Joseph T. Kessler

Wilmington, NC .. ado3i1@r.postjobfree.com.. 585-***-****

EMPLOYMENT

Staff Attorney

Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Rafferty & Proctor, P.A. 08/2020 – Present

Pensacola, FL

Performed quality control and identified client issues of concern in preparation for depositions.

Worked on special projects in collaboration with multiple teams to identify potential client opportunities and mitigate client exposure.

Exercised strong time management skills to meet federally and company regulated deadlines while balancing lawsuits in multiple jurisdictions.

Increased team productivity by offering efficiency improvements to meet clients’ expectations.

Exercised discretion while examining sensitive potential criminal information coordinated between multiple agencies.

Contract Attorney

Synergy Legal Staffing 07/2019 - 08/2020

Tower Legal Staffing 01//2015 - 12/2018

08/2010 – 06/2012

Charlotte, NC

Exercised discretion while examining sensitive banking documents for potential money laundering and suspicious activity.

Analyzed and amended bids to ensure formatting and presentation was consistent with Request for Proposal requirements.

Managed, mentored and trained small groups of new employees in Relativity and Stratify database operation.

Created privilege logs for documents being withheld from production in civil cases.

Redacted confidential business information prior to production of documents in active litigation.

Operational Risk Consultant

Wells Fargo & Co. 12/2018 – 07/2019

Charlotte, NC

Provided compliance assistance with the Suspicious Activity Report and Global Correspondent Banking Standard for AML transaction monitoring.

Statistical modeling and data mining exposure including SAS data related to potential AML transactions or installments.

Analyzed transaction wires and assessed potential illicit financial activities in correlation with criminal and terrorist networks or money laundering.

Conducted due diligence of prospective new customers and existing counterparties while ensuring compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and Patriot Act.

Analyzed alerts and reviewed SAR filings to identify risk exposure and potential suspicious activity.

Trader

World Trade Securities Proprietary Trading Group, LLC 06/2012 - 12/2014

New York, NY

Schonfeld Securities, LLC 06/2006 - 08/2010

New York, NY

Ninetieth percentile of the firm’s net profit traders.

Six years of professional trading experience calculating sector risk and valuating securities.

Navigated a high-pressure environment by researching fundamental and technical indicators and identifying market trends.

Maximized investment objectives by identifying and capitalizing on exchange and sector anomalies.

Independently synthesized data from various platforms to identify long and short opportunities and incorporated relative value and volatility analyses.

Legal Intern

Greece School District 01/2005 - 05/2006

Rochester, NY

Assisted Special Education attorneys with impartial hearing documentation required to properly address civil right complaints and Individual Education Program compliance.

EDUCATION

Delaware Law School 01/2002 - 12/2004 Juris Doctor, Law Wilmington, DE

SUNY Albany 01/1998 - 05/2001 Bachelor of Science, Political Science Albany, NY Minor: Business

CERTIFICATIONS / ASSOCIATIONS

State of Connecticut, Admitted 2010 .. Connecticut Bar Association .. Phi Theta Kappa .. Phi Delta Phi

PLATFORMS

Actimize .. SAS.. RDC .. Cornerstone .. SharePoint .. Bloomberg .. Salesforce .. Level II .. LexisNexis .. Microsoft Word .. Excel .. Outlook .. PowerPoint .. Stratify .. Catalyst .. Relativity .. Ringtail

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