Tenacious and passionate Paralegal with experience in contract law, real estate law, and bankruptcy law. Interested in leveraging experience and knowledge within a progressive, professional setting.

Areas of Expertise

Drafting Pleadings – Contract Law - Legal Research – Real Estate Law-Bankruptcy Law-Tort Law

Paralegal Studies Certificate

Harper College - Palatine IL

 

Bachelors of Arts in Political Science

University of Illinois - Urbana IL

Blitt & Gaines Wheeling, IL

Legal Assistant/ Motions Coordinator      November 2013 – Present

Prepares routine motions for Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, Reviews and prepares consumer payment contracts, Reviews files for compliance with bankruptcy policies and procedures.

 

•          Prepared motions for a high-volume law firm

•          Responsible for a 69% drop in motions outstanding within first 21 days of employment

•          Drove the review and input of a high volume of bankruptcies

•          Drafts consumer payment agreements

•          Review on Average 150 Files per day

 

Fullett Rosenlund Anderson PC                        Lake Zurich, IL

Assistant to the Director of Operations                   August 2011-December 2012

Researches legal statutes, Oversees collections staff, Managed attorney work logs, Process's vendor payments, Oversaw daily collections operations, Maintains document library, Processed accounts receivable, Assisted in new hire orientation and training. Assisted in the hiring process.

 

•          Led a team of 7 individuals, while developing organizational improvement strategies

•          Conducted analyses on desired changes in operations, identified gaps and devised realistic methods to implement

•          Initialized and supported customers in 2 new systems for communications data collection and retrieval

•          Compiled initial complaints and continually prepared a large caseload for court