11. Insurance Defense/Personal Injury Paralegal

·        Practice Areas:  Insurance Defense (both slip & fall, automobile accidents), products liability (Costco child carrier seats, pharmaceuticals (Baycol--for cholesterol), parts on a huge machine in a carpet mill), premises liability (handled Buckhead shooting case defense), nursing home medical malpractice - poor treatment, wrongful death, workers' compensation (only has plaintiff experience).

·        Responsibilities: Responsibilities include obtaining medical records and other documentation per client’s directive in preparation for case workup, scheduling depositions, preparing pleadings including non-party requests and propounding and answering discovery.  Creation and maintenance of expert database as well as created library of frequently used documents for each nursing home client.  Responsibilities included initial interviews with potential clients, reviewing medical malpractice cases for merit, legal research, medical research and drafting pleadings and discovery (i.e. complaints, non-party requests for documents, initial discovery, responses to discovery, motions to add parties, motions to transfer venue, deposition notices). Also responsible for preparing medical summaries, deposition summaries, requesting medical records, preparing mediation brochures, demand letters and letters to expert witnesses outlining cases. 

·        Software Skills: MSWord, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, WordPerfect, iManage, PCLaw, Amicus Attorney, TABS, CMS Open

·        Salary Requirements: $49k

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12. Commercial Real Estate/Corporate Paralegal

• Practice areas: Commercial/Residential Real Estate, Litigation, Corporate

• Education/Certifications: BS Business Administration – California State University, Long Beach, California; ABA approved paralegal certificate – The School of Paralegal Studies, Atlanta, Georgia; Georgia Real Estate License

• Responsibilities: Real Estate Summary: Review Purchase/Sale contracts and prepare and maintain closing checklist and time line; Draft all real estate documents for purchase/sale; order Title Insurance commitments; Review title commitments and exception documents and summarize potential problem exceptions for attorney review; order Surveys; review surveys with title exceptions and summarize potential problems for attorney review; plot surveys and rectify any deficiencies with surveyor; perform due diligence tasks for mergers/acquisitions, including reviewing and summarizing leases; order good standing certificates, certificates of fact, articles of incorporation, articles or organization, etc. for corporations, partnership, LLC's and LLP's in multi jurisdictions; prepare corporate certificates and consents; post closing matters including follow up on receipt of executed, recorded documents, final title policies, mortgage releases, UCC terminations, etc; and Binder preparation.  Corporate Summary: reserve corporate name; draft and file articles of incorporation; complete and file qualification of foreign corporations; obtain good standing certificates; order minute book, stock book and seal; draft articles of dissolution; prepare documents for qualification to do business in foreign jurisdictions; prepare documents to amend and restate articles of incorporation and amend by laws; search state and county offices for federal tax liens, UCC filings, deeds, mortgages and judgments; change registered office or agent; and collect information from and verify filings with the Secretary of State and other state and local agencies.

• Software experience: MS Word, WordPerfect, Outlook, TABS III, Internet research skills

• Salary Requirement: mid to high $50s

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13. Corporate Paralegal

·        Practice areas: Corporate, Corporate Governance

·        Education/Certifications: National Academy of Paralegal Studies,
Georgetown, Kentucky; Sullivan College of Business, Lexington, Kentucky,
Accounting/Computer Programming; University of Kentucky,
Lexington, Kentucky, Business Administration/Accounting

·        Responsibilities: Responsible for the organization of for profit and non-profit corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships. Preparation of Forms SS-4, 2553, and UCC financing statements. Assist with public and private offerings, responsible for due diligence and post closing matters; maintenance of all corporate documents; draft schedules to agreements; prepare audit response letters; prepare resolutions, consents, annual proxies; assist with annual shareholder meetings and necessary documents. Approximately 5 years with previous employer and was responsible for handling all aspects of corporate transactions in relation to public and private securities offerings, initial public and secondary stock offerings, cash tender offers, merger proxies, strategic alliances and major acquisitions, public exchange offers, mergers of large public and small private companies, conduct due diligence, post closing matters and shelf registration facilities. Additional experience includes Exchange Act of 1934 and SEC reporting requirements and Section 16 requirements. Maintenance of all corporate documents and corporate minute books.

·        Salary Requirement: mid to high $60s

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14. Corporate Paralegal/Contracts Administrator

·        Practice Areas: Contracts Administration, Bankruptcy, Litigation, Immigration, Intellectual Property

·        Education/Certifications:  B.S. in Criminal Justice; Georgia Real Estate Sales Person License

·        Responsibilities:  Approximately 8 years experience as a paralegal. Prepared and negotiated contracts, settlements, non-disclosure agreements for telecommunication services, visas for employees. Handled facility leases, ground station leases, non-disclosure agreements and bankruptcies. Completed research for intellectual property patent and trademark law that assisted in solidifying cases for previous employer. Also has prepared Motions, Objections, Responses, Affidavits, Orders, and Notices of Appearance. Analyzed court dockets, obtained and reviewed various loan documents, produced regular client status reports. Strengths are organizing and controlling workflow, problem solving, loss mitigation, negotiating with opposing counsel and clients to resolve pending litigation. Also has interviewed, hired, and trained new employees.

