Paralegal, Regulatory Compliance, Legal Assistant Resume

Desired Industry: Legal	SpiderID: 28933
Desired Job Location: Garden City, Nassau/Suffolk County, New York	Date Posted: 10/1/2009
Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent	Availability Date: October
Desired Wage:
	U.S. Work Authorization: Yes
Job Level: Experienced with over 2 years experience	Willing to Travel: Yes, Less Than 25%
Highest Degree Attained: Bachelors	Willing to Relocate: No

Objective:
College Graduated Paralegal with experiences in legal and regulatory compliance with emphasis on corporate, licensing and mortgage related law seeking a position with company that offers opportunity for professional development and career growth.

Experience:
PRIVATE LENDER SERVICES CORP.
Mortgage/Real Estate Investment Company 07/2007 – 01/2009
COLD SPRING HARBOR, NY

CORPORATE PARALEGAL
• Consulting services and regulatory filings for several Limited Liability Companies and Corporations; obtained authority to do business, filed annual reports and franchise tax returns in all fifty states
• Drafted resolutions and minutes; updated corporate and LLC’s books; assisted with private securities transactions
• Prepared and filed company’s change of control documents

AT MORTGAGE INC. ; Mortgage Broker 10/2005 – 07/2007
GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK

PARALEGAL - REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
• Processed post closing mortgage files: reviewed the closed loan files to meet investor guidelines; followed up with outside counsels, title companies and other institutions on any outstanding items; tracked outstanding invoices; maintained evidences of received checks and deposited them to a local bank; submitted loan officers commission sheets before scheduled payroll
• Conducted legal research with regard to all aspects of mortgage law including federal law, states statutes and regulations and prepared required disclosure forms to be included in mortgage files
• Responsible for obtaining and maintaining insurance polices and surety bonds
• Maintained relationship with lenders; reviewed the purchase and sale agreements; completed and submitted broker applications
• Recruited and managed a group of loan officers
• Obtained authority to do business and filed for mortgage broker licenses in several states
• Maintained obtained licenses by filing the license renewal applications and annual reports

eHOMECREDIT CORP.; Mortgage Banker 12/2002 – 10/2005
GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK

CORPORATE AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE PARALEGAL
• Responsible for legal and compliance functions of the company including preparation license applications, renewals, filing annual reports with Secretary of State and Bank Regulators; filing change of address and d/b/a names applications
• Scheduled initial and continuing education classes for principle representative and loan officers
• Coordination of board of directors meetings and updated the company’s corporate book
• Interacted directly with business units personnel to collect information and documents requested during regulatory examinations
• Prepared formal responses to regulatory exams findings and addressed any potential remediation
• Reviewed applicable law and drafted disclosure forms required by the federal and state law to be included in mortgage files
• Assisted with maintenance company’s litigation issues: reviewed the mortgage files and other documents and prepared highly confidential information for outside legal counsels; prepared litigation reports
• Assisted in investigation process related to various claims; reviewed the complaint cases for purpose of identifying and evaluating compliance and ensuring accuracy of formal responses sent to customers and regulatory agencies
• Establish and maintain relationship with lenders
• Recertification company’s warehouse lines; renewal of FannieMaye and HUD approvals
• Screened incoming correspondence and responded when possible

SAMUEL I. HENDLER, ESQ.; Law Office 10/1999 – 12/2002
LAKE SUCCESS, NEW YORK

LEGAL SECRETARY/PARALEGAL
• Coordination of stockholders annual meetings and assisted in preparation all related documents
• Performed various clerical and secretarial duties in opening and maintaining clients’ files; assisted in preparation of various legal documents and payments of dividends to shareholders
• Performed legal research on WestLaw, Edgar and other Websites

MELTZER, LIPPE, GOLDSTEIN, WOLF & SCHLISSEL, P.C. 08/1997 – 01/1999
Law Office – Matrimonial Department
MINEOLA, NEW YORK

OFFICE ASSISTANT
• Responsible for opening and maintaining voluminous files and time record binders in matrimonial department
• Prepared files for trial; searched files for exhibits; assisted secretaries in finalizing all pleadings; and opened and upgraded pleadings binders
• Organized and prepared files for storage

Education:
St. John's University, Jamaica, New York 05/2002

Skills:
• Formation and dissolution/withdrawal of Corporations and LLC’s
• Maintenance of shareholders and corporate records
• Multi-State mortgage lender and mortgage broker licensing
• Regulatory compliance updates; legal research and interpretation of state and federal regulatory law; coordination and preparation of formal responses to regulatory exams findings and addressed any potential remediation
• Maintain database with confidential information
• Multi-tasking to ensure that deadlines are consistently meet
• Multilingual – fluent in Polish language
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook); PaperPort, Encompass; Notary Public,

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