Insurance Real Estate

Kenneth P. Bernas

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Williamsville, New York 14221

Home: 716-***-****; Mobile: 716-***-****

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Career Overview

Experienced and Highly Skilled ParaLegal Professional adept at all aspects of real estate law. Representation of grantors’, grantees’, mortgagors, and mortgagees’. Experienced in preparing all transactional documentation including realty contracts, deeds, capital gains, equalization and assessment, senior citizen exemptions, RESPA, HUD-1, notes, mortgages, con-mod agreements, title insurance binders, and closing statements.

Preparation of leasehold agreements, landlord tenant litigation, foreclosure and eminent domain issues.

Qualifications

Key Areas of Specialty

Closing residential and commercial realty transactions

Note and mortgage preparation and filing

Title insurance binders

Title clearing and lien removal

Landlord Tenant Litigation

Section 200 Lien Law Litigation

Eminent domain

Foreclosure

Residential and Commercial

Leases

Technical Skills

Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook Express, Microsoft SharePoint, West Law, Lexis Nexus, SAP Hana, SAP Business One, Knight Financial Mortgage Software Products, Assurant, Venture, CCN and Director.

Accomplishments

Successfully completed thousands of real estate transactions, preparation of all realty documents to ensure timely and accurate completion, ensured compliance with terms of mortgage commitment to complete timely closings, scheduled closings and confirmed the accuracy of all closing statements and funding requirements.

Representation of banking institution as bank counsel and representation of title insurance company.

Remained in constant contact with all parties to transactions, diligently obtained mortgage payoff figures and ensured proper and timely filing of mortgage discharge documents.

Representation at applicable Clerk’s Office to ensure proper filing and noting of realty documents. Closed transactions successfully and notified all relevant parties.

Work Experience

IT Instructor- Legal Compliance Consultant

Octobr2014 to Current

Bauman Group, Inc.- Framingham, Massachusetts

Providing IT Training to mid-level corporate managers. Instructed on SAP functions and processes in conjunction with Microsoft Word, Access and Excel applications. Instructed on appropriate corporate protocol in utilization of OT applications.

Attorney

January 1990 to April 2012

Bernas Law, PLLC- Buffalo, NY

Represented individuals, corporations and lending institutions in realty transactions. Acted as bank counsel and closing counsel for title insurance carrier.

Represented clients in State and Federal Courts, represented and advised clients on a variety of commercial issues, included purchase and sale of real estate, funding and lending issues, landlord tenant matters and represented clients in the prosecution of foreclosure matters.

Drafted legal pleadings and briefs, compiled and organized discovery documents and other due diligence items, and engaged clients and principals and opposing counsel to negotiate and settle cases.

Education and Training

J.D. Law and Jurisprudence

Quinnipiac School of Law- Bridgeport, CT, USA

Bachelor of Arts: Psychology-Political Science

University of Buffalo

Continuing Legal Education

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