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Natasha A. Walker Chicago,
IL 60601 - nwalker67@gmail.com - 872-800-8307 Paralegal with 9 years of work experience
and very active with several temporary companies with references TECHINCAL
SKILLS Proficient with Windows/Mac Office Suite -
Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Citrix, FileMaker, Lotus Notes, Lexis/Nexis,
CaseMap, eDiscovery, Westlaw, Concordance, FYI-Concordance, QuickBooks, Tax
software, Outlook and E-Fax • Iron Mountain Connect • United States Patent
Trademark Office • Canadian Intellectual Property Office. PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE United
Airlines Legal Department– Chicago, IL9/01/2013-Present Special
Council (Temporary Service) ● Phase
I Assigned to a small team to manually review over 52,000 boxes
of post-merger legal documents (including material involving
over 50 pending litigation cases) for client--United Airlines--record
retention, adhering to existing in its revision. ● Phase
II Further assigned to proven
team review over 120,000 multi-departments contracts and analyze large
volumes of data and documents for client United Airlines -- paying keen
attention to detail to effectively preserve client's interest. Mayer Brown -
Paralegal8/01/2013 - 9/01/2013 Robert Half (Temporary
Service) ●
Working
with Documatrix reviewed and reviewed and redacted documents for production
in connection
with a high profile federal securities case involving a Chinese reverse merger Plante
Moran LLP– Chicago, IL - Paralegal (Temporary Service)12/2011 -
8/01/2013 ●
Working
with ezReview redacting and reviewing documents ●
Selected
from an elite team of paralegals from previous jobs organizing and
maintaining pre-trial discovery database ●
Used
Concordance old and new software GE
Capital – Chicago, IL -Paralegal5/2013-6/2013 Special
Council (Temporary Service) ●
Tracked
717 customers thru Hoover, OneSource and Google Finance for Govt. or U.S.
ownership ●
Prepare
affidavits or other documents, such as legal correspondence, and organize and
maintain documents in paper or electronic filing system ●
Prepare
for trial by performing required tasks ●
Prepare
legal documents, including briefs, pleadings, appeals, wills, contracts, and
real estate closing statements Garden
City Group– Chicago, IL - Paralegal10/2010 - 3/17/2012 American
Legal Research (Temporary Service) ●
Key
member of the first responder taskforce team addressing the claimants of the
BP AMOCO OIL SPILL ●
Dealing
with various toxins the client was exposed to setting up the cases in the
system getting them ready for court processing ●
Negotiated
large volume of liability claims ●
Performed
extensive due diligence in support of claim authenticity based on a strict BP
guideline ●
Engage
in fact finding with claimants to better determine validity of assorted
claims and adherence to guidelines ●
Key
team lead, in substantially reducing fraud payouts to claimants by
approximately 25% by utilizing a self-devised double check and balance
approach for claims review, which allowed for a more efficient workflow ●
Integral
in the consistency of the workflow through engagement on an interdepartmental
basis at all levels in relation to claimant updates and status ●
Body
of work in regards to claimant’s eligibility status was critical in the determination
of BP AMOCO as the claim being one of a payment status, non-payment status,
legal representation or simply fraud GE
Capital –Chicago, ILSpecial Council (Temporary Service) 11/2007 - 10/2010 ●
Provided
paralegal and administrative support to General Counsel and Legal Team ●
Assisted
in the development of an electronic File Management system for all in-house
legal files ●
Updated
and tracked all patents for GE Railcar and its affiliated companies – dating
back to beginning to current status’ ●
Provided
detailed research following up with the status of all patents – handled
over 1000 active patents and 200 pending patents ●
Utilized
Canada, Mexico and US online patent and trademark sites for auditing
portfolio for current status, maintenance fee schedules and downloading
abstracts for in-house use ●
Managed
administrative tasks for the General Counsel ●
Managed
flow of incoming calls and visitors for department ●
served
as backup for other legal team members ●
Maintained
follow-up/reminder systems to insure timely completion of projects and
prepared necessary documents for equipment order and supplies ●
Assisted
General Counsel and Assistant General Counsel in tracking of CLE hours and
continuing education credits for staff to meet requirements for varying state
bar requirements ●
Maintained
and updated all file entries in the Iron Mountain system Kirkland
and Ellis LLP – Chicago, IL - Paralegal11/2006 - 12/2007 Hudson
Legal(Temporary Service) ●
Assisted
in preparation of various legal documents including complaints, responses and
discovery projects ●
Prepare
affidavits or other documents, such as legal correspondence, and organize and
maintain documents in paper or electronic filing system ●
Prepare
for trial by performing tasks such as organizing exhibits ●
Prepare
legal documents, including briefs, pleadings, appeals, wills, contracts, and
real estate closing statements Covington
Group, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP – Chicago, IL6/2005 - 11/2006
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy (New York Based Temporary Legal Service)
-
Paralegal
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Assisted
in extensive discovery projects, which included document review and
production for a corporate client in response to an SEC inquiry ●
Prepare
affidavits or other documents, such as legal correspondence, and organize and
maintain documents in paper or electronic filing system ●
Prepare
for trial by performing tasks such as organizing exhibits ●
Prepare
legal documents, including briefs, pleadings, appeals, wills, contracts, and
real estate closing statements LandAmerica
Title Insurance- Chicago, IL Legal Project Manager3/2003 - 6/2005
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Examined
and processed all policy and documentation for titles (high volume 40 to 100
titles / day ●
Extensive
closings: Koenig & Strey GMAC thru (Commonwealth) 3 to 4 closings / day ●
Planned
all office events and meetings and Produced Hold Harmless Letter requests ●
Extensive
scheduling and established, maintained and setup 1031 files ●
Maintained
the office database in Microsoft Access and Excel ●
Processed
Patents, Extensive Microsoft PowerPoint presentations ●
Produced
training manuals for extranet applications and how-to manuals for all office
equipment White-Smith
Realty Chicago, IL Office Manager(Part-Time) 3/1999-1/2006 ●
Assisted
in establishing new properties and listing agreements ●
Scheduling,
track due dates, deadlines, progress of loan application, termination dates
in listing agreements/contracts ●
Working
with investors finding land, researching blueprints and filing to the city ●
Accounting:
oversee the accounting procedure, sales contacts, seller net sheets, process
accounting job codes, employee expense reports; process commission billing
forms for complete accuracy and complete billing checklist; administer
account receivable/collections and aging report ●
Marketing/Production/Research:
assisted in preparation and production of advertisements of listings,
contracts for sale and purchase, leases, objective data & information to
appraisers, surveys, and marketing materials ●
Other
responsibilities included database management; track office inventory; order
business cards, delivery of documents and keys, placement, authorized signs
on property, schedule home inspections EDUCATION Trinity
Christian College Business Administration LandAmerica
Training Exchange
Certificate & Title Insurance Certificate Underwriting, Closing/Notary
and Document review Paralegal
Training Program – PatentsIron Mountain Connect United
States Patent Trademark Office Canadian Intellectual Property Office |
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