Tamara Stevens Email & Phone Number

United States

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

Manage Greystar national contracts and monitor compliance with contract terms and conditions, acquisition regulations, company policies, and any other governing standards and requirements. Facilitate new supplier relationships, implement needed integrations, ensure compliance with data security, insurance requirements, and reporting needs. Improve workflow and processes, evaluate new products, services, and supplier relationships, and coordinate teams to pilot, improve, evaluate and possibly… Show more Manage Greystar national contracts and monitor compliance with contract terms and conditions, acquisition regulations, company policies, and any other governing standards and requirements. Facilitate new supplier relationships, implement needed integrations, ensure compliance with data security, insurance requirements, and reporting needs. Improve workflow and processes, evaluate new products, services, and supplier relationships, and coordinate teams to pilot, improve, evaluate and possibly implement and integrate these new opportunities within Greystar existing workflows and system. Show less

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Enterprise Building Systems - Driving building and facilities management automation and sustainability. Working with Development, Investment and Management globally to effectuate the intersection of building design, systems, and operations.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Lead and manage the execution of initiatives, programs, projects, and other process improvements that enhance operational performance nationally. Partner with key business leaders to review and evaluate exisiting processes, tools, and systems, identify opportunities for improvements, understand the business priorities, and develop and manage end-to-end solution strategies. Build and lead project teams comprised of multi-functional internal and external experts, tracks and reports progress… Show more Lead and manage the execution of initiatives, programs, projects, and other process improvements that enhance operational performance nationally. Partner with key business leaders to review and evaluate exisiting processes, tools, and systems, identify opportunities for improvements, understand the business priorities, and develop and manage end-to-end solution strategies. Build and lead project teams comprised of multi-functional internal and external experts, tracks and reports progress, use project management best practices and tools to facilitate project execution, and ensure successful implementation within the business to achieve project objectives. Show less

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

- Prepare, review and revise contracts with clients, including management agreements, consulting agreements, and subordination agreements.- Review and revise contracts with other third parties relating to, among other things, human resources, information technology, office leases, and personal property leases.- Prepare, review, and revise non-disclosure agreements.- Maintain corporate governance functions, including maintaining corporate minute books, preparation of… Show more - Prepare, review and revise contracts with clients, including management agreements, consulting agreements, and subordination agreements.- Review and revise contracts with other third parties relating to, among other things, human resources, information technology, office leases, and personal property leases.- Prepare, review, and revise non-disclosure agreements.- Maintain corporate governance functions, including maintaining corporate minute books, preparation of corporate documents, such as articles of incorporation, certificates of formations, operating agreements, bylaws, partnership agreements, notices of organizational meetings, corporate resolutions, and written consents of directors, officers, and managers.- Prepare documents regarding, and coordinate, formation of corporate entities and modifications to corporate attributes and coordinate with registered agent to maintain corporate existence. Show less

Dallas, Texas

Managed all aspects of litigation relating to consumer, contract, collections, and commercial law including successfully negotiating settlement agreements. Trained and mentored co-workers.• Performed legal research, drafting of legal and business communications, calendaring, discovery responses and file preparation for mediation or trial ensuring accurate timely case handling. • Coordinated conferences and correspondence with outside counsel; designed, developed, and… Show more Managed all aspects of litigation relating to consumer, contract, collections, and commercial law including successfully negotiating settlement agreements. Trained and mentored co-workers.• Performed legal research, drafting of legal and business communications, calendaring, discovery responses and file preparation for mediation or trial ensuring accurate timely case handling. • Coordinated conferences and correspondence with outside counsel; designed, developed, and maintained legal department reports, databases, and filing systems providing seamless case management.• Investigated, evaluated, and resolved consumer complaints received from state regulators, pre-litigation attorney demands and small claims - average 10 matters per month. Researched state court rules, drafted hearing summaries, and briefed corporate representatives to attend trial resulting in successful outcomes.• Managed a 50-state collections/credit recovery litigation docket averaging 45 pending matters. Recovered in excess of $3,000,000 in 2014.• Interviewed and retained outside counsel, negotiated fees, reviewed and approved legal statements, assisted with gathering of internal documents and resources for responding to pleadings and discovery, managed counsel through all phases of litigation saving the company excessive legal fees.• Managed project, across multiple departments, to extend eDiscovery platform licensing and tool integration into existing ESI collection process transforming the manual process to an automated process which will have enormous cost savings. Drafted, issued, and tracked legal holds, avoiding adverse rulings.• Monitored ethics complaint database (EthicsPoint), created report for Board of Directors Ethics Committee and Ethics Council regarding complaints summary and statistics maintaining strict confidentiality.• Assisted attorney with audit of personnel files, reviewing contracts, ensuring compliance with all legal requirements. Show less

Fort Worth Regional Office

Legal support for enforcement team in review and analysis of business records for possible securities violations. • Helped prioritize and evaluate two major SEC investigations, including performing Concordance and Recommind database document searches and reviews, document tagging, document importing into CaseMap, creation of timelines in TimeMap and preparation of exhibits for depositions. Identified key information and events to successfully build our case strategy.• Assisted… Show more Legal support for enforcement team in review and analysis of business records for possible securities violations. • Helped prioritize and evaluate two major SEC investigations, including performing Concordance and Recommind database document searches and reviews, document tagging, document importing into CaseMap, creation of timelines in TimeMap and preparation of exhibits for depositions. Identified key information and events to successfully build our case strategy.• Assisted on several complex matters and, specifically, scheduled voluminous bank records into Excel and Access, analyzed transactions and linked activity to various unidentified accounts which resulted in additional subpoenas being issued and eventually the successful prosecution of securities law violators.• Processed discovery in priority SEC matters and identified, organized and cataloged all production, including ESI, video, audio, CD/DVD, and paper production to include Bates labeling which achieved organized, easily-reviewable data. Show less

Hurst, Texas

Litigation support for Chapter 7 and 13 bankruptcy cases. • Interviewed clients, compiled client documents and entered them into bankruptcy software. Submitted pleadings via ECF in U.S. District Court – Northern District of Texas Bankruptcy Court. Maintained regular communications with clients as their bankruptcy case progressed to ensure timely filing of all necessary documents and compliance with all legal requirements.

Dallas, Texas

Forensic Investigations lead. Professional litigation support for plaintiff’s personal injury law firm.• Located/maintained/prepared files, scheduled testimony, prepared exhibits and demonstrative evidence for trial use, assisted with voir dire and trial presentations.• Initiated, completed, and reviewed all background investigations, medical records retrieval and accident site investigations, summarized information and provided memo to attorney.• Drafted… Show more Forensic Investigations lead. Professional litigation support for plaintiff’s personal injury law firm.• Located/maintained/prepared files, scheduled testimony, prepared exhibits and demonstrative evidence for trial use, assisted with voir dire and trial presentations.• Initiated, completed, and reviewed all background investigations, medical records retrieval and accident site investigations, summarized information and provided memo to attorney.• Drafted litigation-related correspondence and pleadings. Maintained file room with complex multiparty litigation cases resulting in organized case files. Show less