KELLY LIVIGNI

Phone: (708)724-8144  n  Page 2

 

 

kelly livigni

Paralegal

®          Certified Paralegal – Honors

Potestivo & Associates, P.C . – Chicago, IL February, 2009 to Present

Provides Loss Mitigation Services to Lending Institutions.

 

Litigation Paralegal -Department of Justice Technician 

Student Loan Collections.  Responsible for timeline management and preparation of Demand Letters, preparation and electronic filing of Appearances, Complaints, Motions, Status Reports, Default and Stipulations for Consent Judgments, Voluntary Dismissals and Courtesy Copies. Preparation of Summonses and Citations to be issued and sent for service. Prepare and record Abstracts. Authorized by the Department of Education to accept compromised settlement offers.

 

Reverse Mortgage  and Multi-Unit Foreclosures, for Department of HUD and Department of Agriculture.   Timeline management, preparation and efiling of Complaints, Exhibits, Lis Pendens, Affidavits of Prove Up, Motions, Notices and Orders for Default Packages.  Provide documentation, including Bid Instructions to Selling Officer for sales dates and Orders Approving Report of Sale and Distribution and Orders of Possession.  Recordation of Deeds. Client contact for Department of Justice and the Department of Education.

 

Eviction Paralegal

Recruited to start up the eviction department. Directly responsible for the completion of the eviction process, once properties have been foreclosed.  Intake of all new referrals, determining course of action, i.e., eviction through foreclosure action or forcible entry and detainer, timeline management and preparation of Complaints and Summons, Notices of Postings, Courtesy Copies, Motions to Amend Orders of Possession and Motions to Extend Orders of Possession, scheduling court dates and maintaining court calendar. Directly responsible to clients to ensure all questions and concerns are responded to in a timely, professional and satisfactory manner.  Directly responsible for the closing and billing procedures to ensure client invoices are accurate.  Heavy client contact, multi-tasking and timeline management are essential for this position, as well as a complete and thorough understanding of the Illinois eviction process.

 

Chicago Title and Trust Company/Mid America Title Company 2001 to 2008

Provided Escrow Closing Services on behalf of Mortgage Lenders.

Contract Escrow Officer

On a contract basis, coordinated residential and commercial purchases and refinances according to lender instructions at respective title companies and on-site at various law firms throughout the Chicago Land Area. Clearance of title, preparation of Deeds, adherence to lender instructions in order to disburse the loan and achieve desired lien position, ensuring mortgage is in recordable form, preparation of HUD-1 Settlement Statements, preparation of Title Indemnity Agreements and Personal Undertakings, balanced all closing costs and credits in order to properly disburse loan proceeds.  Individual signatory on all check disbursements up to $250,000.00 and co-signor on all checks over $250,000.00, for Chicago Title – signatory on all checks up to $25,000 for Mid America Title.

 

Hooker, Bode Collier, P.C. — Richmond, VA 1996 – 1998

Provided Real Estate Services to Lending Institutions.

Paralegal

Prepared Title Commitments, Owner and Lender’s Policies, based on searcher’s notes, preparation of closing documents, title clearance and preparation of HUD-1 Settlement Statements.

 

 

MASS AND MILLER, P.C. —  Chicago, IL 1988 - 1994

Law Firm practicing in areas of Probate, Real Estate, Corporate and Creditor’s Rights in Bankruptcy.

Paralegal

Coordinated transactions of residential and commercial real estate.  Ordered title commitments, surveys, payoff letters, inspections, estimates of redemption for property tax purposes.  Drafted seller documentation, including but not limited to Deeds, Land Trust Agreements and ABI’s, Bills of Sale, Affidavits of Title, Release Deeds and Lien Waivers, Letters of Direction, Estoppel Letters, Rent Rolls, Real Estate Sale Contacts, Land Contracts, UCC Filings, Lease Agreements.  Performed title searches – clearance of all title issues.  Major accomplishment:  Assisted in the creation and preparation of documentation for the Chicago Patrolmen’s Federal Credit Union Home Equity Loan Program.   Drafted corporate resolutions, unanimous written consents and minutes.  Prepared annual corporate reports.

 

MASS MILLER & JOSEPHSON, LTD., - Chicago, IL 1984 – 1988

Law Firm practicing in areas of Probate, Real Estate and Corporate.

Legal Secretary

Legal Secretary to Partner in the practice of Real Estate, Probate and Corporate Law.

roosevelt university - Chicago, IL

Paralegal Certificate (with Honors), 1990

CARL SANDBURG HIGH SCHOOL – Chicago, IL

Diploma

 

®          Electronic Filing Class  – Dirksen Federal Building

®          MS Word, Outlook, Excel, Adobe, Time Matters, Time Slips, Client Based Websites (LPS, Equator, FMC, EVO) and LexisNexis.

®          Notary Public

®          Federal Clearance by the Department of Justice