Manager Baton Rouge

Tara Spickard

256-***-**** Cellular

Education:

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Science

Montgomery, Alabama Criminal Justice

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Certificate

Baton Rouge, Louisiana ABA Board

Certified

Paralegal Program

1995-1996 Louisiana State University International

Trade & Finance Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Major

1982-1983 Louisiana State University Vocal Performance

Major

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

1981-1982 Centenary College Vocal Performance

Major

Shreveport, Louisiana

Experience:

Slaten & O'Connor, P.C. 9/2009 to 06/2010

Montgomery, Alabama

Paralegal

Assigned to the financial services litigation practice area, which includes

representation of banks, mortgage companies, finance companies, loan

servicers, and title companies, providing financial services to both

consumers and businesses. My responsibilities include preparing discovery

and responses to discovery, drafting basic pleadings; electronically filing

same with the appropriate courts, and maintaining case dockets. Heavily

involved in providing investigative research into corporations and

individuals named in the pending lawsuits utilizing web search engines,

governmental web resources, and Lexis skip trace resources seeking assets

as well as confirming current data for obtaining service upon named

corporations and individuals.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP 2006 - 2009

Montgomery, Alabama

Legal Secretary/Assistant

Assigned to two attorneys; one attorney's practice focus being litigation

of general civil defense matters, the other attorney's practice focus being

government affairs with a particular emphasis on State and Federal lobbying

on behalf of local municipalities and private industry. Heavily involved in

the research and preparation of marketing proposals to potential

governmental clients. Responsible for client communications regarding

lobbying activities, preparing annual and quarterly lobbying reports, and

filing same with the State of Alabama Ethics Commission. Litigation tasks

included drafting basic pleadings, discovery, client correspondence;

electronic filing of pleadings with the appropriate State and Federal

courts.

Radney & Radney, LLC. 2004 - 2006

Alexander City, Alabama

Paralegal

Responsible for the case files of the senior Mr. Radney's civil practice.

Drafted pleadings, motions, and briefs. Researched and prepared two

appellate court briefs; both briefs were successful. Attended hearings,

trials, and depositions with Mr. Radney.

Integrity Media, Inc. 2002 - 2003

Mobile, Alabama

Trademark Paralegal

Responsible for the registration of all new logos and trademarks for

Integrity Music and Integrity Publishing as well as maintaining

communication with legal counsel on all ongoing trademark enforcement cases

currently pending. Maintained and published a docket of all current

contracts being developed and/or negotiated on a monthly basis to

Integrity's Senior Staff. Was assigned to step in as the owner's

construction site representative and completed Integrity's new three story

headquarters with a construction cost in excess of $3 million. Maintained

communication between the Owner, the Architect, the General Contractor and

all sub-contractors as well as held weekly construction meetings through

substantial completion of this project. Successfully obtained permission

from the Corp of Engineers to excavate and redirect water flow on federal

wetland property via the mitigation banking process in the State of

Alabama.

Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, L.L.P. 1999 - 2001

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Litigation Paralegal

Managed several litigation cases, of which one was a class action suit,

which were ongoing at the time of my hiring. Maintained litigation

databases in both Summation and Concordance. Assigned to six attorneys;

three civil litigation, one environmental, one bankruptcy, one corporate

law. As a Litigation Paralegal in this firm, was involved in various areas

of law. Participated in large document discoveries, researched client

files and drafted discovery, drafted pre-trial orders, prepared trial

notebooks and jury notebooks, researched and registered trademarks and

logos in multiple states on behalf of a large industrial corporate client,

provided notary services to clients as needed, as well as reviewed,

analyzed and indexed documents as part of the discovery process.

Represented the firm in the capacity of Civil Law Notary handling real-

estate closings for the private banking division of one of its major

clients.

Schaneville & Baringer 1998

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Legal Secretary

Held this position while attending LSU's Paralegal Program. Provided

secretarial support to a partner within the firm whose practice area was

tax law. Most work was related to wills, successions and property.

Jerry M. Campbell and Associates 1996 - 1997

A Professional Architectural Corporation 1983 - 1986

Baton Rouge,

Louisiana

Office Manager & Corporate Officer

Responsible for all aspects of the office, bookkeeping, tax filing and

payroll. Responsible for preparation of contract documents between Owner &

Architect and Owner & Contractor. The point person for contract bid lists,

specification and plan distribution and tracking of shop drawing

submittals.

Deloitte & Touche, LLP 1994

Houston, Texas

Staff Analyst

Hired as a Staff Analyst for the consulting division of Deloitte & Touche

LLP working in the Baton Rouge location. This assignment was based on a

contract negotiated between the Louisiana Health Care Authority and

Deloitte & Touche and was two years in duration. My hiring was a year into

that contract. Coordinated and edited monthly status reports from eight

public hospitals within the state and reported findings to D&T Senior

Partners and Louisiana's Head of the Health Care Authority. Project focus

was the recovery of Medicaid/Medicare revenue on behalf of the State of

Louisiana. Supervised and coordinated work for the office support staff.

Acted in the capacity as the LAN administrator of a Novell network

coordinating network upgrades, software upgrades & maintenance between

offices in Washington D.C., Hermitage, TN, and New Orleans, LA.

Orchestrated several fast paced, tight deadline, graphic presentations.

F. Hoffman - La Roche 1988 - 1992

Basel, Switzerland

Finance Coordinator

Responsible for communication between an English speaking Research &

Development / Marketing drug development team and a German speaking

accounting department to ensure the proper allocation of expenses and

payment of international vendor invoices. This joint-venture had a 60/40

profit split. Maintained symposium/conference budgets and actual expenses

incurred. Corporate Liaison with an external marketing firm on behalf of

Amgen-Thousand Oaks, California and Roche-Basel, Switzerland for the

European drug registration of Neupogen. Responsible for management of

support staff within the Roche team. Maintained all software upgrades.

Provided software instruction to the support staff. Coordinated quarterly

and annual conferences for Roche and Amgen representatives throughout

Europe.

Awards: 2000 Officer of the Year

River City Legal Professionals, Inc.

2000 Chairman of the Year, (Ways & Means Chairman)

River City Legal Professionals, Inc.

1994 Outstanding Achievement

Deloitte & Touche, LLP

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