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Manager Legal Assistant

Location:
Leesburg, VA
Salary:
90,000
Posted:
January 30, 2019

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Resume:

Margaret E. Ferrell ac8cga@r.postjobfree.com 202-***-****

Education:

B.A. POLITICAL SCIENCE, ENGLISH, University of South Carolina

Certifications and Licenses:

ABA PARALEGAL CERTIFICATE, The National Center for Paralegal Training, Atlanta, Georgia

VIRGINIA REALTOR LICENSE

Employment:

Information Management Administrator June 2017 - Present

Buchanan Ingersol & Rooney PC

Alexandria, Virginia

Responsible for the creation and implementation of information management, retention and destruction for all of the Buchanan offices. Create processes for information management and train all records personnel on procedures and policies. Coordinate the Information Management Supervisors in each office to insure completeness of projects and chains of custody and document preservation and destruction. Create policies and procedures for implementation of information management conversion to paperless environment.

Legal Assistant III – Contractor October 2016 – June 2017

XO Communications

Herndon, Virginia

Support the legal department and real estate team in transitioning assets to the acquiring telecommunications company. Prepare estoppels for existing leases, assist litigation team in a class action and labor and employment actions. Assist litigation team preparing litigation holds and chains of custody of documents, electronic document review and production using Relativity. Day to day support for the transition teams in data production and meeting reports.

Realtor November 2015 - Present

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

Leesburg, Virginia

Toll Brother’s Inc. February 2016 – July 2016

Independent Contractor Legal Department

Support associate general counsel in residential and commercial transactions and land use issues. Drafted closing instructions for settlement company, lot swap purchase agreements, leases and lease amendments, handled title exceptions, and endorsements. Manage outside counsel billing and invoices. Reviewed all marketing materials for content and correctness. General assignments as requested.

Litigation and Trial Consultant

Amberly Law, Leesburg, Virginia January 2015 – February 2016

Prepared litigation hold for the company, harvested all documents for electronic discovery using Relativity, reviewed and coded all documents for both the plaintiff and defendants, drafted discovery requests and subpoenas for both opposing counsel and third parties, performed editing, blue booking and site checking, prepared notebooks and documents for depositions, digested depositions, prepared trial exhibits and jury instructions. Attended hearings, depositions and trials using Trial Director for presentations and educating jurors.

Director of Operations January 2014 – February 2015

Virginia Integrative Health, Vienna, Virginia

Virginia Functional Medicine, Corporate Treasurer

Private Practice Administration/Operation Management. Resource utilization; operational efficiency of each office site individually, as well as the integrated region as a whole. Supervise, train, coach and motivate direct reports. Design, implement and coordinate in-house training sessions for staff level employees. Monitor staff performance and HR optimization in each office site. Interface with corporate executives to ensure timely and complete enforcement of corporate policies and procedures. Create marketing plans to sustain and enhance referral streams and promote positive brand recognition and community relationships. Collaborate and communicate effectively with corporate officers, Physicians and staff personnel to ensure optimal operational efficiency. Develop and implement key performance indicators and goals.

Litigation Analyst Manager January 2012 – December 2013

Contract via VisionIT

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, McLean, Virginia

Litigation Analyst Analyze third-party subpoenas and requests for information to determine the scope of responsive documentation, interview employees to ascertain the appropriate document custodians and review collected materials in order to deliver productions in accordance with the FCPA. Partner with Regulatory Affairs to respond to audits, evaluations and surveys of various Freddie Mac business areas conducted by the Office of the Inspector General within the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Analyze requests from the investigations team in Office of the Inspector General within the Federal Housing Finance Agency regarding Seller/Servicers, loan parties and former employees. Communicate with requestors to tailor the scope of the requests. Review and produce documents and data regarding 10M+ loans.

Senior Litigation Analyst February 2005 – January 2012

American Capital, Ltd., Bethesda, Maryland

Litigation Analyst responsible for the coordination of efforts of in house and outside counsel in litigation matters. Responsible for document requests and productions, collection and preparation of electronic discovery, review of documents for responsiveness to requests. Worked closely with in house software engineer to build a proprietary e-discovery platform for the corporation. Responsibilities also included the preparation and implementation of litigation holds and document custodial issues in response to complaints and subpoenas. Responsible for the development, implementation and continuing compliance of policies and procedures for IT, document retention and document management including the development and implementation of integrated archiving systems and databases for the company.

Senior Litigation Legal Assistant November 2000 - February 2005

Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, D.C.

Litigation Legal Assistant – Case Manager for large litigation projects and trials in Federal District Courts, State Courts and Arbitrations. Responsibilities included selection, management and supervision of project attorneys and paralegals during document reviews, discovery and preparation for trial. Project management including budgeting, requesting RFP’s and negotiation and administration of contracts for vendors, site selection and planning, document review, coding, imaging and database development. Management and organization of documents on computerized litigation support programs used in trials and arbitrations for antitrust, securities, corporate, product liability, health care, transportation, environmental and IP litigation matters.

Litigation Manager September 1997 - November 2000

Collier Shannon Rill & Scott, PLLC

Independent Contractor, Washington, D.C.

Litigation Case Manager for large litigation projects and trials in Federal District Courts, State Courts and International Arbitrations. Supervision of associates, project attorneys and paralegals during document reviews and document production. Coordinate site planning, vendor contract negotiations, document review, coding and imaging process for offsite document productions and trial preparation. Management and organization of documents on computerized litigation support programs used in trials and international arbitrations for multi-million dollar tobacco, antitrust, transportation, and environmental and IP litigation matters. Reviewed all marketing materials for a major tobacco for regulatory compliance. General duties included legal database research, document selection for depositions, witness preparation and creation of court demonstrative trial exhibits.

Skills:

Relativity, Summation, Concordance, Discovery Attender/Accelerator, Reddoc and Ringtail, Lexis/Nexis, Westlaw, Pacer, ECF, Serengeti, Encase, eCapture, Livenote, Trial Director, Autonomy, iConnect, Lotus Notes, Casecentral.com, Casemap, Clearwell, Saleslogics, Sharepoint, Ipro, Windows, Nuix, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office Suite (Acess, Excel, Powerpoint, Word,).

Activities:

Pro bono projects: Whitman Walker Clinic, Zaccheus Legal Clinic - helped clients work through landlord tenant disputes, prepared wills and helped clients with public entitlement requirements. Everybody Wins Reading Mentor Program in the DC Public Schools.

Community Projects: Loudoun County Board Member for the Department of Social Justice, Town of Leesburg Commission on Public Arts, Kevin Wright for Leesburg, VA Mayor 2016 campaign, Barbara Comstock 2016 Congressional campaign, 2017 Theil for Town Counsel Campaign. Board Member for Loudoun County Abused Women’s Center, Volunteer for Sunrise Assisted Living in Frederick, MD, Board Member for Habitat for Humanity, Friends of Homeless Animals in Northern Virginia (FOHA), Martha’s Table, Special Olympics, Washington DC Kindred Sister (Big Sister Mentoring program).



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