Gabriela Rodriguez-Veinotte Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

Newly created In-House Paralegal position in the Legal Department working with General Counsel; 3 days remote, 2 days in office;1251 Waterfront Place, Suite 510, Pittsburgh PA 15222First and only paralegal within a corporate legal department of a financial services company with various subsidiaries whose business is retirement and wealth management. Edit legal documents such as contracts, transactional documents, and corporate resolutions; building of and maintaining the Legal section of SharePoint site for the legal team; attend via zoom various FINRA arbitration hearings; ongoing tax and other mandatory state business filings for the various companies in various states; legal research and compilation for special projects involving employee/HR matters, real property and more using Lexis Nexis and PLI; maintain internal intellectual property updates with regards to numerous service mark filings; respond to subpoenas by gathering support documents from internal business groups; coordinate requests and communications among multiple parties both internal within business departments and as part of HR and external sources such as outside counsel and also government agencies such as the DOL, DOJ, and IRS; compile, proofread, fact-check and edit drafts of legal and compliance documents; email and letter preparation, online filings on department of state websites in various states for our subsidiaries, and scheduling deadlines; draft, manage, and track numerous capital call investment documents; participate as requested in the Community Engagement group meetings for the company’s volunteer efforts.Use of Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Pacer, Lexis Advanced, PLI legal research, Venminder, FINRA Dispute Resolution portal, Kiteworks (government secure upload site), CSC Corporation Service Company portal

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Full-time; I was the only Project Assistant in the Pgh office-I manage my time w/ all practice groups, so there's variety/flexibility depending on changing needs.I am listed as a Paralegal for my Billable work entered to Aderant-CMS time entry.My Office is on 13 in 6PPG. Attys(33)Paralegals(5)Legal Secretaries(12). Dinsmore has 30 offices.Use of Nuance Power PDF Advanced,ViewPoint & also DISCO Review eDiscovery softwares; Serv-U File Share, Lexis Advance, Lexis File & Serve Xpress, InterAction, iManage, SoftPro/ProTrust, Chartswap.Track & collect pltf/claimant's medical/personnel records for 2 Partner's personal injury defense/worker's compensation cases w/autonomy to comm. w/providers,employers,insurance &fed agencies-Medicare & SSA w/ e-mail to opposing counsel;research & contact doctors to gather info re: I.M.E. engmts;Prepare HIPAA Auths for pltf's sig,Evaluate records, prepare detailed chronologies of med histories; Review all incoming mass tort (Asbestos) Complaints,extracting data for client use;E-filing-(ECF),PACER & PA UJS portal docket searches,Locate/analyze Deeds/Mortgages in the Dept.of Real Estate,Bates-label/redact Production in Discovery,Assemble Transcripts for Bond Counsel,Assigned 3 Pro Bono cases w/clients,Design Trial/Research binders;Research statutes/locate case law in Lexis,70-slide Power Point for conference;Due diligence of client docs,Summarize Vendor Contracts in Acquisition,Investigate & retrieve UCC filings on PA DOS site,Confer w/web mkting re: SEOs,responsive design,analytics to promote a Partner's niche,Prepare Depo Exhibits for Trademark infringement case,Translate Legal Consent Forms,Auths, & cover ltrs frm English to Spanish for clients,Attend a RE Closing-Morgantown office;2017 & 2018-data entry to InterAction invite lists w/ comm to internal HQ Marketing;As the only staff member,attend Pgh office's 2018 March client ntwkg event,welcoming guests;Work w/ Compliance & Risk teams at HQ re: external audit-track & collect materials.

February - End of May 2013, End of May - mid June 2015, September 2015; Per Diem while enrolled at Duquesne University & beyond; K-3rd grade Pittsburgh Public Schools; K-6th Community Day School. Homeroom, Language Arts, Math,Thinking Lab (Science/Art), Environmental Literacy, Social Studies, Music, Computers, Physical Ed - including nature walks through the local Frick Park with grades 2 & 3 at ECS, Proctor of yearly state-wide exams, Recess, Cafeteria, & Bus Duty supervision...most frequent assignments were 5th grade Math & 3rd grade Language Arts at CDS, Kindergarten classrooms at ECS, Phys. Ed. at ECS, and especially loved subbing and/or team teaching Thinking Lab class at ECS - and seeing neighborhood children again, now at the elementary level - several of whom were previously enrolled in my preschool classrooms over the years.

Legacy Data Review Contractor/Temp full-time via Coates - I was part of a small legal team of 8 young attorneys and there were 3 of us certificated paralegals; we reviewed scanned legal documents all day, every day. Comprehending, Summarizing, Analyzing, & Interpreting leases - sorting out the relevant provisions and identifying key clauses and lease provisions, obligation and royalty payments for new and amended o/g leases; Use of Enertia and GIS (Geographic Information Systems) for further insight such as locating specific storage pools and quad ids; Analyzing and Interpreting lease language (some base leases date back to 1896) found in Docusphere scanned-in lease agreements, amendments, etc.,and using Yes/No/Silent Logic along with strict formatting and entry guidelines to capture the terms of the 90 Lease Provisions in the Legacy(historic) leases; Attended Legacy Meetings; Peer Review of colleague's "completed" leases; Use of SharePoint to communicate work process with colleagues. Analysis included answering the following possible provisions (to name a few) : Original Lessor and Lessee, Term and any Extensions, Original lease provisions and all Amendments to date, Royalty terms and payments, Shut-in terms and payments, Storage rental terms and payments, Notice of Default clause, Entireties Clause, HOPS - Held by Operations, Unitization/Pooling, Preferential Right to Purchase, Top Lease Language, RoFR - Right of First Refusal. Wording is greatly varied depending on lessors/lessees involved, the state, and the time period.

