TAMMIE T JACKSON

• Oversees an average of 100+ employees and manages an annual departmental budget of approximately $10,000,000.
• Administers all aspects of the construction permitting process, including residential, commercial, and industrial building permits, and inspections, to ensure compliance with applicable local, state, federal regulations.
• Developing, updating, and enforcing policies and procedures related to permitting services including but not limited to identifying, creating and implementing operational efficiencies.
• Lead cross-departmental collaboration to support comprehensive project reviews and improved permit turnaround.
• Critical role in ensuring the safety, use, compliance, and efficiency of all building permit operations parish-wide.
• Effectively negotiated salary increases and developed Permit Technician positions to provide professional-level permit review.
• Recruit, hire, and train personnel to perform key internal functions to maintain high productivity and performance metrics.

• Serve as legal advisor to the Office of Code Enforcement and subject matter principal for Code Enforcement litigation. Responsible for immediate supervision of staff of 20+ people in addition to 2 attorneys and a paralegal. Key advisor to over 20 additional staff members. Ensure procedural requirements are met regularly. Consistently engaged in staff training. Constantly examining the Code Enforcement process pursuing methods to improve the department. Thoroughly and accurately respond to inquiries from City Council, the City Attorney, Directors of public partnerships, as well as constituents. Effectively communicate the role of Code Enforcement Administrative adjudication to constituents and the administration. Review contracts, ordinances, resolutions and other documents necessary for the operation of the Code Enforcement department. Respond and produce documents responsive to all public records requests. Review and draft administrative hearing documents. Proficient in LAMA software system to effectively filter and extract reporting data to strategize for monthly and annual goals.

• Analyzed, interpreted and prepared documents related to real estate acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, construction, finance and development for the almost 1,000 properties owned by HANO.. Represented and lead monthly stakeholder meetings advising public and private partners of the administration’s direction. Prepared legal briefs, memoranda and pleadings to be filed in connection with litigation. Enforced one-strike eviction policy. Lead Attorney before District and Federal courts. Point of contact for outside counsel regarding settlement negotiations.. Analyzed Public Housing Authority policy and prepared agency for return to local control.

• Represented City departments before District and Federal Court. Compile contracts, ordinances resolutions and other documents necessary for the operation of City government. Lead Finance Attorney responsible for all tax matters., Served as legal advisor to the Department of Finance, Tax Review Committee and New Orleans Municipal Employee Retirement System. Reviewed and drafted contracts as well as departmental and Council Advice Requests. Served as point of contact for outside counsel regarding Property and Sales tax litigation. Reviewed and approved delinquent files. Instrumental in drafting pleading for first lien foreclosure cases taken to sheriff sale and requesting an additional tool to research alternative address information for absentee owners.

• Lead prosecutor in criminal matters with full oversight of trial planning, motion practice, discovery, and legal research. Prepared for a minimum of three cases daily. Conducted comprehensive investigations including uncovering defendant prior bad acts to prosecute as repeat offender and penalize defendants with maximum sentencing. Fostered an excellent rapport with New Orleans Police Department, State Police and Federal law enforcement through trial preparation and continued advisory of Constitutional requirements.

• Prospect and negotiate home sales. Source new leads utilizing marketing strategies.

• Managed a monthly average of over 20+ auto-liability and premises litigation claim files. Prepared correspondence, memoranda and litigation materials to defend policy holders of Allstate Insurance Company.

Responsible for curriculum and instruction of legal writing to thirty Paralegal and Legal Administration staff students.

• Initiate client interviews. Research and develop case strategy and advise clients of likely outcome. Discovery experience including taking expert and fact-finding witness depositions and propounding and responding to interrogatories. Draft, review and negotiate contracts.

• Responsible for building corporate infrastructure. Recruited, trained and managed staff of over 50 people. Verified and endorsed budget expenditures. Accountable for over $250,000 budget. Prepared proposals and grant applications effectively researching, identifying, developing and responding to public and private grant opportunities to secure donations and generate recurring funding sources.

• Researched and reviewed legal documents. Prepared summary of court cases. Liaison between judge and lawyers with pending litigation.

• Responsible for representing the department in Municipal Court recovering funds from tax payer issued checking accounts with insufficient funds. Filed Civil lawsuits and represented department in Sales Tax violations in Municipal Courts. Responsible for review and completion of tax payer contracts. Drafted and filed liens. for Utilized case management process to maintain calendar, dockets and files.