ELIZABETH BLOCK
Manassas,VA
Summary
Diverse professional with a three years real estate sales and title examination experience, eight years troubled property disposition. Seasoned project manager and coordinator with expertise in developing, monitoring, and maintaining project schedules, budgets and in using software tools effectively for team member success in fast paced environments.
Overview
38
38
years of professional experience
Work History
Paralegal
Purnell, McKennett & Menke
03.2025 - Current
- Managed approximately 30 incoming calls, emails per day from clients.
- Conduct real estate title searches using online databases and in-person visits to county courthouses.
- Retrieve and review documents such as deeds, mortgages, contracts, easements, tax cards, and plats.
- Complete electronic court filings using CM/ECF, Pacer and General District Court sites.
- Plan for requests for production of documents, draft legal memos, letters, and motions.
- Manage corporate entity legal LLC formation documents, renewal letters, partnerships, subsidiaries, draft operating agreements from formation to dissolution.
- Enhanced case efficiency by organizing and maintaining legal documents, files, and correspondence.
- Streamlined communication between clients and legal staff by managing client inquiries promptly and professionally.
- Facilitated timely and accurate billing by recording billable hours, expenses, and other relevant information in the firm''s billing system.
- Edited and proofread legal documents to verify accuracy.
- Contributed to firm-client relationship building through professional interactions with clients during meetings or phone calls, conveying empathy while maintaining confidentiality.
- Helped attorneys prepare for trial by organizing exhibits
- Liaised with other paralegals and legal staff to complete common tasks on schedule.
CFO
Edify Property Solutions
01.2016 - 12.2024
- Researched approximately four auctions a month for acquisition via tax certificates, filtering properties according to strict criterion.
- Licensed real estate agent with Samson Properties until 2013.
- Developed collaborative relationships with real estate agents in every jurisdiction where a property of interest was located.
- Assured the company financial situation was solid before each bidding and acquisition strategy was conducted.
- Contacted and established relationships with owners of unwanted out of state property so their needs could be met.
- Calculated, negotiated and prepared seller financing notes, and track payment receipts.
- Negotiated agreements and oversaw contracts from initiation through completion.
- Pulled and examined title documents.
Disaster Loan Specialist
Small Business Administration
01.2020 - 12.2020
- Fielded incoming calls for support from small businesses seeking Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) during COVID as my patriotic duty. This 12 hours a day, 7 day a week position required patience, listening and savvy as we worked to get through a 30 million loan application backlog.
- Temporary Covid Position
Chair/Founder
Prince William County Election Citizen Group
01.2021 - 12.2024
- Prepared, analyzed, tracked hundreds of FOIA requests to state and local agencies.
- Developed and motivated specialized teams pertaining to elections; voter rolls, equipment, election officer parity, vulnerable voters, absentee ballots.
- Conducted research with a team on specific county voter registrant records to identify over 3000 that could be challenged using Virginia code and Virginia Department of Elections procedures.
- Led the training on essential election law, and operational plan to schedule for election observers across hundreds of precincts in five counties in 2021 and Prince William County in 2022 -2024.
- Analyzed state and local election laws and policies, with legal experts, to identify gaps for improvement and public accountability.
- Liaised between county and state election officials to reduce election equipment testing time by 40%.
- Interacted extensively with political and legal advisors.
Ministry Leader
Volunteer
01.2008 - 12.2014
- Lead youth groups (grades 6–12).
- Organized spiritual formation activities.
- Developed relationships with students and families.
- Planned retreats and mission trips.
- Collaborated with church leadership and volunteer teams.
Program Management, Technical Research, Scheduling
TRW Techna Rockwell International, Sikorsky Aircraft, Air Force Institute of Technology
01.1988 - 12.2008
- Project Liaison between Ford Motor Company, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, TRW Corporate, and functional areas for a $225M sales segment revamping a successful internal communications process correcting information flow between these stakeholders for TRW Technar, Inc.
- Elevated on-time delivery performance to 103.7%, surpassing 4,000+ North American suppliers, by implementing Six Sigma methodologies; slashed costs by 36%, resulting in annual savings of $7.3M for TRW Technar, Inc.
- Led the research and publication of eight peer-reviewed technical articles, showcasing pioneering advancements in the implementation of fuzzy logic technology in highly uncertain environments, for an independent sole source DOD contract with the Air Force Institute of Technology.
- Orchestrated the manufacturing scheduling operations of the injector segment of Rockwell International's MA-5 DOD contracted rocket program to ensure timely production and assembly of critical components. Trained in Program Management as part of the Rockwell International Program Management Team, to assist MA-5 program office with DOD contractual obligations and contract administration.
- Analyzed estimates to completion and financial performance for Sikorsky aircraft's VH-60 DOD contract Presidential helicopter program, driving cost-saving initiatives for the program office to ensure performance within contractual parameters. Assist in the preparation of estimates and cost proposals for labor, material, and direct and indirect costs.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT05.1986
Skills
- Organization
- Naturally Motivated
- Using Technology Effectively to Streamline
- Influential
- Legal research
- Document filing
- Legal writing
- Litigation support
- Document preparation
- Client communication
- Records management
- Proficient in MS office
- Document verification
- Document review
- Results orientation
- Strategic thinking
- Collaborative mindset
- Training and mentoring
Timeline
Paralegal
Purnell, McKennett & Menke
03.2025 - Current
Chair/Founder
Prince William County Election Citizen Group
01.2021 - 12.2024
Disaster Loan Specialist
Small Business Administration
01.2020 - 12.2020
CFO
Edify Property Solutions
01.2016 - 12.2024
Ministry Leader
Volunteer
01.2008 - 12.2014
Program Management, Technical Research, Scheduling
TRW Techna Rockwell International, Sikorsky Aircraft, Air Force Institute of Technology
01.1988 - 12.2008
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
University of Connecticut