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project manager with By-law reviews
Scheduling conference calls and meetings
Supervising loan officers and monitoring their interaction and correspondence with Foundation members.
Attending Board Meetings, writing minutes and memoranda.
In charge of monitoring expenses and making expense reports.
Other duties include preparing, proof-reading and filing documents and reports; updating and managing databases; responding to general inquiries from professionals, consumers, and staff; distributing materials and maintaining distribution lists; managing fulfillment, inventory and reporting ; coordinated Annual International awards Program; coordinating logistics for meetings and conferences; and assisting with other projects as needed .
Contract Paralegal
June 2006-August 2006
Assigned to work at firms including Hogan and Hartson LLP, Miller and Chevalier and
Arnold and Porter LLP
Responsibilities included:
Reviewing documents in preparation for Litigation
Selecting responsive documents from non-responsive to pending litigation
Marking privileged and sensitive documents electronically using Lexis-Nexus Discovery and Concordance Databases
Performing redaction
Proofreading documents to ensure accuracy
Legal Assistant Turner Broadcasting System Inc.
August 2005-May 2006 Atlanta, GA
Responsibilities included:
Providing direct administrative support to counsel
Coordinating scheduling of meetings and travel
Prioritizing handling of incoming calls, sorting and distribution of mail
Performing due diligence, monitoring and researching FCC web site
Updating companys FCC (Federal Communications Commission) database
Organized and maintained paper, electronic files, faxes and legal documents.
Preparing redline/black lines of documents and high quality reports and presentations
Legal Collector Ltd Financial Services Collection Agency
January 2003- July 2005 Houston, TX
Responsibilities included:
Working with outside attorneys, paralegals and staff
Preparing retention packages and case/budget management
Submitting legal bills for payment
Performing legal research, domestication, garnishments, discovery and motion documents.
Performing skip-tracing activities
Assisting with research on the FDCPA Laws
Training current and new collectors
Legal Assistant Law Office of James F. Epo, Esq. December 2001- December 2004 Houston, TX
Responsibilities included:
Assisting attorneys with office work load in personal injury and immigration cases through client communication
Drafting legal documents and correspondence
Performing general administrative duties
Specialized in paralegal office procedures such as;
Researching, cite-checking and sherpherdizing
Assisted in clients depositions
Transcribing notes from depositions and writing out memos
Attending court sessions
Performing factual research and writing demand letters to Insurance agencies
Pupil Lawyer Achu & Partners Law Firm
June, 2000- November, 2001 Douala, Cameroon
General Practice (Corporate department-Intellectual Property)- responsibilities included:
Preparing contracts, articles of incorporation and transaction closing papers
Preparing documentation for board of directors to include agendas, drafts resolutions and minutes
Attending board meetings and preparing annual proxy statement and arrangements for annual and special shareholder meetings
Supporting Intellectual Property Lawyers in preparation and filing of papers relating to trademarks
Working with IP Lawyers to prepare administrative documents to file foreign Trademark applications and assisting attorneys in finalizing the applications prior to official filing
Creating and maintaining both internal and international files
Assisting IP Lawyers in scheduling and setting up periodic patent/trademark committee meetings with business units
Corresponding with foreign IP Lawyers.
RELEVANT SKILLS
Microsoft word, Excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Office Suite
Westlaw and Lexis databases, Concordance and Lexis-nexus Discovery
Cite checking, Blue booking and Sheperdizing
Digesting and trial notebook preparation.
EDUCATION
Southwestern Professional Institute-Houston, TX
A.B.A. Approved Paralegal Certification, 2002
Emory University School of Law-Atlanta, GA
LLM Corporate law, May 2006.
University of BUEA -Buea, Cameroon
Bachelors Degree in Law-LLB-1996-2001
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