Sandra Sanchez

SANDRA SANCHEZ

**** ***** ***** *****

Houston, Texas 77083

281-***-**** (home) - 713-***-**** (cell)

*********@**********.***

Objective: In search of an organization that will benefit from my extensive legal/administrative experience and adequately challenge my determination for personal development.

Experience:

Nov 02 – Present GEMSA Loan Services, L.P. – Legal Assistant to Chief Legal Officer and Senior Attorney

• Legal Assistant supporting Chief Legal Officer and Senior Attorney.

• Researching lawsuits and loans, processing the assumption closing binders for Portfolio Managers and interfacing with outside Counsel and Clients.

• Manage and maintain tracking of the reconveyance process for the main office as well as the field offices. Reconveyance of commercial loans as they are Paid in Full. Release liens for all recorded collateral instruments need to be prepared, recorded, and transmitted to the borrower to complete the reconveyance process.

• Maintain servicing agreements and other company contracts.

• Track and process annual business licenses

• Process, track and manage litigation documents, powers of attorney, etc.

• Process and track annual servicing compliance requirements

• Maintain and organize legal files and legal department library

• Assist other departments on projects as needed

• Assist other departments with Word/Excel/Access/Merge projects as needed

• Assist with deal closing and post closing follow-up documents

• Maintain CD’s for Assumptions and Defeasances

• Provide other administrative functions as needed

• Notary

• Maintain documents such as audits, tax reports, SAS 70, etc. for accounting

• Perform other office functions, including maintaining the file system, preparing miscellaneous correspondence and memorandums, ordering and stocking office supplies for the legal department, handling telephones, prepares faxes, processing invoices and travel expense vouchers, and providing general office support for the legal department.

• Assist with audit and annual compliance documents

• Assist with Facilities Data Management as needed

• Scan documents for legal department as well as other departments

• Maintain Minutes Book

• Maintain file for training videos and other training materials

• Maintain contracts for Healthy Properties

• Maintain and reviews Reconveyance Delinquency Reports every Monday

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August 01 – Nov 02 BP – Legal Assistant/Administrative.

• Supported more than 20 employees in the office and in the field office

• My work consisted of typing and filing of letters, reports and pleadings

• Made travel arrangements

• Copied reports on large paper

• Maintained expense reports

• Maintained the office equipment

• Ordering office supplies

• Ordered food for meetings

• Planned lunch parties for the office

• Maintained accounts payable by using SAP

• Researched information for projects

• Reserved conference rooms, scheduled appointments and meetings

• Data Entry

• Answered phones

Nov 98 – July 01 Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, L.L.P. –

Attorneys at Law - Legal secretary for partner and associate for insurance defense law firm.

• My work consisted of typing and filing of pleadings, discovery, status letters and deposition summaries.

• Scheduled depositions, hearings and mediations.

• Made travel arrangements.

• Maintained the calendar and docket control

• Telephone communication with clients

• Time entry

SKILLS: Notary, typing of 70 wpm, Word, WordPerfect, PC Docs, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Office, SAP (accounting program) and RMS

EDUCATION: Associates Degree

Applied Science of Legal Studies

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