Administrative Assistant Real Estate

Susanne M. McGuire

***** ******* ****** ***., #***

Ashburn, VA 20148

Cell: 703-***-****

Email: **************@*****.***

Experienced, detail-oriented certified paralegal/legal assistant with wide-ranging experience in corporate, civil litigation, government, real estate and criminal law in Virginia and Massachusetts. Excellent written and oral communicator who values solid working relationships with clients, courts and attorneys.

Alex Levay PLLC - Legal Assistant 1/14 - present

Provide legal assistance to four criminal and litigation attorneys and office management, including drafting discovery, motions, correspondence, calendaring, filing legal documents with civil and criminal courts, maintaining electronic and physical files and perform basic factual research. Have strong computer skills.

Semmes, Bowen and Semmes – Legal Administrative Assistant 2007-13

Handled all aspects of legal administrative support for partner and two associates.

Responsibilities included client relations, correspondence, filing, billing/reimbursement, preparation of medical binders and scheduling of court reporters.

Roberts and Wood – Legal Administrative Assistant 2006-07

Assisted partner in all aspects of civil litigation support.

Prepared subpoenas, pleadings, discovery files, notices of deposition, notices of mechanics liens, medical authorizations, correspondence.

Arranged depositions, travel and conference calls. Managed schedule and assisted with billing.

Computer Sciences Corporation – Corporate Paralegal 2005-06

In–house general corporate paralegal responsible for coordinating responses to third party subpoenas and garnishment summons.

Assisted in-house counsel in the management of documents (e.g. litigation files, discovery documents). Conducted legal research utilizing Westlaw and other sources.

Prepared company’s semi-annual Lobbying Reports to U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

Assisted Director of International Trade in filing permits.

Labat Anderson, McLean, VA - Contract Paralegal 2003-04

Reviewed and certified Appellate case files for the Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Review.

Provided litigation support to OPIC Environmental Department. Reviewed document files and prepared an Administrative Record for Department of Justice’s handling of environmental case.

Provided litigation support to Department of Justice, including document coding.

Covanta Energy Company - Paralegal 2001-02

Negotiated and prepared contractor service, consulting and confidentiality agreements.

Researched and analyzed contracts and real estate documents. Prepared summaries of new contracts for auditors.

Worked with Asset Managers to monitor and explain compliance requirements.

Assisted outside counsel in preparation of UCC Filings and Legal Opinion Letters.

Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP - Paralegal 2000-01

Researched and prepared telecommunications interconnection tariffs and certification documents for filing.

Performed legal research regarding FCC.

Verizon Corporation, Corporate/Real Estate Specialist and Paralegal 1987-2000

Negotiated and pursued to resolution various trespass, conduit occupancy and joint line pole issues. Dealt with various outside attorneys representing property owners, municipalities, utility companies and the Department of Transportation on these matters.

Reviewed and edited rights of way, interconnection, resale, independent Telco contracts, service

and construction agreements.

Reviewed and drafted numerous agreements, including original contracts, easements,

amendments, permits, licenses, relocation and facility undergrounding agreements related to

the installation and maintenance of telecommunications facilities on private and public property throughout the five New England states. Standardized right of way agreements and practices for the engineering and construction group and assisted in creating a company right of way course.

Performed manual and electronic legal research. Reviewed and analyzed various applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations for the corporate and wholesale attorneys and for real estate, engineering, right of way and Telecommunications Industry Service (TIS) clients.

Developed close business relationships with 15 right of way managers. Included mentoring, attending conferences, and providing pertinent legal information on industry issues.

Updated state and federal tariff books. Reviewed portions of tariffs and discussed with in house business clients.

EDUCATION:

University of San Francisco, CA, BA Literature

Oxford, England – Junior Year Abroad Program

Boston State College (U-Mass Boston) Paralegal Certificate Program

Penn Foster - Transcription course

SKILLS:

Excellent writing and editing skills

Legal research

Negotiation

MS Office Lexis Westlaw Edgar Database E-File Time Matters

BIA Processing Database and Neterm Coding Database U.S. Department of Commerce and D-Trade Export License Databases Outlook Notary Public

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