Independent contracting
Resume:
Martin Latson
CAREER OBJECTIVE
Senior Insurance Adjuster, Medical loss or prevention related position with inherent accountable complete office management or billing responsibilities with a long-term career prospective. Employment related transfers are not opposed. Salary Range: Negotiable.
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Akron Paralegal Network, Inc. Senior Paralegal
P. O. Box 15203 December 2001 - September 2008
Akron, OH 44314-2627
Employed as an independent paralegal and insurance settlement adjuster. Certified by the State of Ohio, to handle numerous public and professional related services by providing and assembling specialized independent legal assistants in the deliverance and execution of legal services and other remedies in a more cost effective and resourceful method. Services provided: Legal Research and Writing, Preliminary Contract Drafting and most Court Motions and related services. Last Will and Testaments, Uncontested Divorce and Bankruptcy Petition Preparations (prepared on a Pro Se basis). Employers consisted of small sized legal service firms, single attorney offices, insurance companies, independent medical firms and small companies.
State Farm Insurance Company Independent Insurance Adjuster
Beckley, West Virginia June 1994 to November 2000
Handled multiple serious bodily injury claims limited to and including fatalities as an independent structured settlement adjuster. Assigned to and attended negotiation and arbitration meetings as the settlement adjuster on policy limit liability exposure. Represented first party losses, via the stacking of liability, under insured and uninsured automobile policies. Dictated and submitted high-end caption reports to top-level insurance executives for settlement authority. Settled high-end insurance losses within authorized settlement authority. Conducted outside investigations of questionable and fraudulent losses.
Frontier Adjusting Company Independent Insurance Adjuster
Akron, OH 44320 April 1990 to May 1994
The Northeastern Regional Independent Claims Representative for 16 counties. Loss included: Environmental Protection due to contamination via fuel, oil, chemical and toxic spills by semi-tract trailers, serious bodily injuries and fatalities, heavy property and automobile claims ensuing from catastrophic occurrences. Handled Home, Farm, Boat and Mobile Home losses. Conducted interviews and recorded statements of Insured and claimant. Provided Theories or negligence for the purpose of evaluation and negotiation of claims with high exposure settlement value. Reconstructed accident scenes with diagrams. Completed and regularly undated BI Indexes, Property Loss Registers and pertinent insurance documents. Provided home office with captioned reports on all fatalities and bodily injury losses. Calculated all Residential, Commercial, Agricultural and Mobile-Manufactured Housing total losses via the Boeckh Appraising system.
United States Army Frankfurt, Germany
Claim Examiner February 1986 to October 1989
Analyzed claims to decide extend of governmental liability. Settled the liability claim with claimants in accordance with government regulations, treaties, codes and provisions. Compared data on claim applications, death certificates, or physicians' statement with policies, files and other government records to ascertain completeness and validity of claim. Corresponded with personnel of claimants and interviewed them to correct errors or omissions on forms. In addition, investigated questionable entries, if found invalid, referred fraudulent complaint to the Criminal Investigation Division for action.
Division Legal Technician
Assigned to Staff Judge Advocate Office as an adviser to Brigade Adjutant. Conducted litigation research for cases involving Government and civilian personnel. Revised and submitted classified legal correspondence to and from the District of Columbia (Washington) for action. Reviewed proposed agreements conformity to government codes and regulations. Analyzed contracts and conferred with supervisor when ambiguities, inaccurate statements, omissions of essential terms, and conflicts with possible legal prohibitions were detected. Recommended modification, converted agreements into contract form and prepared amended agreement for legal department approval.
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Institute for CPCU Associate in Claims 1992 CPCU Designation 1994 - 1996
National Paralegal Association Philadelphia, PA
Certification Number (018*******) 1987
Academy of Court Reporting Akron, Ohio
Certification 1987
University of Akron Akron, Ohio
Bachelors Degree in Business Management 1986
American Bar Association - Associate Member Number: 010*****-****
American Alliance of Paralegals
SKILLS
Have and on-line Compag 8000 and Intel Celeron Processor 3GHz business computer system with formatted legal and insurance Index system (Automated Claim Entry) SIMSOL, and automated, physical
estimating with scan and facsimile capabilities. Westlaw and Lexis Computers. Computer Programs,
Applications and Installations: Microsoft Office 2000XP and UNIX systems.
REFERENCES
Provided upon request.
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