Raymond P. Costello
**** **** *****, ******, ** 94568
Home Phone: 925-***-****
Cell Phone: 925-***-****
Email address: *********@*******.***
Objectives
TO BEGIN A NEW CAREER IN THE FIELD OF LAW AND TO WORK CLOSELY
WITH ATTORNEYS AND OTHER PARALEGALS IN THE PROPER MAINTENANCE
OF THE VARIOUS CASES TO WHICH I MAY BE ASSIGNED. IN ADDITION,
TO PERFORM ANY NECESSARY RESEARCH REQUIRED TO PRODUCE ANY
REQUIRED MEMORANDA, BRIEFS OR MOTIONS.
Education
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY EAST BAY
Continuing Education Program - Paralegal Studies
April 2008 - December 2009
Paralegal Studies Certificate
Worked as an intern from October 5, 2009 to November 2, 2009
at the firm of Nevin, Ramos & Steele in Walnut Creek, CA
Contact: Geoffrey Steele at *******@******.***
Chabot College, Hayward, California
1972 - 1974
AA degree in Business Data Processing
WORK HIstory
PARALEGAL INTERNSHIP
October 5, 2009 - November 2, 2009
As part of the Cal State East Bat paralegal studies program,
worked 120 hours as an intern at the firm of Nevin Ramos &
Steele in Walnut Creek, CA. In addition to filing and
scanning documents, drafted a letter to opposing counsel on a
case, completed judicial council forms such as a subpoena,
abstract of judgment and the like. Modified discovery
document templates with boiler plate language to assist
attorney in his responses to Request for Production of
Documents and form interrogatories. Created Notice of Motion
and Joinder in Motion for Judgment on the pleadings.
Performed some legal research for one of the partners on
cases involving ordinary diligence and escrow holders.
Programmer Analyst Consultant Citigroup, New York
September 6, 2005 - February 28, 2006
Participated in the development of two projects on the Demand
Deposit and Savings/Time applications dealing with automating
some back office procedures.
Created Technical Design documents, test plans and test
cases. Researched and applied required changes to affected
modules. Work was done in an MVS mainframe environment using
TSO with the ISPF editor.
Programmer Analyst Bank of America, Concord, California
1999 - 2003
Member of the Integrated Monetary Process and Control System
team.
Provided production support on a rotating basis.
Participated in development and testing support for the
application.
Developed programs to support release installation efforts
including:
File service programs to expand or update files
Report programs to verify the file service program results
Assisted in running test batch cycles using the CA7
scheduling package
With the CA11 Restart facility
1993 - 1999 Corporate Deposit Accounting (CDA) system
Provided production support on a rotating basis.
Monitored CDA batch testing for CDA changes.
Performed various maintenance tasks as requested.
Sr. Programmer Analyst Citibank National Systems &
Technology Division, Walnut Creek, California
1989 - 1993
Provided primary production support for the DISC/IRS system
which produced 1099-INT forms as well as the 1099 tax tape, B
and C notices as well as W8 and W9 tin certification notices.
Modified vendor code to meet Citibank requirements.
Provided support for QA testing.
Provided production support for the CITIONE statement system,
a custom built system with interfaces with the various
financial applications.
Programmer Analyst
1986 - 1989
Provided production support for the Management Information
System, a statistical database system used by upper
management.
Created ad hoc reports primarily using Easytrieve Plus.
When the existing input TDA and DDA applications were
converted to the HOGAN system, made the appropriate changes
to the affected MIS programs.
skills
MICROSOFT OFFICE WORD 2007
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
Microsoft Office Excel 2007
CaseMap
TimeMap
Summation
References
Christine Parupia - Manager
Bank of America
Email : *********.*.*******@*************.***
Heather Rodeman - Assistant Vice President
Co-worker and friend for 8 years
Bank of America
Office Phone : 704-***-****
Email : *******.*.*******@*************.***
Howard F. Masumura
Bank of America, Retired
Coworker and friend since 1999
Email : **********@*****.***
Teri Bloebaum
Coworker at Citibank Walnut Creek, California 1987 - 1991
Home Phone: 925-***-****
Email : **********@*******.***