CHERRELLE JAMES

5253 W. Congress Pkwy
Chicago, IL 60644
773-467 - 6796: Cell

773- 887- 5501: Home
shevonjames21@gmail.com

QUALIFICATIONS

 

•         Highly inquisitive, motivated, creative and resourceful- self-directed/self-starter

•         Excellent skills in communication- written/oral and collaboration

•         Skilled at analyzing and assembling complex information and data, researching and preparing drafts and memoranda regarding the law, the facts, and the application of the law to those facts, managing litigation and administrative timelines

•         Strong analytical and problem solving skills

•         Able to work collaboratively and effectively in a team setting with attorneys and other legal staff.

•         Ability to engage senior executives with a mature and credible disposition

•         Strong commitment to excellence and personal and professional growth

•         Good people skills and quick study and learner

•         Able to schedule, prepares for, assist with, and summarize depositions, and other legal discovery, and effectively interact with clerks and other administrative personnel of courts and public agencies, and other parties, as needed to fulfill job assignments

•         Ability and willingness to independently think and strategize

•         Excited by the law and professional development as a paralegal

 

 

WORK

Pierce & Associates, LLC, Chicago, ILMarch 2014- Present

FHA Specialist

·  Receive workload from client sites, client emails, Deeds vested to HUD.

·  Review the deeds: confirm the vesting information; confirm the legal description; confirm the pin; confirm the property address.

·  Confirm Title clearance .

·  Update client sites and case notes.

·  Prepare Block 10- letters, PTax forms, and affidavits.

·  Follow up with clients for recording instructions.

 

Deed Reporting Clerk

•         Requested executed deeds on foreclosed homes throughout the state of Illinois.

•         Distributed deeds to the correct processor to begin recording process.

•         Interacted/responded to clients' requests via email, phone, mail, vendor sites.

•         Data entry.

•         High volume of deed requesting on files.

•         Completed client sites.

•         Received/Sorted/Distributed mail; Drafted and prepared docs needed to obtain executed deeds: Assignment of Certificate of Sale; Deed packages; Cover letters; Knowledge of the Foreclosure Process and legal documents.

Nate’s Construction LLC, St Charles, IL                                            October, 2011- Feb 2014

Real Estate Project Manager

•         Scheduled bid-walks

•         Submitted application for zoning and building permits

•         Maintained an accurate record of tasks and action items; track completion, and follow up with responsible parties

•         Routed lease package for full execution

•         Processed PORs

•         Processed close/out package

•         Managed outside vendors

•         Obtained NTPs

•         Tracked all milestones task 

NIU English Department, DeKalb, IL        January, 2009-May, 2011

English Tutor

•                                                           Helped incoming freshmen develop their writing skills

•                                                           Worked in workshops focusing on creative writing

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL                                                August, 2007- May, 2011

Full-time Student

 

EDUCATION

Roosevelt University                                                                           August, 2013 - August, 2014

Paralegal Certificate

 

Northern Illinois University.                                                                August. 2007 - May, 2011

B.A. in Journalism

English minor

 

COMPUTER SKILLS

•         MS Word

•         Excel

•         Power Point

•         Lexis-Nexus

•         Westlaw

•         Typing: 55 WPM

 

INTEREST

Basketball, volleyball, ice skating, writing fiction, blogging, mentoring

 

References upon request.