·        Salary Requirement: $55k

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15. Financial/Transactional Paralegal

·        Practice areas: Financial

·        Education/Certifications: Applied Associate of Science: Marketing Management

·        Responsibilities: Provided support in the financial group preparing GICs (guaranteed investment contracts). Prepared, reviewed, revised and distributed initial draft documents. Corresponded with working group regarding comments to documents. Obtained documents and signature pages needed to complete transactions. Relied on instructions and guidelines from attorneys to perform the functions of the job. Tracked and organized billable hours. Prepared itemized monthly and quarterly billing statements. Assisted service center manager with set-up of socials and special events. Previously with same law firm was Accounting Manager. Managed and assisted one employee in daily and month-end accounting activities. Prepared all client invoices. Distributed monthly billing reports to management. Maintained accurate records of two trust bank accounts. Prepared check requests. Responsible for accurate handling of petty cash fund. Received and posted daily cash receipts. Processed payable invoices. Elected and appointed to serve several terms of the SEC (staff executive committee). Assisted administrative manager with planning and executing of events and socials.

·        Software/Skills: Microsoft applications including Excel, Word, Outlook.  Proficient in the time software DTE and the billing software CMS Open

·        Salary Requirement: low $50s

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16. Immigration Legal Assistant (Corporate)

·        Practice areas: Immigration

·        Responsibilities: Stability! Approximately 7+ years with current employer. Responsible for acquiring and maintaining L-1A, L-1B, L-2, E-2, H-1B and H-3 non-immigrant visas for all corporate subsidiaries for expatriates who have been given temporary assignments in the United States, thereby allowing the foreign employees to establish residency and maintain legal employment status. Interacts with legal counsel regarding expatriate issues of concern, gathering information for H-1B petitions, as well as compiling data for the Corporate L Blanket petition. Interacts with the USINS, on behalf of the expatriate, to correct errors occasionally incurred when expatriates re-enter the USA. In many cases, serves as the liaison between expatriates, who are petitioning for Permanent Residency, and their legal counsel. .

·        Salary Requirement: low to mid $50s

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17. Labor & Employment Paralegal

·        Practice areas: Labor & Employment

·        Education/Certifications: Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education Minor – History; ABA Approved Certificate

·        Responsibilities: Currently responsible for responding to Discovery pertaining to District Court cases. Responds to Discovery pertaining to EEO and MSPB complaints. Drafting motions for EEO, and MSPB matters. Interview witnesses and prep them for Administrative hearings. Responsible for responding to request for Information (Toughy). Extensive legal research. Previously responsible for coordinating and maintaining litigation files and Service of Process for the Company. Responded to Subpoenas. Assisted outside counsel with Immigration matters. Assisted Corporate Counsel with calls from field offices regarding employment matters. Prepared Proof of Claims pertaining to Bankruptcy matters. Prepared responses to inquiries from U.S. Department of Customs. Also, coordinated and organized the Employment Law Department. Prepared Company EEO-1 Report. Negotiated settlements with the EEOC on behalf of the company. Coordinated and maintained company litigation. Assisted field offices with preparation of Affirmative Action Plans. Managed document coordination and production involving large litigation matter. Participated in Compliance Audits. Participated in company job starts with staffing and recruiting. Prepared Position Statements to EEOC in response to charges of discrimination..

·        Software/Skills: Windows 95, Microsoft Word, PeopleSoft and Excel

·        Salary Requirement: high $50s to low $60s

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18. Litigation Paralegal

·        Practice areas: Litigation

·        Education/Certifications: A.A.S., Paralegal Studies (ABA Certificate)

·        Responsibilities: Responsibilities include analyzing medical records of various plaintiffs and record information in CaseMap database, deposition scheduling, maintain file system of case records; prepare trial exhibits, conduct legal research.  Assisted attorneys by drafting written responses and producing relevant documents for all mediation and arbitration cases. Constant written and oral communication with opposing counsel. Reviewed documents for national coordinating defense counsel in asbestos litigation. Created and instituted organizational system for approximately two million documents surrounding deposition transcripts. Responsible for document production, coding and review. Reviewed, indexed, and reorganized corporate documents and prepared privilege log. Previous position as Mayoral Assistant. Interacted with clients via, telephone, writing and/or in person, handling a wide range of complaints. Specialized  areas: consumer and housing related complaints. Maintained an organized file system for case records. Worked closely with landlords and management offices to ensure proper housing for the disabled. Prepared and submitted annual statistical reports to the Dept. of Housing & Urban Development. .Logged & tracked daily opinions on current events and issues affecting the city.

·        Salary Requirement: mid to high $40s

Please email me the resume for Paralegal Candidate #18