Real Estate Land Use

LINDA BERLIN

Boynton Beach, Florida 773-***-**** *******@*******.***

PARALEGAL

High-achieving and versatile professional with 20 plus years of diverse experience in office and corporate settings with paralegal, administrative, lease, contracts, zoning, mortgage and default servicing roles across legal, corporate, commercial and real estate sectors. Outstanding analytical skills, enterprising self-starter, innovative problem-solver, with proven critical thinking and time management skills for developing and executing strategies, multitasking, prioritizing resources and driving projects through challenging and complex situations in high pressure environments. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for team collaboration, as well as a versatile liaison between clients, attorneys, staff and vendors. Multifaceted professional, seeking to leverage skills and expertise to advance mutual growth and success within an organization.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Foreclosures/Mortgage Default Servicing

in Florida and New York

Forbearance Agreements/Loss Mitigation

Rent Reductions and Lease Negotiations

Complex Civil Litigation/Trials

Zoning and Land Use Research

Accounting and General Ledges

Zoning Administration

Lease Abstraction

Legal Contracts/Leases

Database Management

Bank Reconciliations

Billing, Accounts

Payable/Receivable

PARALEGAL EXPERIENCE

Conduct in-depth zoning and land use research.

Review and interpret municipal codes, ordinances, and planning documents.

Establish direct communication with city, county and state officials to obtain current information on zoning regulations, permit requirements and development restrictions.

Monitor agendas, public hearing notices, and regulatory updates to anticipate potential impacts on approvals.

Prepare comprehensive zoning summaries and report to management.

Negotiated rent reductions successfully with various landlords for cellular clients.

Resolved issues with landlords for cellular clients concerning rental arears, account reconciliations, escalations, property tax reimbursement, equipment encroachment and site maintenance.

Abstracted lease documents and analyzed surveys and site plans.

Provided negotiated lease terms to attorneys for the creation of new leases and amendments.

Reviewed and interpreted municipal codes, ordinances, and planning documents in New York, Alabama, Washington, Illinois, Texas, Tennessee, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Arizona and South Dakota for Zoning Activity utilizing board agendas; oral and written communication and FOIA requests.

Establish direct communication with city, county and state officials to obtain current information on zoning regulations, permit requirements and development restrictions.

Reviewed contractual agreements and proposed amendments for conformity and accuracy to company policies and recommendations.

LEASE ABTRACTION AND ACCOUNTING EXPERIENCE

Abstracted and reviewed ground, DAS, tenant leases and amendments.

Reviewed key terms and provisions for abstraction into database for accounting department including but not limited to capital contributions, license fees, commencements, expirations, renewal terms, rent escalations, repair and maintenance reimbursements and operational expenses.

Coordinated and tracked incoming

records, coordinated and tracked incoming and outgoing documents related to large site acq uisitions.

Managed and maintained contract database.

Reviewed disclosure documents for accuracy.

Analyzed payment ledgers to identify discrepancies, processed payments and tracked capital contributions

COMPLEX LITIGATION AND TRIAL EXPERIENCE

Worked closely with assigned Litigation Attorneys on all aspects of highly litigated cases

Prepared motions/pleadings/discovery responses/Complaints.

Prepared trial files/binders, daily hearings, depositions and mediation folders.

Coordinated trial and deposition witnesses.

Prepared Witness and Exhibit Lists

Provided status updates to clients.

Proficiently utilized various defaults servicing client systems such as LPS

(Blacknight), Tempo, Vendorscape, Realresolution . Conducted Pacer Searches, SCRA searches.

Maintained attorney calendars including scheduling various motions for hearings

Prepared and E filled various pleadings through the court’s eportal. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

SBA Communications, Inc. Senior Zoning Administrator, Boca Raton, FL 2022 - 2025 Tower Alliance LLC., Leasing Coordinator, Boca Raton, FL 2021 - 2022 SBA Communications, Inc., Zoning Coordinator, Boca Raton, FL 2019 - 2021 Tower Alliance LLC., Leasing Coordinator Boca Raton, FL (Contract Position) 2018 - 2018 NextEra Resources, Contract Coordinator, Juno Beach, FL (Contract Position) 2017 - 2018 American Tower, Lease Abstractor, Boca Raton, FL (Contract Position) 2016 - 2017 Shapiro, Fishman & Gache, LLP, Litigation Paralegal, Boca Raton, FL 2009 - 2016 EDUCATION OCCUPATIONAL

CERTIFICATE

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Certificate – Paralegal, Mercy College, White Plains, NY Associate’s Degree-Applied Science, Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY Working knowledge of Excel, Powerpoint, Lexis Nexis and Quickbooks. Proficient in Outlook, Microsoft Word, Various Case Managements systems and the eportal court filing system.

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