SAMANTHA A. DEHEARTE

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Jamaica Hills, NY 11432

570-***-****

ac590x@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CLOSING PARALEGAL Littman Realty St Albans NY

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Assist in execution of financing process and closing for clients.

Responsible for many aspects of commercial real estate due diligence including review of title, commercial, and surveys, review and perform written abstract of leases, order and review judgment/lien/bankruptcy searches and Good Standing Certificates.

Preparation and localization of ancillary loan documents, affidavits schedules and transfer documents.

Provide transactional assistance to attorneys, including organization and maintenance of deal files, checklists and closing binders.

Organize post-closing items, including recorded documents and post-closing requirements.

CALENDAR/ DOCKETING CLERK Cartafalsa Slattery Turpin & Lenoff Tarrytown NY

03/10 12/11

Responsible for Docketing, calendaring and filing court papers in active matters as well as conducting daily MA-300 court search. Advised the firm’s attorneys on local court rules and practices, and assist in the

preparation of pleadings and motions. Answered procedural questions regarding serving and filing court papers, as well as available courthouse technology. Routinely attended calendar calls to submit affidavits and memoranda, or to adjourn motions on consent.

PUBLIC RECORDS RESEARCHER LexisNexis Nationwide Locations

9/09 – 01/10

Collected public records from courthouses within the Newark, NJ territory.

The public records data included, but was not limited to, federal and state tax liens, tax lien

releases, civil judgments, evictions, and satisfactions.

Entered public records data into a laptop computer from the court-houses and then electronically

transmitted to LexisNexis database.

PLEADINGS/ CALENDAR CLERK McGuire Woods LLP New York NY

02/03 10/08

Filed and retrieved pleadings manually and electronically.

Traveled to the local courts to file, retrieve and deliver courtesy copies of documents.

Assisted attorneys with court admission efforts by obtaining Certificates of Good Standing and providing information on pro hac vice admissions in various courts.

Extracted, calculated, entered and updated due dates on cases and docket information on CompuLaw database

through review of court mail and departmental e mail box. Monitored and applied court rules and calendaring

protocols for courts across the country. Ensured compliance with professional responsibilities concerning cases when an attorney departed the firm.

PARALEGAL CLERK Turnberry Associates, LLC Aventura FL

01/01 10/02

Maintained and secured records in accordance with established Firm policies and procedures.

Received and processed files for central filing and off site storage.

Assembled files in chronological order, and maintained a neat and orderly file room.

Assisted in the conversion of any incoming lateral client/matter files into the Firm wide records management system.

PLEADINGS CLERK Proskauer Rose LLP New York NY

03/97-11/99

Assisted with the transfer of electronic and physical client matter records into and from the Firm associated with legal personnel arrivals and departures.

Coordinated the return of records to clients upon request, also coordinate movement of records between offices and within the document management system.

Ensured inbound records are correctly classified and assigned to the correct client matter within all applicable Firm systems. Imported electronic records into document management systems.

Organized records review and/or legal review of outbound documents.

Answered questions regarding the transfer and movement of client and Firm records. Additional functions as directed by management.

RECORDS CLERK Seward & Kissel LLP New York, NY

6/96-01/97

Created, maintained, and updated records and files, both electronic and paper format.

Transferred inactive files to and from storage according to file maintenance guidelines.

Find and retrieved information from files in response to requests from authorized users.

Gathered materials to be filed from departments and employees

Tracked materials removed from files to ensure that borrowed materials are returned

EDUCATION: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY of Professional Studies Legal Studies

LEGAL RESEARCH / COMPUTER PROFICIENCIES

State and Federal filing procedures and rules

Westlaw, LexisNexis, CM/ECF & NYSCEF filing, Pacer

Ecourts Elite and Legalkey Software

MS Word, Excel and Outlook

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