Vice President of Compliance Resume New York, NY - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Vice President of Compliance

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

Manages relationships with prominent law firms, negotiates pay-off rates and lien amounts, identifies and resolves problematic cases by communicating with attorneys and Attorneys General.
Prosecutes arbitration cases on behalf of the company.
Drafts, edits and files legal memoranda, responses to subpoenas, UCC filings, bar complaints and final demand letters.
Hires, trains, and manages compliance staff.
Consistently exceeds revenue generation goals; noted by upper management for outstanding performance.

Paralegal

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

Researched and wrote Corporate Governance issues supporting and anticipating major financial market mergers.
In-depth Corporate Housekeeping, including preparing and filing overseas corporate registrations, corporate formation documents and preparing Board materials.
Delivered document review and cataloguing guidance in anticipation of recall and storage requirement alteration.

Contract Attorney

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

Electronic document review analysis and project support for major international financial institution in accordance with SEC discovery request.

Contract Attorney

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

Electronic document review and discovery assistance on multiple projects, including major corporate litigation review and evaluation pursuant to Department of Justice Second Request.

Manager of Legal Resources

Confidential, New Brunswick, NJ

Responsibilities:

Legal research and writing support to the contract department.
Involved in document review, maintaining corporate records, proxy review and other shareholder agreements, corporate governance proposals, corporate finance and governance issues.
Supervised legal support staff of over twenty legal secretaries, paralegals and clerks.

Paralegal Supervisor

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Provided supervisory guidance to legal support division.
Researched issues related to corporate misrepresentation and malfeasance; document discovery, deposition preparation, and witness preparation.

Researcher

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Researched and provided written support regarding issues associated with a major toxic tort and property damage case brought on behalf of the City of New York.

Advocate

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Selected as one of 18 students for a year-long clinical program; represented persons accused of misdemeanors from inception through final disposition in New York County Criminal Court.
Assisted faculty on major litigation projects including homicide, federal criminal and DNA fingerprinting cases during participation in the Innocence Project.

MilitaryOperations Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Naval Media Center, responsible to Commander Fleet Activities Sasebo for all radio and television broadcasts and the day to day supervision of operations personnel.
Oversaw broadcast productions while ensuring that locally produced products and services enhanced combat readiness, morale and quality of life.
Responsible for over $40 million of television and radio equipment
Honorable Discharge.