Real Estate Sales

Shola Orolugbagbe

**** ******** ****, ********, ** 30071

Tele: 678-***-****; 213-***-****

E-Mail: *******@*****.***

RESUME

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a law clerk or paralegal position in the areas of law such as

Bankruptcy; Business; Corporate; Commercial; Real Estate; Intellectual

Property and Mergers & Acquisition, to explore new opportunities and

add value through acquired knowledge and skills.

SUMMARY

. Extensive Litigation experience in Bankruptcy, Civil, Corporate,

Commercial, Real Estate, M&A, and Sales Contracts.

. Excellent working knowledge of Lexis-Nexis, West Law, Microsoft

Access, Excel and Microsoft Word.

. Extensive knowledge of preparing and filing for Bankruptcy; Patent

and Trademark registration form.

. Excellent knowledge of preparing Contract and reviewing Documents and

Contracts.

. Excellent knowledge of preparing Employment Contract, Non-Compete

Agreement and filing of UCC statements

. Extensive knowledge in preparing all court documents such as

complaints, demurrers, answers and various motions and attacking or

responding to such documents

. An outstanding team player and ability to harness resources with

colleagues to achieve customer satisfaction. A result-driven

individual who strives to produce high-quality deliverables

. Strong ability to research issues in legal matters related to

Bankruptcy and Commercial

. Strong ability to successfully achieve institutional goals and

targets.

. Strong public speaker with extensive experience in making

presentations as well as conducting workshops in a variety of settings

for a variety of audiences.

. Ability to manage, direct and motivate a staff of professionals

towards quantifiable performance goals, and a quick learner who

readily adapts to new work environment and willing to take on new

challenges at very short notice.

WORK

EXPERIENCE

September, 2010 - To-date

Litigation & Transactional Coordinator

Legal Services Professional, Duluth, GA

Interact with clients, prospective candidates via e-mail and

phone; and accept and routes requests for assistance over the

telephone and e-mail, and through web forms;

Monitors transaction status and escalates transactions, as

necessary

Responds to client inquiries relative to the staffing functions

such as, following up with candidates' relative documentation;

escalation of appropriate actions to other parties; ensuring

completion of task within specified performance parameters and

generates daily and weekly incident reporting, as necessary.

Litigation and Transactional work includes --

Knowledge of SEC, NYSE, UCC and Section 16 reporting

requirements;

Providing supports to companies for matters relating to the

Board of Directors, corporate governance, shareholders, and

common stock; and assist in incorporation, qualification,

reorganization or dissolution of companies or their

subsidiaries.

Providing supports for companies to ensuring compliance with New

York Stock Exchange (NYSE) listing criteria based on advice and

guidance from securities counsel.

Providing support for compliance with respect to federal and

state securities law matters, including: current reports on Form

8-K to the SEC; Rule 144 matters; and Section 16 matters.

Assists companies to prepare and file reports based on advice

and guidance from securities counsel.

Supporting transactional activity as needed, including due

diligence reviews and integration of corporate secretary

functions of acquired companies; Knowledge of reviewing and

processing sales and purchase agreements; Assist firms to review

sales and purchase agreements as related to company policies and

practices;

Extensive knowledge of bankruptcy, business law, commercial law

& foreclosure proceedings;

Assist firms to protect their client's interest by reviewing

loans for possible legal action and by providing various legal

services related to Bankruptcies, as well as other loan default

services; File Motions for Relief; Plan Review of Chapter 7, 11

or 13;

Assist in filing of Proofs of Claim and Amended Proofs of Claim;

File Objections, Responses to Objections, Miscellaneous Motions,

and Payment Change Letters;

Assist in researching issues related to commercial and

bankruptcy matters

Prepare and file Consent Orders, No Opposition Orders, Orders

Approving Loan Modifications, etc.; Monitor defaults for Cure;

Prepare payment histories.

Maintain responsibility for billing any and all appropriate

actions taken by firm's office based upon their client's fee

schedule; Review requests and forward appropriate referrals to

Litigation for Motions for Relief, Qualified Written Responses,

Adversary Proceedings, etc.

Knowledge of Intellectual property;

Assist client/firms in filling Patent/Trademark applications;

maintain docket system of due dates, Patent Cooperation Treaty

requirements and payments of patent annuities in foreign

countries; coordinate international filings with foreign law

firms and other foreign entities; preparing status summary

reports for attorneys and clients; and performing online

searches of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office records, industry

databases and other legal research; Assist clients in drafting

responses to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office actions and

oppositions, patent applications, basic patent office

transmittals, responses to missing parts and information

disclosure statements.

January, 2010 through July, 2010

Litigation & Transactional Coordinator

Law Offices of John Levine & Associates, Los Angeles, CA

Transactional work including attending creditors' meetings;

making recommendations as to whether a clients' loan was

compliant with relevant laws; negotiating of clients' loans

with lenders and securing better loan terms for clients; review

of clients' loan documents and ensuring that RESPA and TILA laws

have not been violated; preparation and filing of Bankruptcy

petitions and schedules for Chapters 7 and 13 filings; private

placement memorandum; formation of corporations, limited

partnerships and LLCs; preparing licensing agreements for

inventors and proprietary products; preparation of trademark,

copyright and patent applications; filing applications for

patent rights and trademarks. Coordinating and researching

general mergers and acquisitions transactions and litigations in

takeovers with respect to financing, motives as well as IPOs,

control premium, fairness opinion, swap ratio, due diligence,

merger control, integration or simulation and competition

regulator.

