Ebony V. Jackson

757-***-**** ad47bx@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: An experienced professional seeking a rewarding position within an established firm or government agency to deliver relevant expertise gained through case reviewal, documentation and processing in pursuit of further growth potential within the department and/or company. CORE COMPETENCIES

● Judgment/Integrity/

● Self Confidence/Flexibility/

Initiative/Perseverance

● Interpersonal relations

● Thinking Skills

● Project time management

● Action Management

● Organizational Awareness

EDUCATION

● Associates of Applied Science in Paralegal Studies Bryant & Stratton College, Virginia Beach, VA; August 2006

● Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA; December 2004

● Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Hampton University, Hampton, VA; May 2002 COMPUTER SKILLS

● Windows 95 -

Present

● Microsoft Office

(Word/Excel

/Outlook

OneNote/PowerPoint)

● WordPerfect

● Pacer/ECF

● JAS (Juvenile

Automated System)

● CRIMES Software

(Sacramento County

District Attorney’s

Office)

● Westlaw

● Internet

(Research/Email, etc.)

● Best Case

● TABS (Timekeeping

Software)

● ABACUS

● BSS Chapter 13

Network;

● TCMS (Trustee Case

Management System)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Paralegal Specialist GS-11 09/2021

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FT (60HRS/WK)

UNITED STATES SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

OFFICE OF DISASTER ASSISTANCE

REMOTE

● Research and provide interpretation of the disaster loan program's laws, regulations, policies, and standard operating procedures to provide guidance and support to program managers and loan officers.

● Review draft loan authorizations for all loans, as required, and for cases involving non-routine conditions, facts or other circumstances.

● Ensure loan application compliance with legal requirements, eligibility, capacity, and authority of the borrowers to incur debt, validity of proposed pledge of collateral etc.

● Use computer-based systems to identify if all needed loan closing documents are received and to provide necessary instructions for proper creation of documents by others.

● Address inquiries and concerns of borrowers and their authorized representatives regarding legal issues and requirements of closing and legal basis of various terms, conditions and collateral requirements.

● Contact and responding to a variety of customer inquiries by providing information to internal and/or external customers.

● Performing legal research of regulations, laws, legal databases, etc. to obtain information or address issues/concerns.

● Reviewing loan or legal documents for compliance with applicable regulations and guidelines.

● Detected, investigated, and monitored fraudulent inquiries and identified high risk transactions within the application process.

● Collected data related to fraudulent activity.

● Observed customer transactions to identify fraudulent activity. Resolve queued transactions within the application process to reduce potential revenue losses.

● Interact with customers to validate information and to verify or place a hold on accounts. HVTJBNDCRLWYSPMFG PSHYGBTFMNJCLR BTLPCRSKHMFYJNGDV HRJBPLYFNDTVSKCMG Ebony V. Jackson

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● Monitor customer and transactional records.

● Maintain fraud analysis models to improve efficiency and effectiveness of company systems.

● Ensure confidentiality of all information collected during investigation.

● Determine existing fraud trends by analyzing applications and document submission patterns. SACRAMENTO COUNTY

Paralegal 10/2018 - 03/2021

DEPARTMENT OF CHILD, FAMILY, AND ADULT SERVICES/CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES/ADOPTION SACRAMENTO, CA

● Draft, prepare, file and serve Notices for child dependency proceedings for adoption, and guardianships to interested parties for notice of upcoming hearings.

● Perform investigative research to locate parents, and selected family members to be served notices of upcoming hearings.

● Draft and prepare publishing to locate parents to serve notices of upcoming hearings.

● Interact with and assist social workers, county counsel, and counsel for the parents and children, law enforcement, parents and other family members involved on a daily basis.

● Draft, prepare and file notices, declarations, and various pleadings to file with the court.

● Draft, file and serve ICWA-030 (Indian Child Welfare Act) Notices, Declaration of ICWA Investigation, Tribal letters and attachments to the court, parents, attorneys, tribes, and other parties of interest of upcoming hearings for child dependency proceedings.

● Review Minute Orders and Court Hearing Summaries in order to …

● Contact, as legal timeframes permit, identified parents, grandparents and other relatives by phone or mail to obtain clarifying information as to Indian ancestry/Tribal affiliation in order to report their Native American ancestry to the tribes and the court.

● Review Tribal response documents (letters, return receipts) received from Tribes/Bureau of Indian Affairs or Child Protective Services staff.

● Prepare and file Declaration of Receipt of ICWA Return Receipt Cards and/or Tribal Correspondence with ICWA Tribal response documents (letters, return receipts), and ICWA grid.

● Attend workshops regarding updates of new laws that's of concern of the adoption unit.

● Review and redact confidential information in various case files that are to be released to authorized parties, including but not limited to the District Attorney's office, the Public Defender's office for the minor, the adult minors, or parents.

● Maintenance and organization of files, and update files with case status

● Drafted legal documents such as Motions, Orders, Summons and Subpoenas

● Filing and scanning legal documents

● Collection and Delivery of Legal Documents as needed.

