ALLEN TALOFF

FOURTEEN THIRTY EIGHT FAIRWAY DRIVE

APARTMENT NUMBER 202

NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS 60563

RESIDENTIAL TELEPHONE NUMBER: 630-***-****

E MAIL ADDRESS: rireg0@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Established and experienced claims adjuster, with some multi-jurisdictional experience and continued education as a paralegal that follows Best Practice Guidelines, combined with excellent written and oral skills and exceptional client service oriented skills seeks employment.

EDUCATION

COLLEGE of DUPAGE ASSOCIATES PROGRAM PARALEGAL STUDIES

GLEN ELLYN, ILLINOIS JANUARY 2010-PRESENT (A.B.A. APPROVED)

MANATEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE BRADENTON, FL ADJUSTERS LICENSE 6-20

AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR PARALEGAL STUDIES LOMBARD, IL PARALEGAL STUDIES

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY EVANSTON, IL ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION

CHICAGO POLICE TRAINING ACADEMY CHICAGO, IL STATE CERTIFICATION

INSURANCE ADJUSTING PRINCIPLES GLENS FALLS, NY PROPERTY, CASUALTY, & LIABILITY

CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO CHICAGO, IL FIRE AND ARSON INVESTIGATIONS

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHICAGO CHICAGO, IL ARCHITECTURAL COURSEWORK

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DONALD F. RANDOLPH & ASSOCIATES HANOVER PARK, IL

LEGAL INVESTIGATOR, PARALEGAL

JUNE 2009-PRESENT

Trial preparation, client case management, surveillances, depositions, legal research, executed civil, criminal, and professional licensing backgrounds, medical billing negotiations, corporate due diligence inquiries. Filing matters with the courts, preparation of subpoenas, and summons from witness, and relevant attorney, and court documents. Initiated under the direct of the insurance company, the settlement of client’s bodily injury/personal injury matters.

KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SERVICES

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL

BODILY INJURY ADJUSTER January 2007 – June 2009

Initial claims investigations; perform policy reviews, claim evaluation, and negotiations. Resolution of serious bodily injury and fatality claims. Perform legal research and research of jury verdict decisions, in addition to working with and beginning SIU investigations on questionable insurance claims.

KALLINS, LITTLE, DELGADO & OPSTAL, PC, PALMETTO, FL

INVESTIGATOR, CASE MANAGER, PARALEGAL FEBRUARY 2005-NOVEMBER 2006

Federal, state and municipal code research, client intake, case study research, deposition review and summation, review and recommendations to supervising attorney on personal injury demands, civil and criminal investigation, medical billing negotiation, and personal injury issue resolution.

NORTH EASTERN TECHNICAL SERVICES INC. (NETS) FALL RIVER, MA/SARASOTA, FL

LEAD INVESTIGATOR, AGENT-IN-CHARGE JUNE 1999- NOVEMBER 2006

Claimant and client contact, evidence collection, and interviews, continual client contact, locating of witness and interviews, defendants, and claimants, trial preparation, conduct federal, state, and local statute legal research, civil and criminal investigations, and surveillance.

INSURANCE OVERLOAD SYSTEMS CHICAGO, IL / MAITLAND, FL

BODILY INJURY ADJUSTER JULY 2001-NOVEMBER 2002

Assigned as a temporary employee to CNA and Zurich Insurance companies in the Chicago land area, when with the CNA Insurance company, assigned specifically to the unit handling nationwide commercial garage claims. These claims ranged from vehicle lift failure claims resulting in property damage, to fatalities resulting from failures of the lift while vehicle was occupied, as well as attendant negligence. In Florida, temporary employee with the litigation department of Workman’s Auto Insurance and North American Risk Services (NARS) a Third Party Administrator (TPA), evaluated, investigated to completion, all minor and significant bodily injury claims and personal injury claims, summarized depositions and interrogatories, negotiations of settlements, medical billing negotiations. Worked jointly with the SIU of North American Risk Services (NARS) and Workman’s Auto.

PROFESSIONAL STAFFING SERVICES

ALGONQUIN, IL ADJUSTER JANUARY 1998-JUNE 2001

Employed as a temporary employee claims adjuster on claims involving elevator, pharmaceutical, product liability, premise liability, municipality, bodily injury, and auto claims.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

SUCCESSFULLY TESTED FLORIDA INSURANCE CLAIMS ADJUSTER EXAMINATION 6-20

THIRTEEN (13) YEARS EXPERIENCE AS AN INSURANCE ADJUSTER WITH EXPERIENCE IN THE ENSUING DISCIPLINES: PROPERTY, LIABILITY, CASUALTY, PHARMACEUTICAL, PRODUCT LIABILITY, ELEVATOR, CONSTRUCTION DEFECT, MUNICIPAL LIABILITY, AND PREMISE LIABILITY.

TWENTY (20) YEARS EXPERIENCE AS A LEGAL INVESTIGATOR AND PARALEGAL (PART TIME- PRESENT)

TWELVE (12) YEARS AS AN ILLINOIS STATE CERTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WITH CONCURRENT RESPONSIBILITIES: THREE (3) YEARS AS WATCH COMMANDER; SIX (6) YEARS AS TRAFFIC UNIT SUPERVISOR, EIGHT (8) YEARS AS DETECTIVE

SIX (6) YEARS LICENSED PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR, STATE OF FLORIDA, LICENSE NUMBER C9900376

ASSOCIATIONS:

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION

DUPAGE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION

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