Experience

Unifund CCR

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Accountant

  • Nov 2018 - Present



Gerner & Kearns Co. LPA

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Team Lead of Judgments, Litigation, Loss Mitigation and Hearings

  • Aug 2017 - Oct 2018

  • Oversee and supervise the Judgment, Litigation, Loss Mitigation and Hearings department paralegals • Manage Judgment stage caseload for the law firm’s entire financial institution clients • Draft Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana Motions and Orders for Judgments, Dismissals, Status Reports, and numerous other miscellaneous pleadings • Communicate with Ohio County Recorder’s offices, Kentucky County Clerk’s offices and Indiana County Recorder’s offices • Schedule, manage and maintain County Attorneys to appear in Court to represent Gerner & Kearns in foreclosure and mediation hearings • Schedule, manage and maintain Gerner & Kearns Attorneys to appear in court for foreclosure and mediation hearings • Train and mentor new employees on Judgment, Loss Mitigation and Hearings processes • Manage the process, as well as, the preparation of Deed in Lieu of the foreclosure • Act as liaison between clients and the firm to resolve any issues in the foreclosure process including fielding phone calls, emails, and other electronic messages • Correspond with Attorneys on a daily basis to effectively resolve client inquiries in need of escalation • Follow up with counties on status of recordings to provide accurate updates to clients • Maintain a portfolio of foreclosures for all clients in various electronic medium to provide status updates on legal cases • Maintain a rigorous understanding of legal issues surrounding the mortgage lending industry in order to rectify errors in legal reporting Show less



Lerner, Sampson & Rothfuss

• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Pleading Paralegal

  • Mar 2010 - Aug 2017

  Pleading Paralegal III • Managed Complaint stage and Judgment stage caseload for the law firm’s largest financial institution clients • Drafted Ohio and Kentucky Motions and Orders for Complaints, Judgments and Dismissals • Scheduled County Attorneys to appear in Court to represent LSR in foreclosure hearings • Trained and mentored new employees on Complaints, Judgment and Dismissal processes Client Services Specialist II • Act as liaison between clients and the firm to resolve any issues in the foreclosure process including fielding phone calls, emails, and other electronic messages • Train on the entire legal foreclosure process from the filing of the foreclosure complaint to delivering the recorded deed to the client • Correspond with attorneys on a daily basis to effectively resolve client inquiries in need of escalation • Maintain a portfolio of foreclosures for over 50 clients in various electronic medium to provide status updates on legal cases • Maintain a rigorous understanding of legal issues surrounding the mortgage lending industry in order to rectify errors in legal reporting Title Paralegal II / REO Processor • Assist Foreclosure Attorneys in the preparation of title claim letters • Resolve title issues and act as liaison between clients, title companies and attorneys • Act as the liaison between the sellers, servicers, vendors and borrowers with the Foreclosure/REO process, ensuring all issues are resolved in a timely fashion • Review, research and assist with title issues for foreclosed properties • Act as liaison between buyers, sellers, agents and county representatives in the preparation of selling and buying REO properties • Preparation of various types of deeds from the seller to new buyers • Follow up with counties on status of recordings • Disburse various closing checks • Assist with distributing recording packages to the counties for new deeds to be recorded Show less



Guardian Savings Bank

• United States
• Banking
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Accountant

  • May 2002 - Dec 2009

  Accountant • Responsible for preparing, reconciling and analyzing month end, quarterly and year end reports. • Responsible for posting and balancing of the general ledger. • Maintain daily reconciliation of various general ledger accounts; including the Federal Reserve, Federal Home Loan Bank, Account Receivables and Money Market Accounts. • Responsible for the reconciliation of a $500,000,000.00 portfolio of mortgage loans. • Responsible for the funding of mortgage loans into the Bisys Software by gathering information from the Settlement Statement (HUD), Mortgage, Note and other necessary closing documents. • Maintain daily reconciliation of the funded mortgage loans to the general ledger. • Process denied mortgage loans by verifying that all necessary documents are in the mortgage loan file; gather necessary documents from the Calyx Software if needed and input into the Bisys Software for HMDA reporting. • Responsible for reviewing closed mortgage loan files to ensure that each file is compliant and meets the regulatory guidelines. • Responsible for creating, updating and reviewing various Excel spreadsheets for daily, month end, quarterly and year end data. Show less



Communicating Arts Credit Union

• Customer Service Representative

  • Apr 2001 - Apr 2002

  • Responsible for preparing, reconciling and analyzing month end reports. • Responsible for posting and balancing of the general ledger. • Maintain daily reconciliation of various business accounts; including the Federal Reserve. • Debit and credit customer accounts via Automatic Clearing House. • Responsible for the disbursement of payroll to various customer accounts. • Provide assistance to customers regarding their checking, savings and money market accounts. • Open and close checking, savings and money market accounts. • Provide customer service to individuals and businesses who have inquiries concerning their checking, savings and money market accounts. Show less