included preparing and editing various corporate and employment contracts/agreements, managing calendars, assistance with S filings and Private Placement Memorandum revisions, building and maintaining client Interaction database, researching city council agendas for land tax incentive decisions and calendaring meeting dates, setting up conferences and business development events, preparing client land tax incentive notebooks, opening and closing files, submitting conflict checks, entering attorney time, booking hotels and flights, processing invoices, preparing expense reports and reconciling credit card statements, processing billing reports, revising Offering Circulars, and assembling/editing marketing materials for meetings.
K&L Gates - Charlotte, NC
5/1999 – 5/2006
Legal Assistant - Structured Finance & Intellectual Property – (1) Provided assistance to 2 Partners and 1 Associate in Structured Finance (4 years) - Duties included opening and closing files, entering attorney time, revising Private Placement Memorandums, heavy scanning and printing of Offering Circulars, and heavy file maintenance; (2) Provided assistant to 2 Intellectual Property Partners (2 years) - Duties included maintaining trademark docket, preparing and filing U.S. and foreign trademarks, opening and closing files, preparing client correspondence and correspondence to USPTO, entering attorney time and processing invoices; and (3) Provided floater assistance for the Real Estate and Insurance Defense groups, main switchboard relief, and assistance with special events (6 months).
Program Experience: Word Office Suite 2010 Programs (Word/Excel/Power Point), Interaction, iManage, DocsOpen, Deltaview, DTE, Worldox, Ecopy, Interwoven, CMS Inquiry, Adobe, Nuance, TABS, Vision, Workshare, Timekeeping, Dream, Sharepoint.
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