Sales Marketing

SUSAN A. YORKE

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Orlando, FL 32822 Telephone: (321) 946-

0460

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Federal Public Defender, Orlando FL 01/2011

- 04/2011

Assistant Federal Public Defender (Externship)

. Drafted sentencing memorandum for reviewed and revision by attorney.

. Drafted motions for review and revision by attorney.

. Interviewed clients to draft sentencing memoranda and motions.

. Conducted legal research and reviewed discovery materials in

preparation for trials.

. Attended court proceedings including but not limited to trials and

initial appearances.

Wyndham Vacation Ownership, Inc., Orlando, FL 08/2010-

12/2010

Freelance Paralegal (Licenses and Compliance)

. Administer and ensure compliance of over 1,000 licenses including but

not limited to business operation licenses, liquor licenses, timeshare

solicitation licenses and real estate broker licenses for resorts and

sales offices in over 20 states.

. Manage and maintain the over 1,000 licenses on the license database,

BarLap.

. Support the resorts and sales offices staff with renewing various

licenses.

. Assist attorneys with legal research regarding timeshare related

licenses in all states.

. Effectively interact with the governmental agencies regarding various

licenses.

Fiserv Solutions, Inc., Lake Mary, FL 07/2009

- 05/2010

Paralegal (Contracts & Risk Analyst)

. Prepare the initial drafts of at least 40 international and domestic

banking technology contracts per month, including but not limited to

software license and professional services contracts.

. Assist in reviewing the requested contractual terms and conditions in

requests for proposals and requests for information documents.

. Administer and ensure compliance with the contract administration

process.

. Assist international and domestic Relationship Managers in contract

interpretation of various contractual and business terms, and assist

the Finance and Accounting Department with contract concerns relating

to invoicing errors and disputes.

. Assist in revising and editing standard form contract templates as

well as the development of new form templates to support new products,

client migrations, service requests and the performance of additional

professional services.

Wyndham Vacation Ownership, Inc., Orlando, FL

Paralegal II (Sales and Marketing Contracts)

09/2006 -12/2008

. Drafted, revised and/or reviewed at least 40 sales and marketing

contracts per month, including but not limited to marketing contracts,

non-disclosure agreements, and license agreements.

. Assisted with the creating new contract templates that reduced

contract drafting time from 14 days to 3 days.

. Assisted Attorneys and Marketing Directors with the monitoring and

tracking of contracts.

. Assisted Marketing Directors and Sales Personnel in interpreting sales

and marketing contracts terms and conditions.

. Supported the Sales and Marketing team during negotiations by

providing contractual and risk management guidance.

. Reviewed all sales and marketing contracts to ensure compliance with

federal, state, local and international regulations.

. Assisted Attorneys with legal and corporate research.

Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., Orlando, FL

Senior Corporate Paralegal (Contracts) 11/2005 -0

8/2006

. Drafted, reviewed, and/or revised at least 150 contracts per month.

. Managed and maintained the contracts and corporate information

electronic database and hard-copy files for more than 2,000 contracts.

. Conducted general corporate housekeeping and prepared, revised and

reviewed corporate minutes and bylaws for more than 50 timeshare

homeowners' associations.

Schulte Roth & Zabel, LLP, New York, NY

Corporate Paralegal (Business Transaction) 05/2004

- 11/2005

. Created and maintained data room including but not limited to creating

an index for more than 2,000 documents.

. Assisted with due diligence by reviewing large quantities of documents

for relevant information.

. Organized and assisted with at least 2 corporate closings per month

from pre closing to post closing.

. Assisted with the drafting and filing of various corporate financial

documents including but not limited to S4s, 10Ks, and Prospectus with

the Securities and Exchange Commission.

. Conducted general corporate housekeeping and prepared and reviewed

corporate minutes and bylaws for several clients.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, New York, NY

Corporate Paralegal (Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Finance) 06/1998

- 12/2002

. Created and maintained data room including organizing documents and

creating an index for more than 2,000 documents.

. Assisted with due diligence by reviewing large quantities of documents

for relevant information.

. Traveled to clients' offices to conduct due diligence.

. Organized and assisted with at least 2 mergers and acquisition and/or

corporate finance closings per month from pre closing to post closing.

. Assisted with the drafting and filing of various corporate financial

documents including but not limited to S4s, 10Ks, and Prospectus with

the Securities and Exchange Commission

Education

Florida A&M University College of Law 2011

Juris Doctorate

Keller Graduate School of Management 2004

Masters in Business Administration

Concentration in Human Resources Management

John Jay College of Criminal Justice 2001

Bachelor of Science, Legal Studies

Fiorello H. LaGuardia Community College, 1998

Associate in Applied Science, Paralegal Studies

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