Assistant Research

Michael Martin

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Home phone: 914-***-**** Cell phone: 914-***-**** Email:

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PROFILE:

I thrive on legal and administrative support services at all levels and

conduct legal and business research. I am also adept at legal and

business translations into English or German.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

German annotator at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center - current

(contractual)

Annotator for machine translations in the Human Language

Technologies Department

in Yorktown Heights, NY.

Litigation Legal Assistant at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 2007 - 2011

. Exhibited poise and diplomacy in communicating with client

employees at data

collections and interviews during two-year FCPA investigation

in Germany

. Handled various types of translations (including

interpreting), often overnight and

with short notice

Conducted extensive media research on corporate compliance

investigations and

enforcement action, filing daily updates for practice groups in

the litigation

department

. Maintained FCPA case library with new enforcement action and

managed client

access

. Conducted compliance research on US issuers and SEC filings

. Conducted extensive document searches using Concordance and

Ringtail

. Scanned, copied and assembled physical binders under tight

deadlines

Certified Teacher of German in Indiana, New York and New Jersey 1995-2006

Taught college-level and grades 8-12 at various private and public

institutions

EDUCATION

M.A. in German Literature and Germanic Languages, Purdue University, IN

Completion of Basic Studies in German Literature and Language (Minor: Anglo-

American Literature and Language), Heinrich-Heine University, D sseldorf,

Germany

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Associate Member of American Translators Association

OTHER ACTIVITIES

German-into-English translator for website of Fortuna D sseldorf soccer

club

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