Daniel DiMeo

Wilmette, IL

Phone: (312) 339-8637  -  Email: ddimeo@ymail.com

 

 

Summary: College graduate and ABA-approved Paralegal Certification program graduate. Experienced paralegal with skills in document drafting, project management, and complex case review. Comfortable in a fast-paced, multitasking office environment. Excellent writer, editor, and analyst with strong science and math competency.

 

Work Experience:

 

Paralegal – Fisher and Shapiro Law, LLC, Bannockburn, IL, August, 2012 – current

Complaint Specialist, Judgments Support, & Foreclosure Sales Clerk

·               Draft legal complaint, judgments, and other documents related to Foreclosure cases.

·               Examine title, mortgage, and other lender documents for proper execution and recording.

·               Contact and follow-up with lenders and mortgage servicers for missing or corrected documents, working with attorneys to verify accuracy and compliance.

·               Calculate total debt figures and draft bids for sheriff sales, attend and bid for plaintiff.

·               Coordinate court and sale proceedings with local counsels, clerks and sheriffs’ offices.

 

Investigations Case Manager: KenTech Consulting Inc., Chicago, IL, April-June 2012

·               Conducted detailed background checks for government client.

·               Processed internet searches, public and private agency inquiries via phone/email/fax.

·               Directed field investigations, working together to inform, guide, and complete reports.

·               Personally responsible for over a dozen cases from start to finish using management software.

 

Paralegal – Real Estate Lease Document Specialist: Walgreen Corporation (Contract), Deerfield, IL, Jan. – March 2012.

·               Reviewed real estate files, coding relevant lease, ownership, legal, and correspondence documents for scanning and digital filing.

·               Handled thousands of case files from across the country while working with a team that managed the retrieval, tagging, scanning, and returning of paper files to create digital files.

 

Paralegal – REO Closing Support: Fisher and Shapiro Law, LLC (Contract Assignment),

Chicago, IL, Oct. – Dec. 2011.

·               Wrote and processed city certifications, tax searches & Estimates of Redemption, visiting Chicago Water, Zoning, Cook Co. Clerk, and title company offices on several cases daily.

·               Managed closing documents using RamQuest and LOGS case management programs.

·               Scanned, faxed, and filed hard documents.

·               Researched property addresses to verify accuracy of closing referrals.

·               Communicated with title companies regarding contracts, deeds, titles, etc.

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Paralegal Intern: Cook County Public Defender, Forensic Science Division,

Chicago, IL, Nov. 2010 – Jan. 2011. 

·               Researched legal questions using Lexis & Westlaw online databases. 

·               Researched expert witness testimony using Public Defender database. 

·               Created Evidence Timesheets; Prepared subpoenas; Clerical work.

·               Analyzed and Organized Discovery documents and case files. 

 

Administrative Assistant: DiMeo & Co. Marketing Communications,

Chicago, IL, 2009-2010. 

·               Maintained office calendar, scheduled client appointments. 

·               Answered office phone and directed calls. Served clients as office liaison.

·               Assisted president with scheduling and clerical work.

·               Assisted office manager with maintaining office supplies

 

 

Education:

 

Roosevelt University, Chicago IL. ABA-approved Post-Baccalaureate Paralegals Studies Program, Chicago, IL, 2011.

 

Knox College, Galesburg, IL.  Bachelor of Arts degree, 2009.  Ellen Browning Scripps Scholarship award recipient.  Majors: Environmental Studies and Philosophy.

 

  Knox Student Senate (2008-9);  Sustainability Committee;  Presidential Sustainability Task Force; Campus Environment Committee.  Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity: member since 2006;  Sustainability Chair: 2008-9;  Scholarship Chair: 2007-8.

 

New Trier High School, Winnetka, IL.  Graduated in 2005.

 

 

Computer Skills:

 

Proficient with:

·               Westlaw & LexisNexis online databases

·               Legal case management software and several mortgage vendor programs

·               Microsoft Office, Outlook, and Excel

Tech savvy and able to learn new programs quickly

 

 

References: available upon request

 

Daniel DiMeo

Wilmette, IL

Phone: (312) 339 8637  -  Email: ddimeo@ymail.com