Keri Peardon Email & Phone Number

Chattanooga, Tn

Beginning in the Legal Department as the Assistant to the CLO, I have moved into the position of data management for our anchor stores sub-department. I am in charge of organizing our data and databases to make us more efficient, and I also create tools for other departments--including leasing, peripherals, and specialty leasing--by extracting information from leases and pasting it together in a format that's understandable and searchable.

Nashville, Tn

Part-time paralegal work in a general law office that specialized in LGBT law. I produced wills and other estate-related documents for gay and lesbian couples, as well as second parent adoption documents. We also handled divorce and child custody for both heterosexual and homosexual couples.

• Prepare complaints, interrogatories and answers, MDAs, motions, orders, and final decrees for divorces.• Prepare orders, motions, child support worksheets, and parenting plans for child custody and adoption cases.• Prepare and file Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcies through Best Case. File modifications, counseling certificates, and other necessary paperwork electronically through CM/ECF. • Prepare responses, questions for depositions, and other documents related to personal injury/ wrongful death cases. Research medical and drug facts. • Prepare motions, orders, TBI clearances, and other documents related to criminal cases.• Prepare wills.• Research case law with T.C.A., LexisNexus, and internet.• Answer phones, meet with clients, make appointments, set court and mediation dates, manage attorney’s calendar and e-mail. • Prepare and submit quarterly federal employment taxes and state unemployment taxes. Prepare and submit yearly federal unemployment taxes and create W-2’s.• Receive money from clients, pay office bills, and balance office bank account. Accomplishments:• Prepared questions for depositions, researched law and medical facts, prepared answers to a Motion to Dismiss, and prepared responses to a Statement of Undisputed Facts in a wrongful death case against Bedford County Jail (Doris Rollins, as next-of-kin, on behalf of Larry Byford, deceased vs. Bedford County, et al).• Organized 36 boxes of stored files and loose papers: recorded client name, case type and approximate date of completion in an Excel spreadsheet and stored the files in numbered boxes. • Switched all files to a color-coded file system. I• Organized all sample documents, notes, and legal information pertaining to different branches of law into binders. • Collected all paper contact lists, business cards, Rolodex cards, etc. and entered all information into MS Contacts.• Organized all computer files, restored lost files from backups, and implemented new backup system.

· Assisted paralegal with real estate closings (purchases and sales).· Checked title against underlying documents and worked with title company.· Worked with tenants, lenders and buyers to provide closing documents by deadline.· Created due diligence packages for buyers, tenants and lenders, both in paper copies and on CDs. · Responsible for tracking all purchases and sales after closing and delivering post-closing items to tenants, lenders and buyers by deadline. · Maintained computer documents on Sharepoint.· Managed legal department files and helped manage company files and storage.· Converted documents from .pdf or paper copies to Word documents using OCR software. · Substituted for the receptionist: answered phones, greeted visitors, processed incoming mail, stocked supplies, etc. Accomplishments:· Renamed, organized and uploaded many older documents to Sharepoint.· Proposed purchasing OCR software for legal department; when purchased, it saved many hours retyping documents from paper copies.· Organized paperwork for legal entity formations into binders and established filing procedure for paperwork going forward. · Organized the post-closing process for both sales and purchases; created a universal checklist for both to ensure no documents were overlooked and no deadlines were missed. · Analyzed costs of production of bound paper copies of due diligence documents for lenders, tenants and buyers; calculated our cost to be approximately $75-$100 in materials, shipping and labor/time per binder. Received permission to convert department to electronic transmission instead (CDs or e-mails), reducing costs to $25 or less, as well as greatly reducing time spent preparing the documents and paper waste.

· Created leases and other legal documents for shopping mall tenants.· Processed leases for Landlord execution: reviewed leases for tenant-made changes, notified leasing agent, sought approval of business points from Vice President of Leasing, made copies of relevant paperwork, delivered to Senior Vice President for signature, updated department database.· Received checks for fees and terminations. Recorded in Excel spreadsheet and forwarded to accounting.· Attested, sealed and dated executed legal documents. Added relevant lease information into Access database to be shared throughout the company.· Reviewed/audited bills from outside counsel.· Copied tenant operation exclusives and restrictions from leases and maintained records for all malls (approximately 65 malls).· Maintained departmental files (current and warehoused).Accomplishments:· Tested and implemented new software (DeltaView, Crosswords) for conversion from Word Perfect to Word. Engaged in preliminary reviews of other new software and consulted on database management.· Recovered ½ gigabyte storage space on department’s drive by eliminating outdated computer files.· Analyzed department production and duplicating costs and presented report to upper management. Report resulted in new, high-capacity printer which reduced downtime and increased productivity.· Developed, designed and implemented watermark in Word to eliminate tampering with electronic copies of leases. · Discovered billing errors from outside legal counsel saving several thousand dollars.· Helped implement package shipping from online. Organized training regarding the same for leasing department secretaries.· Listed all department procedures (in order of occurrence) for internal audit.

• Registered students for semester classes bi-annually and updated records throughout the year. • Calculated student GPAs and wrote yearly report for athletic award committee. • Updated student information in Registrar’s Directory; helped print, copy, bind and distribute Registrar’s Directory. Sent applicable student information to campus newspaper. • Processed transcripts and grade reports. Organized student information into advising packets for professors. Mailed grades and transcripts to students. • “Built” classes in Banner: activated course number and title, assigned professor and scheduled room and meeting times. • Designed forms for student curriculum files. • Designed and published class schedules. • Helped implement database changeover from “College” to “University.” • Proofread catalogues and statistical information for publication. • Delivered registration materials to students.

B.A., History

High School

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