Bethany Farrelly
Paralegal at CTI Towers, Inc.- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Sitetracker Certified
SitetrackerMar, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
North Carolina Certified Paralegal
North Carolina State Bar
Experience
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CTI Towers, Inc.
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United States
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Telecommunications
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1 - 100 Employee
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Paralegal
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Jul 2021 - Present
• Due Diligence, Mergers, and Acquisitions: Order, review, and manage all environmental reports (Phase I, Phase II, and NEPA), surveys, title reports, and title policies for new site acquisitions and ground rights conversions. Draft and compile all closing documents and closing packages. Manage signatures, closings, recordation, and title insurance for all acquisitions. • Contract Management for Telecommunication Carriers and Real Estate Leases – Manage lease projects from application through due diligence and closing for Ground Leases, Master Site License Agreements, telecommunication carrier leases, and fiber provider leases. • Entity Compliance: Manage corporate governance compliance and business registrations to ensure timely annual report, business, and tax filings. • Zoning/Permitting: Research jurisdictional ordinances, schedule and participate in pre-application and community meetings. Show less
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North Carolina State Bar
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United States
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Government Administration
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1 - 100 Employee
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NC Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts
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Feb 2018 - Jul 2021
• Accomplished Grant Manager: Designed and implemented streamlined processes for grant management of more than $5 million in state and grant funding annually. Prepare grantee communications and documents, including grant contracts, award letters, and closing letters. Communicate scheduled grant payments to grantee organizations. • Skilled Program Evaluation: Improved risk analysis procedures, including detailed audit analysis, tracking progress on grant goals, and conducting site visits with current and prospective grantees. Conduct quarterly review and approval of grant reports and budgets, including detailed program, budget, and outcome evaluation. • Grant Database Manager: Mastered grants software components and conducted thorough data clean-up of the grants software system. Ensure grant budget components accurately and completely reflect all grant payments, reimbursements, return of funds, modification requests, and carryover requests. Ongoing set up and tracking of new funding opportunities and grant cycles. • Effective Communicator: Produce extensive grant outcome data, grant award data, and draft client stories to convey NC IOLTA’s impact on the justice community in North Carolina. Respond to formal requests from NC State Bar staff with detailed reports for use in trust account audits and investigations. Conduct continuous review of NC IOLTA’s website and coordinate with the Communications Manager to update the website as needed. Respond to attorney trust account inquiries, including questions regarding annual mandatory NC IOLTA Certification, procedures to open or close an IOLTA Account, and to ensure proper reporting to the NC IOLTA office. • Strong Fiscal Management: Manage all checks submitted to the NC IOLTA office, including proper receipt, documentation, and remote deposit. Maintain all financial files and invoices, both in-office and electronically for NC IOLTA and the NC Equal Access to Justice Commission. Show less
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Cary Law Firm, PLLC
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Cary, NC
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Paralegal
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May 2017 - Feb 2018
• Legal Knowledge: Provided legal support for 4 attorneys in a variety of legal areas, including family, traffic, criminal, personal injury, real estate, and civil matters. Gained knowledge of legal procedures and terminology and experience in the recognition, evaluation, organization, analysis, and communication of relevant facts and legal concepts. Ability to prioritize conflicting tasks and deadlines. • Legal Drafting: Drafted all manner of legal documents, including estate documents, contracts, expunctions, pleadings, briefs, discovery, interrogatories, and more. • Trusted Cash Manager: Responsible for proper monitoring and handling of client payments, settlement funds, and all other cash and checks received for the firm, including accurate billing and data entry. Coordinated with firm manager to ensure timely deposit and distribution of funds. • Staff Development: Trained legal interns on internal administrative processes, phone system, proper file set up and maintenance, and firm software. Show less
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Education
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Liberty University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Interdisciplinary Studies, Music & Business -
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Paralegal Certificate Program
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