Real Estate Developer
Resume:
SUZANNE FAMILO CIESLICA
Charlestown, MA 02129
*************@*****.***
EXPERIENCE
MARSH, MORIARTY, ONTELL & GOLDER, P.C. Boston, MA
Contract Attorney May
2009 - December 2009
. Drafting residential real estate title commitments, lender and owner
title policies and applicable policy endorsements; drafting title
reports; prepare residential files for closings, including Closing
Protection letters, closing documents, settlement statements, and
insurance binders.
WORKWAY STAFFING Boston, MA
Contract Attorney March
2009
. Registered possible buyers and aided in auction process for
residential real estate national auction company.
IONA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Waltham, MA
Contract Attorney April
2008
. Reviewed license agreements, software agreements, and contracts for a
software company's due diligence. Assessed contracts and assessed
accordingly. Advised confidentiality agreements.
FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, through RHI Boston,
MA
Contract Attorney October
2007 - June 2008
. Project through Robert Half International performing Commercial Real
Estate Underwriting, drafting and revising commercial real estate
commitments, specimen policies, lender and owner policies, and
applicable policy endorsements; working with attorneys and lenders to
update title; review recording documents and coordinate closing
packages for multi-million dollar closings.
THE LAW OFFICE OF JOHN M. IACOI & ASSOCIATES Boston, MA
Contract Attorney (on an as-needed basis)
October 2007 - April 2009
. Draft court documents and pleadings, memorandum, opinions, and
indemnification agreements in the areas of divorce, litigation, real
estate, condominium law, business litigation, closely held corporate
issues, foreclosure prevention, and corporate dealings.
. Reviewed contracts and business agreements for litigation purposes and
advised accordingly.
UPDATE LEGAL STAFFING Boston, MA
Contract Attorney Sept.
2007 - April 2009
. Conducted document review of contracts, assignment and licenses for
due diligence for a software company.
. Conducted document review of a company's archive documents for a
patent case at Wilmer Hale.
. Assigned to an electronic document review for a discovery request at
Ropes and Gray for a class action lawsuit.
PRIMO, PRIMO & KIRWAN LLP Syracuse, NY
Attorney June
2005 - December 2006
. Sales and Acquisitions: Negotiate commercial purchase and sale
agreements, review surveys, leases, property management agreements,
and other diligence items, negotiate title insurance and draft and
negotiate closing documents for developers, corporate clients and
municipalities. Select examples include:
o Coordinate diligence, negotiate title insurance, closing
documents, and lease agreements relating to developer client's
purchase of New York and Vermont properties.
o Draft ground leases, non-disturbance agreements, subleases and
other documents relating to developer client's re-financing of
drug store chain Kinney's Drugs and Walgreen's properties in New
York and Vermont.
o Coordinated with recording companies, banks and law offices.
. Development: Assist local and national developers in all phases of
the development, construction, financing, leasing and management of
commercial real estate properties. Select examples include:
o Draft and negotiate promissory notes, mortgages, loan
agreements, declarations of covenants and restrictions,
operating agreements, and other documents for development of
drug store properties in New York and Vermont on behalf of
developer client and drug store client.
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. Land Use and Zoning: Assist clients in obtaining zoning and other
regulatory relief and determining development of land. Select
examples include:
o Draft and negotiate easements for client municipalities in
Central New York and property owners within those
municipalities.
o Assist client municipalities' zoning and planning boards in
preparation of state environmental applications and board
decisions and rulings.
o Perform preliminary zoning analyses with respect to development
projects in New York and Vermont for developer and corporate
clients.
o Entity Formation and Equity Investments: Form Limited Liability
Corporations and other entities and coordinate the sale and/or
acquisition of membership interests in relation to Developer
clients.
. Residential: Reviewed and prepared documents in preparation of
Homeowners Association applications for State Attorney General's
Office.
. Municipal: Researched, drafted, reviewed and finalized model and local
laws, resolutions, easements, contracts, zoning, planning, and board
meeting materials on various issues for client towns and villages in
New York. Worked closely with Zoning and Planning Boards to comply
with State and Federal laws, as well as with local applicants for
zoning and planning applications on the state and local level.
. Corporate: Draft and revised corporate formation and financing
documents.
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW
Syracuse, NY
Assistant to Associate Dean for Enrollment Management and Chief Financial
Officer January 2005 - May 2005
. Assisted in reports; researched and analyzed data, establishing new
routines and organization in matters relating to Admissions and
Financial Aid departments and Budget Office.
. Responsible for coordinating the publication of the 2005-2006 SUCL
admissions catalog.
. Managed and prepared the calendar, travel reports, expense reports, and
purchase requisitions for Dean's Office.
EDUCATION
CALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW San Diego, CA
Juris Doctorate
. Academic Scholarship Recipient
. Academic Award Recipient, Advanced Legal Writing
. Academic Award Recipient, Internship Seminar
. Honors Achievement, Scholarly Writing: "The Establishment Clause:
The Death of Capital Punishment"
. Phi Alpha Delta, Member
. Barker Walters, APLC- Internship: Drafted many legal and court
documents, including client letters, demand letters, and memoranda of
points and authorities, for different type of employment and personal
injury cases, prepared attorneys for depositions, attended and
participated in client meetings, and worked for many attorneys on a
demanding time schedule, while still attending classes. Attended
court appearances, depositions, and mediations.
. Pro Bono Honor Society: volunteered at the Employee Rights Center
interviewing clients to elicit relevant issues and facts to prepare
them for administrative hearings; researched and prepared documents
and letters for administrative hearings, including unemployment
insurance appeals, Department of Labor hearings, wrongful termination
cases, and sexual discrimination cases. Attended unemployment
insurance appeals and Department of Labor hearings.
ST. BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY St.
Bonaventure, NY
B.A., Philosophy/Pre-Law, secondary concentration in English
. Friar Merit Scholarship Recipient
. The Francis E. Kelley Oxford Program, studied Victorian Art History
and William Shakespeare, Somerville College, Oxford, England
. Pi Gamma Mu, International Honor Society in Social Science, Member
. John B. Orland Philosophy Pre-Law Award, Honorable Mention
PROFESSIONAL
MASSACHUSETTS STATE BAR, June 2008
NEW YORK STATE BAR, July 2004
CALIFORNIA STATE BAR, February 2003
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