ERNESTO CRUZ

(630) 853-7743

EXPERIENCE

Hartnett Fisch – Naperville, IL

9/2013 - Present

Paralegal Intern

  · Support a three-attorney real estate litigation and transaction law firm

  · Draft pleadings and discovery, including interrogatories and requests for production

  · Draft complaints, quit-claim deeds and Series LLC designations

  · Perform legal research on the topic of mortgage rescue fraud, tortious interference, and

apparent authority using Westlaw

  · Investigate public records for foreclosures

  · Assist in document organization for trial, real estate closings, and eminent domain cases.

  · Review medical records for personal injury cases

Fireman’s Fund Insurance– Lisle, IL

3/2007 – 1/2009

Prestige Solutions Specialist

  · Reduced processing time by 50%

  · Processed reports in Choicepoint and Lotus Notes Report Ordering for Excess & EPIC

  · Responded to multiple inquires through phone and email from agents

  · Setup and processed new business applications, midterm changes, manual endorsements, and

renewals for agents and underwriters

  · Trained new temps and create training manual for Prestige Solutions

  · Event Planner & Coordinator (Fire & Safety Chair and Employee Council Chair)

Citi Mortgage– Downers Grove, IL

5/2006 – 2/2007

Loan Processor

  · Handled incoming and outgoing inquiries from brokers and account executives

  · Organized client database; purged old files and entered conditions into LPM database

  · Processed conditions and assisted underwriters and ISR’s

  · Assisted the closing department with customers files

Indinter Consultants, S.A. de C.V. – Mexico City, MX

4/2002 – 4/2003

Business Manager

  · Bring new business to the company and introduce the CFD market

  · Manage investors’ accounts, trading in various CFD Markets (Hang Seng, Nikkei, FOREX)

  · Promote company, recruit, interview & hire new account executives

  · Train & manage 20+ account executives

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Warrenville, IL 60555

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ecruz.plegal21@gmail.com

EDUCATION

College of DuPage – Glen Ellyn, IL

Current

ABA Approved Paralegal Studies

  · Legal Research & Writing, Drafting Legal Documents, Legal Ethics, Business Law, Civil Litigation,

Family Law, Bankruptcy Law, Immigration Law, Criminal Law, Labor & Employment Law, Traffic

Law & Investigation

Benedictine University – Lisle, IL

2000-2005

International Business & Economics, Marketing

  · International Management, Global Strategic Management, International Negotiation,

International Relations, International Marketing, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics & Price

Theory

  · President of Coalition of Latino American Student organization

o Acquired Mexicana de Aviacion as a sponsor

o Acquired UPS as a sponsor

SKILL SET

  · Native fluency in Spanish

  · Experienced in Westlaw, Tabs 3, Practice Master, Abacus Law, Adobe Acrobat, CaseMap,

TimeMap, Trial Director, Concordance and Best Case

  · Proficient in Lotus, Word, Excel, Publisher, PowerPoint and Outlook

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

  · Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

  · DuPage County Bar Association

  · Cook County Bar Association

ERNESTO CRUZ

Warrenville, IL 60555

(630) 853-7743

ecruzdcruz21.wix.com/paralegal

ecruz.plegal21@gmail.com