Legal Associate Resume Samples

Description :

1. Focused on counseling clients in the areas of securities law, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and general commercial law.
2. Served in the capacity of an In-house counsel to one of the biggest clients of the firm and represent them in connection with PIPE financing and private placement transactions.
3. Took the responsibility for providing exceptional contractual support to internal operations, while managing costs and resources for the organization.
4. Negotiated contracts for real estate deals and contracts for the clients.
5. Represented private corporations and Individuals in transactions dealing with acquisitions and mergers.
6. Drafted wills and power of attorneys for Individual clients.
7. Evaluated data involving assets, income, liabilities, expenditure, and surpluses.

Experience

5-7 Years

Level

Executive

Education

Master Of Laws

Description :

1. Supported six attorneys working on employment, commercial and tort lawsuits.
2. Entered information into the LawTrac database regarding Summons & Complaints for incoming litigations.
3. E-mailed attorney retention letter to outside counsel and legal hold notices to branch locations and others as requested by in-house counsel.
4. Entered incident information received from customers  into claims database.
5. Independently conducted a thorough review of contracts as well as detailed information regarding lawsuits and acquisitions to enter into the Access database.
6. Prepared budget reports using SAP and distributed to all functional area leaders, including attorneys, risk management, and compliance.
7. Tracked outside counsel budget/invoices and submitted invoices to Finance for payment, then recorded all details in LawTrac.

Experience

2-5 Years

Level

Junior

Education

Associates In Legal

Description :

1. Assisted the Unit Director in the performance of administrative duties including preparation of statistical reports.
2. Monitored and supervised workflow ensuring deadlines are met, work product is top quality, and workload is distributed equitably.
3. Provided training to new secretaries; organize refresher training sessions for secretarial staff.
4. Worked closely with clients including state agencies, the UW-System, individual state employees, judges, and district attorneys.
5. Worked with the supervising attorneys to coordinate the DOJ Extern Program.
6. Provided support to principal attorney as neededDrafting and reviewed various documents under attorney supervision, and administered the contract finalization process.
7. Organized and maintained legal documents in various databases.

Experience

7-10 Years

Level

Management

Education

MBA In Leadership

Description :

1. Assisted with an intensive class-action case with regard to document management.
2. Navigated project databases and manage selection for easy retrieval of financial, ownership, and business documents.
3. Worked with supervisors to resolve compliance issues, provided recommendations, communication on the status of action resolution and bring to management issues that require attention tracking corrective actions.
4. Performed comprehensive claim review and quality assurance on Subsistence filings.
5. Consistently met or exceeded production expectations on complex claim review that includes data capture, documentation analysis, and quantitative reasonableness assessment.
6. Monitored release queues to handle work quickly and efficiently while maintaining strict confidentiality.
7. Handled the formation of legal entities.
8. Drafted resolutions and board minutes.

Experience

7-10 Years

Level

Management

Education

H.S. degree

Description :

1. Drafted trademark assignments and licenses.
2. Supported litigation in areas of trademark, unfair competition, and copyright.
3. Advised on Internet infringement matters and domain name disputes.
4. Composed website development agreements.
5. Provided advisory services to partners which resulted in highly-successful litigation in the clients' favor.
6. Developed a cost-reduction strategy that allowed the firm to save thousands of dollars by avoiding unnecessary litigation and time spent in court.
7. Organized and maintained legal documents in various databases.

Experience

7-10 Years

Level

Management

Education

High School Diploma

Description :

1. Assisted three attorneys in corporate headquarters' legal department of global not-for-profit professional membership association for the project management profession.
2. Initiated and processed copyright licenses and renewals.
3. Prepared trademark forms for filing with USPTO; correspond with outside counsel and foreign trademark agents; update trademark docket and prepare deadline reports.
4. Maintained intellectual property enforcement (trademark and copyright) database.
5. Provided reports on all active enforcement matters to team members, and manage specific cases under attorney supervision.
6. Provided research support on suspected intellectual property infringement, and draft appropriate communications to attorneys and potential infringers.
7. Created and implemented department procedures handbook encompassing contract administration, database reporting, copyright permissions agreements process, searching of trademark databases, trademark application process and outside counsel, and foreign agent billing procedures.

Experience

5-7 Years

Level

Executive

Education

Education

Description :

1. Explained clients with the pros and cons regarding legal issues and encourage them to pursue the right way by locating appropriate case laws and relating the facts to the relevant cases.
2. Worked on an investigative due diligence project for our client, a global expert services firm.
3. Derived risks from the MSA to track all the risks of the service provider in case the contract is terminated so that a better action plan is initiated before the termination and both the client and service provider can negotiate.
4. Worked for a Fortune-500 client, on noninvestment products.
5. Received extensive and advanced internal training on various financial instruments and markets including commodities market, primary markets, secondary markets, hedge funds, reinsurance, shares, debt, and various other financial instruments in preparation for document review and research projects.
6. Conducted Enhanced due Diligence and create initial screening and risk assessment reports on major corporations and entities as well as individuals doing business with our clients by making sure that they are compliant with FCPA, AML (Anti-Money Laundering), KYC norms and industry practices.
7. Supported Regulatory Compliance Lead on resolution of compliance issues.

Experience

2-5 Years

Level

Junior

Education

M S In Legal Research

Description :

1. Negotiated the terms of NDAs with prospective clients and vendors.
2. Reviewed and redlined inbound and outbound software license agreements.
3. Reviewed documents for internal investigations, litigations and inquiry by regulatory bodies like SEC and FINRA including patent, trademark and finance-related litigations.
4. Summarized, various contracts such as master service agreement, NDAs, sales/ purchase, distributorship, sub-contractor agreements, etc.
5. Performed inspection of existing and modified processes and technology used to deliver the Services in accordance with the Agreement
6. Provided any subpoena or information request to Company for review
7. Created or coordinated the creation of data files and reports, and provision of information, as requested by Company and transferred or delivered as directed by Company

Experience

5-7 Years

Level

Executive

Education

Diploma

Description :

1. Assisted in the registration process of trademarks and copyrights for corporate clients in India and worldwide Researching & analyzing relevant information for preparing trademark, copyright, and design applications for the clients.
2. Conducted extensive research work and finding case laws, handling procedural aspects in various courts, interacting with clients.
3. Assisted senior counsel during arguments by preparing case papers and collating citations for various legal proceedings.
4. Identified tax reporting errors and propose a resolution. Once approved, implement the resolution, including preparing and sending revised tax reporting and related communications
5. Maintained and updated compliance assessment processes, methodologies, and tools
6. Provided support to Compliance Lead in tracking, escalating and reporting compliance issues
7. Conducted regulatory impact analysis on the applicable Laws

Experience

2-5 Years

Level

Junior

Education

LL.B

Description :

1. Identified potential clients through intensive analysis of their public information related to legal cases, M&As, financials, etc.
2. Analyzed depositions followed by the creation of digest/summary of the entire deposition.
3. Managed and supervised a team working on the Client's Case Management database.
4. Developed and maintained Regulatory Controls inventory.
5. Researched commercial litigation matters in multiple jurisdictions.
6. Assisted with pre-litigation and litigation matters.
7. Drafted, edited, and reviewed litigation and legal documents.

Experience

2-5 Years

Level

Junior

Education

LLM In Law