● Attend and Preparation of notes from Court Hearings SACRAMENTO COUNTY

Legal Secretary 1 07/2017 - 10/2018

DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE (JUVENILE DIVISION AND ADULT DIVISION {CID}) SACRAMENTO, CA

● Tracked all in-custody Juveniles on court calendars that to be arraigned by the Court that day.

● Track Police Reports from various Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA’s) and Deputy District Attorney’s (DDA) charging sheets for DDA to determine if charges are to be filed prior to the various time deadlines to file Petitions and Violation of Probations (Juvenile).

● Prepared and filed Juvenile Petitions, Amended Petitions, and Violation of Probations with the Court.

● Prepared and transmitted Subpoenas to various Law Enforcement Agencies, victims, witnesses, professionals, medical facilities, etc. for upcoming trials. Remained in contact with the latter to inform if trial will still take place or other pertinent information. (Juvenile)

● Review police report citations that came from various Law Enforcement Agencies and forward to attorneys for reviewal. (Juvenile and Adult Division)

● Ensure that complaints are typed and cases are filed with the Court by 11:30am every morning in the Consolidated Intake Division (CID).

● Type Misdemeanor and Felony Complaints that will be filed with the Sacramento Superior Court. (CID)

● Enter Arrest Warrants into the Court system that are to be reviewed and approved by a judge. (CID)

● Court calendaring, data entry, transcription, filing, reviewed various legal documents, including but not limited to: motions, petitions, and Subpoenas. (Juvenile and CID)

● Review the court-run case management system, Juvenile Automated System (JAS) that tracks all aspects of a juvenile case from initial filing through final disposition. HVTJBNDCRLWYSPMFG PSHYGBTFMNJCLR BTLPCRSKHMFYJNGDV HRJBPLYFNDTVSKCMG Ebony V. Jackson

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Collateral Specialist 2016 – 2017

COX AUTOMOTIVE, INC

SACRAMENTO, CA

● Verifies all lien placement documents (confidential documents including but not limited to vehicle titles, release of lien documents, power of attorney, etc) to ensure name discrepancies are evaluated, validated and resolved to reduce the number of Responsibilities assigned to the refinance company, and help control the DMV reject risk that can delay a client’s security on the vehicle title.

● Examine the validity of motor carrier permits, registrations, insurance, vehicle identification numbers, and titles received to transfer documents to the appropriate department.

● Accurately decipher unreadable documents or writing using standard internal office procedures. Ensure documents are authentic and correct and haven’t been tampered with.

● Organizing files and collecting data to be entered into the computer.

● Analyzing the data for errors.

● Reporting problems with the data.

● Accurately entering information into various computer programs.

● Keeping sensitive customer and company information confidential.

● Prepared documents for data entry and document logging.

● Compare, verify, and update source documents that was previously entered to the original source documents for consistency. Locate any errors and correct the inconsistencies.

● Entered data into designated database and forms. Paralegal 2010 - 2015

JAN P. JOHNSON, CHAPTER 13 TRUSTEE

CHAPTER 13 BANKRUPTCY

SACRAMENTO, CA

● Review chapter 13 plan, all schedules, statement of financial affairs and Means Test on each complete filing to determine feasibility, good faith, best interest of creditors, best effort and that plans and/or motions to value collateral or avoid liens have been properly noticed. Prepare and send letter to debtor and attorney when applicable.

● Perform mathematical operations with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; calculated decimals and percentages; to compute interest to determine the debtor’s ability to perform satisfactorily in their proposed Chapter 13 plan and/or the trustee’s suggested proposed plan.

● Review each chapter 13 filing to make certain it complies with national and local bankruptcy law.

● Attend and assist the trustee and staff attorney at the Meeting of Creditors and Court Hearings. Docket the results of the meeting and file 341 meeting report with the court on each case. Prepare all motions and objections stemming from the Chapter 13 Meeting of Creditors, and electronically filed pleadings to Bankruptcy Court through using Pacer/ECF and State Court website.

● Review all motions, amendments (pre & post confirmation) and plan objections received by the trustee’s office. These motions include, but are not limited to, motions to confirm plans, motions to modify plans, motions to value collateral, motions to avoid liens, motions to sell or refinance real property, motions to pay off plan, motions to convert, motions for approval of attorney’s fees, motions for relief from the automatic stay, motions to confirm amended plans, objections to confirmation of plan and objections to claims.

● Prepare and draft all trustee’s opposition, responses, conditional non-oppositions and non-oppositions to debtor and creditor motions or objections based upon notes taken in court or 341 Hearings.

● Prepare the calendar for court by reviewing each matter and providing the trustee with a synopsis of each matter and the trustee’s position. Review calendar with Trustee including any unusual matters that may require special attention. Attend hearings as Trustee’s assistant to provide information from the laptop computer and take notes as to the results of each matter.

● Review and input plan payment and term changes on all Orders and the majority of amendments received by the trustee’s office using BSS Chapter 13 Network for Bankruptcy cases.

● Type, format, electronically file and serve legal pleadings in Federal courts (i.e. Bankruptcy Court).

