Real Estate Paralegal

Stacey Coleman

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Paralegal/legal assistant

Organized and adaptive team leader with over 15 years as a real estate paralegal. Having a unique ability to exceed expectations in stressful, fast-paced environments and direct others through challenging situations. Works well independently, or as part of a team.

WORK EXPERIENCE

McDonnell & Associates, PA 05/2022 - Present Real Estate Paralegal Wilmington, DE

•Drafting short and long form Attorney Certificates, Preliminary Title Opinions, and Final Title Opinion's for DE, WV, NC, SC, PA, FL and GA.

•Opening files and Deed preparation for all named states.

•Corporate trainer of all new title hires and new paralegals.

•Reviewing surveys and Plats to confirm legal descriptions and any liabilities resulting from errors/encroachments in legal descriptions..

•Working with lenders, title companies, and developers to draft and deliver Attorney executed documents.

•Reviewing Title Commitments.

M&T Bank 07/2021 - 09/2021

Banking Services Operations Associate Millsboro, DE

•Opening and sorting mail to numerous departments and employees.

•Working with several internal auto title tracking systems.

•Entering new title information into M&T Bank systems.

•Pulling and mailing original certificate of titles upon payoffs.

Sergovic Carmean Weidman McCartney & Owens 04/2019 - 02/2020 Real Estate Paralegal Georgetown, DE

•Post-closing (file disbursement, letters, closing packages.)

•Reviewing and typing title searches into Title Express.

•Document Preparation.

•Writing title insurance policies, on First American and Old Republic.

Schmittinger and Rodriguez, PA 03/2019 - 04/2019 Personal Injury Paralegal Dover, DE

•Requesting PIP logs, medical records, itemized bills.

•Obtaining client treatment statuses and logging data.

•Creating client binders, copying, scanning, and filing.

State of Delaware, Department of Insurance 03/2018 - 07/2018 Management Analyst, II Dover, DE

•Executive duties performed for the Commissioner and his executive staff.

•Oversight and completion of time-sensitive DOI projects.

•Answering phones, delivering mail, and announcing appointments/visitors.

•Filing/Scanning and data entry.

•Record retention storage.

The Law Office of John Tarburton 06/2011 - 06/2018 Real Estate Paralegal Seaford, DE

•Review title searches and resolve any issues.

•Review surveys and Plots to confirm meets and bounds and any encroachments.

•Enter all search info into Title Express.

•Document preparation: Draft necessary documents (Contracts, Deeds, Affidavits, POA's, Mortgages).

•Take purchases and refinances from start to close.

•Review contracts, compose binders/commitments, and CPL's.

•Review surveys and Plots to confirm meets and bounds and any encroachments.

•Work with lenders to receive loan packages; prepare CD's (HUD-1s) disburse files; record documents and satisfy mortgages.

•Cut checks, initiate wires, and reconcile escrow accounts.

•Write title insurance policies; First American, Old Republic, and Security Title.

•Draft Wills, Codicils, Durable and Specific Power of Attorneys, Medical Directives, Trusts, as well as other legal documents and correspondence as needed.

First American Title Insurance Company 05/2010 - 06/2011

Title Searcher Georgetown, DE

•Contract title searcher, doing full searches and updates.

•Completing bring to dates and subsequent recordings for our clientele of attorneys.

Wilson, Halbrook and Bayard, P.A. 01/2008 - 04/2010 Real Estate Coordinator Georgetown, DE

•Main point of contact between clients, four attorneys, and Lenders in a high volume Real Estate Firm.

•Review title searches; draft documents (Contracts, Deeds, Affidavits, POA's and all corresponding legal documents.)

•Take purchases and refinances from start to closing; review contracts, compose commitments, CPL's; work with lenders to receive loan packages; prepare CD's (HUD-1s) disburse files; record documents.

•Prepare all final owners and lenders title insurance policies and endorsements.

EDUCATION English

University of Delaware

CERTIFICATIONS

Newark, DE

Notary public

05/2022 -

Present

State of Delaware

SKILLS

Adaptability, Adobe, AgentNet, Document Preparation, Excel, FAST, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Teams,

Organizational Skills, Outlook, PACER, Real Estate Paralegal, ResWare, Starslink, Team Leadership, Title

Express, Title Insurance Policies, Title Searches

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