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SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT LIAISON
Summary

Highly skilled attorney with 20 years experience in private, public and non-profit sectors, in the following practice areas of civil law, as in-house staff attorney, sole practitioner, associate attorney, and employee of governmental agencies: civil rights, asbestos defense, medical malpractice, personal injury, contracts, labor and employment, administrative law, and successions.

Highlights
  • Legal research
  • Transcribing/finalizing pleadings
  • Estate planning
  • Decisive
  • Powerful negotiator

  • Practiced in litigation and contracts
  • Family law professional
  • Legal writing
  • Ethical
  • Business law
Accomplishments
  • 0 verdict in favor of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development in a wrongful death lawsuit in which the plaintiff's widow alleged negligent design and maintenance of a railroad crossing was upheld by the appellate court.
  • Won a Motion for Summary Judgment in a case involving the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections regulatory compliance regarding revocation and suspension of a driver's license after several DUI convictions, saving State $4 million.
  • The plaintiff did not appeal.
  • Won a rare directed verdict for the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development against allegations of negligent roadway design and maintenance by discrediting the plaintiff's expert and eye witnesses.
  • As staff counsel for a non-profit, negotiated with regulatory agencies to save my clients approximately $200,000 in assessments and penalties, and frequently investigated and resolved wage claims, vetted service contracts and renegotiated commercial lease terms.
Experience
Settlement Agreement Liaison10/2012 to CurrentBrown GreerRichmond, LA
  • Currently, serve as a liaison in two mass tort claims settlement programs, assisting more than 6,000 claimants represented by approximately 200 attorneys through evaluation and resolution processes.
  • I provide technical troubleshooting to users of electronic claims portals, offer alternative courses of action, and analyze documents - in order to ensure compliance with complicated settlement agreements.
  • promptly complete outreach projects to gather information needed to resolve claims and reach eligibility determinations.
  • consistently maintain high levels of productivity and accuracy, exceeding team averages while managing competing priorities and providing excellent customer service when responding to both internal and external inquiries.
  • For professional expertise, in the areas of quality, accuracy, productivity and thoroughness, regularly receive outstanding ratings, earning call feedback scores above the team average.
  • compile data related to outreach results, outcomes and trends experienced by the communications team for use by management.
Attorney01/1987 to 01/2012
Sole Practitioner
  • represented clients in successions, domestic, contracts and civil rights matters.
  • analyzed public agencies' internal documents for compliance with policies and procedures, conducted client interviews and claimants' depositions, and drafted pleadings.
  • Non-Profit Staff Attorney successfully negotiated with workers' compensation regulatory agencies to save four clients approximately $200,000 in assessments and penalties.
  • investigated several EEOC complaints, submitted position papers and ultimately obtained "no cause" determinations in favor of corporate clients.
  • established and maintained database and tracking system to efficiently complete 40 corporate withdrawals and dissolutions nationwide, requiring a thorough understanding of individual states' laws governing non-profit and charitable corporations, interfacing with government regulatory agencies and with corporate executives.
  • drafted staff policies which provided for compliance with state and federal labor laws, such as FMLA, FLSA, and including provisions concerning confidentiality, anti-discrimination, privacy and fraternization among employees.
  • routinely responded to wage claims, vetted contracts for services and office equipment, and renegotiated lease terms.
Associate Attorney
  • participated in depositions and motion practice in the defense of insureds in class action lawsuits concerning exposure to asbestos, and before medical review panels.
  • represented plaintiffs in "slip and fall" incidents and automobile collisions.
  • Licenses and Certifications Attorney licensed by the Supreme Court of Louisiana Louisiana Notary Public.
Education
Juris DoctorateTulane University School of LawNew Orleans, LA
Bachelor of Science: AccountingUniversity of New OrleansNew Orleans, LAAccounting
Skills
Attorney, contracts, client, clients, excellent customer service, database, government, managing, Notary Public, office equipment, policies, processes, Profit, quality, troubleshooting
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Brown Greer

School Attended

  • Tulane University School of Law
  • University of New Orleans

Job Titles Held:

  • Settlement Agreement Liaison
  • Attorney
  • Sole Practitioner
  • Associate Attorney

Degrees

  • Juris Doctorate
    Bachelor of Science : Accounting

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