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Chicago

Chicago, IL

Oak Park, IL

• Acted as a subject matter expert in current and prospective state regulations.
• Responded to internal inquiries related to compliance with and procedural integration of regulatory requirements.
• Compiled and assessed data for investigations into internal compliance breaches.
• Updated operating manuals and SOPs to reflect regulatory and operational changes.
• Coordinated regulatory filings with the state.
• Led the application process for entering new markets and drafted and edited license applications.

Chicago, IL

• Analyzed complex agreements, including commercial, vendor and financial services documents with meticulous detail while extracting key information for a high-stakes Merger and Acquisition matter.
• Supervised a team of attorneys and directed them with regard to both administrative and analytical eDiscovery issues.
• Implemented coding procedures to enforce strict adherence to deadlines.
• Produced daily reports of document production progress within the Relativity database.
• Identified and resolved issues such as the pace and accuracy of attorney reviewers pertaining to antitrust and copyright infringement matters.

Chicago, IL

• For three decades GCG has been the recognized leader in providing legal administrative services for class action, mass tort and bankruptcy cases. The breadth and depth of GCG's experience, responsiveness, global.
• Led a team of attorneys to complete project assignments on time and within budget and scope objectives.
• Improved upon the company’s established legal project management principles by designing organizational training materials to educate team members of processes and procedures.
• Effectively communicated project status on a daily basis to counsel and legal directors.
• Managed the collection, analysis and interpretation of data pertaining to the distribution of funds in large scale bankruptcy and class action cases.
• Facilitated the design, build out and testing of an interactive website allowing 175,000 claimants to complete their claim process covering $250,000,000.00 of claims.

Chicago, IL

• Electronically reviewed and analyzed documents for law firms and companies relating to copyright infringement, regulatory compliance, antitrust and environmental cases.
• Conducted electronic review of documents and contracts for responsiveness, confidentiality and legal privilege using Relativity, Concordance and First Advantage Global RPM software.

Chicago, IL

• Total Attorneys is a cloud-based service provider dedicated to assisting with every aspect of small and solo law firm practice management, growth and development. It's goal is simple: to help attorneys build successful.
• Assisted attorneys with growing their businesses by providing high performance marketing services.
• Connected attorneys with clients for bankruptcy, criminal defense, personal injury and family law matters.

Chicago, IL

• Goldstein Bender & Romanoff was founded by Bernard Goldstein in the 1950's and is today led by partners Alan Bender and Melvyn Romanoff. GBR is an an experienced law firm that handles a variety of personal injury.
• Negotiated liens and settlement agreements between clients, opposing counsel and medical providers.
• Conducted civil jury trials and arbitration hearings for personal injury and premises liability cases.
• Presented substantive and procedural motions in Municipal Division and Law Division cases.
• Conducted discovery and evidence depositions of parties, witnesses and medical providers.
• Attended daily case management court calls in Cook County and collar counties.

Chicago, IL

• Urgo & Nugent, Ltd.’s major emphasis is in the area of trial advocacy on every level of the Illinois Court system, including the Appellate Courts. Urgo & Nugent, Ltd. is a firm made up of trial lawyers committed to.
• Drafted complaints and other pleadings, propounded and answered written discovery.
• Determined the value of cases, prepared litigation plans and negotiated settlements.
• Drafted and argued Motions for Summary Judgment and other dispositive motions.
• Prepared cases for trial, including drafting jury instructions, motions in limine, direct and cross examination, opening and closing arguments.
• Managed all aspects of numerous personal injury, breach of contract, product liability, insurance defense, and premises liability files.

Schaumburg, IL

• Sedgwick is the leading global provider of innovative, technology-enabled claims and productivity management solutions, delivering a world of expert resources to a diverse client base through nearly 12,000 colleagues.
• Reviewed complex medical records, office visit notes, operative reports and pathology reports.
• Interviewed doctors, nurses and medical assistants to gather information for claim analysis.
• Analyzed, approved and authorized assigned claims and determined benefits due pursuant to the Walgreen’s disability benefit plan.

Illinois

• Provided successful resolutions for conflicts regarding visitation agreements.
• Conducted mediation for parents seeking child visitation agreements.
• Counseled clients as to their parental rights.

Dekalb, IL

• Organized and maintained legal cases, articles and statutes per research requests.
• Researched cutting-edge family law issues for an Associate Professor.
• Critiqued, edited and revised The Professor's article for publication in the March 2006 University of California Davis Law Review.

Chicago, IL

• Acted as a point of contact for clients by updating them on the progress of their case.
• Assisted senior partners in representing buyers and sellers at closings.
• Drafted real estate contracts, deeds and closing documents.
• Participated in all phases of residential real estate closings.
• Engaged in contract negotiations with opposing counsel.
• Maintained constant file organization for multiple clients.

Juris Doctor, Law

Activities and Societies: Phi Alpha Delta International Legal Fraternity: Vice Justice (2004-2005), Northern Illinois University College.

Bachelor Of Arts, Communication Studies

Activities and Societies: Member of Lambda Alpha-National Honor Society for AnthropologyDean’s List, Minor in Anthropology

Education record