Kim Lawrence is a licensing professional with over 20 years of experience ensuring regulatory and licensing filings are completed accurately and on time for clients. She has experience preparing state and federal regulatory filings, maintaining licensing and renewal databases, and developing systems to track employee licensing. Her career has focused on regulatory compliance and she has expertise in legal research, contract review, and dispute resolution.

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Kimberly D. Lawrence
827 Bettina Court #121
Houston, TX 77024
832-977-3698
kimlawrence2001@yahoo.com
I am a licensing professional with experience in both a support and lead role. My core competencies
include: strong verbal and written communication skills; a quick and analytical mind; the ability to use
independent judgment; and collaboration with other teams. The emphasis in my career has been
working with state agencies and boards ensuring regulatory and licensing filings are done completely,
accurately and prior to expiration, as well as ensuring all client requirements are met.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Paralegal -- Compliance Specialist, United Recovery Systems, LP 5/2014 to present
 Prepared and submitted state, municipal and U.S. territory regulatory filings for agency and
branch office licensure.
 Oversight and maintenance of regulatory database to ensure that all renewals are completed six
weeks prior to expiration.
 Provide reports to compliance management team on regulatory filing activity and upcoming
renewals or changes in reporting requirement.
 Coordinate with clients on regulatory filing updates and provide client specific reporting
spreadsheets as requested.
 Implement scanned documentation system using SharePoint to maintain a historical record of all
filings.
 Developed system to track and monitor over 700 employees licensing to ensure they remained
eligible for licensure.
 Performed and evaluated Criminal Background Checks, Judgment and Liens Searches and
obtained any additional information to ensure compliance with all government entity and client
contractual requirements.
Executive Administrative Assistant, FMA Alliance, Ltd. 1/4/2010 to 12/31/13
 Provided legal and administrative support to General Counsel.
 Obtained and maintained state, municipal and U.S. territory regulatory filings according to the
jurisdictions particular requirements.
 Provided detailed status reports regarding regulatory filings and renewals to the General Counsel
and Executive Committee.
 Contract, Scope of Work and Communication Documents review and response by efficiently
putting new processes or systems into place utilizing existing or new technologies to meet client
requirements.
 Responded to Requests for Proposals identified on Salesforce.com website.
Paralegal Wolters Kluwer Corp: CT Lien Solutions, Inc. 6/2006 to 5/2009
 Conducted UCC Lien searches for banks, title companies and other lending institution as well as
lien holders fighting bankruptcy filing.
 Reviewed UCC filings for completeness and accuracy against real property records.
 Worked with field correspondents to obtain filings from county courts that were not available
online.
 Compiled packages with all UCC and property records and returned to clients.
 Scanned documentation and established electronic file system.

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Professional Experience
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Alternative Dispute Resolution Coordinator, Better Business Bureau, 5/2003 to 11/2005
 Evaluated consumer complaints against member companies to determine eligibility for mediation.
 Interpreted contracts between member agencies and clients to determine what avenues for
dispute resolution were available.
 Conducted arbitration training course at state universities and local training schools.
 Evaluated results of mediation and participation by member company, and made subsequent
recommendations to the BBB Executive Committee regarding continuing relationship with the
member company.
 Creation and maintenance of on-line calendar scheduling system for volunteers to sign-up and
check status of pending mediations.
 Represented BBB as Board Member for the National Association of Remolding Industry and the
Texas Mediator Association.
Paralegal/Legal Analyst, First Data: TeleCheck Services, Inc., 5/2001 to 3/2003
 Provided legal and administrative support services for General Counsel and staff attorneys
including research, drafting pleadings and discovery, schedule court reporters for depositions, file
court documents with the clerk.
 Prepared responses for consumer complaints and agency inquiries regarding practices.
 Tracked legislation associated with the accounts receivable management industry.
 Ensured effective controls were in place for compliance with FDCPA, TCPA, and FCRA.
Paralegal/Telecom Liaison, BroadWing (Now Level 3), 8/1998 to 1/2001
 Negotiated and coordinated right-of-way relocation of fiber optic cable network in public and
private easements.
 Represented Broadwing at pre-construction conferences.
 Created departmental policies to ensure capturing all available relocation reimbursements
available from government and private entities.
 Instituted “Loss of Use” billing for cuts and breaks in fiber optic network caused by corporate and
private individuals.
 Worked with outside contractors to ensure completion of relocation projects. Served as Project
Manager and maintained spreadsheet of existing projects.
Paralegal/Office Administrator, Dick Brown, Lobbyist, 10/1988 to 6/1997
 Served as sole assistant and performed all administrative duties.
 Drafted and blue-backed legislation that would serve our clients best interest.
 Prepared amendments to pending legislation and tracked legislation as it moved through the
legislative process.
 Served as liaison between Mr. Brown and Senate and House of Representative staff, Senators
and House Members.
TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft Office Suite, Visio, Access, Expressions, ADOBE and Fox-It Digital Document creation and
editing, PACER, ARIBA, Salesforce, SharePoint, Oracle based systems, Database management
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS & ACTIVITIES
University of Texas Legal Assistant Program – Paralegal Certification with Honors 4.0, 1996
ADR International – Certification for Basic, Family, EEO, ADA, Cross-Cultural mediations 1996
Letters of Recommendation Available Upon Request