Annie D. Christensen

17824 W. Salisbury Drive, Gurnee, IL 60031-4593

gremlinpx236@gmail.com  |  224-733-8079  Cell

 

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

 

·                                                                                                                                                       Numerous years of general legal experience as paralegal, legal assistant, and legal administrative assistant in manufacturing and healthcare.

·                                                                                                                                                       Over 3 years negotiating, drafting, editing, revising, and managing various legal, commercial, real estate, nondisclosure and consulting agreements, clinical contracts, protocols, and clinical trial agreements.

·                                                                                                                                                       Skilled in variety of computer software use, word processing, spreadsheets (Excel), presentation graphics, electronic filing, and database management tasks.

·                                                                                                                                                       Worked closely with high-level executives, clinical personnel, investigators, and outside vendors.

·                                                                                                                                                       Above average proficiency in writing/composition, use of grammar, spelling, and proofreading, and editing.

·                                                                                                                                                       Versatile, flexible, quick learner, and adaptable and enjoys learning new software and skills.

 

KEY AREAS OF COMPUTER PROFICIENCY USE AND KNOWLEDGE

Computer SkillsMicrosoft Office, Lotus Suites, Word Processing: Microsoft Word, Corel, WordPerfect, Adobe,

& Software Workshare, Lotus AmiPro Merge Documents, Mail Merge, Email, Calendars: Outlook, Lotus

ProgramsNotes Presentations: PowerPoint, Freelance, Org Plus, Corel Spreadsheets: Excel, Lotus Publishing Graphics: Publisher, Adobe Illustrator, PageMaker, Corel Draw, MacDraw Pro Data Entry Skills: Alpha-numeric (21,500+ kpm) Databases & File/Case/Data Management: CPI, eDOCS DM, LegalEdge, Patricia Web (Patrix), eRoom, SharePoint, Corporate Focus, Access, ACT, HRIS, SAP, Worldox, LawPack, iManage Worksite, FileSite Billing: Timeslips, Data Conversion: ABBYY FineReader.

Editing SkillsContracts | Clinical Trial Documents | Pleadings | Correspondence | Manuscripts | Clinical Protocols | Benefits Documents | Operating Procedures Manuals | Standard Operating Procedures | Artwork | Package Labels & Inserts | Graphics | Diagrams | Templates | Draft Copies

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Manpower – Contractor     February 2015-Present

·            Legal Administrative Assistant — O’Donnell Haddad LLC — Draft, proofread, edit, and finalize all real estate documents residential and commercial and preparing for closings.

 

Office Team – Contractor     January 2015-January 2015

·                  Media Converter Technician—College of Lake County — Converted textbooks to supplements for disabled students using ABBYY Fine Reader converter software.

 

Personal Project – January 2014-December 2014     Worked on real estate investment project.

Robert Half Legal – Contractor     June 2013-November 2013

·   Legal Administrative Assistant--USG Corporation--Intellectual Property, Patents:  Assisted Chief IP Counsel, Sr. Counsel, & Patent Paralegal with managing various emails, patent documents, file reviews, and case management.

 

Kelly Services – Contractor    October 2012-December 2012

·            Department Specialist/Coordinator--Baxter--Legal, Intellectual Property, Patents: Reviewed patent documents and electronically filed, saved, and renamed them into Citrix and Patricia databases. Coordinated the distribution of workload between the attorney/paralegal teams for further case handling.

 

Manpower – Key Contracting Assignments   September 2010-September 2012

·            Executive Assistant--Abbott Laboratories’ Vice President--Proprietary Pharmaceuticals and Sr. Director--Marketing Divisions, Oncology: Worked with clinical contracts and documents related to the spin-off and provided regular administrative support including creating presentations, documents, and spreadsheets, arranging travel, expense reporting, calendar and email management, and other assigned duties.

·            Clinical Paralegal--Abbott Laboratories’ Vice President & General Counsel--Licensing & Acquisitions: Managed, reviewed, and analyzed clinical contracts and clinical trial agreements. Managed databases and created Excel spreadsheet reports of clinical trial agreements relating to spin-off of AbbVie. Managed high volume, due diligence, review dates, and execution of clinical contracts, clinical trial agreements, focus panel agreements, speaker agreements, non-disclosure agreements, consulting agreements, IT agreements, licensing agreements, SOWs, LOIs, and correspondence, etc. and organized agreements and transferred from old database to SharePoint.

·           Executive Assistant--Abbott Laboratories’ Vice President--Pharmaceutical Products Division, Administrative Services & International Division: Managed calendar and emails, entered information in Excel spreadsheets, accomplished employee-related work, PowerPoint presentations, employee anniversaries, company fleet, and answered/screened phone calls.

·                  Legal Administrative Assistant--President/Founder, Haddad Law Firm--Commercial & Residential Real Estate Law: Assisted in startup, created forms, and managed day-to-day operations of new law office. Assisted with closings and complex real estate transactions.

 

Legacy.com (an online publishing company) – Seasonal Work     October 2009-March 2010

Content/Reader Screener--Operations Manager, Editorial Department:  Read content, screened copy, and approved or disapproved copy for publication.

