Shannon Zimmerman
Grovetown,GA
Summary
Knowledgeable Paralegal with more than 20 years combined legal experience. Uses organizational skills and attention to detail to maintain accurate case files and support attorneys effectively.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Paralegal – Litigation/Commercial Real Estate/Corporate/Estate/Probate
Weener Nathan Phillips LLP
11.2014 - Current
- Assistant to three Partners and two Associates
- Communicate professionally via mail, telephone and email with internal staff/attorneys, clients, court clerks, judge’s chambers, sheriff’s departments, defense counsel, etc
- Create, maintain, update, and organize both physical and electronic files
- Process mail (in/out); input time entries; calendar all court deadlines with reminders
- Draft legal documents including correspondence, various pleadings and shell discovery requests and responses. Assemble production of documents and bate-stamp. Edit, finalize, E-file (if necessary) with Magistrate, State, Superior, Probate, Appellate, and Bankruptcy Courts, email and/or mail service copies and save accordingly.
- Perform and analyze skiptrace reports via firm vendor(s)
- Assist in Commercial Real Estate Closings: Manage acquisitions/sales of commercial real estate from start to finish. Review purchase and sale agreement, prepare critical deadline summary and calendar deadlines with reminders, research state/county sites for ownership information, pull personal and real property tax bills, conduct lien searches, request title exams, updated surveys, Phase I/PCA Reports, and Zoning Reports through various vendors. Review title commitments, draft title objections/responses, draft, finalize and circulate sale/purchase closing documents, including but not limited to, deeds, assignments of purchase and sale agreements, various affidavits, UCC statements, corporate authority documents and settlement statements. Analyze leases to draft form Estoppels and/or SNDAs, if necessary. Review executed documents, consolidate signatures, scan, save, email and/or mail to appropriate parties. Coordinate closing logistics and disbursement of funds, prepare PT-61s, record deeds, mortgages, assignments, claim of liens, cancellations, and UCCs, in appropriate county/state court sites. Various post-closing duties.
- Assist in Corporate Transactions: Gather pertinent information and submit entity registrations countrywide, primarily in Georgia, obtain Employer Identification Number(s) (“EIN”) via IRS website, file Beneficial Owner Reports (“BOI Reports”) via FinCen, obtain certificates of good standing or existence and other corporate documents from Secretary of State, etc. Assist in drafting operating agreements, assignments and consents for member interest transfer(s). Maintain logs for clients/entities to monitor and file annual registrations and initial BOI Reports.
Paralegal – Litigation/Commercial Transaction
Aldridge Pite LLP (fka Aldridge Connors, LLP)
03.2010 - 11.2014
- Assistant to one Partner/one Senior Associate and other Associates on an as needed basis
- Set up new files; run conflict checks; maintain, update, and organize both physical and electronic files
- Draft cover letters and other various correspondence; prepare various pleadings and other legal/court documents; file with the Superior, State, Appellate, and Bankruptcy Courts
- Process mail; scan, copy, fax; input time; calendar deadlines; schedule client appointments; update firm files and client systems
- Communicate professionally via mail, telephone and email with clients, borrowers, court clerks, sheriff’s departments, etc
- Assist in Commercial Transactions: Request title exams, commitments, and title policies; obtain certificates of good standing or existence; ongoing communication with clients, title companies, purchasers or sellers; prep for closings; prepare the disbursement of funds; recording/filing of documents; various post-closing duties
Legal Administrative Assistant-Loss Mitigation
Prommis Solutions, LLC fka McCalla Raymer Law Firm
09.2004 - 03.2010
- Processed all incoming faxes and mail within the department, save to individual files and forward to proper personnel
- Interface with borrowers, senior executive staff, attorneys, and company’s clients
- Review and analyze financial hardship information to determine feasibility for the borrower; provide alternative options for delinquent mortgages facing bankruptcy or foreclosure; present loss mitigation workout packages with recommendations to our clients to stop/postpone foreclosures
- Prepare, monitor, and file Reaffirmation Agreements with the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts via online ECF or mail to the Clerk of Court
Education
Bachelor Degree - Business Administration (Legal Studies)
Strayer University
Atlanta, GA12.2012
Associate Degree - Applied Business (Paralegal)
Brown Mackie College
Atlanta, GA01.2011
Associate Degree - Applied Technology (Networking Specialist)
Augusta Technical College
Augusta, GA12.2002
Skills
- Case and Calendar Management
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Office Administrative Support
- Research and data collection
- Document Preparation
- E-Filing
- Title Work
- Georgia Notary Public
Software Experience
MS Outlook, Word, Excel; Adobe Professional; Clio Manage; Efax software; Pacer/ECF; EfileGA; PeachCourt; Various county dedicated E-filing sites; GSCCCA; Simplifile
Timeline
Paralegal – Litigation/Commercial Real Estate/Corporate/Estate/Probate
Weener Nathan Phillips LLP
11.2014 - Current
Paralegal – Litigation/Commercial Transaction
Aldridge Pite LLP (fka Aldridge Connors, LLP)
03.2010 - 11.2014
Legal Administrative Assistant-Loss Mitigation
Prommis Solutions, LLC fka McCalla Raymer Law Firm
09.2004 - 03.2010
Associate Degree - Applied Business (Paralegal)
Brown Mackie College
Associate Degree - Applied Technology (Networking Specialist)
Augusta Technical College
Bachelor Degree - Business Administration (Legal Studies)
Strayer University
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