Office Sales
Resume:
WORK HISTORY
Office Manager/Paralegal
●Responsible for answering phones, checking attorney email, conducting calls and arrangement of conference calls.
●Responsible for accepting payments from clients and implementing the payment information into the billing software.
●Receive and distribute all mail.
●Set up new employees through firm payroll processing center.
●Maintained inventory of office supplies and handled all ordering.
●Responsible for arranging lunch during in office meetings, mediations or depositions.
●Responsible for maintaining firm accounts for vendors and office bills and issuing payments timely, while keeping a record of checks and or card payments.
●Successfully navigate cost saving measures for firm in vendor and suppliers.
●Create invoices from billing software
●Handle all day to day activities and various areas related to keeping the office running smoothly.
●Handle correspondence in regards to past due invoices.
●Responsible for maintaining a caseload of family law cases
●Maintain Attorney calendar for deadlines, workflow, client meetings, consults.
●Communicate with opposing counsels, clients, court reporters, judicial assistants, Inter-Office personnel.
●Prepare Financial Affidavit’s for Family cases long and short forms; Prepare response to Mandatory Disclosure and other various legal pleadings.
●Assist in the preparation of responses to discovery.
●Direct point of contact for clients to assist in completing documents necessary for case filing and to obtain documents needed by the attorney for the case.
●Responsible for inputting billable hours into the system for myself and attorney.
●Prepare hearing folders and prepare pleadings for trial.
●Responsible for following up with clients to obtain required documents.
●Review submitted client documents prior to providing to attorney for review.
●Prepare office memos, letters to clients, judges and other legal personnel
●Assisted other employees as needed
2012-2016- Robertson, Anschutz and Schneid
Litigation Paralegal/Team Lead
●Responsible for maintaining a 300+ caseload of litigated cases
●Maintain Attorney calendar for deadlines, workflow and follow ups
●Communicate with opposing counsels, Hearing Counsel, Clients, Inter-Office personnel, Judges and Judicial Assistants regarding specific cases via email and phone.
●Responsible for assigning the necessary discovery to the associate attorneys for the drafting of responses and maintaining a log of completed responses to track turn time.
●Prepared Litigation Fee Requests and submitted to client for approval
●Responsible for running and distributing reports to fellow litigation employees to keep updated case status
●Developed and implemented a Litigated Trial Team, which included developing and implementing procedures to effectively handle litigation trials on a high volume level
●Prepare various pleadings, Motion for Extension, Agreed Orders, Sale pleadings and other litigated pleadings for attorney review.
●Responsible for training new employees to the litigation team
●Completed multiple reports while handling a caseload
●Lead paralegal and was responsible for assisting my own assigned attorney and sometimes multiple attorney caseloads.
●Implemented and maintained the schedule for Litigation Expert Fee signor and counsel.
●Provide client updates
●Due to versatile abilities was used as a floater to assist in bringing the firms sales cancellation department up to date and clearing the backlog
●Able to maintain my caseload and deadlines in a high stress, fast paced deadline oriented environment.
●Conducted interviews with managing paralegal and attorneys
●Handled managing paralegal duties when they were not in the office.
2010-2012- Udren Law Offices
Litigation Paralegal/Supervisor
●Inter-Departmental Trainer Supervisor for Litigation, Mediation, Sales, Eviction
●Paralegal to Managing Attorney and Associate Attorney for Litigation
●Handle a Caseload of 250-350 files
●Prepare various pleadings such as Motion for Extension of Time, Agreed Order, other litigated pleadings, Eviction Pleadings, Sale Pleadings
●Communicate with Opposing Counsel, Local Counsel, Clients and Inter-Office Personnel in the Local and New Jersey Office.
●Maintain Attorney Calendars
●Maintain Reports to track the movement of files and caseload
●Created the Mediation Process for the Florida Office.
●Train the New Jersey Eviction Team on the procedures for Florida Evictions and review Eviction pleadings for accuracy.
●Train remote employees on the case system and handle the assignment of work to remote employees for litigation.
●Responsible for Inventory and Ordering All Office Supplies
●Approve and Print Check Requests for all departments
●Provide client system updates
2009-2010-Shapiro & Fishman
Litigation Paralegal
●Handle a 300-350 file caseload
●Prepare various pleadings, Agreed Order, Motion for Extension of Time, Mediations
●Develop and implement mediation folders for attorney use.
●Monitor Attorney workload and timelines
●Update client systems
●Prepare attorney court calendar via CMS and Outlook
●Assist attorney in preparing for deposition, and trial,
●Obtain documents necessary for attorney to respond to discovery requests
2009 -Elizabeth Wellborn, P.A.
Foreclosure Paralegal/Supervisor
●Supervised legal assistants
●Prepared complaint packages
●Reviewed and organized outer-area complaint packages
●Handled all evictions
●Responsible for all cancellations and the re-setting of sales.
●Prepared all Dismissals
●Responsible for obtaining and returning original documents
●Implemented a file tracking system
●Scheduled Hearings
2008-2009- Law Offices of Marshall Watson P.A.
Eviction Legal Assistant
●Prepared various Eviction Writ Packages; scheduled hearings and lockout dates with various Counties and Sheriffs
●Managed 250 + portfolio while updating client systems
●Implemented procedures for handling FNMA re-purchase files.
●Assisted in training of new employees
●Acted as a liaison between Attorneys, Clients, Tenants and Foreclosed Parties.
2006- 2008- Investors Title Corporation
REO Closing Coordinator / Processor (Indiana)
●Reviewed Purchase Agreements
●Ordered payoffs, unpaid sewer balances, and printed loan packages
●Prepared and organized files for closing
●Scheduled mobile and in-house closings
●Handled all inquires in regards to file status, working directly with Lenders, Realtors, Buyers and Asset Managers
●Assisted in setting up new Contracts, ordering title updates and Deed preparation
2005-2006- Meridian Title Corporation (Indiana)
REO Title Examiner
●Examined and updated title work
●Acted as lead examiner
●Ordered title work, updates from abstractors as well as overseeing & inputting orders from sister offices
●Controlled work flow for other employees
●Tracked turnaround time and order count for searches and updates
●Completed Final Policies
●Trained new employees in the process of completing different forms of title product.
Education
●Associate Degree, Business Management Travel & Hospitality, International Business College Indiana.
●Fair Debt Training Certified (2008),
●Notary for the State of Florida
Computer Skills
●Financial Access, AIM, Elynx, Desert docs, Dynamic docs, Remote docs,
●Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Power Point, outlook; Clio Billing Software; Dropbox; Hightail
●CMS (client management system), CaseAware, AMN ( FNMA Client system), DCS ( Freddie Mac System) Time line tracker ( TLT) (Promise Solution Client System), MaCallareymer Client System; REO- Trans ( Client system); Newtrak/LPS ( Client System); Time Matters (Client System); Real-Trans and Real Resolutions (Client Systems); Netro-Online, Sunbiz, Clerk Websites, Sheriff sites used for tracking writ progress, My Motion Calendar, FMC website, Lenstar; Real Auction; firmware; Florida efiling portal;
* References available upon request.
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