Manager / Team Leader
Thomson Reuters
Total years of experience :15 years, 4 Months
Team Manager, Trial Court Orders (TCO) and Judicial Reports (JMT):
• Managed the Trial Court Orders (TCO) and the Judicial Reports (JMT) workflows, which involves the legal analysis and processing of US Trial Court Orders through direct history, and the processing of US Judicial Motions, and the linking of these trial court order documents and Judicial Motions online;
• In charge of Monitoring of Quality control and Monthly production targets, as well as forecasting of production targets and personnel requirements for TCO and JMT workflows
• As Team Manager, served as liaison and point person with counterparts in Thomson Reuters, Eagan, Minnesota, USA, and was able to significantly bring down previous case backlogs to green/acceptable levels, while maintaining high quality monthly audit scores for the whole TCO Team
Team Lead, Hong Kong Citator workflow:
• Team Lead for the Hong Kong Citator workflow, which involves the legal analysis and processing of Hong Kong jurisprudence through its indirect history, and the application of treatments to cases that are cited in the said jurisprudence; Monitoring of Quality by performing Quality Assurance (QA) analysis, and in charge of forecasting production targets and personnel requirements
• As Team Lead, was able to significantly reduce four (4) years worth of existing case law backlogs that had remained unprocessed to make the case database current and up to date in six (6) months
Trial Court Orders:
• Processing of US Trial Court Orders through their Direct History as part of Keycite Analysis, with legal analysis of Direct History of Trial Court cases and linking of TCOs online
• Linking of Trial Court Order documents online
Jury Verdict Writer:
• Processing and legal analysis of Direct History of Jury Verdicts in US Trial Court cases; Summary and Headnote Writing of Jury Verdict court decisions
• Preparation of template summary of Jury Verdict court decisions
• Team Manager and Content Specialty Area Lead for Health Products publication workflow, Enrichment workflow, and Sourcing workflow for Wolters Kluwer legal and health print and online publications; In charge of training and transitioning of new hires in editing and assembly of final publication product prior to printing of legal publications and loading in client’s website
• Former Team Manager for Phoenix Sequential workflow, involving copywriting and legal editing of Thomson Reuters Legal Print and Online Publications, and was able to increase the number of publications assigned to the Phoenix Team due to improvements made in quality
• Monitoring of each team member’s attendance and ensuring that they meet their individual target hours; management of project budget, and in charge of project planning and conceptualization of training programs for expansion of print products
• In depth legal analysis of American Jurisprudence
• Member of Training Team responsible for conducting orientation and training programs on legal analysis and use of tool software
• Member of Quality Assurance Team responsible for quality control
• Preparation of Legal Opinions, Pleadings, Affidavits and other legal documents, administrative decisions and notices
• Contract Review (Lease and Sublease Contracts, Software agreements, Concession Agreements, Memorandum of Agreement \[MOA\], and other legal documents, as needed
• Officer in charge of conducting Administrative Hearings for cases involving misconduct of employees and violation of the company’s Employee Code of Discipline
• Preparation of Pleadings, Affidavits, and other legal documents, as needed
• Drafted Administrative Decisions for cases with suspension or termination from work as penalty
• Update and monitoring of Labor, Criminal, Civil, BFAD-related cases
• Preparation and conduct of training programs on Legally-related matters for Store and Area Managers
• Legal research and preparation of draft decisions on criminal, civil and other cases pending before the court
• Rendering of assistance to presiding judge in the conduct of court hearings
• Preparation and maintenance of a database of the latest Supreme Court Decisions for reference of the presiding judge in the preparation of decisions
• Legal research and preparation of pleadings, motions, position papers, contracts and other legal documents
• Assistance of clients in appearances before the NLRC and other government agencies
• Conducted legal research and prepared pleadings and other legal paperwork
• Extended assistance to clients before the National Labor Relations Commission, Energy Regulatory Commission, Municipal Trial Courts and City Prosecutors
Graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Laws
Graduated with a degree in BS Biology
High School