K. Chris Roby     (c) 678-641-2308     kinley65@hotmail.com

1777 Piedmont Ave., Apartment A1, Atlanta, GA  30324

Education: B.A. Art History, Pennsylvania State University, 1988

 

Summary of Qualifications

·  Advanced writing, editing and proofreading skills with seven self-published books

·  Advanced skills in Excel including macro creation, advanced formulas and coding in VBA

·  Four years of paralegal support positions with an emphasis on legal database management

·  Extensive legal and non-legal database building, maintenance and research

·  Experience in multiple positions performing report writing, research and technical writing, editing and proofreading

·  Ten years of administrative assistant experience, including executive support

 

Operating Systems

Windows: 2010, 2007, 2000, XP, NT + earlier versions

 

Legal Software

LAW 5.0 PreDiscovery v. 5.6.16, LAWtsi v. 5.5.25, Merrill Case Explorer (Discovery Navigator) v. 1.06.0029, LexisNexis Concordance v 10.00.02.17, Concordance Image v 5.00.00.78, NoteMap v. 2.1, CaseMap v. 8.5 + 4.6, TimeMap v. 5.0 + 3.0, TextMap v. 5.5, CT Summation iBlaze v. 3.0.0 + 1.06.0029

 

Reporting, Development and Database Software

VBA - Visual Basic for Applications, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Microsoft SQL Server Mgt. Studio, Crystal Reports 2008 v. 12.0.0.683, Deltek CRM & Proposals, Visual Studio 2010 (VB)

 

Internet and Office Software

IPRO Publisher, Visio, Lotus 1-2-3, Ami Pro, MS Word/Excel/Access including Visual Basic for Excel, Lotus Notes 4.5, OpenMail, MS PowerPoint 2002 and earlier, Macromedia Dreamweaver 3, Adobe Photoshop 5.0, Adobe Acrobat 3.01, HTML

 

Work Experience

 

Kroger (April 2015 – Present)

·  Performed cleaning duties in the deli department

 

Self-Employed Writer (2009 – Present)

·  (Trained on legal database software while seeking employment) July 2009 – 2012

·  Writing and self-publishing books in Kindle format (The Spires of Kikenatabi, 11/14, 339 pg., The Staff of Dominion, 2/14, 264 pg., Dream Interpretation - The Voice of Consciousness, 4/13, 32 pg., Into the Shadows, 12/12, 260 pg., Lucretia's Promise, 12/12, 209 pg., Maze of the Eclipse, 11/12, 230 pg., Overflow of the Undertow - Selected Poems, 4/15, 213 pg.

·  I edit my own work at a professional level

 

Help The People Program (October 2008 - July 2009)

·  Performed database population on a HUD certified counseling database system

·  Assisted clients seeking mortgage assistance

Cambridge Staffing (2004 - 2006)

·  Seyfarth Shaw, LLP: Coded documents and performed database work

·  Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP:

o  Database management and research on a large construction case, supporting three attorneys and another paralegal

o  Document research in Summation iBlaze and Merrill Case Explorer database systems

o  Created reports, identified database performance issues and performed miscellaneous paralegal duties

o  Researched and discovered previously unseen documents

o  Worked with attorneys during deposition preparation to identify relevant documents.

·  Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, LLP:

o  Document population on a large pharmaceutical patent case

o  Created reports and performed database research

o  Later worked on a paper industry patent case

o  Performed document review

o  Performed internet research, database research, report writing

 

Randstad (2002 - 2004)

·  Document population and entry work for law firms

·  Griffin Cochrane LLP

o  Reading and interpreting documents and inputting information about them into a legal database

o  Performed database research

o  Filed and cataloged legal documents

·  Troutman Sanders LLP

o  Read case materials and summarized information into database

·  Omni Hotel

o  Provided administrative support to the Human Resources Department

 

J. M. Waller Associates, Inc. (2001 - 2002)

·  Office Manager for the Atlanta office, performing all office administration

·  Wrote materials for other staff and created deliverable materials, including graphics

·  After 9/01 became the technical/report writer and database manager for the office

·  Organized contracts, and wrote bids for proposal and resumes

·  Gathered information and populated a Deltek CRM database

·  Performed technical writing, editing and proofreading for staff

·  Performed lower level IT duties, handling computer installations and removals, trouble-shooting errors and performing other technical duties

 

Randstad (2000 - 2001)

·  Performed administrative work for a variety of organizations

·  Performed high-level formula-driven Excel work for the Andersen Consulting personnel department