MARIA G. KOVRIG
TUCSON,ARIZONA
Summary
Hardworking employee enthusiastic about expanding legal experience. Pursues opportunities to learn new skills and contribute to group success. Offers strong administrative, relationship-building and problem-solving abilities.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work History
Sales Agent/Broker/Paralegal
ESM Properties, LLC
11.2016 - Current
- Prepared contracts for sales, prepared rental agreements, prepared eviction documents and presented evidence in court hearings.
- Providing services to both single family residence buyers and sellers to investors buying or selling commercial properties, specifically apartment complexes
- All done from listing properties on Multiple Listing Services, Loopnet, Zillow, Trullia and presenting offers, preparing counter offers and/or addendums, negotiating repairs required, reviewing title policies, clue reports, seller’s property disclosure statements, and verifying information provided by all parties involved and accomplished many residential and commercial closings.
Sales Agent/Property Manager/Paralegal
Riviera Investments
10.2013 - 10.2016
- Prepared contracts for sales, residential agreements, researched legal issues such as easements, prepared eviction documents and followed through to filing the writ of execution.
- Providing services to both single family residence buyers and sellers to investors buying or selling commercial properties, specifically apartment complexes
- All done from listing properties on Multiple Listing Services, Loopnet, Zillow, Trullia and presenting offers, preparing counter offers and/or addendums, negotiating repairs required, reviewing title policies, clue reports, seller’s property disclosure statements, and verifying information provided by all parties involved and accomplished many residential and commercial closings.
Legal Assistant
Law Office of Eric Manch, N. Church
05.2013 - 10.2014
Legal Secretary
Indigent Defense Office
10.2011 - 05.2013
Legal Assistant/Office Manager/Administrator
Law Offices Of Jeffrey Siirtola
03.2008 - 08.2011
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- Prepared pretrial motions, notices of hearing, and other pleadings
- Answered phones, set appointments, prepared daily calendar, calendared all incoming hearing dates, resolved calendar conflicts, met incarcerated clients with access to Pima County Jail, CCA and FCI, met with clients and their families, set appointments for legal visits with CCA and FCI, arranged legal calls out of Department of
- Corrections, filed documents electronically via ECF/Tucson and Phoenix Districts, filed documents in
- Pima County Superior Court, Tucson City Court and Pima County Justice Court, made bank deposits, handled accounts payables and accounts receivables, purchased office supplies and maintained office equipment
- Served as interpreter and translated documents from Spanish to English and English to
- Spanish
- Organized trial files, set up interviews, reviewed disclosure, obtained releases and requested records.
Office Manager/Leasing Agent/Administrative Assistant
Riviera Investments/Riverman Properties
04.1998 - 05.2006
- 3000
- Extensive property management, sales, acquisitions, contract writing, negotiations in the sale and acquisition of real estate including but not limited to residential and multi-family unit complexes
- Involved in leasing residential and commercial properties
- Assisted in acquisition of property through foreclosure sales by bidding directly through judicial process and by bidding to banks once property foreclosed
- Project Manager in the remodeling and rehabilitation of damaged, destroyed or inhabitable properties acquired through foreclosure or through owners directly after negotiating prices
- As a Project Manager researched for contractors, requested bids, made decisions as to the amount of rehabilitation needed to escalate value of property for resale purposes and re- rental purposes
- Negotiated bids from contractors and negotiated discounts from big retailers such as
- Home Depot and Lowe’s
- My legal background has always been an excellent tool when writing contracts and proposals on a day to day basis
- Additionally it has helped in the protection against legal claims from tenants, buyers, sellers, contractors, service providers or anyone involved in any real estate deal
- As a Property Manager I was in charge of renting, renewing leases, seek service providers for normal repairs as well as emergency repairs such as flooding, fires, sewer problems, water line breaks, electrical transformers being damaged by acts of nature or men made acts
- Performed evictions on regular basis, testified on behalf of broker to obtain judgment and negotiated voluntary departure with tenants.
