CRYSTAL S. SPEARS
Austin
Summary
I am a multi-faceted, business-oriented, Accountant/Attorney with significant experience in recording financial transactions, Anti-money laundering compliance, managing cash and accounts payable and document review regarding various areas of law.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Contract Attorney
Transperfect
05.2025 - 07.2025
- Reviewed court documents electronically for relevance, privilege and confidentiality
- Remote
Contract Attorney
Transperfect
02.2024 - 04.2025
- Reviewed court documents electronically for relevance, privilege and confidentiality
- Remote
Contract Attorney
Transperfect
10.2023 - 01.2024
- Reviewed court documents electronically as part of a Class Action DOJ/CID request
- Reviewed court documents and contracts electronically for relevance, privilege, and confidentiality
- Remote
Contract Attorney
Transperfect
05.2023 - 10.2023
- Reviewed court documents and contracts electronically as part of an Antitrust DOJ/CID request
- Reviewed court documents and contracts electronically for relevance, privilege, and confidentiality
- Remote
Contract Attorney
TransPerfect
02.2023 - 04.2023
- Reviewed court documents and contracts electronically as part of a HSR/DOJ/2nd request
- Reviewed Privilege documents to create the privilege log.
- Remote
Contract Attorney
TransPerfect
10.2022 - 12.2022
- Reviewed court documents and contracts electronically for relevance, privilege and confidentiality
- Reviewed Privilege documents to create the privilege log.
- Remote
Contract Attorney
TransPerfect
03.2021 - 09.2022
- Reviewed court documents and contracts electronically for relevance, privilege and confidentiality
- Implemented redactions for privileged, PII and PHI information.
- Remote
Contract Attorney
Legility
05.2021 - 08.2022
- Reviewed court documents and contracts electronically for relevance, privilege and confidentiality
- Reviewed Privilege documents to create the privilege log.
- Redacted privilege, PII and PHI information
- Remote
Contract Attorney
Update Legal
01.2022 - 04.2022
- Reviewed court documents and contracts electronically for relevance, privilege, and confidentiality
- Implemented redactions for privileged information.
- Remote
Contract Attorney
CS DISCO
Austin
01.2020 - 03.2021
- Review, highlight and find pertinent information that may need to be processed for use in court.
- Review documents dealing with various areas of law on the basis of responsiveness, confidentiality, privilege and significant issue coding.
- Joined Quality Control team to insure accurate coding of documents according to the issues in the case.
- Remote
Accounts Payable Manager
UPLAND SOFTWARE INC. (UPLD)
Austin
12.2018 - 01.2020
- Performed daily exporting and importing of approved invoices
- Generated weekly ACH, EFT and check payments in SAGE Intacct
- Checked bank daily for returned payments, help answer open bank item questions and other duties as assigned.
- Managed five remote direct reports that reside in India.
AML (Anti-Money Laundering) Compliance Analyst
WELLS FARGO & CO
Austin
11.2017 - 06.2018
- Analyzed and compiled corporate documents, agreements and financial records for small business loans
- Audited customer due diligence files or the OCC (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency) know your customer Anti-Money Laundering Consent Order
- Ensured business bankers were in compliance with the OCC consent order requirements.
Senior Accountant
AFFINITI
Austin
12.2016 - 03.2017
- Approved Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable journal entries
- Applied collections to Accounts Receivable
Contract Attorney
INTEGREON
Austin
07.2016 - 09.2016
- Reviewed documents electronically for relevance, privilege and confidentiality via Relativity regarding Pharmaceutical cases dealing with ANDA and various other types of agreements.
Contract Attorney
JENNER & BLOCK
Chicago
03.2015 - 12.2015
- Reviewed documents electronically using Relativity regarding a large criminal and civil litigation involving large automobile manufacturer.
Contract Attorney
McDermott, Will & Emery
Chicago
09.2012 - 11.2012
- Reviewed documents electronically using Relativity regarding breach of contract between two large liquor distributors.
Legal Billing Auditor
MGA ENTERTAINMENT
Van Nuys
12.2010 - 01.2012
- Performed on-site reviews of accounting firm’s files, and audited Accounts Payable
- Analyzed the reasonableness of the charges, confirmed that the work product billed was in the file, and verified documentation of costs and expenses
Contract Attorney
Hudson Consulting
Chicago
09.2010 - 12.2010
- Reviewed documents electronically using Dochunter and Ringtail involving tech companies.
Contract Attorney
Daegis
Chicago
06.2010 - 06.2010
- Reviewed documents electronically project involving Human-Interest case.
- One week in July 2010 and five weeks in August 2010
Senior Accountant
PAE LOCKHEED MARTIN
Washington
09.2006 - 09.2009
- Prepared bank reconciliation of accounts from the general ledger
- Prepared journal entries for entry into general ledger on a monthly basis; collected necessary data and prepared audit trail support for journal entries
Accounting Specialist
CB RICHARD ELLIS, INC
Los Angeles
03.2006 - 06.2006
- Analyzed and reconciled various payroll-related balance sheet accounts; prepared and input journal entries based on account analyses
- Prepared reconciliation of payroll data to the payroll G/L interface entry for commission payrolls
Education
Juris Doctor (J.D.) -
THE JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL
Chicago, IL06.2002
Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting
ROBERT MORRIS COLLEGE
Chicago, IL05.1995
Skills
- QuickBooks
- PeopleSoft
- Solomon IV
- Infinium Automated Accounting Systems
- Sage Intacct
- SAP
- GAAP
- SAAS
- Stratify
- Relativity
- Attenex (Ringtail)
- CS Disco
- Microsoft Office
- Outlook
- Excel
- Word
- PowerPoint
- Document review
- Legal research
- Privilege analysis
- Problem solving
- Team collaboration
BAR ADMISSION
- Admitted to Illinois State Bar November 2004
- Sworn into Federal Court, January 2005
Timeline
Contract Attorney
Transperfect
05.2025 - 07.2025
Contract Attorney
Transperfect
02.2024 - 04.2025
Contract Attorney
Transperfect
10.2023 - 01.2024
Contract Attorney
Transperfect
05.2023 - 10.2023
Contract Attorney
TransPerfect
02.2023 - 04.2023
Contract Attorney
TransPerfect
10.2022 - 12.2022
Contract Attorney
Update Legal
01.2022 - 04.2022
Contract Attorney
Legility
05.2021 - 08.2022
Contract Attorney
TransPerfect
03.2021 - 09.2022
Contract Attorney
CS DISCO
01.2020 - 03.2021
Accounts Payable Manager
UPLAND SOFTWARE INC. (UPLD)
12.2018 - 01.2020
AML (Anti-Money Laundering) Compliance Analyst
WELLS FARGO & CO
11.2017 - 06.2018
Senior Accountant
AFFINITI
12.2016 - 03.2017
Contract Attorney
INTEGREON
07.2016 - 09.2016
Contract Attorney
JENNER & BLOCK
03.2015 - 12.2015
Contract Attorney
McDermott, Will & Emery
09.2012 - 11.2012
Legal Billing Auditor
MGA ENTERTAINMENT
12.2010 - 01.2012
Contract Attorney
Hudson Consulting
09.2010 - 12.2010
Contract Attorney
Daegis
06.2010 - 06.2010
Senior Accountant
PAE LOCKHEED MARTIN
09.2006 - 09.2009
Accounting Specialist
CB RICHARD ELLIS, INC
03.2006 - 06.2006
Juris Doctor (J.D.) -
THE JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL
Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting
ROBERT MORRIS COLLEGE
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