Saul Corona Mendez

Interact and provide services for clients, clients' counsel, and other professionals regarding Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring. Data gathering and management of databases. Maintain service lists of creditors and special parties. Prepare Schedules of Assets and Liabilities and Statement of Financial Affairs. Coordinate large-scale mailings including preparation of affidavits of service. Perform review and reconciliation of Proof of Claims. Manage case dockets and update KCC public access websites as documents are filed with the court. Review contracts. Use Microsoft Excel to create financial models, databases, pivot tables, and analytics.

Prepared and filed bankruptcy petitions on behalf of debtors. Prepared all petition schedules and forms through BestCase software program. Collected, organized, and maintained debtors' vital documentation for bankruptcy filings. Made sure all bankruptcy petitions were ready for attorneys' final review and consulted with attorneys before filing. Drafted Declarations on behalf of debtors and attorneys. Amended petition schedules and forms when necessary post-filing. Communicated with creditors regarding Reaffirmation Agreements and Surrender Letters. Assisted attorneys with settling and negotiating debts instead of bankruptcy. Calendared important hearings and meetings. Developed professional relationships with Trustees, opposing counsels, and bankruptcy court personnel. Communicated and updated clients from beginning to end of case filing. Assisted up to 4 lawyers at time. Managed up to 100 cases. Provided other legal and administrative support to attorneys such as propounding Discovery, filing CMSs and other important pleadings, calendaring important hearings, processing mail, and communicating with clients regarding their legal matters. Helped translate between attorneys and Spanish speaking clients.

Prepared and filed court documents and legal pleadings that included Complaints, Petitions, Summons, Civil Case Cover Sheets, Applications for Guardian ad Litem, Subpoenas, Motions, and Declarations. Assisted attorneys with preparing Discovery and answering Discovery requests. Was in constant communication with clients throughout the legal process. Collected medical records pertaining to the client's claims. Calendared important deadlines. Scheduled appointments and court hearings.

Conducted desktop-based social media and background research as part of investigations into insurance or workers' compensation claims. Used OSINT-based techniques to gather, sort, and compile media and data that was used against said claims. Communicated effectively with fellow team members and/or attorneys when information that refuted an insurance or workers' compensation claim was found. Completed in-depth reports from background and social media findings. Utilized databases such as TLOxp, CLEAR, and idiCORE to gather data and information on claimants and input said data into concise reports. Was occasionally ranked as one of the top research analysts in the company to conduct the most geo-based reports. Was the GeoSocial Sweep specialist in the Los Angeles branch and trained other analyst on geo-based OSINT techniques. Helped train and supervise new analyst.

I worked for a financing company that specialized in helping businesses and companies acquire funding for new equipment and/or commercial vehicle purchases. I was tasked with managing hundreds of client and vendor accounts for the company through the use of CRM software application system, ACT!. Generated and developed new leads to acquire new revenue streams. Analyzed client credit history to assess their risk to the company. Managed capital funding requests of up to $150,000 from project approval to project closeout. Worked with support teams in Credit and Finance departments to resolve issues with product, service or accounting areas.

Conducted independent research and collaborated with other fellow researchers on several research projects that were funded by the USDA. Worked with principal investigators to coordinate qualitative and quantitative research pertaining to sustainability and education. Interpreted research findings and summarized data into reports which were then presented to our partners and program directors. Interpreted data and analyzed results using statistical techniques such as factor analysis, ANOVA tests, Chi-square tests, multiple regressions, and spearman correlation through the use of SPSS and Excel.