VOLLIE F. MACON JR.
Chicago, Illinois *****, 773-***-****, *************@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:
HIRE COUNSEL CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Document Review Analyst with Hire Counsel September 2023 – October 2023
•Conducted document reviews using Relativity regarding data breaches.
•Tagged any PII and PHI information found in each document.
ANCHOR STAFFING, INC. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Paralegal Contractor at Chicago Transit Authority November 2021 – January 2022
•Worked with FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) Group.
•Prepared draft responses to public records request.
•Communicated with staff to coordinate the gathering and retrieval of information and records.
•Communicated with vendors or outside government agencies as necessary regarding potential redactions.
•Reviewed records for exempt material and redacted the records accordingly.
KLDISCOVERY CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Document Review Analyst with KLDiscovery December 2019 – February 2020
•Conducted document reviews using Relativity regarding data breaches.
•Tagged any PII and PHI information found in each document.
PREMIER STAFFING SOURCE, INC. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Paralegal Contractor at Chicago Transit Authority May 2019 – November 2019
•Worked with FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) Group.
•Prepared draft responses to public records request.
•Communicated with staff to coordinate the gathering and retrieval of information and records.
•Communicated with vendors or outside government agencies as necessary regarding potential redactions.
•Reviewed records for exempt material and redacted the records accordingly.
SPECIAL COUNSEL CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Paralegal Contractor at Wilson Elser, LLP April 2019 – April 2019
•Conducted Document Reviews and Quality Assurance using Relativity.
•Tagged any PII and PHI information found in each document
LEGALPEOPLE GROUP CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Paralegal Contractor at Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP December 2017 – December 2017
•Conducted Document Reviews using Relativity.
•Tagged any PII and PHI information found in each document.
LEGALPEOPLE GROUP CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Paralegal Contractor at Sidley Austin LLP. May 2012- August 2016
•Experience in Mass Tort Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) Pharmaceutical Litigation.
•Extensive extranet work with Legal Anywhere Collaborator formally known as AMS-Legal
Collaborator uploading and linking documents, creation and management of plaintiff database records, as well as calendared answer due dates.
•Assistance with trial preparation by creating witness notebooks and marking deposition designations.
•Located and downloaded service of documents from CT Corporation - CT Advanatage.
•Management of deposition and trial transcripts.
•Retrieved witness materials from Golkow Global Litigation Services.
•Created a weekly report for new complaints as well as all complaints by state using Excel
PROJECT ASSISTANT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, LLP August 2008 – May 2011
•Updated pleadings and discovery binders
•Created client folders and inserts
•Indexed materials to be sent to off-site storage
•Prepared paperwork for closed client matters
•Assisted attorneys and their secretaries daily client filings
•Other general office duties
RECORDS CLERK CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, LLP May 2003 – August 2008
•Liaison to offsite storage vendor
•Assisted in the supervision of delivery clerks
•Created department monthly activity reports
•Handled customer service
•Directed issue resolution
EDUCATION:
MICRO TRAIN, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Microsoft Windows 10, CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, and PMP/CAPM Project Management Professional.
ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
ABA-Approved Paralegal Studies Program
ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY, NORMAL, ILLINOIS
Bachelor of Science, Mass Communications
Minor, Political Science
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Proficient use of Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook and SharePoint, Adobe Acrobat, EPIQ Relativity, Westlaw, Concordance – Lexis-Nexis, Westlaw Case Notebook, Legal Radius, PACER, Case Anywhere, LegalKey, Amazon Work Spaces, Microsoft Authenticator and iManage.