Experienced Paralegal

Joycelynn Mejia

***** ** **** ******, *** ***

Sunrise, Florida 33351

Voice: 954-***-****

E-Mail: ************@*****.***

I am a self-directed highly motivated Paralegal who has the ability to interact with various audiences including Senior Management. I am very organized and have great interpersonal skills. I would like to use the skills that I have learned to obtain employment in an organization that provides room for growth.

EXPERIENCE

Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc., Sunrise, Florida Paralegal (April 2007- Present)

Responsible for review negotiation, circulation and management of various contracts, including but not limited to professional service agreements, employment agreements, and lease agreements. The management portion involves the process that includes tracking the contract from initial request through execution.

Draft, review, revise and track high volumes of employment and service agreements that are requested by the Regional Management Team.

Prepare redlines of draft agreements or written correspondence to outline proposed change, following review by Regional Management team and Regional Attorney.

Draft and assist with the management of company contract templates, including creating, and updating templates according to new company guidelines as well as maintaining contract database.

Maintain communication with various departments supplying information to ensure the timely completion of the Employment and or Service Agreements.

Liaison between the Regional Operations team and Legal.

Point of contact to resolve legal and business issues between Legal Department and various other departments.

Provide status reports of all outstanding employment and service issues to our Regional Management team.

Support our Clinical Staffing Department and Human Resources Department to ensure a smooth on- boarding for our clinicians.

Coordinate special projects regarding the company contract administration processes including training presentations at conferences and well as super user for Contract Management System.

Assist and train other Legal Department personnel as requested.

Practice Integration Coordinator (September 2012- July 2014)

Act as Liaison between the newly acquired practice, inclusive of Clinical and administrative departments.

Conduct New Hire Orientations for newly acquired practices.

Works collaboratively with corporate/divisional departments to support and execute integration functions.

Monitor and tract progress, maintain project documents and create weekly/status open items reports.

Schedule and participate in all meetings and conference calls required to successfully integrate newly acquired practice needs.

Act as a project lead to ensure that all practices are supported with necessary training and information to function in their post-acquisition roles.

Maintain and collected all new hire paperwork such as I-9 forms, Provider Enrollment Forms, Benefits forms.

Vanguard Car Rental USA Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL Manager, Corporate Contracts, 1998- 2006

Manage staff of four Regional Sales Coordinators by ensuring that all Contract Language submitted complies with the Company’s Standards.

Training of field sales Managers on contract processing/language, profit and loss statements, and non standard contract provisions as they relate to the Company’s Standard.

Created and managed contract database for all of corporate sales.

First point of contact between Field sales and the Corporate Legal department.

Create Language for the corporate customer under the supervision of the General Counsel.

Perform compliance duties such as reviewing all nonstandard provisions and language.

Review and Editing of all Corporate Sales Contracts.

Ensuring the profit and loss statements matches the Corporate Contract before contracts are loaded into our system.

Prepare request for RFP's.

Manage all aspects of company's service contract functions.

Prepare and process commissions for Corporate Accounts over $500,000.

Regional Sales Coordinator

Assistant to the Vice President of Sales in a highly visible support role including administrative/program support.

Prepared regional budgets including weekly, monthly, quarterly and profitability reports.

Prepared corporate contracts for Field Sales representatives.

Regional supervision of 6 District Sales Coordinators and 3 National Account Coordinators.

Lead new employee orientation and trained Administrative Sales Support Staff.

Trained field sales personnel on contract processing/language.

Created and managed contract database for all of corporate sales accounts.

Liaison between Field sales, Corporate Headquarters, and the Legal department.

Performed compliance duties before contracts were loaded into the system.

Prepared requests for RFP's.

Managed all aspects of company's service contract functions.

Proofread and edited legal language for all corporate contracts that were submitted by the Regional Sales Representative.

Prepared and maintained departmental information, including timesheets, expense reports, contracts, and invoice payments.

Promoted to Manager of Corporate Contracts

EDUCATION

Bachelors of Science in Healthcare Administration- Kaplan University 2015 Associate of Science in Legal Assisting- Broward College 2007

SKILLS/Key Accomplishments

Computer Experience with MS Office Suite, Typing, Legal & Medical Terminology, ICD-9

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