Developer Database Administrator

* **** **. #*-*, Yonkers, NY 10705914-***-****(*********@*****.***

William P. Cherry

Objective

Copyeditor

Summary

Extensive experience in content editing and rewriting materials in the

areas of international treaties and agreements, international commercial

arbitration and taxation. Have JD degree.

Professional Accomplishments

Copy Editor

. Currently working freelance, performing comprehensive edits of

foreign language scientific articles which have been translated into

English for submission to U.S. journals. Have been responsible for

review of author manuscripts. Rewrote manuscripts where English was

not the author's first language.

Electronic Publishing Product Developer

. Treaties and International Agreements Researchers Archive (TIARA).

Created and maintained 14,000 document online U.S. treaties database.

Supervised formatting operations and assisted in Web interface

evaluation.

. Legal ethics, 3,000 document online database containing all 20th

century opinions from the New York State Bar Association, the New York

County Bar Association, the Association of the Bar of the City of New

York and the Nassau County Bar Association.

. Tax treaties, 1,500 document online database.

. Terrorism, 2,500 document online database

Development Editor

. Responsible for loose leafs and monographs in areas of commercial law,

extradition, intellectual property in Eastern Europe, international

commercial arbitration, international securities regulation,

terrorism, treaties and international agreements and UN affairs.

. Did extensive rewriting of complex materials by authors for whom

English was not primary language, with uniformly positive author

response to final product.

Production Editor

. Responsible for scheduling, costing, content review, author liaison

and contracting of free lance indexers and copy editors for legal

monographs..

Database Administrator

. Designed dBASE report systems for tracking book production, document

input, inventory levels and editor time allocation.

. Designed treaties index database for use in CD-ROM, Web and hard copy

applications.

Indexer

. **********@***.****** Cindex indexing software to generate indices for

monographs and loose leaf publications in areas of intellectual

property, international comparative law, international trade,

terrorism and UN affairs.

Legal Database Researcher and Instructor

. Westlaw researcher for legal research firm.

. Lexis and Westlaw instructor in law library. Assisted faculty members

on research projects. Developed training program for first year

students.

Newsletter Editor

. Wrote articles for newsletter containing reviews of legal books.

Employment History

Sept. 2008 - Copy Editor Edisense

Oct. 2005 - Oct. Development and Mumbai, India

2008 Production Editor Oxford University

Press

New York, NY

Nov. 1990 - Oct. Online Product Developer, Oceana Publications

2005 Database Administrator and Dobbs Ferry, NY

Production Editor

Jan. 1990 - Nov. Newsletter Editor R.R. Bowker Co.

1990 New York, NY

Jul. 1985 - Dec. Writer and Editor Free Lance

1989

Jun. 1984 - Jul. Westlaw Researcher Corsearch, New York,

1985 NY

Jul. 1983 - Jun. Law Clerk New York State

1984 Grievance Committee

for the Ninth

Judicial District

White Plains, NY

Nov. 1980 - Jun. Lexis and Westlaw Pace University

1983 Instructor Law Library

White Plains, NY

Education

Sep. 1980 - Jun. 1983 J.D., Law Pace University

School of Law

White Plains, NY

Sep. 1971 - Jun. 1974 Attended University of Bologna

Faculty of Medicine

Bologna, Italy

Sep. 1967 - Jun. 1971 B.S., Biology Fordham University

Bronx, NY

References

References are available on request.

Contact this candidate