Bachelor's Degree, Legal Assistant, Title Curative, CAMS
Resume:
Steward McCarty
● Baltimore, Maryland, United States *******.*******@*****.*** 972-***-****
https://www.linkedin.com/in/steward-mccarty-370124b8/ EXPERIENCE
New Proceedings Deputy - Register of Wills
Circuit Court for Baltimore County Courthouse September 2024 - November 2024
• Handled initial interactions with local citizens, attorneys and legal assistants in order to inform document requirements and open regular or small estates following analysis of relevant documents.
• Followed up on pending documents with relevant law firms and family members of the deceased.
• Issued certified orders, mailed and received relevant documents.
• Coordinated with supervisory, legal and record-keeping staff as needed for more complicated or involved cases.
• No-cause layoff after 3 weeks.
Legal Assistant IV - Title Claims & Curative Specialist McCabe, Weisberg & Conway May 2023 - May 2024, Laurel, MD
• Analyzed title reports and worked to resolve title issues, such as liens, ownership discrepancies, legal description errors, and other encumbrances.
• Submitted title claims, drafted title curative documents, followed-up on curative processes, & electronically filed curative instruments to relevant circuit courts' land records in Maryland, Washington, D.C., & Virginia.
• Performed skip traces in order to rule out or confirm debts, or to find alternative addresses for service of curative documents.
• Acted as informal liaison between firm's attorneys or title manager, & outside counsel or third-party creditors.
• Collaborated with attorneys & paralegal to draft quiet title action complaints & exhibits.
• Redacted personally identifiable information (PII) from title reports, litigation pleadings & exhibits. Title Abstractor
Regional Abstracts, LLC, a subsidiary of Closeline Settlements, LLC January 2021 - November 2022, Columbia, MD
• Conducted comprehensive title searches and examined documents related to requests to ascertain reliable legal descriptions and ownership history of properties while looking for and reporting any discrepancies of fact or unusual filings.
• Evaluated and flagged title risks, identifying potential issues in property title such as open liens, civil suits, judgments, mortgages, or bankruptcies in order to minimize the risk of title claims or adverse litigation arising.
• Obtained and synthesized records from multiple public sources, collating all supporting documents in order to deliver clear and concise title reports within established deadlines.
Freight Handler
Capstone Logistics, LLC June 2020 - December 2020, Denton, TX
• Loaded, unloaded and transported freight efficiently and safely with forklift, pallet jacks, and other material handling tools.
• Assisted team members during intensive unloading assignments in a timely manner.
• Alerted team members to dangerous or unstable conditions that appeared during freight handling, at times by physically rushing to team members' aid to bear the weight of near-falling freight.
• Assisted in reorganizing spilled freight, and in reporting and disposing of damaged freight according to safety measures. Writer-Contributor
Rantt Media February 2020 - March 2020, Washington, D.C. (remote)
• Researched US government department heads and organizations covering the history, roles, powers, and influence within those departments.
• Wrote articles that synthesized research from biographies, historical data, organizational flowcharts, and political issues later published on the company website.
• See https://rantt.com/author/steward_mccarty/ for articles. Delivery Driver
Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen January 2019 - May 2019, Richardson, TX
• Delivered orders in accordance with customers' expectations; ensured accuracy and order completion by compliance with routes and schedules.
Bowling Alley Attendant
USA Bowl June 2015 - August 2017, Dallas, TX
• Greeted guests and managed check-in/check-out while ensuring customer satisfaction, handled customer inquiries in a professional and friendly manner, and resolved customer complaints and requests quickly and courteously.
• Balanced register, counted and deposited cash into the safe and to the commercial bank.
• Cleared obstructions on the lanes, cleaned spills. Package Handler
United Parcel Services, Inc.November 2013 - June 2015, Dallas, TX
• Sorted packages and lifted them onto the proper conveyor belt, while also loading and unloading commercial trucks.
• Delivered heavy industrial items to the loaders within tight deadlines while using appropriate loading techniques to ensure product security. Field Landman - Title Examiner
McGinty-Durham, Inc.February 2009 - December 2012, Alexandria, LA
• Produced reports after performing due diligence research into land and mineral title records, tax records, and corporate records in Louisiana, in order to determine mineral asset ownership.
• Cross-trained to meet and negotiate lease terms with mineral asset owners.
• Helped and streamlined other researchers' difficulties by assessing the most difficult aspects and taking over responsibility for quickly solving them, earning the nickname by the president as his "fireman". Field Landman - Title Examiner
T. S. Dudley Land Co., Inc.June 2008 - February 2009, Denver, CO
• Examined land and mineral title on teams in Colorado, Wyoming, and North Dakota and identified deed issues, including invalid or missing legal descriptions, errors in deed dates and acknowledged dates, non-matching signatures, missing or non-matching notary stamps, and missing or non-matching seal stamps.
• Completed a complex corporate merger and acquisition project under supervision of a crew chief, validating tracts and tracts of leases, working interests, royalties and overriding royalty interests for an energy company client.
• Cold-called landowners in unproven/unexplored areas in order to roughly gauge market value potential for lease bonus and royalty offerings. Field Landman - Title Examiner
W. P. Harris Oil & Gas Properties, Inc.November 2007 - December 2007, Amarillo, TX
• Researched land and mineral title records and prepared reports for a New Mexico exploration project, which resulted in the client addressing or clearing any ownership concerns.
• Identified conflicting ownership records of previously unknown mineral reservations by the US Bureau of Land Management, resulting in avoidance of legally high-risk tracts for future leases and drilling sites, saving the client potentially millions of dollars in damages and litigation costs.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, International Relations University of Texas at Dallas • Richardson, TX • 2019 Associate of Arts in General Studies
Dallas College Richland Campus • Dallas, TX • 2016 CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)
Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists • 2024
• “[R]ecognized as the gold standard in AML credentials worldwide, validating expertise in anti-money laundering compliance, regulations, risk management, and financial crime prevention.” - ACAMS Certified Know Your Customer Associate (CKYCA)
Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists • 2023
• Ensures basic competence and a categorical risk-based approach toward ‘Know Your Customer’ (KYC), customer due diligence(CDD), and enhanced due diligence (EDD).
SKILLS
• Public Records Retrieval & Analysis, Skip Tracing, Drafting Correspondence & Legal Documents, E-Filing Deeds & Affidavits, Risk Assessment & Reporting.
• Ethical, Naturally Inquisitive, Fast Learner, Self-Motivated, Strong Communication, Written and Verbal Skills, Collaborative Spirit.
• Word, Outlook, Excel, Acrobat Pro, LexisNexis, Time Matters, PowerPoint, Google Docs, Windows, Mac OS, Linux. REFERENCES
● Michael C. Wylie, Foreclosure, Litigation & Environmental Attorney
● Mark Ather, Production Manager; Closeline Settlements ******@*****************.***
Joe McGinty, President; McGinty-Durham, Inc.
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● Kerry Moore, Program Manager & Title Reviewer, McGinty-Durham, Inc.
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