● Interacted with courts, administrative agencies, governmental entities, creditors, debtors and debtor’s attorney as directed by the trustee ensuring deadlines and requests were met. Paralegal 2010

FLAHIVE LAW CORPORATION

BANKRUPTCY, FAMILY, ESTATE PLANNING; LOAN MODIFICATION SACRAMENTO, CA

● Interview and advised clients for intake/consultation purposes.

● Prepared and sent out mass mailings to the attorneys, creditors, debtors, and others involved in the case. HVTJBNDCRLWYSPMFG PSHYGBTFMNJCLR BTLPCRSKHMFYJNGDV HRJBPLYFNDTVSKCMG Ebony V. Jackson

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● Trained to use Best Case and prepare bankruptcy petitions.

● Draft pleadings to Civil Court.

● Bookkeeping.

● Employed my bookkeeping, record keeping and accounting skills in the operations and Trust accounts. Paralegal 2008 -2010

TIMOTHY M. CARY & ASSOCIATES

CIVIL LITIGATION; EDUCATION LAW,

PERSONAL INJURY

CAMERON PARK, CA

● Discovery, research and drafting legal documents and correspondence.

● Timekeeping.

● Calendaring.

● Prepared travel arrangements for attorneys in the firm.

● Drafted, reviewed, and edited billing for firm.

● Type, format, file and serve legal pleadings in multiple jurisdictions.

● Interacted with courts, administrative agencies, co-counsels, opposing counsels, or witnesses as directed by the attorney ensuring deadlines are met.

● Answered and routed all incoming calls, and greeted and directed visitors. Performed data entry for the firm; opening and distributing mail; prepared outgoing mail; faxed, photocopied, and distributed memos; assisting with office mailings and other duties as assigned. Paralegal 2006 -2008

CLARA P. SWANSON

CHAPTER 7 BANKRUPTCY TRUSTEE, GUARDIAN AD LITEM,

COLLECTIONS, LANDLORD/TENANT

NEWPORT NEWS, VA

● Draft and electronically filed pleadings to Bankruptcy Court through using Pacer/ECF.

● Created and restructured files using TCMS (Trustee Case Management System) for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy cases.

● Opened files for individual debtors and scrutinized documents received from bankruptcy attorneys that are required for the 341 Meeting with the Creditors Hearing.

● Prepared and filed Annual, Final, and Closing reports.

● Attended meetings and trained quarterly for the updates of the bankruptcy trustee laws, requirements, and the TCMS program.

● Bookkeeping

● Timekeeping for billing purposes to submit to the Bankruptcy Court regarding Chapter 7 cases.

● Set up and maintained case files and followed-up records.

● Utilized dictation skills in preparing documents.

● Answered and routed all incoming calls, and greeted and directed visitors. Performed data entry for the firm; opening and distributing mail; prepared outgoing mail; faxed, photocopied, and distributed correspondence; assisting with office mailings and other duties as assigned. Paralegal Intern 2006

THE LAW OFFICE OF STEVE C. TAYLOR, P.C.

BANKRUPTCY, FAMILY LAW, PERSONAL INJURY

CHESAPEAKE, VA

● Answered and routed all incoming calls, and greeted and directed visitors.

● Performed and maintained case management through filing.

● Prepared homestead deeds for newly filed petitions for debtors.

● Reviewed bankruptcy petitions of newly filed debtors and reviewed assets/property on Schedule B. HVTJBNDCRLWYSPMFG PSHYGBTFMNJCLR BTLPCRSKHMFYJNGDV HRJBPLYFNDTVSKCMG Ebony V. Jackson

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Paralegal Intern 2006

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY’S OFFICE

HAMPTON, VA

● Constructed and updated files for charged individuals utilizing the VCAIS (Virginia Commonwealth Attorney’s Information System) system for entering new cases, tracking offenders already in the VCAIS system, preparing witness subpoenas, filing ongoing and closed cases, and preparing Motions for the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court.

Student/Research Assistant 2003 -2005

OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY

LIBRARY/RESEARCH FOUNDATION

LIBRARY ORDER FILLING;

DUAL EMPLOYMENT IN SOCIAL SCIENCE PROGRAM AS A RESEARCH ASSISTANT. NORFOLK, VA

● Conducted research by interviewing various residents in the Hampton Roads Area using the research software.

● Sort books, publications, and other items according to established procedure and return them to shelves, files, or other designated storage areas.

● Assisted the professional librarians with various needs within the department. Which included and not limited to; answering telephones, received overdues, etc. Maintains the record collection by placing orders as necessary.

● Worked directly with the students to help them find the information needed. Paralegal Intern 2003

THOMAS & ASSOCIATES, P.C.

COLLECTIONS; REAL ESTATE; FAMILY

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA

● Managed databases on all current and past cases in the firm Prepared and processed forms of Writ of Fieri Facias/ Warrant in Debts and Release of Lien; and file motions for courts Verified employment and conducted credit report checks (RMA) for delinquent accounts.

● Compose correspondence; give information and provided assistance to staff.

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