 

Hollister Incorporated (a healthcare company) – Permanent     June 2007-July 2009

Paralegal/Legal Assistant in the Corporate Law Dept. assisted two attorneys (the Law Vice President and the Commercial Law Director) in commercial law, business law, corporate governance and securities, acquisitions and divestitures, due diligence, intellectual property law areas. Paralegal duties were: Negotiated, drafted, edited, revised, finalized and managed high volume of clinical contracts, focus panel agreements, non-disclosure agreements, consulting agreements, IT agreements, licensing agreements, SOWs, correspondence, etc. Created/edited Excel spreadsheets with contract tracking information and routing of signatures. Held company liaison role for all incoming and generating outgoing company contracts with outside vendors, internal clinical and IT personnel, and coordinated contract work for the Law Dept.  Duties included contract negotiations between internal personnel and external vendors and clinical and IT consultants, doctors, nurses, investigators, focus panel groups, etc. Managed the entire contract database (Corporate Focus). Legal Admin duties were: Worked with budgets, POs, ACRs, Invoices, financial reports, etc. Arranged international and domestic travel and completed expense reports and managed budget. Set up system to accomplish mass mailings and merge letters. Designed PowerPoint presentations/communications and advanced Word documents and mail merge labels and letters. Was “go to” person to ask help for using computer software apps.

 

Kelly Services – Key Temporary Assignments    August 2006-April 2007

·            Product Surveillance Associate--Baxter:  Performed customer service phone work handling medical device issues and adversities and documenting them.

·            Document Control Specialist--Baxter Vice President & Director:  Worked in various departments in clinical research, research and development, regulatory affairs, licensing, protocols, FDA & Regulatory with documents, product codes, and product labeling.

·            Legal Secretary--President of a Family Law firm--Libertyville, IL: Took dictation and drafted legal documents using Word. Set up appointments, received payments, and managed the office.

 

Becker Gurian (a commercial real estate law firm) – Permanent    October 2005-July 2006

Legal Assistant/Paralegal assisting the Partners and Associate Attorneys in commercial real estate law practice. Duties included revised/drafted contracts, documents, and correspondence, transcribed dictation, client billing, organized/managed files, assisted with closing documents, organized, typed, and created closing books, formed LLC companies, worked with Certificates of Formation, Articles of Organization and Good Standing, UCC files and other legal documents, typed/filled out Representation Questionnaires, scanned, printed copied, faxed, and overnighted documents.

 

Other Temporary Work Assignments   2000-2005

Ø       Legal Assistant for the President of a commercial real estate law office.

Ø       Senior Executive Assistant for Vice President, Treasury Tax & Risk, Dade Behring.

Ø       Legal Secretary for law firm Partners in general practice, estate law, civil litigation, criminal law, personal injury, and insurance defense law offices.

Ø       Senior Administrative Assistant for VP/Director Clinical Research, Takeda Pharmaceuticals.

Ø          Legal Administrative Assistant for Corporate General Counsel and VP/Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, Takeda Pharmaceuticals.

Ø       Executive Assistant for IT Vice President, Zebra Technologies.

Ø       Legal Executive Assistant for Associate Chief Counsel, Baxter.

 

EDUCATION

 

College of Lake County (CLC) – Grayslake, IL

Associates Degree credits in Applied Science, Paralegal Studies, and specialty courses including Contracts. Current GPA: 3.55.

Waukegan High School – Waukegan, IL

Received Diploma and graduated with honors in requirement and elective courses.

 

ACCOMPLISHMENTS, ABOVE AND BEYOND

 

─School Administration Assistant--Middle Schools, Lake County, IL – Volunteer     1995-2011

In making a contribution and an impact towards education, performed unpaid work as a School Secretary for Principal and Assistant Principal at various Lake County middle schools. Duties included wrote, proofread, corrected grammar, spelling, and composition, edited, typed and copied school documents and confidential teacher evaluations. Set up database for administrators and teachers. Designed Excel spread sheets and PowerPoint newsletters on MAC applications. Coordinated after-school activities.

─Honored with Spot Award twice for exemplary performance at Abbott.     2011 & 2012

─Revamped contract tracking software and database for Hollister to include due diligence and review date reminders for performance, compliance, and/or extensions of the contracts held with vendors, researchers, investigators, scientists, physicians, nurses, etc. agreement terms.

─Created new filing criteria and new clinical contract and focus panel contract request forms in Hollister’s electronic clinical contracts database. Upgraded its categories in paper files to save time searching, finding, and filing contracts for internal and external users. Docketed review dates. Designed cross referencing indexes of contract files. Was main point of contact with Hollister for contract execution and management.

─Instrumental in assisting Hollister with merge documents for its corporate legal projects that resulted in significant cost savings of approximately $145,000 annually, replacing the engagement of service of outside law firms used in this regard.  Trained staff on how to use.

─Demonstrated Becker Gurian staff on how to use Microsoft Word, transitioning from WordPerfect, saving the law firm over $5,000 by avoiding outside consultant services.

─Developed and set up new file and data entry system from conception to finish for saving time in searching and finding protocols and investigator reports for Takeda.

─Volunteered as Software Tester in addition to normal duties to troubleshoot problems for newly installed SAP database for Allegiance Healthcare’s deadline-driven, HR projects’ faster turnaround.

─Engineered eleven cost-saving ideas implemented for Abbott that resulted in $4,000 savings.