Linda M Baldwin
***************@*****.***
Lynn, MA 01904
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Keen business and legal knowledge, excellent communication skills, and the ability
to work under pressure.
• Proficient in legal research, analysis, documentation review and legal drafting.
• Adapt quickly to new environments and thrive on multiple tasks.
• Monitor and report invention disclosures and review contract agreements.
EXPERIENCE:
Compliance Specialist-Winter Wyman
Client: Dana Farber -Brookline, MA
September 2018 to present
Update and monitor the government reporting system and various contract, domestic and foreign patent filings and licensing agreements. Interact with office of General Counsel, Finance, Grants and Contracts departments as well as external entities to ensure compliance.
Document Reviewer and Contract Specialist-Hire Counsel
Client: Foley Hoag - Boston, October 2017 to August 2018
Reviewed and examined IP documents for relevance, responsiveness, privilege and
confidentiality in a complex patent law suit involving foreign and domestic corporations. Additional responsibilities include researching, summarizing, highlighting, charting and collecting documents and/or information that pertain to the issues in suit for trial and preparing both privilege and redaction logs
Document Reviewer and Contract Specialist
Beacon Hill Staffing Group
November 2016 to August 2017
Reviewed and analyzed documents for discovery in a large complex anti-trust health
insurance and Intellectual Property case using Relativity and CV-6 platforms.
Documents which included emails, contracts, spreadsheets and other financial data and
reports. Identified issues applicable to the litigation in addition to reviewing for
relevancy, responsiveness, attorney- client privilege, confidentiality, and
performing redactions pursuant to HIPAA and other sensitive and/or proprietary
information including work product and mental impressions, patent infringement,
trademark and trade secret protection.
Various contract assignments:
April 2016 to October 2016: Contract Immigration Paralegal-Fragomen, Boston, MA and
Contract Corporate Paralegal-Mintz Levin, Boston, MA
Contract Corporate Paralegal
Securities and Exchange Commission
February 2016 to April 2016
Compiled, prepared, and summarized relevant materials and drafted and negotiated
contracts for use by attorneys in discovery and in preparation of motions, briefs and other legal documents; summarized depositions and other transcripts; maintains case
files; perform legal research; indexes, track and control document discovery
(including documents produced and received in discovery); indexed, tracked, and
controlled.
Contract Team lead-various clients
Merrill Corporation-Boston, MA
February 2015 to January 2016
Staff Attorney
Committee for Public Counsel Service - Boston, MA
November 2005 to November 2011
Reported directly to Director, conducted financial audits and reviews of private
counsel billings and services and prepared in-depth disposition recommendations for
the Committee as well as representing a few indigent clients for State of Mass.
Associate Attorney - Civil Litigation
Sears, Brickley & Sorett - Boston, MA May 2004
to May 2005
Director of Finance and Administration for Public Safety
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Boston, MA
1989 to 1996
EDUCATION:
Juris Doctor
New England School of Law - Boston, MA
December 2003
Internships at Suffolk County Superior Court for Judge
Spurlock and for Mass Appellate Tax Board working for
Professor Schiaraffa
Paralegal Certificate and internship at Douglas County
Courthouse outside of Denver, Colorado-1996
Master of Business Administration in law in law
Northeastern University
Boston, MA 2002
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology
University of Massachusetts - Amherst, MA