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• Coordinate and delegate work for team of 60+ employees that include Managers, Supervisors, Paralegals, Legal Assistants, Legal Secretaries, and Accounts Receivable Team.
• Oversee management and staff working products within 20,000 active Bankruptcy Cases in all 50 states.
• Establish annual staff performance objectives with reference to results, quality, and productivity standards.
• Process knowledge in key areas of business - Financial management, Process Improvement, Analytics, and System Improvement.
• Enhanced case management system by creating new products and paralegal processes and worked with IT group to integrate outside vendor sites and new document generation.
• Update departmental procedures to comply with all Federal and Local rule changes while maintaining the service-level agreements for each client. Proactively advising clients of all upcoming rule changes.

• Consistently maintained number one state ranking for the firm with highest volume client.
• Coordinated and delegated work for team of Legal Assistants, Legal Secretaries, and Bankruptcy
• Worked closely with client In-House counsel and developed strategies for collaboration.
• Drafted all types of Bankruptcy pleadings including: motions for relief, objections, agreed orders, and costs of collection.
• Filed pleadings with Federal court and set up motion hearings using CM/ECF system.
• Created Proof of Claims documents using figures provided by lenders.

Merchandise women’s shoes, handbags, and fine apparel out of the Michigan Avenue Store in Chicago.

Merchandised women’s fine apparel, shoes, and handbags out of the Outfit store at Wynn Las Vegas. Maintained large clientele book, calculated IPT, SPH, and SPT

• Perform daily interviews as well as conduct training sessions, orientations, and testing of new employees.
• Secure new business by competitively quoting rates and fees for potential clients.
• Match skill sets, work history, and utilize industrial and clerical test results to best place employees in all levels of contract/direct placement positions.
• Regularly meet as a team to discuss both individual and branch revenue targets as well as formulate a strategy to best fill open positions.
• Counsel and coach employees on personal performance, including discipline, terminations, and replacements.
• Review Workers Compensation claims, including on-site safety investigations, worker and employer interviews, and formulation of accurate reports.

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, Paralegal Studies

B.A., Sociology, History

Major- Sociology, Minor- History