Hilary Magee
Mendenhall,MS
Summary
Legal and records professional with experience in managing confidential records, ensuring regulatory compliance, and supporting information governance practices. Adept at handling sensitive data, complying with privacy requirements, and maintaining accuracy in high-volume, deadline-driven environments.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Record Analyst
Belhaven University
Jackson, Mississippi
02.2025 - Current
- Process 500+ transcripts per term by evaluating transcripts to transfer academic credits and enrolling students into academic programs according to each program's admission requirements found in the institutional catalog
- Process a variety of student record updates, including major changes, name changes, and curriculum changes, according to Belhaven policies and FERPA privacy requirements.
- Coordinate with the IT department to complete student name changes across all systems.
- Assist students, parents, faculty, and staff with student record-related inquiries while safeguarding the students' privacy.
Legal Assistant
Green Law Firm
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
12.2021 - 01.2024
- Filed pleadings according to strict deadlines in state and federal court in Mississippi and Louisiana.
- Designed and maintained an Excel-based case tracking system to organize and track pleadings, correspondence, and deadlines, which improved litigation-related response times and firm productivity.
- Interviewed clients to obtain discovery responses.
- Ordered, updated, and maintained medical records in compliance with HIPAA standards.
- Planned depositions, mediations, and trials to support legal proceedings.
- Prepared trial and mediation notebooks.
- Prepared summaries of depositions, interrogatories, medical records, and testimony for attorney review.
- Coordinated with court clerks, opposing counsel offices, sheriffs' offices, private investigators, expert offices, record custodians, process servers, voter reporters, and court runners to support legal proceedings.
- Provided administrative support to attorneys by managing calendars; scheduling appointments; organizing files; preparing correspondence; and obtaining necessary signatures.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Cybersecurity
University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS 08.2023 - 12.2024
Associate Of Applied Science - Paralegal Studies
Jones College
Ellisville, MS 08.2021 - 05.2023
Skills
- Privacy compliance support (FERPA, HIPAA, CCPA, GDPR, COPPA)
- Cross functional coordination
- Project management (coursework)
- Process improvement and workflow design
- Litigation support
- Information governance practices
- Confidential records management
- Ellucian Colleague, Tableau, Microsoft Office 365
Certification
- Microsoft SC-900: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals July 2024
- IAPP/US - In progress. Target exam date: July 2026
Timeline
Record Analyst
Belhaven University
02.2025 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Cybersecurity
University of Southern Mississippi
08.2023 - 12.2024
Legal Assistant
Green Law Firm
12.2021 - 01.2024
Associate Of Applied Science - Paralegal Studies
Jones College
08.2021 - 05.2023