·   Drafted, proofread, notarized, and verified accuracy of legal documents to be filed at Illinois courts.

·   Assisted attorneys with research requests and managed cases for trial. Researched relevant judicial decisions, statutes, legal articles, codes and other pertinent material per request.

·   Performed title searches. Reviewed various legal notices involving real estate matters. Located statutes handled land trust matters and trained legal administrators on how to search and file documents in all county recorder’s offices in Illinois.

United Processing, Chicago, IL                                     January 2010-October 2010(Temporary Assignment)

Legal Assistant

·   Eliminated outdated or unnecessary documents, by destroying them or transferring them to inactive storage according to file maintenance guidelines and legal requirements.

·   Entered document identification codes into systems in order to determine locations of documents to be retrieved.

·   Performed periodic inspections of documents or files in order to ensure correct placement, legibility and proper condition.

Ikon Office Solutions, Chicago, IL                                 May 2008-December 2009(Temporary Assignment)

Site Manager

·   Managed the cost of goods by effectively supervising the shift in the use of company supplies.

·   Communicated job expectations and consequences to employees by training, coaching, counseling, directing, and evaluating to increase their work output and quality.

·   Managed financial results by interpreting projections, managing declining balances, and reconciling profit and loss statements.

Phillips Law Offices, Chicago, IL                                  September 2007-May 2008(Temporary Assignment)

Office Clerk

·   Eliminated outdated or unnecessary documents by destroying them or transferring them to inactive storage according to file maintenance guidelines and/or legal requirements.

·   Filed documents at court daily. Performed periodic inspections of documents or files in order to ensure correct placement, legibility, and proper condition. 

·   Scanned and read incoming documents in order to determine how and where they should be classified or filed.

·   Sorted and classified information according to guidelines such as content, purpose, user criteria, chronological, alphabetical, or numerical order.

Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins, Chicago, IL                           April 2007-August 2007(Temporary Assignment)

Paralegal Clerk

·   Assisted with the preparation of documents for the court run, and filed documents at court daily.

·   Checked exception binders and inputted missing information, and prepared closing books.

·   Inputted data into excel tables, and doubled check figures on closing statements.

·   Proofread legal descriptions, maintained property list and notified the villages of property recordings.