LESLIE D. ADAMS

 

P.O. Box 692, Urbana, Illinois  61803 ¨ (631) 655-5707 ¨ leslieadams07@yahoo.com

                    

Paralegal / Legal Assistant/Office Support Assistant

-with comprehensive knowledge of

 

Real Estate Law ♦ Internet Research ♦ Microsoft Office ♦ Customer Service

Problem Solving ♦ Adobe ♦ Drafting Legal documents ♦ Database Updating

Title Closing ♦ Insuring Residential & Reverse Mortgage Loans ¨Criminal Law ¨Tort Law ¨Family Law ¨Research and Legal Writing ¨Legal Research Websites ¨Troubleshooting and Technical Support ¨Basic Office duties i.e. Scanning, Faxing, Copying, Printing, Filing, Organizing, Structuring

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

URBANA-CHAMPAIGN BIG BROADBAND (UC2B), CHAMPAIGN, IL           (3/14- 10/14)

Office Support Assistant

¨       Perform basic clerical tasks including, but not limited to: filing, transcribing, scheduling                  meetings and fielding phone calls.

¨       Provide phone support for customer issues.

¨       Troubleshoot UC2B equipment including fiber connections, ethernet connections, routers.

¨       Determine whether customer issues are caused by on-premise equipment or a larger network issue.

¨       Work with high level technical support staff to report off-premise network issues.

¨       Respond to customer billing inquiries and answer general questions about UC2B.

MINCONE & MINCONE, P.C., MELVILLE, N.Y.(12/11-11/13)

Paralegal/Closing Coordinator

¨       Generated new development processes for a major housing market bank.

¨       Coordinated attorney private client real estate transactions.

¨       Completed post closing and loan funding of purchase and refinance transactions.

¨       Drafted purchase agreements for supervising attorney's approval.

¨       Arranged for execution of the purchase agreement and drafting deeds.

¨       Coordinated bank mortgage closing operations.

¨       Completed pending purchase agreements and created closing checklists for all real estate sales.

EQUITY SETTLEMENT SERVICES, SMITHTOWN, NY(6/01– 4/11)

Production Assistant/Escrow Officer

¨       Performed the description of Production Assistant/Escrow Officer from

¨       Senior team lead of specific clients assigned to team designation.

¨       HUD settlement statements for refinance transactions on residential properties.

¨       Drafted mortgage and deed documents for property transaction residential properties.

¨       Provided closing services for refinance homes, condos, and co-ops.

¨       Reviewed mortgage packages via overnight, and performed minimal post-closing duties.

¨       Reviewed title searches, clearing title searches of judgments and liens.

 

 

CREDENTIALS

Education: Suffolk Community Coll., AS: General Studies (May 2004), Kaplan University, Adv. Bachelors in Legal Studies (Nov. 2010)

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Training: LSAT, Legal Ethics, Contract Law, Landlord & Tenant Law

Certifications: Paralegal Studies at Kaplan University (Feb. 2006)