Law Firm: Temporary full-time: recruited for the Immigration Paralegal position by Cohen & Grigsby, P.C. but then placed with a legal staffing agency for temporary placement with Legal Mgmt Services; drafted and filed employment-based nonimmigrant visa petitions, I-140 Immigrant visa petitions, family-based green card applications, I-485 Green Card applications (adjustment of status) EAD and Advance Parole applications and renewals in LawLogix, H-1B, L-1A and L-1B Intracompany Transfer visas, TN visas (unique visa for Mexicans and Canadians) and DACA Renewals, wrote persuasive petitions, daily use of and reports created from data found on the Bureau of Labor Statistics website, regular use of the USCIS/Dept of Homeland Security website to locate and follow relevant country visa/naturalization guidelines, prepared responses to Requests for Evidence (RFE) issued by USCIS, maintained critical dates using software database, offered to assist other paralegals with their caseload, and corresponded directly via phone and email in Spanish and English with clients and foreign national beneficiaries regarding status updates and concerns; compiled needed documentary evidence for applications; clients that I corresponded directly via email and phone with were most commonly the HR Managers in charge of hiring and processing the requirements for the selected foreign nationals for jobs in industries such as multinational chemical and pharmaceutical companies, IT departments and companies, software development companies, hospitals, and universities; I also corresponded directly with the foreign nationals themselves in family-based green card applications; people seeking visas that I worked with were from India, Japan, Mexico, Canada, Argentina, Chile, Pakistan, Jordan, U.K., China; tracked every minute of the day using billable hours in DTE while completing tasks. My Office was located on the 6th Floor of EQT Plaza.

Temporary full-time via VisionIT; analyzed/interpreted plats, maps and internal documentation to assure accurate division of interests, researched estate decent/distribution laws, and clouds of title, spreadsheet data entry for VGOB exhibits, use of JD Edwards to create new AB Business Associate contacts, and entering/updating Chrononotes into the Enertia database regarding communication with landowners; scanning and indexing well, contracts, and lease files into corporate database, lease abstraction, due diligence in reviewing deeds, wills, trusts, and court orders in order for DOAs to transfer interests; fulfilling daily special requests from analysts and supervisor

Law Practice: Part-time while going to Duquesne - in the practice areas of Real Estate, Family Law, Wills/Estates, Court Appointed Criminal Defense; used Lexis Nexis for case- specific legal research, file management – opening and closing files, proofread and edited deed descriptions, lease renewals, and mediation agreements, exhibit indexing, reconciled escrow accounts, relayed messages and directed callers, welcomed guests into the office, served documents to county/state/federal courts, received and sorted incoming mail, ordered office supplies; use of Sage TimeSlips.

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In The Court's Office of the Clerk; Hired by the Federal Government; Seasonal full-time within a legal team of ten; compiled and analyzed data relevant to the loss mitigation program using spreadsheets, quality control, sorted and organized boxes of loose documents into a manageable order, filling at least 26 boxes A-Z, drafted correspondence to debtor clients, demonstrated adaptability and professionalism interfacing with and receiving assignments from a variety of court staff and judges

La Escuelita Arcoiris - Spanish Immersion Program, August 2011-February 2013o Only Spanish spoken and used to communicate while working full-time; built rapport with Spanish-speaking families o Organized and maintained all aspects of a preschool classroom, including health and safety, and children’s social, emotional, cognitive, and physical needso Observed children’s behaviors and growth by taking notes and providing meticulous daily documentationo Assessed children’s growth in all domains using testing instruments, and met individually with families during confidential Parent-Teacher Conferences 3 times per yearo Conducted research, applied it to the classroom, created documents for colleagues, and presented at a staff meetingo Assisted with internal audits in preparation for inspectionso Planned, facilitated, and presented at Family NightsJCC of Greater Pittsburgh/Child Development Center, March 2010-August 2011o Trained and delegated duties to new and assistant staff; supervised and advised assistants on best practices in the 3 year-olds Preschool programo Organized and managed student files for health and safety DPW inspectionsShady Lane School, March 2003-February 2010 Assisted in 03's Classroom and then Led the Mixed Age Classroom 3-5 year olds, inclusive classroom with children diagnosed within the Autism Spectrumo Tracked behaviors and analyzed datao Weekly Team Meetings re: curriculum & familieso Compiled and synthesized classroom documentation to prove worthiness of NAEYC/National Reaccreditationo Documented children’s progress through ongoing observation, photography, and direct assessment activities, using that data to plan and individualize the curriculumo Held individualized one-on-one, confidential parent-teacher conferences 3 times per year w/ all of the families in my class, sensitively/professionally addressing families' home issues and concerns for their child's development

Systems Thinking Certificate - College Of Human Ecology, Cornell Institute For Public Affairs (Cipa)

Post-Baccalaureate Paralegal Certificate, Aba Approved University Program, Paralegal Studies

Ba Early Childhood Education, N-3Rd Grade Pennsylvania Teaching License, Philosophy Minor

Pa Professional Teaching Certification (License To Teach In Pa), Early Childhood Certification (N-3Rd Grade)