Proofreading Specialist for Legal & Editorial Content
Resume:
Richard Lipner
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New York City and surrounding area; remote work
Summary:
- Over 15 years of proofreading experience working on a wide of range of materials.
- I have worked with text, financial statements, and documentaƟon.
- Marked changes, correcƟons, and queries both digitally and on hard copy.
- My aƩenƟon to detail, and ability to discern consistency and accuracy, are skills that I apply to all my work.
Work Experience
Kramer Levin NaŌalis & Frankel Nov 2024 – Mar 2025
(InternaƟonal Law Firm)
Proofread legal documents for grammar and spelling, consistency and accuracy. Cold reads/book reads, full reads, format checks.
Fact checked lawyer biographies and photos, and proofread markeƟng materials for adherence to firm style. Verified all references and hyperlinks.
Proofread EDGAR documents and conversions for accuracy. Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY Sep 2023 – Nov 2023
(InternaƟonal Law Firm)
Proofread legal documents for consistency, grammar, and spelling.
Performed defined terms checking, tables of authoriƟes, cross-referencing. Kt
Assured firm style was adhered to.
Allen and Overy, New York, NY May 2023 – June 2023
(UK-based InternaƟonal Law Firm)
Proofread legal documents for consistency, grammar, and spelling.
Performed defined terms checking.
Assured firm style was adhered to for both UK and U.S. documents and queries. bp Magazine, New York, NY Sep 2022 – Dec 2022
(Award-winning quarterly publicaƟon)
Proofread all phases of magazine geared to mental health professionals and people with bipolar disorder, their families, and caregivers.
Fact-checked all names and Ɵtles from source material. Reconciled all references with the related website, “bphope.com.”
Assured all graphic elements of magazine were correct and consistent with formaƫng guidelines.
Davis Polk, New York, NY July 2021 – Mar 2022
(InternaƟonal Law Firm)
Proofread legal documents for accuracy in grammar, punctuaƟon, and style.
Assured court citaƟons and all references were correct in formaƫng and usage.
Cold reads and full reads, Edgar documents, and internal materials. Toppan Merrill, New York, NY Feb 2019 – Mar 2020
(NY- and Hong Kong-based, InternaƟonal Financial Printer) Proofreader
Performed full reads on financial statements.
Quality control for conversion of Edgarized documents for SEC filings.
Assured all author addendums were corrected; followed up with operators. Clifford Chance, New York, NY July 2019 – Sep 2019
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York, NY Seward & Kissel, NY
Norton Rose Fulbright, New York, NY
(NY and London-based, InternaƟonal Law Firms)
Legal Proofreader
Performed cold reads on proxy statements.
Proofread modificaƟons made to legal briefs, verifying that documents are correct. Design MaƩers, Inc., New York, NY Jun 2019 – Jul 2019
(Print Design Firm)
Proofreader (Contract)
Proofread all content for conversion of presentaƟons from InDesign to PowerPoint.
Edited all content to assure it conforms to client’s style guide.
Contributed to in-house and client procedural guides to fine tune according to client needs. Addison Design, New York, NY Jan 2016 – Apr 2018
(InternaƟonal CreaƟve Agency)
Proofreader/Editor
Proofread all copy for annual reports for industry-leading clients including Bank of America, PepsiCo, GE, Verizon, Raytheon, Merck, and AB inBev (Anheuser Busch). Proofread and edited material to ensure accuracy and adherence to client style.
Researched and input data for creaƟon of new website for internaƟonal law firm King & Spalding. Worked with CMS (Content Management System) soŌware to build website. Used sources including Chambers, Legal 500, and InternaƟonal Who’s Who to verify and cross-reference aƩorneys’ credenƟals. Tracked work and posted to firm’s intranet.
Created style sheets for each client, incorporaƟng all language, formaƫng, and usage parƟculars
Consulted with design team on graphic and design elements of annual reports and other corporate presentaƟons.
Met frequently with Senior Editor and design staff to assess progress of publicaƟon. CohnReznick LLP, New York, NY Jan 2013 – Jun 2015
(InternaƟonal Tax, Business, and AccounƟng Firm)
Financial Proofreader
Proofread all financial statements for quality control/document processing department.
Footed and cross-footed all figures in financial statements using both calculator and MS Excel.
Used Adobe Acrobat for markup as well as submiƫng hard copy.
Cross-referenced all figures throughout enƟre document, reconciling financial statements with aƩached notes to the statements.
Assured adherence to best pracƟces; conformed financial statements to requirements of governmental agencies such as HUD and the SEC.
Eisner/Amper LLP, New York, NY Apr 2011 – Dec 2012
(Auditing, Accounting, Advisory, and Tax Services Firm) Financial Proofreader
Proofread all financial statements with adherence to company style.
Footed and cross-footed all figures.
Areas of audit pracƟce included healthcare, nonprofits, hedge funds, and commercial enƟƟes. EducaƟon
The State University of New York, New Paltz, NY
Bachelor of Arts
Major: Art EducaƟon
GPA 3.0
SoŌware Skills
Legal: Track changes in MS Word, LexisNexis, ChangePro, Litera, Engage
MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
AccounƟng: Calculator, Caseware, Intuit QuickBooks
EdiƟng/Proofreading, Markup: Adobe Acrobat - including proofreading tools, MS Word. Kofax
CMS (Content Management System): WordPress, Drupal, Contenƞul
Other SoŌware: Google Drive and Apps
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