Real Estate Assistant

LOUISE A. EVANS

***** ****, ******, ******** *****

586-***-****

E-MAIL: abmhcq@r.postjobfree.com

LEGAL ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL

I have worked in the legal profession for a number of years; beginning as a

receptionist, with a transition to legal secretary and later to

paralegal/legal assistant in the transactional/ corporate - real estate

sections of the firm. I feel that my experience in the legal field has

greatly benefited both my employers and myself, encouraging analytical

thought and methodical, organized work habits.

As a paralegal/legal assistant, I have assisted attorneys in a variety of

transactions, including but not limited to:

I. Legal Entities

A. Creation of legal entities

1. Corporations (profit and nonprofit)

. Draft and file Articles of Incorporation

. Draft Bylaws

. Draft Minutes of organizational meetings

(I have been involved in the creation and operation of

several nonprofit condominium associations and homeowner

associations)

1. Limited Liability Companies (both corporate and partnership

formats)

. Draft Articles of Organization

. Initial draft of Operating Agreements

2. Limited Partnership

. Draft and file Certificates of Limited Partnership

. Initial draft of Limited Partnership Agreements

3. Partnerships

. Draft and file Certificates of Co-partnership

. Initial draft of Partnership Agreements

4. Sole Proprietorships

. Prepare and file Assumed Name Certificates

(Prepare Entity Information Sheet for every type of entity,

which summarizes all of the salient information about the

entity.)

B. Maintenance of Legal Entities

1. Corporate

. Assemble and maintain minute books; assist in the issuance of

stock and maintenance of stock records

. Draft annual minutes and

. Draft minutes of special meetings

. Prepare and file Form SS-4, Application for Employer

Identification Number

2. Limited Liability Company

. Assemble and maintain dockets containing all limited

liability company documents

. Draft limited liability company resolutions

3. Limited Partnership

. Assemble and maintain dockets containing all limited

partnership documents

. Draft limited partnership resolutions

I. Acquisition and Sale of Real Estate

. Assist in due diligence, including ordering and reviewing

surveys, title insurance commitments and hazard and liability

insurance certificates

. Draft multi-layer resolutions authorizing purchase or sale

. Initial drafts of purchase agreement, assignment of leases, bill

of sale, warranty deed, quit claim deed, easement agreement,

and/or other documents relating to the acquisition of a real

estate project

. Initial drafts of land contract and memorandum of land contract

related to the acquisition of land or real estate project

. Prepare checklist of closing documents

. Assist with closings

. Prepare documents for recording

. Assemble closing dockets/binders

II. Mortgage Loans

. Assist attorneys representing both lenders and borrowers

. Assist in due diligence

. Prepare checklist of closing documents

. Initial drafts of loan documents, including but not limited to,

loan agreement, mortgage note, mortgage, assignment of leases

and rents, security agreement, UCC-1, UCC-1A financing

statements

. Initial drafts of satisfaction of loan and discharge of

mortgage, partial and full

. Initial drafts of multi-layer borrowing resolutions

. Assist with closing

. Assemble closing dockets/binders

. Experience preparing documents for HUD and MSHDA loans

. Experience preparing documents for cooperative loans

III. Condominium Projects

. Prepare Section 71Notice

. Initial drafts of preliminary reservation agreement, preliminary

reservation escrow agreement, purchase agreement and escrow

agreement

. Initial drafts of master deed and condominium bylaws

. Due diligence review of condominium subdivision plan

. Formation of condominium association

. Initial draft of mortgagee consent

. Assembly of purchaser information booklet in hard copy and

electronic format

. Initial drafts of amendment to master deed

. Update purchaser information booklet

IV. Subdivisions

. Initial draft of Declaration of Easements, Covenants and

Restrictions

. Create homeowners association

. Initial draft of option to sell lots to builder and related

documents

SPECIAL SKILLS:

o Internet research;

o Electronic filing of corporate documents at the Michigan

Department of Energy,

Labor & Economic Growth; electronic Michigan UCC filings;

o Searching recorded documents at landaccess.com and various other

websites;

o Assembling documents and organizing files;

o Preparing for closings;

o Assembling closing binders/dockets;

o Preparation of explanatory letters to various parties in the

transaction;

o Fast, experienced typist;

o Proficiency in Word and Excel;

o Extremely good writing skills;

o Organized, with methodical work habits;

o Diplomatic, thoughtful, kind and fair in dealing with people; and

o Enthusiastic, flexible and open to new ideas and concepts.

EMPLOYMENT:

January, 2001 to Present: Paralegal, in the corporate - real estate

department of Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton, P.C., formerly known as

Cox, Hodgman & Giarmarco, P.C.

1986 to 2001: Legal Secretary to President of the firm of Mager,

Mercer & Alber, P.C., a real estate/corporate/transactional attorney.

I assisted the attorney in all aspects of his law practice. Along

with secretarial duties, including typing letters/documents (UNIX

OfficePower, Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, Excel); file organization

and maintenance; scheduling meetings and maintaining his calendar

(with much client contact), I created the initial drafts of many

letters and documents and generally assisted the attorney in the

capacity of his legal assistant, as indicated above.

1983 to 1986: Legal Secretary, Mager, Monahan, Donaldson & Alber

P.C.: Detroit, later Troy, Michigan law firm.

EDUCATION:

. Macomb Community College, Certificate in General Studies, December

1, 2003,

. Macomb Community College Associate of Applied Science Degree in

Legal Assistant program, Candidate, 2011, 3.7 GPA

PERSONAL INTERESTS:

. Member and Treasurer of Macomb Community College's Legal Assistant

Association

. Past Committee Chair of Boy Scout Troop 1402, Fraser, Michigan

. Enjoys reading, traveling, photography and scrapbooking

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