This document provides a summary of qualifications and experience for Melissa Ellsworth. It includes her contact information and outlines her experience over 20 years working in records management, litigation support, and legal research. Some of her key skills and responsibilities involve managing large document productions, legal holds, and electronic discovery processes. The summary also lists the various software programs and systems she has experience with in supporting legal matters.

1. MELISSA ELLSWORTH
1051 Squire Mansion, Yukon, Oklahoma 73099
405-889-0151
melissadaileyellsworth@gmail.com
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
-Complex litigation -Records management -Records searches -Legal research
-Extensive case discovery -Corporate governance -Large document productions -eDiscovery
-Legal file maintenance -Interview clients -Legal document drafting -Corporate bankruptcies
-Document recovery -Litigation preparation -Maintenance & retention of records-Legal Holds
EXPERIENCED IN THESE COMPUTER PROGRAMS
-MS Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Visio) -WordPerfect -SharePoint -Livelink
-Dropbox -Casetrack -Adobe Professional -Westlaw -Lexis -Allstate Legal
-PC Law -Quickbooks -Timeslips -Insight -Cherwell -Tabs 3
-Intella -Kofax -OmniRim -Various FTP sites from different vendors
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
6/2013-Present RECORDS LIAISON
The Williams Companies, Inc. (formerly Access Midstream, formerly Chesapeake Midstream), Oklahoma City
 Manage the start-up process and procedures for a new corporation that never had a Records Center previously.
 Oversee the Records Center staff and assist them with creating new processes to implement company-wide.
 Assist the Enterprise Content Management effort by creating process maps for various Business Units & editing the Retention
Schedule as needed per business record category & taxonomy.
 Create procedures and assist Business Units to help them identify their company records & apply retention accordingly.
 Manage approximately 50,000 active files that are checked in/out on a daily basis.
 Created and implemented new barcode procedures and tracking information for the active files.
 Authenticated the Insight database and verified that all records are accounted for and created new processes in order to move
forward as a company-wide Records Center.
 Authenticated the Retention Schedule that is used company-wide in order to retain the appropriate records versus keeping
and storing non records.
 Track Legal Holds and mark files accordingly in order to retain for various business purposes.
11/2007 to 01/2013 RECORDS MANAGER & ENVIRONMENTAL LITIGATION PARALEGAL
Tronox LLC, Oklahoma City
Records Manager:
 Managed over 37,000 boxes of corporate records located in off-site storage facilities by following appropriate corporate retention
schedules or according to government orders for retention of specific documents.
 Issued Legal Holds for specific documents and/or departments as required for litigation purposes or other legal purposes as
requested by federal or state agencies.
 Responsible for the retention of, and locating all electronic records located on various servers in worldwide locations of a
chemical company with more than 3,000 employees. Worked daily with the IT Department to ensure electronic records were
retained and able to be retrieved as needed.
 Provided records to all departments after conducting thorough records searches through Livelink, Sharepoint and other
electronic file-search programs.
 Supplied highly confidential records and documents to various federal and state agencies upon request or during litigation or
bankruptcy.
Litigation Paralegal:
 Assigned to approximately 300 environmental legal files for sites that required extensive remediation.
 Responsible for heavy litigation involving government entities and/or federal and state courts and agencies for various matters.
 Searched for, located and produced approximately 40 million documents related to a corporate bankruptcy as well as a large
environmental lawsuit.

2.  Complex experience in electronic document transfers and eDiscovery.
 Research environmental laws equivalent to remediation standards in various states and countries.
 Draft and produce pleadings for large litigation matters.
8/2006 to 8/2007 LITIGATION PARALEGAL
Wallace & Bertman, PC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
 Research case laws and review pleadings.
 Draft pleadings and agreements and other legal documents.
 Docket court dates and schedule appointments.
 Set up, maintain and close client files.
7/2000 to 06/2006 CRIMINAL DEFENSE PARALEGAL
The Law Offices of Burt Kettle, Brunswick, Maine (Retired)
 Research case law, state statutes and rules of criminal procedures utilizing Westlaw, Lexis and other sites.
 Draft, edit and file motions and memorandums in various state and federal courts.
 Communicate regularly with court clerks and prosecutors.
 Set-up, maintain and close client files.
 Perform various legal tasks as the sole paralegal in the law firm.
 Interview clients, maintain attorney calendars, and maintain all computers with the office.
 Review discovery materials and help prepare attorney for trials or litigation by maintaining and organizing files, preparing
motions, discovery and exhibits and maintaining contact with clients during trial periods.
 Schedule depositions and alternative dispute resolution conferences as needed.
 Draft and send correspondence to clients and court clerks.
 Receive client payments and draft and file court-appointed bills with the appropriate court.
9/99 to 7/00 PARALEGAL/LEGAL SECRETARY
Ranger Copeland Whittemore, PA, Brunswick, Maine, 207-725-5507
 Researched boundary lines, transferring information to legal documents.
 Typed deeds (quit claim, warranty, etc.) and prepared them for recording in county offices.
 Received client information and drafted Wills and Powers of Attorney.
 Operated WordPerfect daily for typing real estate documents, client letters and storing information.
 Performed administrative support such as processing detailed court documents, answering multi-line telephone system, and
opening, maintaining and closing files.
 Transcribed tapes daily.
10/97 to 5/99 EXECUTIVE LEGAL SECRETARY
Law Offices of Michael Perdue and Law Offices of Deborah Bayus, Carlsbad, California, 760-930-9668
 Operated MS Office and WordPerfect daily for typing legal documents, client letters and creating and updating files on disks.
 Typed and processed detailed court documents, ordered materials, answered telephones and performed minor legal research.
 Interacted daily with clients by scheduling appointments and court dates.
 Served legal documents to persons involved in legal disputes and filed such documents with the courts.
8/93 to 5/97 UNITED STATES NAVY, Aerographer’s Mate
EDUCATION
-Qualified (and studying) to sit for the CRM exams
-Records & Information Management (RIM) Certification, ARMA, June 2014
-BS in Legal Studies, Kaplan University, cum laude, March 2008
-Paralegal Certificate, Andover College, November 2005.
-Graduated Emporia High School, Emporia, KS, 1993.