TERRY BECK

Fresno, CA *****

559-***-****

adprji@r.postjobfree.com

As an organized and polished business professional, I am confident my skills and experience could make a significant contribution to your organization. For me, building strong business relationships and maintaining high ethical standards are of great importance.

EXPERIENCE CHRONICLE

Paralegal/Office Manager/Owner Jul. 2008 to Present

Freelance Paralegal Services, Fresno, CA; and

Various Long-Term Contract Assignments

In the position of a Paralegal, I performed the following tasks:

Monitoring case/project progression and troubleshooting potential obstacles to facilitate completion;

Extensive calendaring of all incoming documents received via various modes to ensure time sensitive events and their appropriate deadlines are memorialized immediately;

Summarizing, analyzing, extracting and routing vital information received via legal documents, reports, records, transcripts, e-data and e-mails and routing documents and/or information via appropriate formats to appropriate parties;

Drafting and editing routine legal documents, pleadings, reports and correspondence;

Conducting legal research;

E-filing legal documents in state and federal courts;

Tracking, monitoring and review of client billing, office expenditures and continuing education;

Pre-Trial and Trial preparation; and

Monitoring and arranging for document destruction when appropriate.

While working/operating Freelance Paralegal Services my freelance business, I occasionally performed contract work for AppleOne and System One. The most recent of those assignments are below, along with who the assignment was with, job title and the duration of the assignment.

The McCaffrey Group (Via Apple One)

Tesoro Viejo Development

Contract Coordinator

11/2020 – 06/2021

I was brought in to evaluate their contract databases, the integrity of their contract document templates, as well as to tackle a large backlog of contracts and change orders needing completion. There was also a serious need for processes and procedures to track the progression of contracts and the supporting documentation to ensure their contracts were actually fully executed. A list of my tasks and accomplishments are below:

All database contract and change order documents, including supporting documents, as well as their respective trade specific templates were evaluated, and all outstanding documents preventing a contract/change order from being fully executed were identified and reported to management;

Recommendations were given as to what existing contract, change order and supporting document templates could be salvaged and which templates needed a complete revision by their attorneys;

Suggestions were made to improve ease of document retrieval, as well as strategies to protect the integrity of the new templates, once received, and all other required documents for the completion of a fully executed contract;

Prepared a tracking spreadsheet to ensure any changes to contracts or change orders and other supporting documents were memorialized, allowing anyone, at a glance, to see if a modification had been made, when it was made, and who actually made the revision to the template;

Suggestions were made for a process and procedure to ensure the updated templates, when received, could not be compromised as they had been previously;

Prepared reporting tools in the form of spreadsheets which gave, at a glance, immediate status of any trade’s contract or change order status, as well as it’s respective supportive documentation status;

Created a process of reporting and requesting updated supportive documents with expiration dates to replace expiring documents before they actually expired; and

The extremely large volume backlog of new contracts and change orders in need of completion was successfully completed in record time.

Parsons Construction (Via System One)

California High Speed Rail Project

Document Control/Engineering Administrative Assistant

02/2020 – 09/2020

While working for Tutor Perini/Parsons Construction (Via System One), in a joint venture for the California High Speed Rail (CHSRP), I performed the tasks below:

Extensive calendaring of all incoming documents received via various modes to ensure time sensitive events and their appropriate deadlines were memorialized immediately;

Generating and monitoring submittals, transmittals, design change notices and requests for information under the direction of Design Engineering Management and the Design Engineering Group. (As this was a joint venture project, these documents were provided to Tutor Perini who handed these documents off to California High Speed Rail Authority and CalTrans);

Extracting, summarizing and monitoring of incoming documents for any and all vital information that affected the Design Engineering Group’s deadlines and individual calendars, specifically to keep Design Engineering Management and the Design Engineers up to date on project status;

Utilization and updating of essential data and documents in ProjectWise, Egnyte and SharePoint databases for various required tasks for the Design Engineering Team;

Monitoring the operation of office equipment, ensuring an adequate inventory of essential office supplies during the COVID pandemic; and monitoring and tracking incoming invoices from outside vendors and routing appropriately for payment;

Printing/plotting plans, picking up and dropping off plans.

Executive Administrative Assistant Aug. 2006 to Jun. 2008

Giersch & Associates, Madera, CA

While assisting the Vice President of this family-owned civil engineering firm, I performed the following tasks:

Heavy correspondence and document generation;

Drafted and edited contracts, bid proposals and resolutions;

Provided heavy civil engineering project administration;

Trained and supervised the receptionist/filing clerk; and

Other executive level administrative duties as required.

Legal Secretary Mar. 2003 to Jun. 2006

Law Office of Steven L. Crawford, Clovis, CA

While working for Attorney Crawford in his criminal law/personal injury practice, I performed the following tasks:

Electronic and traditional filing of legal documents;

Drafting and editing routine legal documents, correspondence, and discovery documents;

Legal research, summarizing medical records, reports and transcripts; and

Extensive calendaring, interviewing clients, assisting with collections and Federal Defender’s Office case billing.

SOFTWARE EXPERTISE

Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Teams

WordPerfect

Google Docs

Adobe Acrobat

Egnyte

ProjectWise

SharePoint

DocuSign

LexisNexis and Westlaw

Abacus and ProLaw

CaseMaps/TextMaps/TimeMaps

Compulaw

Worlddox and iManage

Legal Solutions

Time Sheets

MarkSystems

EDUCATION

Heald College, AAS Degree (Paralegal Studies)

PROFICIENCIES

Understanding the significant importance of discretion and confidentiality;

Meeting project deadlines and requirements while performing multiple tasks within a fast-paced environment, responding rapidly and appropriately to changing circumstances;

Exemplary customer service with superior follow-through;

Instituting strategies and technology to enhance speed and accuracy of assigned tasks;

Extensive calendaring and statistical reporting;

Effective interpersonal, written and verbal communications;

Managing a multitude of complex work assignments to meet work demands;

Pre-Trial and Trial preparation;

Electronic filing in state and federal courts; and

Typing 65+wpm and Dictation 50+ wpm.

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