Attorney at law
Resume:
Acworth, Georgia *****
Email: **********@*******.***
Sandra Elaine Lilly,
Attorney at Law
Objective: Seasoned and experienced in-house counsel, with paralegal experience, as well, seeks to leverage that combined experience with a corporation or law firm.
Practice Experience:
DRB Capital, LLC (Factoring/Financial Services) 11/2016 – 11/2017
Senior Associate Counsel
Corporate generalist, handling license applications; responses to consumer complaints, managing litigation; discreet record-keeping and research task as assigned by General Counsel, as well as the functions described under J.G. Wentworth Company.
The J.G. Wentworth Company (Factoring/Financial Services) 04/2003 – 02/2016
Vice President - Corporate Counsel Radnor, PA
Litigation Management from inception through appeal including hiring, supervising and collaborating with outside counsel
-Depositions – draft questions and conduct
-Pleadings, Motions and Discovery – especially e-discovery – promulgate and prepare
-Briefing – drafting, editing
-Settlement negotiation – mediations, arbitration and direct with parties
-Trial preparation and attendance
Bankruptcy – responses and appearances on behalf of client including adversary proceedings; filing proofs of claim and drafting and following up on reaffirmation agreements and obtaining collateral when reaffirmation agreement not adhered to; motion for relief from stay
Regulatory and Statutory Compliance – Manager of Regulatory Change Management
GLB and SARBOX, FRCA, HIPAA, GLBA, TCPA, among others, as well as licensing for various entities for different business units, as well as statutorily and regulatorily mandated reporting
Developed HR manual and document retention plans and implemented same; collaborated on creation of contract forms for title pawn business and revisions to forms
Labor and Employment – responsible for handling complaints made to EEOC and suits
Advisor to business units on various legal issues
Certified Arbitrator
Notable Successes: $700K and $400K judgments obtained for company.
Jin Choi and Associates (General Practice) 11/2002 – 03/2003
Associate Counsel Norcross, GA
Commercial transactions
Litigation – civil and criminal
Bankruptcy
Personal Injury
Immigration
Other Legal Experience:
Extensive paralegal experience with firms in FL, MN and GA 1983-2002
Duties and Accomplishments:
-Title Searches and Document Drafts for Real Estate Transactions
-Creation of Closing Binders
-Attendance and assistance at closings; conduct closings in jurisdictions allowing paralegals to close
-Corporate entity creation and reporting
-Witness interviews
-Preparation of responses in litigation including discovery
-Deposition question preparation
Notable transaction: $10,000,000 commercial property sale including Holiday Inn franchise transfer, bulk business transfer and 1031 exchange issues
Law Licenses: Admitted in Georgia (2002) and Alabama (2004) and the relevant
Federal Bars; Eligible for Admission in States with Reciprocity
Education:
Georgia State University College of Law Atlanta, GA
Juris Doctorate, December 2000
Eckerd College St. Petersburg, FL
Bachelor of Arts – History and Psychology double major, Secondary Social Studies Education minor
Professional Memberships:
GAWL
Serbian Bar Association of America
Corporate Counsel and Criminal Justice sections of Georgia Bar
Volunteer/Community Activities:
1974-1976 President Florida Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Foundation
1997 – Present Serbian Bar Association (Board member through 2015)
2002-2004 Domestic Violence Intervention Program
2002-2004 Cobb Justice Foundation
2003 – Present High School Mock Trial Program
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