Coordinating general legal work handling and reviewing all areas

of real estate and contract litigation, including preparing for

numerous court trials; assist in all aspects of unlawful

detainer practice including pre-trial, trial and post-judgment

practice; filing of lis pendens to prevent unlawful disposal of

property, and also assist in motions for summary judgment,

including motions for relief from stay, temporary restraining

orders, motion to expunge lis pendens; appearances to represent

clients in small claim Courts throughout Southern California.

November, 2009 through July, 2010

Litigation & Transactional Administrator

Law Offices of Christian Juarez, Los Angeles, CA

Litigation/Transactional administrator for drafting and

reviewing legal documents, letters, claims of exemption;

maintain corporate records, creation and dissolution of

entities; handling all corporate entity formation, maintenance

and dissolution; reviewing of all documents for completeness,

approvals, content accuracy, consistency, adherence to

guidelines and correct legal form; managing all insurance claims

including personal injury, workers compensation and medical

malpractice cases from set up to settlement stages; drafting of

contracts and release documents; drafting of quitclaim deeds and

preliminary change of ownership forms, reviewing of commercial

and residential leases; drafting of 30 and 3 day notices to quit

and filing of unlawful detainer actions; maintenance of the

policy and procedures manual; filing of fictitious business

names; maintenance of franchise agreements; drafting of various

demand letters, and daily interaction with agents regarding

procedural questions; maintaining other civil matters including

Real Estate transactions, opening and closing files, legal

research, built exhibit charts, witness files, and organization

of case file.

March, 2009 through January, 2010

Mortgage Consultant

Century West Financial & Real Estate Corporation, Los

Angeles, CA

Consult with and advise borrowers on financial status and

methods of payments; Evaluate, authorize or recommend approval

of commercial real estate, or credit loans; Contact leads and

acquire clients by structuring benefit based loan and/or loan

modification program; Collect the borrower's information to

recommend appropriate product or program; Structure and submit

completed loan application to processing; Prepare approved loans

and address customer questions at closing; Price out and select

best product for the clients' situation; Ordered Appraisal

report, Insurance binder and Title and escrow documents;

Reviewed title reports for liens and chain of title; Conduct

online title searches to determine whether there are any liens

on clients' property; Drafting of quitclaim deeds and

preliminary change of ownership forms, reviewing of commercial

and residential leases; Drafting of quit notices and filing of

unlawful detainer actions; Drafting of various demand letters,

and daily interaction with agents regarding procedural

questions.

September 2007 through August, 2008

Barrister & Solicitor: Litigation and Corporate Transaction

Smithworth & Partners, Lagos, Nigeria

General practice focusing on all aspects of civil litigation in

Courts throughout Nigeria, participating in numerous court

trials including pre-trial, trial and post-judgment practice;

extensive motion experience including motions for summary

judgment, motions for relief from stay, temporary restraining

order and motion to expunge lis pendens. Transaction work in

mergers & acquisitions, corporate, entertainment and real estate

including purchase and sale of commercial and residential

properties; construction and permanent lending; commercial

leasing; private placement memorandum; formation of

corporations, limited partnerships and LLCs; licensing

agreements for inventors and proprietary products. Preparation

of trademark, copyright and patent applications; draft legal

opinion regarding business entity, business permit requirements.

November 2006 through May 2007

Entry Level Position: Litigation and Corporate Transaction

Aluko & Oyebode, Lagos, Nigeria

Assists in the course of Intellectual Property enforcement

practice where

partners prosecute several class action, IP enforcement matters

ranging from trademark

infringements to unlawful interference with the performance of

contracts cases for major

multinational companies and manufacturing companies.

June 2005 through August, 2005

Legal Subordinate / Legal Assistant

Law Offices of Falese, Los Angeles, CA

Conduct interview with clients; proofread and review clients

files to ensure proper and timely processing; code and input

legal documents into legal database; assemble information on

injury/illness and property related issues; obtain legal

resource information; identify and draft appropriate pleadings

and motions; prepare legal pleadings including subpoenas,

motion, discovery and general correspondence; monitor and notify

parties of due dates of required documentation; coordinate

clients' deposition with outside attorneys and ensure clients'

attendance ; research and draft memoranda and review tax

structures for domestic and international clients; conduct title

searches with focus on curing defects or procuring title

insurance; compile due diligence reports on client companies;

draft material contracts and financial documentations for

clients; review drafted joint venture agreement between parties.

EDUCATION

2009 LL.M, University of Southern California,

Los Angeles CA

2006 LL.B, University of Buckingham, England,

UK

AFFILIATIONS

2005 Legal

Practice Course in Alternative Dispute Resolution

Legal

Practice Course in Sports Agency & Management

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