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Athens, Georgia, United States

Covington, Georgia

Created need analysis and proposed process presentations for C-level executives to explore risk/cost/benefit of centralizing collection litigation for national consumer finance company. Developed processes and procedures to centralize, beginning with company branches in California. Demonstrated success allowed California model to be proposed for expansion.

Covington, GA

• Hired to fill a newly created paralegal position for the Office of the General Counsel. Primary focus during employment was the friendly acquisition of competitor’s consumer lending branch locations; and, the.
• Research – Utilized electronic databases for state and federal consumer lending laws. Created state specific law summaries addressing requirements and restrictions for licensing, finance charges, disclosures, credit.
• Assisted with collecting, organizing and presenting documents and information for due diligence projects associated with securitization of consumer loans.Day-to-day responsibilities, outside of the main objectives.
• Litigation – Received service of process, conducted initial review of complaints and gathered information and documents to defend claims. Interfaced with internal vendor risk department to refine the vetting process.
• Subpoenas - Created process for responding to criminal and civil subpoenas concerning company’s customers. Gathered, organized and numbered documents and prepared written response identifying documents produced and.
• Annual Reports - Created system for tracking and filing annual reports with Secretary of State offices to obtain and maintain authorizations to conduct business.

Atlanta, GA

Sr. Litigation Paralegal for Plaintiffs’ practice law firm. Case assignments focused on medical malpractice and personal injuries caused by product liability. Responsible for traditional paralegal duties, including managing the discovery process; preparing medical record summaries; electronic and manual court filings in Federal Courts and State Courts.

Atlanta, GA

Case Manager and Senior Paralegal for relatively new, very busy plaintiffs’ firm. Created internal policies and procedures to establish guidelines for paralegal functions. Recruited paralegals and senior associate attorney to create a highly efficient, super-achieving support team for partners’ practice. Focused on day-to-day management of staff.

Cincinnati, Ohio Area

Litigation paralegal for oldest full service law firm located in Cincinnati. Focused on litigation, including employment law (EEO, ADA, worker’s compensation, and unemployment) commercial litigation, and insurance defense (primarily premises liability for large local amusement park). Conducted detail oriented investigations/interviews and legal research..

Litigation paralegal for Ashland Petroleum Company, formerly a division of Ashland Inc. Assisted in the resolution of a large-scale, multi plaintiff toxic tort litigation. Supervised 6 employees assigned to operate discovery center for the lawsuit. Extensive contact with outside counsel and in-house personnel regarding case management issues. Assisted in.

Cape Canaveral, FL

Support for VP, General Counsel with assistance to two in house attorneys. Reviewed predecessor company’s contracts for conversion to current corporate entity. Assisted with federal contract disputes and labor arbitrations. Qualified and maintained corporate status as authorized foreign corporation in approximately 45 states/territories. Researched.