Property Manager
01.1999
- Presently managing about 100 units including a 24 unit complex, a 13 unit complex, 3 12 unit complexes and a few residential homes, duplexes and triplexes
- From advertising availability to procuring tenants, to leasing agreements, ordering required repairs, ordering utilities, obtaining permits required from City or County, responding to emergencies as fires and flooding, dealing with utility companies, certifying septic tanks
- Further, mastered a property management program to collecting and depositing rents, distributing monthly owner draws with monthly reports and invoices attached thereto
- File1099’s to owners and service providers at the end of the year
- Also servicing as Statutory
- Agent for the owners of the properties I manage as most of the owners reside out of the State of
- Arizona in Nevada, Washington, California and Hawaii
- Familiar with the eviction process by either serving or mailing five day notices for residential and seven day notices for mobile homes, filling out, filing in court and serving by process server all eviction forms, attending hearings with a retained attorney and completing eviction by filing writ of execution and meeting with Sheriff/Constable and having a handyman present to replace locks and removing tenants from properties
- Worked with agencies such as Section 8/HUD to provide housing for low income families; Veterans’ Administration to provide housing for Homeless Veterans; SAFE, COPE, CODAC and others in housing recovering addicts; Designed additions, or demolitions, applied for permits, called in inspections, managed such projects from start to end, selecting the latest trends in paint, flooring, appliances, equipment, stucco finishes, window replacements, door replacements, water heaters, air conditioners or mini splits depending on need for individual property, latest texture designs, light fixtures, ceiling fans, electrical outlets, and latest technology advances.
Legal Secretary, Criminal Defense Specialist
Walter B. Nash
02.1995 - 03.1998
Legal Secretary Family Law Specialist
Dardis & Hippert
04.1990 - 02.1995
- Transcribed letters, pleadings, pretrial motions, and other documents, answered phones, set appointments, prepared daily calendar, calendared all incoming hearing dates, resolved calendar conflicts, met incarcerated clients with access to Pima County Jail and CCA and FCI, met with clients and with clients’ families, filed documents in U.S
- District Court, Pima County Superior Court, Tucson City Court and Pima County Justice Court
- I provided services as an interpreter and translator (Spanish)
- Prepared family law documents for filing, notices of appearance, answered phones, set appointments, prepared daily calendar, calendared all incoming hearing dates, resolved calendar conflicts, met with clients’ families, filings in U.S
- District Court, Pima County Superior Court, Tucson City Court and Pima County
- Justice Court
- I provided services as an interpreter and translator (Spanish)
- Organized files, interviewed clients, victims, witnesses and spouses.
Education
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National Center for Interpretation Workshops I
2013
Real Estate License - undefined
Hogan School of Real Estate
1998
Bachelors of Science - Business Administration
University of Phoenix
1995
Skills
- Strong leadership skills, highly motivated, detail oriented, problem solver, fast learner, punctual, hard
- Worker, multi-tasker, self starter, willing to learn and very resourceful
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Sales Agent/Broker/Paralegal
ESM Properties, LLC
11.2016 - Current
Sales Agent/Property Manager/Paralegal
Riviera Investments
10.2013 - 10.2016
Legal Assistant
Law Office of Eric Manch, N. Church
05.2013 - 10.2014
Legal Secretary
Indigent Defense Office
10.2011 - 05.2013
Legal Assistant/Office Manager/Administrator
Law Offices Of Jeffrey Siirtola
03.2008 - 08.2011
Property Manager
01.1999
Office Manager/Leasing Agent/Administrative Assistant
Riviera Investments/Riverman Properties
04.1998 - 05.2006
Legal Secretary, Criminal Defense Specialist
Walter B. Nash
02.1995 - 03.1998
Legal Secretary Family Law Specialist
Dardis & Hippert
04.1990 - 02.1995
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National Center for Interpretation Workshops I
Real Estate License - undefined
Hogan School of Real Estate
Bachelors of Science - Business Administration
University of Phoenix