Corporate Paralegal

VICTORIA J. LOMENZO

NY • +1-914-***-**** • ********.*******@*****.***

Connecticut State Notary

Work Experience

****-** - ******* ********* *********

Cooley,LLP – New York, NY

• Assist in forming Corporations and Limited Liability Companies as well as closings for mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance transactions for the Emerging Companies team.

• Draft Organizational documents including: bylaws, organizational board actions, and documents to issue stock, etc.

• Draft shareholders' and directors' actions and minutes and maintain minute books.

• Prepare documents and maintain records for issuing and transferring stock and employee stock option plans.

• Complete and file foreign qualification documents.

• Research Blue Sky issues and prepare required filings, primarily in connection with financing transactions and employee stock option plans.

2018-05- 2020-03 Corporate Paralegal (In-house)

Gartner, Inc, - Stamford, CT

• Provided executive assistance to the General Counsel, Managing VP and Assistant Secretary and Corporate Attorneys

• Implemented CSC, global entity management system for 100+ entities

• Maintained Company organizational chart

• Assisted and Prepared Section 16 filings (Form 4/Form 3)

• Collaborated and prepared regulatory filings (Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, DEF 14A-Proxy Statement, Form 8-K

• Maintained EDGAR Codes for Section 16 Filers

• Managed corporate housekeeping for domestic and international subsidiaries. (Preparation and organization of Board of Director

& Stockholder Resolutions, corporate filings required for formation, qualifications and dissolutions of legal entities)

• Drafted Certificates of Authority, Inter-Company Agreements, Powers of Attorney, NDA's etc.

• Facilitated the notarization and apostatizing process of corporate documents for international and domestic entities

• Assisted with Real Estate, Employment, IP, and Compliance teams ad-hoc projects 2015-06 - 2018-05 Claims Litigation Paralegal (In-house) W.R. Berkley Corporation- Greenwich, CT

• Assisted the SVP, VP, AVP and Director of Claims Litigation Department

• Spearheaded efforts with 75+ law firms to develop a companywide “approved attorney” database

• Conducted file audits nationally for Berkley panel firms

• Offered data-driven recommendations aligned with overall company strategies and prioritized processimprovement initiatives in final audit reports

• Developed and maintained the SharePoint database for 50+ subsidiaries

• Created monthly/quarterly reports of all subsidiaries financial standing using Sequel Database and Excel queries

• Maintained various database (Sharepoint, Maps, Google) 2014-05 - 2015-05 Matter Management Analyst

Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman, & Dicker, LLP- White Plains, NY

• Communicated with 800+ attorneys and their support staff to open and maintain client matters

• Monitored and reconciled rate contracts of new and existing clients

• Conduct discovery and due diligence on existing processes with cross-functional teams 2013-09 - 2013-12 Litigation Paralegal (Intern)

Finn, Dixon & Herling, LLP, Stamford, CT

• Assisted with trial preparation (prepared and organized trial notebooks/binders)

• Performed research on case law, state and federal statutes for litigation department

• Proofread documents to ensure they were in compliance with court requirements

• Aided with the redaction, duplication and indexing of documents

• Arranged discovery responses and facilitated document production Skills

• Proficient in Excel database management, constructing MS Excel formulas (V-lookup, if then statements, etc.)

• E-filing on both Federal and State websites (PACER, CM/ECF, Connecticut E-filing, ComputerShare, EDGAR)

• Certified in Microsoft Office computer programs (Outlook, Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Sharepoint Designer 2013)

• Adobe, Nuance Power PDF, and Workshare Compare, ChangePro, Litera edit/review applications

• Westlaw/Practical Law/Lexis

• Team player, accountable, considerate

Education

2009 – 2013 Quinnipiac University - B.A – Legal Studies American Bar Association Approved

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