ELIZABETH COOPER

adco2u@r.postjobfree.com

770-***-****-home 2486 Crockett Drive, S.E.

770-***-****-cell Marietta, GA 30067

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Workers’ Compensation Law Certificate from Kennesaw State Law Office Technology – Kennesaw State University

Summation Training at Access Data in Sterling, VA

Concordance Training at Lexis Nexis in Chicago, IL EDUCATION

Certificate from National Center for Paralegal Training

(ABA Approved)

Certificate from R.E.S.T., Inc. for residential real estate closings Southern Illinois University, DePaul University

SOFTWARE SKILLS: Type 85 wpm, Client Profiles, Time Matters, Juris, PC Law, Westlaw, Lexis Nexis, Outlook, Word, Word Perfect, Excel, Power Point, Abacus NOTARY PUBLIC

Professional Experience

Insurance Defense /Legal Assistant: E-file court documents; draft discovery requests, responses, deposition summaries; request medical records; organize medical malpractice, workers’ compensation and personal injury records.

Asbestos Paralegal/Legal Assistant: E-file court documents; deposition summaries, draft discovery requests, responses, case management, client liaison.

Workers’ Compensation Paralegal/Legal Assistant: Preparation, filing of Stipulations, Board forms, Court of Appeals and State Board of Workers’ Compensation briefs; draft discovery requests, responses; attorney calendar; schedule independent medical exams, depositions, client liaison.

Real Estate Litigation Paralegal/Legal Assistant: Preparation of commercial closing documents, recording checks, PT-61’s, UCC Financing Statements, commercial binders, commitments, title certificates. Obtained Certificates of Existence, Name Reservation on-line from Secretary of State; Vesta Holding payoffs on-line, mortgage payoffs, title taxes for commercial loans, obtained real estate data.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Thomas Reynolds Law Group, LLC (9 months) 04/2019 to 01/2020 Contract Intake Specialist for law firm specializing in personal injury, civil litigation, employment, real estate, entertainment and intellectual property utilizing Abacus. Trained for three months on Abacus technology and Intake Process. Superiors felt confident in my performance and requested I work remotely. While taking Intake calls, I decided which attorney to use; stating their expertise in requested area and collected consultation fee. Once payment is approved and receipt is in potential client’s e-mail, I then calendared consultation and e-mailed Client Invite.

John Foy & Associates 05/2016 to 6/2018

File Retention Specialist. This position was given all closed files to organize for scanning and digitally name for offsite storage.

Various Contract Positions: 2014 to 2016

Robert Half Legal, Law Staff, Sea Cap Staffing, Beacon Hill, The Partner’s Group, Cambridge Staffing

Strickland Brockington Lewis 01/2012 to 06/2014

Contract Reception and Support for

Administrative/Paralegal/Legal Assistant; Notary Public Various Contract Positions 2010-2014

(Robert Half Legal, Law Staff, SeaCap Staffing, Beacon Hill, The Partner’s Group, Cambridge Staffing)

Ogletree Deakins (The Partner’s Group) (4 months) 2013 Labor /Employment (Wage and Hour) Contract Paralegal project in Excel for complex data analysis related to collective action discovery Office of the Attorney General (Robert Half Legal) (4 months) 2012 Workers’ Compensation Contract Paralegal. This position primarily focused on intake of workers’ compensation files, determining which documents to request and incorporate into file, arranging depositions, deposition summaries, managing attorney calendars. Johnson & Freedman (Beacon Hill Staffing) (3 months) 2011 Litigation Real Estate Contract Paralegal. This position focused on assisting two real estate litigation attorneys in foreclosure and eviction process.

Vernis & Bowling of Atlanta, LLC 3/09 to 7/10

Workers’ Compensation Paralegal/Legal Assistant. This permanent position was for sole workers’ compensation attorney in firm. Case Management was very instrumental to this position. Client Profiles utilized as well as scheduling depositions, IME’s and deposition summaries. Filed Briefs and Board Forms at State Board of Workers’ Compensation.

Various Contract Positions 2008-2009

(Robert Half Legal, Law Staff, SeaCap Staffing, Platinum Staffing) Donahue, Nelson & Cohen, LLP 6/07-10/08

Asbestos, Medical Device/Workers’ Compensation Paralegal/Legal Assistant. This permanent position focused on assisting one asbestos attorney and one workers’ compensation attorney. E-filing, dictation and case management for asbestos attorney. State Board of Workers’ Compensation Form filing and case management for the workers’ compensation attorney.

Gandy & Rice (Independent Contract Position) 2006-2007 Commercial Real Estate Contract Paralegal: Preparation of commercial closing documents, recording checks, PT-61’s, UCC Financing Statements, commercial binders, commitments, title certificates. Obtained Certificates of Existence, Name Reservation on-line from Secretary of State; Vesta Holding payoffs on-line, mortgage payoffs, title, taxes for commercial loans, utilized GSCCCA to obtain real estate data. Various Independent Contract Positions 2005-2006

(Robert Half Legal, Cambridge Staffing, Sterling Legal Search, Paces Personnel now known as SeaCap Staffing

Buckley, King, LLP 12/02/02-1/5/05

Medical Device, Asbestos, Toxic Tort, Employment Law Paralegal/Legal Assistant This permanent position involved the E-filing of court documents, deposition summaries, draft discovery requests, responses, case management, client liaison. Smith, Gambrell & Russell (Legal Resources) 1998-2002 Commercial Real Estate Paralegal/Legal Assistant Floater. This contract position varied depending upon need. Primarily involved document control for huge timberland project.

