Office Manager
Resume:
BRETT REID PARKER
**** ***** ******, ***. ** Brooklyn, NY 11225
***************@*****.***
Seasoned leader and mentor with experience managing teams of up to fifteen internal employees and as many as seven hundred contract workers. Proven ability to start, lead, and grow a division, as well as to turn around moribund divisions. Creative, collaberative thinker who thrives on big-picture ideas but is also comfortable in the trenches. Previously an attorney and a social worker. Extensive non-profit experience. Highly proficient in French. EXPERIENCE
CHANGING THE PRESENT, New York, NY 2018-present
Consultant (volunteer)
Collaborate directly with the Founder/CEO of a growing non-profit organization on global strategy, marketing, fund- raising, and outreach. Act as liaison between CtP and outside organizations. Focus especially, though not exclusively, on expanding CtP’s reach in the Jewish community and CtP’s standing with major philanthropists/funds. TRANSPERFECT, New York, NY 2014-2017
Managing Director, Staffing Solutions
• Ran TransPerfect’s $20+ million international staffing division, with a focus on legal placement, on-site managed translation, and branded content management
• Supervised and mentored all recruiters, project managers, and administrative staff across five offices in the U.S. and overseas; responsible for all hiring and training of new employees
• Instituted best practices for division, in many cases overhauling long-standing policies
• Provided strategic direction and guidance for division’s growth, especially in contract legal placement
• Led geographic expansion, opening new markets in the U.S. and overseas
• Partnered with other divisions to enhance “one stop shop” offering to clients HUDSON LEGAL (subsequently acquired by DTI Global, now Epiq Global), NY and TX 2003-2014 National Recruiting Director, 2005-2014 (New York office)
• Supervised contract and permanent recruitment of attorneys and paralegals for a $50+ million division
• Staffed and managed projects of all sizes/durations, focusing on the needs of both clients and candidates
• Trained and mentored attorney and paralegal recruiters
• Provided national leadership in recruiting and related areas of operations, directing various national drives
• Created, developed, and ran Hudson Legal Language Solutions, which specialized in the placement of multilingual attorneys and other legal professionals
• 2010 Hudson Award winner
Division Manager, 2004-2005 (Houston office)
• Founded, opened, and managed Hudson Legal’s Houston office, overseeing all operations
• Supervised all recruiters, salespeople, and support staff
• Served as de facto manager of entire Houston office, which—in addition to Legal—included Engineering, Energy, and Inclusions Divisions
• Established the Hudson Legal office with the best revenue-to-budget ratio (over 30-to-1) and the fourth- largest total revenue (nearly $10 million) of eight branch offices
• Had sole responsibility for filling and managing positions throughout the Southern United States, including running a successful practice in Atlanta, prior to the opening of Hudson’s Atlanta office Attorney Recruiter, 2003-2004 (New York office)
• Prior to the opening of the Houston office and my promotion to Division Manager, conducted all aspects of attorney recruiting for both contract and permanent positions in the New York office
• Had shared responsibility for filling and managing positions in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, as well as sole responsibility for Texas and Florida
• Made numerous placements in Houston, which led to the opening of an office there
• Trained attorney recruiters
MILBERG, WEISS, BERSHAD & SCHULMAN (now Milberg LLP), New York, NY 2002-2003 Contract Attorney/Litigation Specialist
Drafted motions, discovery requests, and memoranda in securities fraud litigation. Researched such issues as non- disclosure, insider trading, and fraudulent accounting practices. Handled all phases of discovery. Supervised and trained other contract attorneys.
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SHEARMAN & STERLING; FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOBSON; PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON, New York, NY 2001-2002 Contract Attorney
Performed document review and created privilege logs on a contract basis for large Manhattan law firms. Undertook both long- and short-term projects, which involved privilege review, legal research, deposition summary, training other contract attorneys, supervising translators of legal documents, etc. CONNECTICUT LEGAL RIGHTS PROJECT, Middletown, CT 1998-2000 Staff Attorney
Worked for a statewide, multi-office, non-profit public interest law firm representing patients in state hospitals and other psychiatric facilities. Engaged in both state and federal litigation. Wrote amicus briefs for federal appeals. Handled commitment hearings. Drafted policies for state hospitals. Maintained a large caseload, which included primary responsibility for representing patients at CT’s maximum security psychiatric facility and oversight of a psychiatric facility based at Yale University. Supervised legal advocates in three different institutions. THE HUMAN RIGHTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT, Berkeley, CA 1994-1997 Co-Founder/Co-Director
Along with another human rights attorney, created an organization to encourage the use of international human rights standards in domestic cases through 1) educating the legal community, 2) providing technical assistance to attorneys in cases with human rights components, and 3) providing direct representation in selected cases. Established policies and guidelines; wrote grants proposals; prepared educational materials for distribution to judges, law clerks, and attorneys; gave presentations to members of the legal and human rights communities. OFFICE OF PATIENTS’ RIGHTS/PROTECTION & ADVOCACY, INC. (now Disability Rights California), Oakland, CA 1991-1994
Statewide Patients’ Rights Advocate, Senior Graduate Law Clerk, Law Clerk Worked for non-profit public interest law firm on behalf of people identified as mentally ill. Did extensive research and writing, including drafting legal memoranda and policies for state hospitals. Advised county and hospital Patients Rights’ Advocates on legal issues. Interviewed clients and care providers. Assisted in all aspects of case preparation. Traveled to state hospitals to support local PRAs and to represent patients. EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL OF LAW
Juris Doctor, 1993
Honors: Nominee, Judge Haley Award (faculty's choice for most outstanding graduating student), 1993 Public Interest Law Scholar, 1993
American Jurisprudence Award in Family Law, 1993
American Jurisprudence Award in Legal Research and Writing, 1990 National Lawyers Guild Law Students in Action National Leadership Award, 1992 Agnes O'Brien Smith Scholarship, 1991-92
Honors Student, 1990-91, 1991-92
McAuliffe Honor Society, 1990
Activities: USF Refugee/Human Rights Law Clinic Student Advocate, 1992-93 Co-founder and Student Representative, USF Loan Repayment Assistance Program, 1991-93 National Lawyers Guild Executive Board Member, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter, 1990-93 National Lawyers Guild Student Representative, Far West Region, 1991-92 Torts Tutor, USF Academic Support Program, 1991-92 Chairperson, Alternative Law Day Organizing Committee, 1991 UNIVERSITÉ DE PARIS IV
Certificat de Langue Française, 1988
UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND
Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy, 1987
Honors: National Merit Scholarship, 1982-86
Trustee Scholarship, 1982-83
Activities: Study abroad with the UPS Pacific Rim Asia Study/Travel Program, 1984-85 academic year
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