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Viviana Ramos

Brooklyn

Summary

Paralegal motivated to continually improve and extend personal skills and knowledge to attain increased responsibility and opportunities for professional growth.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Paralegal

Armstrong Teasdale LLP
01.2019 - Current

-Landlord-Tenant Litigation

  • Document preparation such as notices and petitions for housing court nonpayment proceedings, rent demands; processing of warrant requests (including processing affidavits of nonmilitary and scheduling evictions)
  • Acting liaison between clients, attorney, lenders and shareholders
  • Track filings and deadlines
  • Maintain Case Status Reports for each client
  • Coordinating with marshal and moving companies
  • Data entry
  • Process all monthly bills for the Nonpayment department
  • Review and revision of all monthly time entries, Preparation of Invoices, Resolve Billing errors


- Experience with Transfer Agent Duties -Real Estate/Residential

  • Prepare Contracts of Sale
  • Prepare closing documents including closing agenda/checklists, transfer tax forms, conveyancing forms, closing statements, etc.
  • Draft closing instruction letters and coordinate closings of residential real estate sales and loans secured by real estate
  • Issue and cancel certificates to reflect change in ownership
  • Help shareholders and bondholders when a stock certificate is lost, destroyed or stolen
  • Post-closing document control, UCCs, satisfactions.
    Track, record, and maintain on behalf of issuers the official record of ownership each issuers security

Paralegal

Merger to Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP
08.2016 - 01.2019

Paralegal

Schechter & Brucker P.C.
05.2013 - 08.2016

-Landlord and Tenant Litigation

  • Collected supporting documents in order to begin the process of service for housing court nonpayment proceedings
  • Conducted legal and factual research
  • Prepared documents such as notices and petitions for housing court nonpayment proceedings, rent demands; processing of warrant requests (including processing affidavits of nonmilitary and scheduling evictions)
  • Maintained regular correspondence with clients
    Acting liaison between clients, attorney, lenders and shareholders.
  • Tracked filings and deadlines
  • Maintained Case Status Reports for each client
    Coordinated with marshal and moving companies.
  • Interfacing with outside counsel.
  • Data entry

Legal Assistant

Weiss, Wexler & Wornow P.C.
08.2009 - 05.2013

-Settlements Dept.

  • Responded to client inquiries, providing accurate legal advice and offering assistance.
  • Completed electronic filings, initiated billing statements, and managed firm administrative matters.
  • Managed accounts and client records of clients, observing confidentiality, and extreme discretion.
  • Created spreadsheets to track client progress and document billable hours.

Education

Paralegal Certificate - Law

Borough of Manhattan Community College of The City University of New York
08.2024

Associates Degree-Legal Office Administration

Katharine Gibbs School
New York, NY
06.2009

Skills

  • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Spreadsheet Applications, E-case, Research databases such as ACRIS, WestLaw, NYSCEF, Web Surrogates, Lexitas, E-Law
  • Notary Public- New York State

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Paralegal

Armstrong Teasdale LLP
01.2019 - Current

Paralegal

Merger to Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP
08.2016 - 01.2019

Paralegal

Schechter & Brucker P.C.
05.2013 - 08.2016

Legal Assistant

Weiss, Wexler & Wornow P.C.
08.2009 - 05.2013

Paralegal Certificate - Law

Borough of Manhattan Community College of The City University of New York

Associates Degree-Legal Office Administration

Katharine Gibbs School
Viviana Ramos