Tesha McCoy

Providence Village, Texas, United States

Email: ady9du@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 612-***-****

Summary

You will find me to be well-spoken, energetic, confident, and personable, the type of person on whom your staff and clients will rely. I also have a wide breadth of experience of the type that gives you the versatility to place me in a number of contexts with confidence that the level of excellence you expect will be met. Experience

Senior Paralegal

Abbott Laboratories

Oct 2022 - August 2023

Provided legal advice within area of expertise to functional or operational area managers to ensure their activities, policies, business practices, and transactions comply with all relevant laws and regulations. Analyzed and interpreted case law, court reports, and proposed and existing laws and regulations to prepare technical reports on how they impact the organization’s operations. Prepared legal contracts, letters of agreement, and other documents related to a variety of trade, commercial, financial, and operational matters (e.g., loans, leases, purchase agreements, acquisitions, divestitures, employment contracts) to protect the organization's legal and business interests. Reviewed and approved public statements from a legal standpoint to identify, anticipate and mitigate legal risks. Represented the organization in legal proceedings before courts, government agencies, or other authorities so the organization's interests are protected.

Prepared materials for external legal counsel.

Paralegal/Contacts Administrative Representative

GED Testing Service

Dec 2020 - Oct 2022 (1 year 11 months)

Prepared, organized, and maintained signed agreements, associated forms and legal documents, and existing agreements with customers, service providers, and consultants. Negotiated consulting, vendor, NDAs, RFPs, and other agreements. Reviewed and responded to BBB filings, Office of Foreign Asset Control and SDN checks for international agreements.

Provided support to both internal and external customers, vendors, and other third parties. Worked with the internal GED Testing Service business teams and was responsible to review any changes to contract templates made by other entities and seeking guidance and approval for these requested changes to GED Testing Service standard terms from GED Testing Service Counsel and Senior Director of Contracts. Contract reviewing; issue identification, compliance issues, contract proofreading, additional legal projects; monitoring of business practices for legal and contracts compliance; to the management of the contract workflows.

Paralegal III

U.S. Bank – Contract Assignment

Jan 2020 - Mar 2020 (3 months)

Reviewed, audited, and abstracted contracts and contract files to input into contract management database. Identified contracts to process and assigned numbers to contracts. Performed quality assurance/due diligence; tracked assignments, build queues, database verification, maintained spreadsheets and reporting. Staff Accountant

MatrixCare – Contract Assignment

Sep 2019 - Dec 2019 (4 months)

Handled a variety of general accounting responsibilities including timely invoicing of fees per contract terms and reporting revenue per GAAP/company policies.

Created and updated recurring billing contracts in the accounting system. Set up and maintained billing orders and update CRM/Data tracking system in conjunction with the accounting system.

Assisted with month-end close including preparing GL bank & account reconciliations. Assisted with monitoring accounts receivable and assisting the Collections Specialist with collection calls and follow-up, reconciling customer balances and making appropriate corrections where necessary, updated deferral profiles for billing and reviewing/editing transactions for accuracy. Assisted with implementing best practices and procedures in all accounting functions and activities; maintained a good rapport with internal and external customers.

Senior Marketing Specialist

Honeywell Aerospace – Contract Assignment

Apr 2019 - Aug 2019 (5 months)

Worked with product managers to create/validate demand forecasts for each outline. Worked with product managers to validate installed base and usage rates for the outline (to assist with aftermarket demand forecasting).

Captured the current engineering bill of materials for each outline in a searchable database. Captured the current manufacturing bill of materials in the searchable database (when different). Obtained procurement health of components (single source, obsolete, etc.) from engineering. Identified any components where Honeywell has made last time inventory buys (LTBs) and documented what the current inventory levels are with SAP, Teamcenter, NG-HAPPI, and RapidResponse. Worked with the obsolescence management team to reassess runout projections and allocate LTB quantities to each outline (including outlines that are not engine controls).

Reported project progress to the product managers, assist in prioritizing outlines where additional inventory or design changes are needed.

Coordinated with engineering on possible component changes or substitutes where required. Created a MOS to facilitate updates to the database in the future. Contracts Administrator

R E Darling Co Inc. – Contract Assignment

Dec 2018 - May 2019 (6 months)

Reviewed contracts for accuracy of input and recognition of special terms and conditions. Prepared and tracked RFPs, Order Acknowledgements and Proforma Invoices. Reviewed and authorized ERP contract review elements via Enterprise IQ, prepared and submitted Wide Area Workflow receiving reports.

