Manager Management

PAUL McLAUGHLIN, JD

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Pompano Beach, FL 33060

Cell: 954-***-****

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CORE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Developed compliance and funding departments of a financial services company;

• Identified areas designated for improvement and implemented changes;

• Decreased transaction closing times from an average of 28 days to 5 days;

• Advised management regarding risk management policies and procedures.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CLIENT FIRST SETTLEMENT FUNDING, LLC

Director of Compliance and Funding May, 2009 through October, 2015

• Developed compliance and funding procedures, consistent with Federal and State statutes and regulations, and tailored to individual funder requirements;

• Identified operational and financial risk, and developed risk mitigation procedures;

• Instituted underwriting reviews for transactional due diligence;

• Reviewed all transactions prior to closing;

• Monitored statutes affecting the business units and updated management;

• Maintained procedures manuals for processing, legal, funding and purchasing departments in a clear and concise manner, and in language easily understood;

• Advocated for procedural changes necessary to maintain best practices;

• Conducted company wide training sessions for both incumbent staff and new hires;

• Consulted and educated individual and institutional funding sources about product lines and risk;

• Managed outside litigation counsel;

• Negotiated vendor contracts;

• Maintained relationships with in-house and outside counsel for insurance carriers.

STRUCTURED ASSET FUNDING, LLC

Litigation & Underwriting Manager, April, 2004 to May, 2009

• Recruited and managed team of outside litigation counsel in 47 states;

• Reviewed underwriting of financial transactions;

• Assessed risk based on company standards and in compliance with third party lending agreements.

• Analyzed contracts;

• Recommended strategies to bolster arguments in support of approvals of structured settlement transfers in state court;

• Reviewed and approved draft pleadings and orders;

• Developed and maintained beneficial relationships with in-house and outside counsel for insurance carriers.

PROVIDENT TITLE COMPANY, INC.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Title Examiner/Closer, November 2000 to January 2004

• Performed all aspects of real estate title transactions.

EDUCATION

JURIS DOCTOR: 1999

Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center, Davie, Florida, USA

BACHELOR OF ARTS, Political Science: 1996

Siena College, Loudonville, New York

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