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Kimberly Sparks

Nashville,TN

Summary

Experienced paralegal with a strong commitment to loyalty and attention to detail. Possessing over twenty years of experience supporting attorneys in both in-house and law firm settings. Expertise in civil litigation process, corporate governance, employment law, and business compliance. Exceptional analytical, organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills. Enjoys conducting research and constantly seeks more efficient ways to accomplish tasks. Proactive, adaptable to new concepts, and thrives in a collaborative team environment.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Litigation Paralegal

BuildLaw, PLC
08.2024 - 11.2024
  • Draft pleadings and other documents with assistance of attorney; work on discovery responses and production
  • Organize case files; Clio, Dropbox and Adobe Pro skills
  • Real estate lien searches; Research using Westlaw

Supplements Department Manager (& Associate)

The Turnip Truck Natural Food Market
07.2022 - 06.2024
  • Responsible for maintaining inventory, improving sales, customer service and training;
  • Created new process to help streamline inventory; improved negative inventory in two departments to 0 daily.
  • Use of Catapult software to help run reports to improve inventory and sales

Call Center Representative (Self-employed)

Working Solutions
03.2021 - 07.2022
  • Coordinated travel itineraries for domestic and international trips for customers; handled up to 100 calls a shift.
  • Assisted persons using TurboTax during tax season through chat services.

Certified Paralegal – Insurance Defense Litigation

Lewis, Thomason, King, Krieg & Waldrop, P.C.
12.2009 - 01.2020
  • Provide support to several attorneys for tort, product liability, professional malpractice, personal injury, employment discrimination, business and commercial litigation matters, as well as corporate governance and securities; managed up to 20 cases at a time.
  • Assist with drafting documents for litigation purposes including discovery requests, subpoenas and responses to discovery; create and maintain discovery indexes; organize case files; calendar discovery deadlines; conduct research on various related subjects
  • Prepare trial, deposition and mediation notebooks for attorneys
  • Continue to satisfy education requirements for paralegal certification though NALA
  • Sharefile, Juris, Microsoft Office, Adobe Pro

Certified, Corporate Paralegal

Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner, P.C.
03.2007 - 12.2009
  • Provided support to several attorneys for corporate governance and securities matters
  • Ensure represented companies followed regulatory compliance filings
  • Extensive research of state and federal statutes
  • Assisted with merger and acquisitions work including drafting documents, revising purchase agreements, due diligence
  • Major projects included: traveling to New York City at client’s request to work on intensive three-day project
  • Prepared corporate restructuring documents
  • Summarized volumes of corporate vendor contracts
  • Continually satisfying education requirements for paralegal certification

Corporate Compliance Assistant, Stock Plan Administrator & Legal Secretary

MasTec, Inc.
10.2000 - 01.2007
  • Administered the company’s stock incentive plans within the Equity Edge software
  • Prepared compliance documents for company
  • Administered the Board of Directors’ compensation plan including grants of stock options and restricted stock and issuing cash payments
  • Coordinated document production for the Board of Directors meetings
  • Drafted the Proxy Statement and managed the process leading up to shareholders meeting; developed an inventory of all documents, reports and information that needed to be updated in the Proxy Statement
  • Communicated with outside attorneys to answer discovery
  • Worked with employment, construction and vendor contracts
  • Maintained litigation software and schedules with current information on lawsuits
  • Created a repository for all documents that were routinely requested in discovery
  • Major project included a public offering filing; discovered (with help of auditor) misinformation before filing
  • Stayed current with new securities laws affecting stock plans and Section 16 members including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the adoption of FAS 123R
  • Implemented new procedures related to these laws
  • Created and maintained schedules for mergers and acquisitions
  • Organized due diligence materials and worked on contracts and agreements
  • Identified gaps in existing compliance processes and recommended updates.
  • Complied with established internal controls and policies.

Employment Litigation Assistant

J.B. Hunt Transportation
02.2000 - 08.2000
  • Conducted investigations into EEOC and State agencies for employment claims
  • Managed the discovery process for employment claims
  • Major project: class action lawsuit for a class of over 300 individuals- analyzed information for the potential class; created and maintained the databases to organize class and for follow-up of deadlines; coordinated large mailings
  • Indexed and organized all employment litigation files and claims to simplify document retrieval

Education

Master of Science - Human Nutrition

University of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, CT
01.2022

Certificate in Paralegal Studies - undefined

Florida International University
Miami, FL
01.2005

B.A. - Sociology

University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR
01.1999

Skills

  • Microsoft Office
  • Equity Edge Software
  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Google Suite
  • E-filing
  • Westlaw
  • Legal document review
  • Witness interviews
  • Document organization and management
  • Contract review
  • Due diligence
  • Securities law
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Corporate governance
  • Corporate law
  • Proficient in Slack

Certification

National Association of Legal Assistants, NALA, 01/01/06, present

Interests

Nutrition and health, Gardening, Learning about new places

Timeline

Litigation Paralegal

BuildLaw, PLC
08.2024 - 11.2024

Supplements Department Manager (& Associate)

The Turnip Truck Natural Food Market
07.2022 - 06.2024

Call Center Representative (Self-employed)

Working Solutions
03.2021 - 07.2022

Certified Paralegal – Insurance Defense Litigation

Lewis, Thomason, King, Krieg & Waldrop, P.C.
12.2009 - 01.2020

Certified, Corporate Paralegal

Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner, P.C.
03.2007 - 12.2009

Corporate Compliance Assistant, Stock Plan Administrator & Legal Secretary

MasTec, Inc.
10.2000 - 01.2007

Employment Litigation Assistant

J.B. Hunt Transportation
02.2000 - 08.2000

Certificate in Paralegal Studies - undefined

Florida International University

B.A. - Sociology

University of Arkansas
National Association of Legal Assistants, NALA, 01/01/06, present

Master of Science - Human Nutrition

University of Bridgeport
Kimberly Sparks