Paralegal - Labor & Employment
Resume:
Sondra Davis
*** ***** **., *** *******, VA *****
817-***-**** • *************@***.***
Human Resources Paralegal
Experienced Paralegal and Human Resources Professional with 19 years of experience in labor and employment compliance, subpoena processing, and benefits administration. Proven track record of process improvement and successful implementation and execution of HR programs and procedures.
Key Skills
Invoice Review
Project Management
Budget Creation & Reporting
Discovery Response
ESI Collection
Subpoena Processing
Background Investigation
DPN/Legal Hold Management
Contract Preparation
Negotiations & Settlement Processing
Law Firm Vendor Management
Garnishment Processing
Key Accomplishments
Created communications to announce and inform associates of the Company-wide server clean-up project to reduce carbon footprint and increase server capacity. Designed and maintained internal webpage to provide additional information to associates regarding project.
Reviewed outside counsel billing and identified areas of concern to reduce costs to company.
Negotiated settlement to recover funds outside of bankruptcy court which minimized outside counsel fees and recouped a higher return.
Performed ESI Searches personally which saved company thousands of dollars per search in outside agency fees.
Managed Workers’ Compensation policies and processes. Implemented new safety protocols to reduce Workers’ Compensation injuries, monitored and reduced WC claims for fraud.
Professional Experience
Paralegal Labor & Employment – Alcon Vision, LLC Fort Worth, TX • Sept 2017-Present
Point of Contact for Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Managed Government requests for Employment Verifications.
DPN/Legal Hold Management – Created and managed legal holds for employment matters to include threatened litigation, administrative and litigation. Created weekly reports for IT to ensure legal hold compliance. Reviewed access requests on terminated employees for business continuity.
Processed all employment subpoena requests, outside counsel document requests, data, and asset collection. Performed all ESI collections and review.
Managed all vendor onboarding processes.
Managed Settlement processes.
Financial reporting – Vendor invoice review and approval; Created, maintained, and reported monthly vendor accruals, internal quarterly financial reports, and annual department budget.
Liaison to Human Resources.
Draft all legal correspondence.
Bankruptcy (2018-2021) – Managed review of bankruptcy filings, reviewed outstanding accounts, and managed bankruptcy claims processes and negotiations.
Sr. Administrative Assistant I Fort Worth, TX Jul 2014-Sept 2017
Managed contract processes including initiating contract drafts, negotiating revisions between parties, obtained all signatures, and managed contract management system process.
Financial reporting – Vendor invoice review and approval; Created, maintained, and reported monthly vendor accruals, internal quarterly financial reports, and annual department budget.
Drafted all legal correspondence.
Management of annual record retention process.
Sr. Administrative Assistant I – Marketing Communications Fort Worth, TX Oct 2010-Jul 2014
Managed contract processes including initiating contract drafts, negotiating revisions between parties, obtained all signatures, and managed contract management system process.
Managed Vision Care Coupon/Rebate program including revising coupons/rebate forms, managed third party processor, and company decision maker for escalation of consumer complaints regarding process or status.
Key Player in the implementation of a new Sales Force database for marketing/promotion materials including processing new account kits.
Managed GM Pharmaceutical Label Review for Project Managers including review and approval.
Management of annual record retention processes.
Employee Relations Coordinator – North Central TX Homecare/Abbi Homecare Fort Worth, TX March 2003-April 2010
Managed Human Resources processes including job posting, reviewing application/resumes, conducting interviews; tracked expiration of professional licenses and certifications, conducted new hire orientation, and performed terminations.
Maintained personnel records, created, and revised company procedures, processed payroll and benefit applications, reviewed and responded to unemployment claims. Performed employee background checks and managed background reviews.
Managed workers’ compensation process including, determining if medical attention was needed, negotiated/authorized treatment of injured employee, acted as Liaison between employee, Physician and company, initiated return to work processes.
Initiated and maintained all government reports to include OSHA 300, DC-5, and annual shareholders business report.
Education
Tarrant County College – A.A.S. Business 2015 - 2017
GPA – 4.0
Professional Development Institute/UNT 2017
Paralegal Certification
Cum Laude
Licenses
Texas Notary Public (Expires 2/09/2025)
Technical Skills
Microsoft Office
Workday
Alfresco
LegalTracker
Exterro
Kronos
RecognEyes
VEEVA
SAP Concur
ADP
Tableau
Service Now
Ariba
CMS (Contract Management System)
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