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Steve Musheshe

Framingham

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Paralegal

Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR)
01.2023 - 07.2023
  • Cataloging land acquisition project files housed in physical folders
  • Organizing and culling land records to reduce overall physical footprint of paper records
  • Identifying and labeling records located within DCR's Land Protection files and Plans collections and removing duplicates
  • Boxing and listing basic metadata for each project file or plan so the scanning vendor can accurately digitize DCR's records
  • Organizing, indexing large-format plans from the Land Protection office and the Plans Library in preparation for scanning
  • Working cooperatively with Land Acquisition and Protection Staff, & Plans Library Staff on a variety of projects as needed
  • Other related duties as required

Mara Foundation
06.2020 - 01.2023
  • Company Overview: General Legal Counsel
  • Define and develop legal policies and procedures while advising on all major transactions of the organization
  • Attend Meetings with Potential Clients
  • Draft and review contracts and internal policies in accordance with applicable regulations
  • Draft Non-Disclosure Agreements, Lease documents, vendor, and supplier agreements
  • Reduced foundation’s reliance on external legal counsel and costs
  • Filing yearly tax returns, maintaining compliance, and state taxes
  • General Legal Counsel

Legal Operations Director

Intellectual Property Rights Initiative (IPRI-Africa)
06.2011 - 03.2020
  • Co-founder of IPRI-Africa and filing company start up documents with the Registrar of Companies
  • Manage the company filing system physically and electronically by updating and maintaining it
  • First contact with company prospective clients and ensure they are retained into clients
  • Calendar scheduling of Attorneys and assigning the potential clients to the right Attorney
  • Organize Board of Directors materials, maintain the calendar, and schedule meetings
  • Book conference rooms, conference system and off-site meetings of Attorneys
  • Data entry and processing of existing and new clients
  • Email, letter correspondence and prepare weekly reports using Microsoft
  • Print materials for the training, and support to faculty and staff
  • Ensure all billings for vendors or applications are timely paid
  • Implementing global intellectual property strategies
  • Advising executives and the board regarding legal rights, opportunities and obligations
  • Developing and nurturing cut-throat courses that professionals find relevant at the workplace including legislative drafting, IP rights and Practice, negotiation drafting and management of contracts
  • Drafted employment contracts for staff and faculty and designed the curriculum

Legal Assistant / Office Support

Byamugisha Law Firm
11.2009 - 05.2011
  • Company Overview: Kampala, Uganda
  • Provide legal support to attorneys
  • Data processing and entry, maintenance of files, record keeping, and updating the system
  • Printing, scanning and email documents using word or PDF
  • Receive phone calls, respond to emails, coordinate donors, vendors and staff
  • Interviewing and in taking, and follow-up with clients
  • Maintain the filing system physically and electronically
  • Direct clients to the right staff member, draft correspondence and reports
  • Maintain the database, data entry and retrieve client documents
  • Drafting memos, client letters, contracts and review
  • Weekly reports to legal department about the progress of cases, contracts, and overall responsibilities
  • Kampala, Uganda

Education

Suffolk University School of Law - Civil Procedure, Evidence, Criminal Law, Family Law, Constitutional Law

Suffolk University School of Law
Boston, MA
06.2022

Bachelor of Laws -

Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda
06.2008

Skills

  • Computer and tech savvy

Locations

  • Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), Boston, MA
  • Mara Foundation, General Legal Counsel
  • Intellectual Property Rights Initiative (IPRI-Africa), Kampala, Uganda
  • Byamugisha Law Firm, Kampala, Uganda
  • Suffolk University School of Law, Boston, MA
  • Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Timeline

Paralegal

Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR)
01.2023 - 07.2023

Mara Foundation
06.2020 - 01.2023

Legal Operations Director

Intellectual Property Rights Initiative (IPRI-Africa)
06.2011 - 03.2020

Legal Assistant / Office Support

Byamugisha Law Firm
11.2009 - 05.2011

Suffolk University School of Law - Civil Procedure, Evidence, Criminal Law, Family Law, Constitutional Law

Suffolk University School of Law

Bachelor of Laws -

Makerere University

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