Prepared necessary governmental shipping documentation, established, and maintained electronic files/records. Light experience with FAR and DFAR Regulations. Contract Administrator/Specialist

Ventana Medical Systems dba Roche Molecular Systems May 2017 - Oct 2018 (1 year 6 months)

Managed contracts database, including entry of executed agreements, statements of work, NDA's, Request for Proposals, subcontracts, and other addendums into contract management system (GRACE/SharePoint). Acted as a point of contact for questions regarding the contracts database (GRACE/SharePoint). Assigned incoming contract requests to appropriate legal team members. Prepared documents for signature; tracked status of signatures; and routed signed agreements to internal and external parties via DocuSign or hard copy as required. Assisted with various projects, drafted template-driven agreements, developed and prepared reports, as needed.

Senior Clerk

Pima County Public Defender’s Office

Sep 2016 - May 2017 (9 months)

Attended Superior Court Arraignment hearing and interviewed defendants to determine if they are eligible to receive a court-appointed attorney.

Processed all payment requests from attorneys, paralegals, expert witnesses, investigators, mitigation specialists, court reporters, and travel expenses for services rendered in connection with representation of indigents in accordance with specific contract types. HR Records Management Assistant for Houston Community College ExecuTeam Staffing (HCC) – Contract Assignment

Jun 2016 - Aug 2016 (3 months)

Organized and maintained the security of confidential information to include, but not limited to records management records and paper documents in other departments; complete the imaging (scanning) and storage of confidential documents (current and backlogged) inside a digital records repository via ImageNow and also utilizing PeopleSoft for cross examining faculty and staff employee background history and verified work history.

Child Support Officer III

Texas Attorney General

Dec 2015 - May 2016 (6 months)

Prepared various court orders for hearings by researching and gathering information for attorneys. Handled walk-ins and phone calls. Participated in mediation/settlement conferences/stipulations prior to hearings for child support cases handled at court.

Paralegal III

State of Arizona

Feb 2014 - May 2015 (1 year 4 months)

Prepared various court files for hearings by researching and gathering information for attorneys. Completed paternity caseload for the team; mailed pleadings, special notices, and other documents; handles walk-ins and phone calls. Participated in mediation/settlement conferences/stipulations prior to hearings and input post hearings for child support cases handled at court. Records Coordinator Specialist /Paralegal

State of Arizona, DES/DCYF/CRCU

Oct 2012 - Sep 2013 (1 year)

Assembled a calendar of return dates of responses to all citations, subpoenas, interrogatories, court orders with an accurate, up-to-date compiled tickler system and compiled necessary data required by the office in preparing responses.

Typed letters, memos, reports, and other documents from hard copy or using a personal computer software system Notarized documents as needed.

Paralegal/Legal Secretary

Pima County Attorney’s Office

Jul 2011 - Apr 2012 (10 months)

Gathered information, prepared legal documents, typed legal forms, correspondence, documents such as briefs, opinions, complaints, warrants, affidavits, depositions and monitored to ensure legal requirements and deadlines were met.

Acted as a liaison for attorney and/or paralegal regarding case preparation, discovery and prepared appropriate legal documents as required and reviewed, sorted, and proofread legal documents for attorney and/or paralegal.

Legal Secretary, Secretary

Snell & Wilmer, LLP

May 2010 - Jul 2011 (1 year 3 months)

Supported an estate planning partner, associate, and a paralegal with preparation of estate planning documents.

Recorded and filed various pleadings, deeds and other documentation with various courts and counties. Maintained a calendar of various appointments, answering phones, and other general duties. Legal Secretary

Bell, Boyd & Lloyd dba K&L Gates

Jun 2005 - Nov 2008 (3 years 6 months)

Assisted two equity partners and one corporate partner with various court orders and preparation of legal documentation; proficient in preparing documentation for real estate closings. Facilitated transcription, filing, faxing, proofreading/making reservations via Meeting Room Manager Scheduled depositions, and appointments, answering phones, and heavy file organization. Lending Law Clerk/Administrative Assistant

Hibernia National Bank

Nov 2003 - Dec 2004 (1 year 2 months)

Managed phones, check verifications, reaffirmation processing and proof of claim of successions. Monitored critical court dates, computing, filing maintenance, and small business demand letters and legal bills processing.

Conducted light research for various bankruptcy cases. Education

Robert Morris University - Illinois

Associate of Arts and Sciences (AAS), Legal Assistant/Paralegal 2007 - 2008 Arizona Christian University

Bachelors, Business Administration and Management, General 2019 – Currently Pursuing Skills

Contract Management • Legal Writing • Microsoft Office • PowerPoint • Mediation • File Management • Microsoft Excel • Microsoft Word • Legal Research • Legal Assistance • Share Point • Adobe Sign • Project Management • DocuSign • Contract Hub • Negotiation Experience • Mediation Experience • Outlook • Access •Problem Solver • Critical Thinker • Great Communicator • Document Management

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