Christy Dickman
Chicago
Summary
Highly motivated and professional Paralegal with over 20 years of experience providing high-level support to attorneys, sales teams and other senior executives. Extensive in-house and law firm experience. Possess exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with a proven ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Paralegal/Legal Specialist IV
Trans Union LLC
2017.01 - Current
- Manage day to day operations for high volume Legal Department, including managing work flow
- Serve as initial point of contact for questions and issues directed to the Legal Department
- Prepare, draft, review and negotiate licensing agreements, statements of work, sponsorship agreements, master services agreements and non-disclosure agreements
- Work closely with Sales teams to prioritize requests, coordinate contract execution, and solve novel contracting problems
- Prepare legal correspondence such as notice of default, demands for payment, and renewal notices
- Create and implement contract request form to enhance accuracy of sales information
- Ensure cross functional alignment by creating and driving relationships with other key company functions such as Compliance, Finance, and Sales
- Project manage special assignments for Legal Department
- Maintain and organize legal documents, records and files
- Manage implementation of Legal Department contract lifecycle management tool
- Participate in new product reviews and reviews for enhancements to existing products and draft product terms and conditions for inclusion in agreements
- Advise marketing team on day-to-day marketing issues including advertising compliance, intellectual property, unfair and deceptive trade practices
Digital Optimization Specialist
Trans Union LLC
2015.11 - 2017.01
- Manage A/B and multi variate test execution, documentation, analysis and segmentation
- Create test plans and summaries for executive team and business partners
- Improved overall campaign performance with regular data analysis and adjustment of optimization strategies.
- Implemented conversion rate optimization initiatives that led to increased revenue generation for clients.
- Streamlined processes for better efficiency, implementing automation tools to save time and resources.
Product Manager
Trans Union LLC
2012.11 - 2015.11
- Responsible for ensuring ecommerce products are supporting conversion, retention and profitability goals
Litigation Paralegal
NEAL GERBER & EISENBERG
2005.08 - 2012.11
- Supported all aspects of litigation, including evaluating and assessing claims, assisting in the determination of case strategy, managing the review and production of electronic discovery, managing the review and production of traditional discovery, preparing documents for depositions of witnesses and expert witnesses, assisting in research for the drafting of substantive motions, and serving as primary contact for electronic discovery
- Served as primary paralegal for trademark infringement case in a three-week trial in the Northern District of Minnesota
- Assisted in the execution of a comprehensive electronic discovery plan for the review and organization of more than one million documents by a team of 15 attorneys
- Reviewed and analyzed invoices for services rendered over a period of three years in connection with multimillion dollar fee petition; created multiple Excel spreadsheets categorizing fee data
Paralegal Specialist
Premier Inc.
2003.03 - 2005.07
- Drafted, reviewed, negotiated and commented on proposed changes to Group Purchasing Agreements, non-disclosure agreements, consulting arrangements and e-sourcing project charters
- Assisted in creating and documenting processes for Group Purchasing Services
- Responded to and resolved routine legal questions regarding Group Purchasing Agreements
- Managed follow-up communications regarding revisions to Group Purchasing Agreements with contract management personnel
Paralegal
Nisen & Elliot
2002.02 - 2003.03
- Supervised and managed inventory financing project for major client through regular reports on status of current transactions
- Assisted with closings through organization of closing books and follow through with due diligence items
- Prepared and tracked U.C.C
- Financing statements and continuations
- Researched variety of issues, including applicable state laws with respect to the auto finance industry and prepared fifty (50) state surveys on various issues including, but not limited to, lease tax, dealer licensing requirements, sales finance licensing requirements and insurance related issues
- Composed core reviews for consumer loans, retail installment sales and lease agreements with regard to business licensing, title and registration and tax
- Maintained regular client contact with major finance companies and banks to assist in all aspects of their legal needs
- Prepared licensing applications including, but not limited to, motor vehicle lessor licenses, sales finance company licenses and dealer licenses
- Supervised, trained and reviewed work product for paralegals in the auto finance group
Paralegal
The Northern Trust Company
1999.06 - 2002.02
- Assisted attorneys in the drafting and negotiating of trust and custody agreements for new and existing business relationships
- Reviewed and drafted amendments to trust and custody agreements
- Researched SEC filings relating to mergers, acquisitions and tender offers
- Managed and maintained specimen document library
- Facilitated timely payment of legal bills and other department expenses
- Drafted and maintained minutes for Employer Securities Committee
- Acted as primary contact for relationship staff
Education
Master's of Business Administration -
Keller Graduate School of Management
Tinley Park, IL10.2005
Lawyer's Assistant Program - Intellectual Property Specialty
Roosevelt University
Chicago, IL05.1999
B.A. - Political Science
DePaul University
Chicago, IL06.1996
Skills
- Proficient in MS Office
- Adobe Acrobat
- Litigation Support Software
- Westlaw
- LexisNexis
- Legal Research
- Case Management
- Document drafting
- Document Preparation
- Proofreading
- Contract Review
Timeline
Paralegal/Legal Specialist IV
Trans Union LLC
2017.01 - Current
Digital Optimization Specialist
Trans Union LLC
2015.11 - 2017.01
Product Manager
Trans Union LLC
2012.11 - 2015.11
Litigation Paralegal
NEAL GERBER & EISENBERG
2005.08 - 2012.11
Paralegal Specialist
Premier Inc.
2003.03 - 2005.07
Paralegal
Nisen & Elliot
2002.02 - 2003.03
Paralegal
The Northern Trust Company
1999.06 - 2002.02
Master's of Business Administration -
Keller Graduate School of Management
Lawyer's Assistant Program - Intellectual Property Specialty
Roosevelt University
B.A. - Political Science
DePaul University
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