Chemaine Athias-Williams

22626 Parkview Drive

Richton Park, IL 60471

(708) 254-8916: Cell

(312) 201-2620: Work

(708) 747-2028: Home

Email: chemaineaw@gmail.com

 

EMPLOYMENT

06/03 – Present EDWARDS WILDMAN PALMER LLP n/k/a LOCKE LORD LLP

Senior Litigation Paralegal

 

·                       Participant in the selection process regarding the Firm’s move to a new electronic review tool.

·                       Work with Litigation Support to design, implement and maintain document databases.

·                       Develop issue codes/terms for document reviews.

·                       Review and analyze paper/electronic documents for relevant, privilege and/or confidential determinations.

·                       Create document/privilege logs.

·                       Supervise and organize document productions.

·                       Trial and deposition preparation.

·                       Prepare witness files for trials and depositions.

·                       Track and manage trial and deposition exhibits.

·                       Prepare deposition designations, objections and counter-designations.

·                       Assist with memoranda preparation.

 

03/01 – 05/03 D'ANCONA & PFLAUM LLC

 

Litigation Paralegal

 

•Trial, arbitration and deposition preparation.

•Assist in brief preparation.

•Document production.

•Create and maintain production and privilege logs.

•Summarize deposition transcripts.

•Manage deposition and trial exhibits.

•Draft pleadings and motions.

•Database creation and maintenance.

•Conduct fact-finding research.

 

 

07/00- 02/01 CHICAGO STOCK EXCHANGE, INCORPORATED

 

Market Regulation Paralegal

 

•Draft Charges filed against members.

•Maintain disciplinary, investigation and arbitration dockets and case files.

•Prepare agendas for, record and transcribe minutes of member committee and subcommittee meetings.

•Inform the general membership of the final committee or subcommittee action taken at meetings.

•Prepare and submit proposed rule change forms that relate to floor trading and Rule 19d-1 submission to the SEC.

•Draft related floor "information memoranda" and notices to members.

•Prepare reports in connection with regulatory investigations and disciplinary matters.

•Administer the Exchange's Minor Rule Violation Plan and submit quarterly reports to the SEC for actions taken under the plan.

 

08/98 – 06/00HINSHAW & CULBERTSON

Litigation/Insurance Coverage Paralegal

 

• Prepared cases for trial.

• Conducted fact-finding research.

• Prepared and maintained cast of characters and case calendar.

• Prepared draft responses to discovery requests for production and interrogatories.

• Created privileged and document production logs.

Summarize trial and deposition transcripts.

•Managed deposition and trial exhibits.

•Prepared insurance policy coverage charts.

•Summarized and managed insurance claim and underwriting files.

 

 

09/89 - 08/98 JENNER & BLOCK

 

Paralegal Assistant/Litigation Paralegal

 

• Independently responsible for case management.

·                        Trial preparation.

•Created and managed computerized case databases.

•Conducted fact-finding research.

•Supervised witness files preparation.

•Reviewed and indexed privileged and production documents.

•Summarized deposition and trial transcripts.

•Managed deposition and trial exhibits.

•Prepared and maintained cast of characters and case file index.

•Prepared and organized closing books for commercial real estate properties.

•Performed tasks such as file maintenance, indexing, chronologizing, document stamping, retrieving case law, filing and retrieving court documents.

•Performed other related duties and assignments as needed.

 

EDUCATION

 

Roosevelt University's Lawyer's Assistant Program- Litigation Specialty.