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WORKERS' COMPENSATION PARALEGAL
Professional Summary

Experienced Real Estate Paralegal/Legal Assistant with enthusiastic attitude and eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Charming personality coupled with over Ten (10) years years of experience in Residential Real Estate, Five (5) years experience in Probate and Family Law and less than One (1) year in Workers' Compensation for the Defense. Manages highly confidential information with professionalism and integrity. Eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Motivated to learn, grow and excel in legal field.

Skills
  • Excellent people skills
  • Document preparation
  • Title policies understanding
  • Office administration
  • Attorney/Account Billing
  • Time Management
Work History
Workers' Compensation Paralegal, 06/2019 to 03/2020
Company Name – City, State
  • Supervised appointment scheduling for three (3) attorneys and made adjustments and changes through Filevine and Clio application
  • Developed, managed and maintained up to fifty (50) open cases
  • Opened new Workers' Compensation claims
  • Tracked billable hours in Clio
  • Scheduled depositions and mediations as needed
  • Subpoena medical records
  • Request Hearings
Commercial Real Estate Paralegal, 10/2018 to 05/2019
Company Name – City, State
  • Professional commercial real estate closing paralegal with strong communication skills and excellent people skills
  • Experience includes coordinating closings; preparing HUD settlement statements and loan packages; maintaining communication with lenders, real estate agents, inspectors, surveyors, buyers and sellers, and process closing funds
  • Proficient with Soft-Pro, QuickBooks
Administrative Office Manager, 01/2013 to 01/2018
Company Name – City, State
  • Administrative duties included multi-line phone system and taking accurate detailed messages, scheduling appointments and giving quotes to clients, entered information into Mitchell1 and printed repair orders for technicians, made sure that repairs were done in timely manner, maintained all accounts payable and accounts receivable
Certified Paralegal, 01/2008 to 01/2013
Company Name – City, State
  • Provided administrative and secretarial support to attorney, who specializes in Estate Planning and Probate, Guardianships and Conservatorship, Corporations and LLCs, Real Estate and Collections
  • Prepared correspondences (heavy emphasis on drafting, editing, scanning, saving and transmitting in PDF format)
  • Assisted with drafting of Pleadings (summons, complaint, affidavit, motions)
  • Filed pleadings, motions, and other court documents with federal/state/local courts
  • Coordinated and arranged client meetings, depositions, Mediations arbitration, court appearances, and telephonic conferences
  • Communication with clients, courts, and opposing counsel
  • Generated large volume of estate planning , including Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, Living Will, and other related documents
  • Direct client contact communication in attending meetings (will signing, signing of other various estate planning documents)
  • Administrative duties included multi-line phone system and taking accurate detailed messages, scheduling appointments and meetings with clients, opening and distributing mail and faxes, entering billable time into system in timely manner
  • Assisted attorney in performing all duties of court appointed Guardian Conservator ensuring personal care and providing financial management to vulnerable adults in guardianship program
  • Coordinated services and helped make informed decisions for proper living arrangements that meet medical needs
  • Maintain client files
REO Buyer Representative Paralegal, 01/2006 to 01/2008
Company Name – City, State
  • Prepared closing packages and settlement statements
  • Made contact with other Attorney's to assist in execution of REO closing documents
  • Disbursed funds
  • Collaborated with attorneys, loan officers and agencies to complete property sales and purchases and thoroughly explained all financial requirements and data to potential buyers and sellers
Real Estate Paralegal, 01/2005 to 01/2006
Company Name – City, State
  • Worked on contract with Pope & Bowens, PA for Cobblestone Park Launch
  • Prepared all necessary documents for Cobblestone Park real estate closings
  • Contacting closer at Ginn Title to obtain seller approval of settlement statement and make initial contact with buyer to verify information given
  • Prepare buyer side of settlement statement according to lender closing instructions and obtain approval from lender
  • Send package to buyer for execution and follow up with buyer on return of executed package
  • Review executed package from buyer for accuracy and proper signatures
  • Helped to create a functional and deadline driven system to handle the high volume of closings within Cobblestone Park Launch
  • Worked closely with Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC) on resale of foreclosed properties, and worked on Cobblestone Park Launch in Blythewood, South Carolina
  • Disbursed Funds


REO Buyer Representative, 01/2004 to 01/2005
Company Name – City, State
  • Buyer-rep closer for financial institutions who are disposing of real estate which have assumed as result of bad debt
  • (REO= Real Estate Owned.)
  • Prepared necessary documents and made sure that documents were properly executed for conveyance of real property from Grantor to Grantee
  • Handled around 35-50 Closings per month
  • Assisted seller-rep closers and helped with all post closing issues
REO Paralegal, 01/2002 to 01/2004
Company Name – City, State
  • Handled resale of Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation properties
  • Prepared closing packages and settlement statements
  • Made contact with other Attorney's to assist us in different Counties with execution of closing documents
  • REO transactions
  • Helped prepare title commitments, policies, and resolve title issues
  • Process closing packages
  • Disburse funds
  • Handled all post-closing issues
Real Estate Paralegal, 01/1999 to 01/2002
Company Name – City, State
  • Gathered all information pertaining to real estate transaction
  • Prepared closing packages and settlement statements
  • Handled all post closing issues
Education
Associate of Science: Paralegal Studies, 07/1996
Midlands Technical College - City, State
References

