Kimberly Sutherland Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Dekalb, Illinois, United States

Responsible for overseeing the operations of the Association, providing administrative support, financial and tax management, tournament management, and the coordination of services necessary to provide compliance with the United States Bowling Congress bylaws and policies.

Aurora, Illinois, United States

Elgin, Illinois

Licensed Community Association Manager managing condominium, townhome and homeowner's associations throughout the Chicagoland area.

Elgin, Illinois

Community Association Manager managing condominium, townhome and homeowner's associations throughout the Chicagoland area.

Manage and respond to customer complaints originating through a private attorney, Small Claims / Civil Suit, the Attorney General, Consumer Advocate Groups and/or the Better Business BureausReview consumer bankruptcy processes and proceedures; handle necessary filings accordingly.

Designed, implemented, and provided the foundation for a highly functional customer service, financial management team. ∙ Ensured all billing, collection, and credit activities were kept current, and all financial matters relative to customer accounts were reconciled in timely fashion. ∙ Developed a comprehensive plan to effect an accounts receivable strategy to minimize cash management fees, reconcile bank accounts, and oversee all accounting activities, including those with outside agencies. ∙ Oversaw, coordinated, and managed legal functions relative to regulatory compliance and licensing in all operating states. ∙ Worked closely with legal counsel to ensure dealers were properly licensed, while assisting dealers with application procedures and permit filings. ∙ Drafted and prepared all corporate contracts, managed updates and maintained all legal and contract files. ∙ Developed processes and procedures for the Authorized Dealer program.

Prepared basic variety of commercial contracts and other documents using forms with minimal supervision. ∙ Analyzed and interpreted contracts. ∙ Researched statutes affecting business operations and prepared memoranda summarizing same. ∙ Assisted in development and management of forms and routine reports. ∙ Assisted attorneys in investigating and resolving regulatory and vendor issues relating to Sears Automotive Centers. ∙ Maintained a large caseload of attorney demands, attorney general and customer complaints. ∙ Perform advertising review for circulars, television and radio ads, store signage, mailers and coupons relating to the automotive and hardware businesses. ∙ Responsible for the training of the law department in the use of a document management system by participating in the pilot group and rollout across all users. ∙ Legal bill review; Invoice Audits. ∙ Reviewed Discovery Requests; Drafted draft discovery. ∙ Obtained responsive documents and prepared for production.

Gained knowledge about Franchises and Right-of-Way procedures; also gained understanding about how telecommunications companies perform and the services they provide. ∙ Assisted bankruptcy counsel in document inventory, document review and other exercises for the accept/reject/modify contract review process. ∙ Responsible for coordinating the execution of contracts; abstracted agreements’ important terms and conditions. ∙ Drafted various types of agreements; negotiated terms and conditions of the same. ∙ Compared and reviewed documents; performed document standardization of form documents. ∙ Performed research for various telecommunications matters including state, federal, local laws and case law.

Masters, Business Administration

Bs, Paralegal Studies

Activities and Societies: ALPHA CHI OMEGA STUDENT LIFE ADVISOR (AND TEAM CAPTIAN) PARALEGAL ASSOCIATION

High School Diploma