Assistant Management

Shervon Coleman

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EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ASSOCIATION OF RECORDS MANAGERS AND

Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL February

ADMINISTRATORS INTERNATIONAL (ARMA) 2013 – Present

Certified Records Management Certification Intellectual Property Docket Assistant (Temp-to-Hire)

Candidate, October 2013 Docket foreign and domestic patent and trademark

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correspondence.

ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY, CHICAGO, IL Generate client and foreign counsel reports for prosecution and

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ABA-Approved Paralegal Certification, litigation files.

December 2009 Review and maintain monthly trademark watch notices.

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File trademark and patent applications, section 8 & 15 affidavits,

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FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY, TALLAHASSEE, FL renewals and other documents with the USPTO.

B.A. in English with a Minor in Education, Manage trademark and patent docket, including docketing and

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May 2004 creating docket and status reports.

Create and distribute monthly docket due date calendar for

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HONORS trademark and patent prosecution matters.

Create new files and clear old deadlines from the docket.

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Magna Cum Laude with Honors Distinction • Perform periodic data audits on IP docket to maintain data

Department of English, May 2004 integrity.

Research foreign and domestic IP rules and country laws.

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SKILLS Prepare and process foreign associate invoices.

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• Experience assisting with trial preparation, Open new patent and trademark records and create new files.

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discovery responses and scheduling. Maintain reference manual for inactive patents and trademarks.

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• Comprehensive understanding and working Update and file hard copies of correspondence received for IP

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knowledge of USPTO rules and procedures. applications.

• Knowledge in preparing domestic and foreign

Wrigley Jr. Company, Chicago, IL September 2012 –

trademark and patent filings.

February 2013

• Experience with the following software review tools:

Trademark Paralegal (Contract)

Relativity, Concordance and CT Summation.

Responsible for working with attorneys for the filing of trademark

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applications, gathering evidence for initiating clearance and

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY processing trademark renewals for US and foreign entities.

• Office Suite (Word, Access, PowerPoint, Excel, Reviewed and executed IP assignments to ensure they were

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Outlook) properly executed, notarized, stamped and witnessed.

• CT Corsearch Reviewed products, product announcements, product advertising

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• CPI and related collateral for proper trademark use.

• WebTMS Handled correspondence with foreign associates regarding

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• LegalKey foreign filings, office actions and payment of annuities.

• Lotus Notes

Conquest E-Discovery, Dallas, TX May 2012 –

• LexisNexis

August 2012

• West Law

Senior Paralegal (Contract)

• Adobe Acrobat

Managed and coordinated discovery efforts with case teams on

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• Concordance

all aspects of the discovery process, from custodian interviews to

• Summation

collection, processing, preservation, review and production of ESI.

• iConect

Updated project details in the appropriate case and task

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VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE management database as well as recorded required time entries

in billing software.

Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clinic

Serve as Paralegal/Office Assistant, Hudson Global Resources, Chicago, IL August 2011 –

February 2012

February 2012 – Present

Contracts Administrator

Approved and provided contract modification as appropriate to

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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS branch offices, third parties and customers.

Illinois Paralegal Association

• Coordinated and participated with legal counsel in the

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National Association of Legal Assistants

• development and fulfillment of contract requirements.

Created drafts and final documents using multiple software tools.

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HARPO Productions, Inc., Chicago, IL May 2006 –

August 2011

Legal Department Coordinator

Negotiated agreement terms to clear rights for programming in

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TV and radio.

Researched copyright ownership and prepared requests to

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owners by facilitating clearance requests for music and film.

File Clerk

Composed cease and desist letters related to copyright and

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trademark infringements issues.

Responded to research requests relating to The Oprah

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Winfrey Show.

Performed administrative duties, including: reading and

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sorting mail, drafting cover letters, sending faxes,

answering phones and scheduling meetings.

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