Kanishia Peele
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Credentials
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EFSET 44 Intermediate (CEFR B1)
EF Education First
Experience
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HOBSON & HOBSON, P.C.
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United States
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Law Practice
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1 - 100 Employee
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Paralegal
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Apr 2023 - Present
Communicate with clients and other parties to provide updates and gather information and answer basic questions about the status of the case Schedule case events Monitor case progress, deadlines, and important timeframes/milestones Draft documents, indexes, chronologies; prepare contracts; draft letters and court documents; fill out legal forms; write reports, etc. Assist attorneys with preparing cases for hearings Maintain, organize, sort and summarize case information and files Manage discovery: prepare and organize discovery and responses to discovery demands Manage client relationships Research laws and judicial decisions regarding current and past cases Assist lawyers during legal proceedings Basic data entry Ensuring Case Mgt System posting, noting, call log, task & event docketing & workflows as well as status update protocols are followed; Ensuring I follow document naming & saving conventions per firm policies; Capture and professionally enter time for billing and meeting billing goal requirements; Triage and prioritize responses to emails Schedule legal events and case milestones Draft letters/reports/ documents Prepare for meetings/ depositions/ hearings Meet with associate and legal team for case status updates Attend Case Review meetings and update records Guiding/Training and Leading Tier I to success. Show less
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The Wiley Real Estate Group
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United States
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Real Estate
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1 - 100 Employee
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Broker Assistant
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May 2022 - Nov 2022
Coordinate due diligence information during closing, assist in the selection of rent and sale comps for BOV’s, RFP’s and OM’s, research multi-family commercial properties, create and manage database, research data, support sales team, assist in the creation of content for presentations, prepare marketing and progress reports, property management duties and general administrative duties. Property Management: Manage 70 units around the City of Atlanta and East Point Attract new tenants through advertising, property viewings and referrals Interviewing tenants and unhinged background checks Setting rental rates and negotiating and enforcing lease agreements Addressing tenant complaints and inspecting vacant units Contracting and supervising repairs and maintenance work Purchasing and delivering materials to units being flipped with company card Collecting Rent and late payments Filing Evictions Maintaining Files Show less
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Harry Norman, Realtors
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United States
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Real Estate Agents and Brokers
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700 & Above Employee
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Transaction Coordinator
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Apr 2021 - Apr 2022
• Coordinate, complete, and/or review transaction documents/paperwork/forms for completeness, accuracy and adherence to company policy and state regulations. • Perform data entry tasks, prepare general correspondence, and maintain forms/supplies. • Manage active files to ensure completeness and reports and disclosures are forwarded in a timely manner. • Compile marketing materials, handle advertising, schedule appointments. • Provide and/or coordinate accurate and timely communication with external contacts. • Confirm earnest money checks and forward check to accounting to comply with timeframes. Prepare and maintain files for document storage. • Train staff and sales associates on software and office equipment. Serve as back-up to other staff Show less
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Kimbrough Law, LLC
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United States
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Real Estate
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1 - 100 Employee
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Closing Coordinator
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Aug 2020 - Oct 2020
• Act as a personal assistant to the CEO. Book travel arrangements and schedule out of ofIice appointments for CEO. • Retrieve and distribute mail. • Manage the closing schedule calendar • Confirm and receive earnest money. • Input new contracts and manage 3 email accounts for business. • Answer the phone using Shortel Systems and transfer to the appropriate party. • Act as main point of contact throughout the entire real estate transaction • Maintain ofIice inventory by ordering supplies on Amazon or picking up at Staples using company card. • Maintain Expense report for company card purchases • Pre close Files - Order Title, retrieve payoffs, order water and HOA letters • Follow up on outstanding documents from clients. • Greet and accommodate all guest who enter the Firm. • Clean conference rooms and disinfect against Covid-19. • Print weekly reports of paralegal Iiles and audit. Show less
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McMichael and Gray, PC
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United States
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Law Practice
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100 - 200 Employee
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Precloser
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Jul 2018 - Aug 2020
- Monitor all potential new client inquiries - Review and Assign all contracts - Electronically open all contracts in Softpro - Order title electronically in SoftPro from different title companies - Order HOA Letters, Payoff Letters, and Water Bills - Remitting all required documents to the lenders - Coordinating the closing with all parties - Assisting with the other duties and special projects as needed - Monitor all potential new client inquiries - Review and Assign all contracts - Electronically open all contracts in Softpro - Order title electronically in SoftPro from different title companies - Order HOA Letters, Payoff Letters, and Water Bills - Remitting all required documents to the lenders - Coordinating the closing with all parties - Assisting with the other duties and special projects as needed
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McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC
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United States
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Law Practice
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300 - 400 Employee
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Legal Assistant
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Feb 2017 - Apr 2018
• Fielding 2-10 calls per day assisting clients, borrowers and other outside parties with the legal process of foreclosure • Interact with clients and build relationships with them by phone, email and in person • Send and Receive fax • Using advanced word processing to edit and prepare foreclosure deeds • Editing and preparing correspondence and legal documents • Maintaining paper and electronic Iiles • Updating several client systems • Ensuring timely, courteous, and through responses to a heavy volume of email correspondence • Assisting with check down of closed, active, and hold Iiles including forwarding invoices of foreclosure fees and cost • Creating chronologies and retrieving documents Show less
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First Advantage
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Customer Care Representative
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Jun 2016 - Jan 2017
• Answer 25 -30 calls per day assisting with background and drug testing investigations • Schedule post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug testing • Communicate with collection sites to collect specimen for clients and donors providing accurate turn- around times for all background and drug testing results • Transfer client calls to the appropriate account management team and provide technical assistance to premier clients using several different platforms • Answer 25 -30 calls per day assisting with background and drug testing investigations • Schedule post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug testing • Communicate with collection sites to collect specimen for clients and donors providing accurate turn- around times for all background and drug testing results • Transfer client calls to the appropriate account management team and provide technical assistance to premier clients using several different platforms
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American Honda Motor Company, Inc.
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United States
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Customer Accounts Representative
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Jun 2015 - May 2016
- Take between 200-250 speed dialed calls • Compile and enter daily report of rejected payments for our region consisting of South Carolina, New York, New Jersey, and Florida • Maintain Filings for 3 departments • Oversee the paper and electronic Filing system • Collect the mail each day from the mail delivery; open and deliver them to the appropriate associate for each department • Collect the outgoing mail from each department and run them through the mailing system for pickup by the end of the day • Assist the Recovery team with pulling Files and mailing out a box of the Iiles for NRC and Bankruptcy to go out each week Show less
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Education
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2010 - 2015
Bennett College for Women
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Interdisciplinary Studies, Africana Women Studies
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