SUMMARY:

Certified Paralegal with 14+ years of experience inlitigation, transactional and contract management. In-depth knowledge of contract formation and negotiation, corporate formalities, entity creation, SEC filings and various financial instruments.EDUCATION

Certified Independent Paralegal

Microsoft suite, including; Word, Excel and PowerPoint 
Word Perfect Suite 10.x
Summation iBlaze (2.8, 3.0) & BRAVA redaction suite
Legal Solutions, Essential Docs, Legal Forms Office (1.7) & Deal Maker Pro

EXPERIENCE

Confidential (06/11 - 1/2012) Corporate Paralegal Contingent employee assigned to Legal Affairs. Responsible for drafting, negotiating and approving over 200MM in annual spend, for the following highly regulated business units:

• Medical Affairs, Phase IV prospective and retrospective clinical trials, studies and publications.
• Medical Devices R&D (breast aesthetics and surgical devices).
• Global R&D Sourcing (biologics.)

Work with multiple business units to achieve individual strategic and compliance goals, while ultimately ensuring that the interests of the company remain protected. Draft and negotiate CDA’s, Master Agreements, Service Agreements SOW’s, CRO and CTA Agreements. Work with Compliance to ensure that all legal mandates are achieved. Assist Principal Scientist’s and Therapeutic Area Managers in drafting necessary contracts, IRB submissions and Informed Consents to initiate clinical trials, including trials and studies for Lap-Band®, Botox®, Juvederm®and SeriScaffold®surgical mesh.

Corporate Paralegal

Support this international food manufacturer with operations in several countries. Responsible for the creation and maintenance of both domestic and foreign corporations and limited partnerships. (US, China, El Salvador, Brazil). Maintained corporate minutes, shareholder logs and business licensing requirements.

Additionally, responsible for contract management, including, but not limited to; Distribution Agreements, Joint Venture Agreements, Confidentiality Agreements and Investor Agreements. Maintain a revision database for all contracts. Work with outside parties to facilitate execution of agreements. Interpret foreign laws as they apply to the execution of contracts with foreign entities. Transitioned to a part-time Consultant in June of 2011.

Provide transactional support to this diversified financial and insurance services company. Projects consisted of the following:

• Drafted and reviewed all on-going investment and corporate contracts. Drafted all legal correspondence.
• Maintained 23 separate sub-corporations. Duties included the drafting and management of all corporate minutes, required shareholder notices. Additionally, maintained the corporate books, tracked registered proxy statements. Drafted shareholder and Board of Directors resolutions and filed all appropriate SEC statements.
• Provided in-house support for two pre-trial cases along with an active binding arbitration dispute. Coordinated pre-trial activities including calendaring and discovery requests by and between three separate law firms, drafted responsive pleadings and propounded or responded to discovery requests as needed.

Multi-faceted entertainment company with over 200 industry awards. Brought on board to assist this company in a shareholder derivative suitfor numerous SEC violations, fraud and violations of the Securities Actof1933. Company cross-complained against more than 30 Defendants.

• Researched and catalogued over 10,000+ pages of discovery, encompassing financial documents, corporate records, electronically stored records and documents.
• Drafted and responded to 100’s of discovery and production requests. Maintained a calendar for discovery timelines. Drafted Motions and opposition papers.
• Responsible for reviewing all Transactional Agreements including licensing Agreements and Residual Agreements.
• Drafted new contracts for renewal licensing agreements along with employment contracts, IP agreements, new and prospective business agreements and sub-contractor agreements. Drafted UCC filings and Trademark Applications
• Maintained the corporate minute book, drafted shareholder and Board of Director meeting notifications, Proxy statements and corporate communications including SEC filings.

Firm assists litigants referred by the Navy’s Fleet and Family program and through various family-law facilitator programs. Responsible for assisting clients in various stages of family law matters.

• Drafted numerous Petitions for Dissolution and/or Legal Separation. Drafted OSC’s for a multitude of reasons, including child custody / visitation, temporary support and domestic violence issues.

• Propounded discovery including interrogatories and Request for Production’s on behalf of clients. Drafted and served preliminary and final Declarations of Disclosure (FL140, 142) and Income and Expense Disclosures (FL150).
• Assisted parties in understanding the need for a resolution in the matter and drafted settlement agreements in Deal Maker Pro.

Confidential
Paralegal (contract)(2002)

Member of ten person audit team assigned to the mortgage servicing unit in Downey, California. Responsible for auditing individual files for both government and investor compliance. Researched and recommended solutions for issues relating to the improper production and servicing of files. Responsible to compile a list of deficiencies and work with the “Special Situations” department to correct deficiencies prior to investor rejection of such loans.

Paralegal

General practitioner with an emphasis on business transactional and family law. Assisted in all facets of this firm. Drafted Complaints/Petitions and OSC motions. Concentrated on the family-law side and managed the client’s from initial intake thru settlement. Drafted OSC’s, responded to discovery requests, drafted settlement agreements for review and worked closely with clients in the preparation and drafting of their disclosures.

Confidential (1996-2000)
Contracts Manager

System Integrator that provides contract services to Fortune 500 companies. Managed sub-accounts for Ernst & Young and Arthur Anderson, delivering technical expertise for system integration of SAP and PeopleSoft applications. Participated in the largest implementation of SAP in the world (Nestle and CHW). Managed contracts for implementation of PeopleSoft at NBC/Universal and The Gas Company. Managed a contract with the City of Los Angeles, for year 2K payroll application remediation. Assisted in managing a contract with Avery Dennison for AS-400 upgrades.