Heather Vardell (864) 314-3789 Office Manager for Addison Law Group

Margaret Donahue (803) 730-3978 Attorney for Addison Law Group

Tommy Player (803) 775-2306 Attorney for Player & McMillan

Skills
  • Excellent people skills
  • Document preparation
  • Title policies understanding
  • Office administration
  • Attorney/Account Billing
  • Time Management
Work History
Workers' Compensation Paralegal, 06/2019 to 03/2020
Company Name – City, State
  • Supervised appointment scheduling for three (3) attorneys and made adjustments and changes through Filevine and Clio application
  • Developed, managed and maintained up to fifty (50) open cases
  • Opened new Workers' Compensation claims
  • Tracked billable hours in Clio
  • Scheduled depositions and mediations as needed
  • Subpoena medical records
  • Request Hearings
Commercial Real Estate Paralegal, 10/2018 to 05/2019
Company Name – City, State
  • Professional commercial real estate closing paralegal with strong communication skills and excellent people skills
  • Experience includes coordinating closings; preparing HUD settlement statements and loan packages; maintaining communication with lenders, real estate agents, inspectors, surveyors, buyers and sellers, and process closing funds
  • Proficient with Soft-Pro, QuickBooks
Administrative Office Manager, 01/2013 to 01/2018
Company Name – City, State
  • Administrative duties included multi-line phone system and taking accurate detailed messages, scheduling appointments and giving quotes to clients, entered information into Mitchell1 and printed repair orders for technicians, made sure that repairs were done in timely manner, maintained all accounts payable and accounts receivable
Certified Paralegal, 01/2008 to 01/2013
Company Name – City, State
  • Provided administrative and secretarial support to attorney, who specializes in Estate Planning and Probate, Guardianships and Conservatorship, Corporations and LLCs, Real Estate and Collections
  • Prepared correspondences (heavy emphasis on drafting, editing, scanning, saving and transmitting in PDF format)
  • Assisted with drafting of Pleadings (summons, complaint, affidavit, motions)
  • Filed pleadings, motions, and other court documents with federal/state/local courts
  • Coordinated and arranged client meetings, depositions, Mediations arbitration, court appearances, and telephonic conferences
  • Communication with clients, courts, and opposing counsel
  • Generated large volume of estate planning , including Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, Living Will, and other related documents
  • Direct client contact communication in attending meetings (will signing, signing of other various estate planning documents)
  • Administrative duties included multi-line phone system and taking accurate detailed messages, scheduling appointments and meetings with clients, opening and distributing mail and faxes, entering billable time into system in timely manner
  • Assisted attorney in performing all duties of court appointed Guardian Conservator ensuring personal care and providing financial management to vulnerable adults in guardianship program
  • Coordinated services and helped make informed decisions for proper living arrangements that meet medical needs
  • Maintain client files
REO Buyer Representative Paralegal, 01/2006 to 01/2008
Company Name – City, State
  • Prepared closing packages and settlement statements
  • Made contact with other Attorney's to assist in execution of REO closing documents
  • Disbursed funds
  • Collaborated with attorneys, loan officers and agencies to complete property sales and purchases and thoroughly explained all financial requirements and data to potential buyers and sellers
Real Estate Paralegal, 01/2005 to 01/2006
Company Name – City, State
  • Worked on contract with Pope & Bowens, PA for the Cobblestone Park Launch
  • Prepared all the necessary documents for the Cobblestone Park real estate closings
  • Includes the following:
  • Contacting the closer at Ginn Title to obtain seller approval of the settlement statement and make the initial contact with the buyer to verify the information given
  • Prepare the buyer side of the settlement statement according to the lender closing instructions and obtain approval from the lender
  • Send the package to the buyer for execution and follow up with the buyer on the return of the executed package
  • Review executed package from the buyer for accuracy and proper signatures
  • Helped to create a functional and deadline driven system to handle the high volume of closing within the Cobblestone Park Launch
  • Worked closely with Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC) on resale of foreclosed properties, and worked on Cobblestone Park Launch in Blythewood, South Carolina
  • Disbursed Funds


REO Buyer Representative, 01/2004 to 01/2005
Company Name – City, State
  • Buyer-rep closer for financial institutions who are disposing of real estate which have assumed as result of bad debt
  • (REO= Real Estate Owned.)
  • Prepared necessary documents and made sure that documents were properly executed for conveyance of real property from Grantor to Grantee
  • Handled around 35-50 Closings per month
  • Assisted seller-rep closers and helped with all post closing issues
REO Paralegal, 01/2002 to 01/2004
Company Name – City, State
  • Handled resale of Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation properties
  • Prepared closing packages and settlement statements
  • Made contact with other Attorney's to assist us in different Counties with execution of closing documents
  • REO transactions
  • Helped prepare title commitments, policies, and resolve title issues
  • Process closing packages
  • Disburse funds
  • Handled all post-closing issues
Real Estate Paralegal, 01/1999 to 01/2002
Company Name – City, State
  • Gathered all information pertaining to real estate transaction
  • Prepared closing packages and settlement statements
  • Handled all post closing issues
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Resume Overview

School Attended

  • Midlands Technical College

Job Titles Held:

  • Workers' Compensation Paralegal
  • Commercial Real Estate Paralegal
  • Administrative Office Manager
  • Certified Paralegal
  • REO Buyer Representative Paralegal
  • Real Estate Paralegal
  • REO Buyer Representative
  • REO Paralegal

Degrees

  • Associate of Science : Paralegal Studies , 07/1996

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