BENJAMIN SCANLON
Pittsburg PA, 15922
LEGAL EXPERIENCE:
Strobe & Bantley, Washington D.C. Paralegal, June 2004 –Present
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:
• Protected clients’ patent technologies including: medical devices
• Knowledge of UPSTO rules and regulation
• Prepared and helped to file trademark and patent applications, monitored status and updated fillings
• Advanced knowledge of office reaction responses
• Superior understanding of filing related papers via the USPTO’s EFS web site
• Ability to skillfully navigate the USPTO PAIR web site at a high level
• Provided litigation support and research
• Managed large scale document collections and reviews
• Ability to prepare both us and foreign filling
• Prepared, proofed, and filed, electronic patent fillings
• Edited, proofed, and maintained practice specific material in regard to style,
• Experienced in Electrical, Biotech, and Mechanical fields
• Reviewed Client Billings
• Manage and update Excel spreadsheet’s to monitor critical deadlines
• Docketing experience in US Patents, Foreign Patents, Us Trademarks, Foreign Trademark’s
• Proof and titled electronic patent and trademark fillings
• Full field the required actions to keep patents, trademarks, and copyrights current
• Developed, maintained, and expanded the filing system.
GENERAL LITIGATION:
• Performed research
• Drafted interrogatories, answers, motions, and pleadings for discovery. Also worked on contracts, and briefs.
• Cite checked and blue booked documents
• Managed large scale document collections and reviews, including coding and creating and maintaining privilege logs
• Participated in strategy sessions with attorneys and made recommendations on trial issues
• Ensured compliance with all state and local rules using Pacer
• Acted as point of contact for clients and opposing counsel
• Scheduled interviews for clients and opposing counsel
• Reviewed medical comp claims
• Knowledgeable of medical comp claims process for DC, Maryland, and Virginia.
• Knowledge of rules of local and state civil procedure for Maryland, Virginia, and DC
CORPORATE, REAL ESTATE & FINANCE:
• Filed SEC forms, including 10-k, 10-Q, 8-K, proxy statements and section 16 reports
• Corporate maintenance
• Reviewed loan documents and managed closings
• Experience with mergers and acquisitions
• Extensive experience drafting contracts
• Advanced ability to draft cap tables
• Superior knowledge of drafting option agreements
• Contract negotiation
• Handled real estate closings
• Negotiation of title closings
• Performed title survey and analysis
• Preparation of title memorandum
• Drafted lease amendments
• Reviewed Real Estate contracts
Immigration, Bankruptcy and Miscellaneous
• Extensive knowledge of E-2 visas
• Ability to prepare non-immigrant visas (E,H,L,O,P, and Perm)
• Ability to prepare k-1 visas
• Ability to prepare H-1b visas
• Ability to prepare TN Visas
• Prepare e-bankruptcy petitions
• Processing chapter 7,11, and 13 bankruptcies
• Supervised, trained and mentored paralegals
• Advanced knowledge of FOIA legal issues.
• Processed FOIA applications
EDUCATION:
• New York University, September 1998 May 2003 BS in Political Science and Economics 3.72 GPA
• Regents College, London, UK
• Harford Community College, Paralegal Certificate ABA Approved September 2003 – May 2004
Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Access),Outlook, Legal Key, Law 5.0 Lexis Nexus, Needles, Summation, Westlaw, Concordance, Pacer, Needles, Case Map, Dropbox, SAS, STAT,SPSS, Case-Logic, Relativity, Ring Tail. Serve, Elite and Work-Flow I-Pro, Trail Director, Word-docks, Court link, Adobe, Time Matter’s, Oracle, Display Soft, and Title Express.