Sworn Document Specialist
Resume:
Jessica Rose Dunn
Phone: 646-***-**** Email: acs9em@r.postjobfree.com
EDUCATION:
American University, Washington, DC, December 2012
Bachelor of Arts in History; Minor in Spanish
St. Joseph Hill Academy High School, Staten Island, NY, June 2009
EXPERIENCE:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA, Legal Department, Brooklyn, NY July 2013- present
Legal Specialist III
o Assist management with the oversight of the counsel handling our mortgage banking litigation actions in each state.
o Maintain and manage a caseload of sworn documents in affirmative and defensive actions of the Mortgage Banking Litigation Department.
o Verified, revised, finalized and executed drafts of sworn documents submitted to me by Chase Outside Counsel and researched every factual statement against Chase’s various databases.
o Trained five members of my team in their various tasks.
o Trained to appear in a deposition and regularly trained in various legal and business topics.
Tower Legal Solutions, JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA, Legal Department, Brooklyn, NY January 2013- July 2013
Consultant Paralegal/ Legal Assistant
o Support 4 attorneys in various administrative (database auditing) and legal tasks, and perform follow up on important information requests with their outside counsel and loan modifications associated with their cases.
o Assist in processing invoices for Chase Outside Counsel.
o Maintain and update Monthly, Weekly and Quarterly PowerPoint slides for review by senior management.
o Dormant Loan Modification project- review of over 1,000 dormant loan modifications and provided weekly updates to the loan modification team.
o Assisted manager in training new members of the Brooklyn Mortgage Banking paralegal team in their various tasks.
Kids in Need of Defense NY (KIND), JPMorgan Corporate Pro Bono Partnership, Brooklyn, NY June 2014-present
Paralegal/ Liaison- Pro Bono Representation of Unaccompanied Alien Children residing in New York
o Assist volunteer Chase employed attorneys in filing motions in the Immigration court, sending records requests, set up meetings and to sort out issues with the client, and assist in drafting petitions and affidavits
o Maintain and manage a list of volunteer Spanish translators who are employed across all lines of business of Chase
o Acted as liaison between the KIND organization and Chase for 5 months while the head liaison was on maternity leave
o Sent out monthly email notifications on new and available cases that need Pro Bono representation.
Equip for Equality Illinois, JPMorgan Corporate Pro Bono Partnership, Brooklyn, NY June 2014-present
Non-attorney Helpline Volunteer- Children with disabilities in Illinois Public Schools
o Returned calls that were made to the helpline and filled out a helpline questionnaire with the caller.
o Research the caller’s issue and send attorney recommendation of what the caller should do.
o Advise the caller by email or another phone call of the attorney’s final advice as to what should be done for the child.
Washington College of Law, American University, Washington, DC September 2012-December 2012
Federal Work Study
o Assisted the faculty administrative assistants with collating, filing, scanning, photocopying, and proofreading materials and PowerPoint presentations for professors and their classes.
o Assisted with professor’s research in voting law.
o Prepared materials for professor’s final exams.
The NYC Board of Elections, Staten Island, NY June 2012-August 2012
Instructor
o Trained people employed by the Board of Elections in their various jobs as poll workers so they are able to open, run, and close an election site.
o Trained and certified to publicly speak and teach poll workers in serving the voters in every aspect of the elections process.
The Richmond County Surrogate Court, Staten Island, NY June 2012-August 2012
Intern
o Observed and engaged in Surrogate Court proceedings such as conferences, 17-A meetings, calendar days, adoptions, and court attorney calendar reviews.
o Attended training by a court attorney on how to write a formal Last Will and Testament.
o Gained in depth knowledge of the different departments of the Surrogate Court, such as the guardianship and pro-se help desk office as well as the different aspects of the Richmond County Court system by sitting on proceedings with Family Court, Marital Court, and the Supreme Court.
SPECIAL SKILLS:
Computer: Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, LexisNexis, WestLaw, MSP(Mortgage Servicing Platform), Illustrator CS5, Photoshop, Surveymonkey, iMovie, iPhoto, Macintosh Computers, Windows Computers, LaCerte, BillQuick,
Language: Fluent in Spanish
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