• Manage the closings of residential sales within NRI's single-family and condominium developments (including the high-profile Parks Edge and Jerome Village projects) by attaining appropriate approvals, preparing closing documents, reviewing settlement statements, overseeing escrow and managing relationship with title company.• Complete loan, acquisition, and disposition due diligence by ordering and reviewing title, survey, environmental, and lien reports, writing objection letters, abstracting contracts and leases, coordinating tenant estoppels, maintaining data rooms, and calendaring/tracking deadlines.• Assist with the leasing process of commercial real estate assets by ordering and reviewing principal background checks, gathering lease exhibits, preparing lease execution checklists, filing and maintaining UCC financing statements, tracking ROFO/ROFRs and exclusives, negotiating SNDAs, and drafting and tracking tenant default notices.• Draft escrow letters, leases, marketing contracts, consultant agreements, amendments, assignments, mortgage releases, notices of commencement, deeds, affidavits, consents, easements, rights of entry, and other legal documents, head numerous special projects, and develop and document processes and best practices for the legal team and business units with a high level of independence to help maximize efficiency and ensure quality output office-wide.• Oversee direct negotiation of construction contracts through use and maintenance of AIA software and NRI-customized forms, serving as primary point person for a team of others completing the same.• Maintain range of company records, including the creation of closing binders and upkeep of SPE minute books (including the filing of entity formations and dissolutions, and the drafting of operating agreements, resolutions, minutes, et al) and assistance with maintenance of NRI SharePoint site.

• Tutor students who request assistance in improving their writing skills on writing assignments in all disciplines at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, including ESOL students and students in developmental reading and writing.• Assist students preparing for GRE/PRAXIS with study skills and test-taking strategies.• Manage reception duties of the tutoring center at large as needed, including answering phones and scheduling appointments for all types of tutoring.

• Overhaul and support Writing Instruction Program website through the taking of photographs, writing of copy, and maintenance of up-to-date material, including pdf library.• Administer with minimal supervision a major project involving the potential revamp of First-Year Writing through the investigation of like-university programs, survey of departmental faculty/focus groups, analysis of data, and preparation of a written report.• Assist the English Graduate Program Director and the Writing Instruction Program Director in the design, execution, and evaluation of other various research projects and prepare documents, multimedia content, and other written or visual materials for related presentations.• Support over a dozen faculty members with Blackboard, recordkeeping, grading, and other miscellaneous classroom-related assignments and projects.• Work in conjunction with Teacher Education chair to research and compile data on middle grades teacher education programs nationwide for a curriculum comparison and review.• Complete scholarly literature reviews and proofread, copyedit, and provide commentary and suggestions for revisions for the academic papers of faculty members.• Provide support to the Director of Teaching Clinical Experiences, including with maintenance of clinical experiences databases and updates of marketing materials.• Carry out various duties such as data entry, dictation, event planning, office staffing, and departmental and campus-wide tours for both faculty and administrative staff.

• Assist with and manage matters of eight in-house attorneys in the operational law division providing legal services to company business units, including real estate, brand marketing, information technology, business development/mergers and acquisitions, credit, bankruptcy, and compliance.• Assimilate information for use by in-house and outside counsel, research and analyze legal issues and resources such as statutes, regulations, cases, and court dockets, and provide summaries, legal memoranda, reports, and other legal documentation.• Draft large numbers of documents for attorney review and approval, including responses to discovery, contracts, deeds, proofs of claim, and responses to administrative agencies and persuasive position statements on legal issues and fact situations.• Provide legal support for several special projects within the company, often under restrictions of confidentiality agreements, including the now-public green space initiative at Marathon’s Detroit refinery and the acquisition of BP’s Texas City Refinery and Southeastern U.S. brand business.• Report daily deals of traded commodities utilizing company’s sound trading practices to Argus, OPIS, ENT, and Platts pricing agencies and monitor trader compliance.• Review incoming contracts for various business units, identifying legal and commercial risks, suggesting changes, and making notations for attorney and client evaluation.• Publish information and presentations and participate in other activities to educate employees on various legal and support topics and maintain knowledge of specific legal and regulatory requirements and company policies and procedures.

Primary responsibilities involved the post-closing review of perfection of collateral liens and loan documents executed in relation to commercial loans, from menial amounts to those over one million dollars. Specific responsibilities included:• Audit bank- and attorney-prepared commercial loan packages against credit approval memorandum to determine documentation necessary to meet approval requirements.• Confirm proper execution of documentation and flag any missing documentation.• Determine if collateral is properly perfected and prepare UCC financing statements.• Update commercial loan accounting and tickler system to maintain its integrity with regards to collateral information, documentation exceptions, and UCC expirations.• Create and maintain a collateral file in accordance with established departmental standards and prepare documentation received for imaging.• Receive and audit collateral documents deposited after initial loan package to determine if documents have been executed properly.• Communicate daily with internal customers, including lending and operations personnel, to resolve concerns regarding documentation exceptions.

As part of the degree program at the University of Cincinnati, I completed a paralegal practicum with Fifth Third Bank's in-house legal department. In this role, I was responsible for the following: • Review, analyze and identify the bank's business interest in legal process served upon the bank and route to the appropriate internal resource for response as required.• Perform risk analysis of process received and document regulatory or compliance issues.• Prepare and review assorted loan documentation.• Perform legal and regulatory research, collect data, analyze and prepare reports.• Draft letters, pleadings, and memoranda for in-house legal counsel.• Maintain correspondence with bank customers, outside counsel, and various courts.