VERNIS & BOWLING

OF ATLANTA, LLC

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

7100 PEACHTREE DlJNWOODY ROAD

SUITE 300

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30328

TELEPHONE 404-***-****

FACSIMILE 404-***-****

WEB SITE: www.Georgia-Law.com

April 1, 2010

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

Re: Elizabeth Cooper

Dear Sir/Madam:

I am pleased to write a recommendation for Liz. She has functioned as my secretary/paralegal for just under a year. I arranged for her assignment to me, after watching her work for some of my fellow attorneys here, and following a disappointing performance by my then-assistant.

Our relationship has worked well. Office organization is not my greatest strength and, on her own initiative, she undertook to - and did - improve the appearance of my office and its operation. I was thoroughly pleased; after all, if her efforts had proved ineffective, she might risk "blame" in a situation where she voluntarily assumed the responsibility to tackle the problem.

She has turned out good work-product and consistently maintained good communication. On many occasions, she has contacted or prompted me a second or third time regarding matters in which she is involved, well before I would have gotten back to her. She does not merely assume "the ball is in my court" but instead cheerfully recognizes that my schedule or workload may slow my response, and she is attentive to assuring nothing "falls between the cracks." Liz is currently still employed here, but due to some unexpected events, we must downsize.

Please let me know if you have any questions or if I may assist you further. Sincerely,

LAW OFFICES

VERNIS & BOWLING OF ATLANTA, LLC

KENNETH B. DONAHUE

DANA F. NELSON

DANIELE. COHEN

DONAHUE, NELSON & COHEN, LLC

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

1050 CROWN POINTE PARKWAY

SUITE 1600

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30338

PHONE 770-***-****

FAX 770-***-****

WEB www.dnc-lnw.com

October 9, 2008

To Whom It May Concern:

Re: Elizabeth Cooper

Liz Cooper was my secretary at Donahue, Nelson & Cohen, LLC from June 4, 2007 to October 2, 2008. Unfortunately, as the result of the loss of a partner, and through no fault of her own, the firm decided to end its employment of Liz. Liz is dedicated, dependable and thoroughly cooperative. She blended well with other staff members and was always willing to help others. She will be an asset to any lawyer or firm who hires or employs her.

KENNETH B, DONAHUE

DANA F. NELSON

DANIELE. COHEN

DONAHUE, NELSON & COHEN, LLC

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

1050 CROWN POINTE PARKWAY

SUITE 1600

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30338

PHONE 770-***-****

FAX 770-***-****

WEB www.dnc-law.com

October 9, 2008

Re: Elizabeth Cooper

Elizabeth Cooper was employed as a legal secretary at my firm from June 4, 2007 to October 2, 2008. Unfortunately, due to the departure of one of the partners from the firm, we were forced to lay her off due to lack of work. Although Ms. Cooper was assigned to other attorneys in the firm, on occasion she would perform overflow work for me. I found her to be a competent and conscientious employee. I was especially impressed with her attitude and sunny disposition. My office was close enough to her desk that I had the opportunity to overhear her speaking with clients on the telephone and I was impressed with her professionalism. I would not hesitate to recommend Ms. Cooper for employment.

KEARNS, HARP & BRUMBY

Attorneys at Law

5775-B Glenridge Drive, Suite 210

Atlanta, Georgia 30328

Phone: 404-***-****

Facsimile: 404-***-****

October 27, 2006

Re: Elizabeth Cooper

Liz has asked me to construct a reference letter for her and I am happy to do so. Our firm hired Liz on an hourly basis as a support paralegal for our full-time commercial real estate paralegal. During the time she has been here, she brought current our backlog of title policies, binders, recorded document filing and closed file processing. She also assisted our paralegal in preparation of commitments, preclosing and postclosing. Our support need has been completed and I believe Liz would be an asset to any firm - she gets an "A+" from us.

Should you need any more information from me, please contact me. GANDY & RICE, P.C.

400 Northridge Road

SUITE 590

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30350

June 6, 2006

To Whom It May Concern:

It is my pleasure to give this letter of recommendation for Liz Cooper. Liz came to work for our firm as a contract employee on January 23, 2006 to help us at a time when an employee was out on maternity leave. Liz came on board with two significant handicaps not of her making; she did not have enough experience in our field, commercial real estate transactions, and by reason of our work load we were not able to give her the training she needed. Nonetheless, she cheerfully undertook all tasks assigned to her, was not reluctant to ask the necessary questions, and diligently completed everything we asked of her. Had she the experience we needed or had we the time to give her proper training and instruction; we would be encouraging Liz to stay here.

In summary, Liz did a very good job under difficult circumstances. We appreciate her and I recommend her to you.

REFERENCES

Thomas Reynolds, Esq. (Reynolds Law Group)

678-***-****

Candice McKinley, Esq. (formerly with Reynolds Law Group) 404-***-****

Duncan Harle, Esq. (John Foy & Associates)

404-***-****

Erin White (former Human Resource Manager at Foy & Associates) 678-***-****

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