Misty L.

Bishop
Business and Legal Administrator
1106 S Kanah Lane, Houston TX 77090
Mistybishopbsb@yahoo.com – (832) 703-3242

EDUCATION
Executive Masters of Public Administration w/honors, Texas Southern University-December 2016

Organization: Vice President, Pi Alpha Alpha National Honor Society (Current)

Bachelor of Science, Texas Southern University

Department of Public Affairs concentrating in Administration of Justice and Minor in Speech Communication
December 2003

Paralegal Certification Southwestern Professional Institute- September 2003

SKILLS
Legal Writing, Public Relations, Event Planning, Legal Research, File and Office Management, Data and Contract
Analyst

TECHNICAL SKILLS
 oProDocs, MR-7and Litbase
 o, Insight, Westlaw, Southwestern Reporter, legal periodicals and journals for legal research experience
 Criminal Justice Intake System, Kofax, Enterprise, Summation, WordPro, Visio, Project, Excel, Access,
PowerPoint WordPerfect, Legalkey, E-discovery, Outlook, Lotus, Sharepoint, Lexis Nexis, dBase , Concur
Expenses, PPL, Deal Capture, Channel Portal, and Timeslips
 Type 50 wpm

QUALIFICATIONS
o Labor and employment, energy, contracts, probate, real estate, and administrative law
o Create, bind, and produce brochures, business cards, legal briefs and trial notebooks
o Draft reports, brochures, programs, flyers, correspondence, legal memorandum, pleadings, discoveries,
subpoenas and petitions
o Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable-Drafting invoices and processing checks
o Index, code and analyze legal and land documents
o Analyze, review, revise, draft and scan division orders, ownership transfers, lease agreements, and
contracts
o Event Planning
o Excellent communication, writing and customer service skills

WORK EXPERIENCE

Texas Southern University, Houston, TX 8/2016-Present

Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Sr. Administrative Assistant-Legal
Responsibilities: Assist students and 7 Law Professors with their coursework and administrative duties; managed
their specified documentations such as grade reports and attendance records as well as projects pertaining to the law
school program such as LEAP Legal Education Advancement Program, Urban Research Development, and
Collaborative Experiential Learning.

Activities: Advisor/Founder, TSU chapter Swag Achievement Organization; Advisor, TSU Living Testimony
Gospel Ministry

Robert Half Legal, Houston, TX, 4/2016-8/2016

Williams Lea @ Bracewell LP, Houston, TX, Office Associate
Responsibilities: Respond to email request for binding, copying, scanning and fax jobs; create and produce GBC,
coil, 3 ring binders per requests as well as CDs or DVDst; print and copy brochures, financial reports, legal briefs

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and etc.

Special Counsel, Houston, TX, 12/2014-1/2015 & May 2015-December 2015

Occidental Petroleum, Houston, TX,IT Corporate Records Management-Land Lead
Responsibilities: Manage, maintain, and create data in Insight for all records such as lease agreements, division
orders, ownership transfers, paycodes pertaining to the Land Division as well as activating and deactivating the data
pertaining to the records. Draft and submit reports in regards of the status of records to the Land and Legal
Department. Lead Divesture and Audit projects and train incoming personnel. Also, check in and check out land
records per request from Land specialists or negotiators, and legal department through email, in person and phone.
Prepare land records to be housed offsite and/or shipped to Oxy client in another location.
Accomplishments: Started on the indexing team then promoted to the Customer Service Group within 2 months.
After 2 months, I was promoted to handle all the transactions concerning Land inquiries. Then within a month after,
I lead personnel for all Land Corporate Records and every monthly Audit for the Land Records Division, we
received an average of 95%.
Seyfarth Shaw LC, Houston, TX,Records Management Specialist/Conflicts Intake Specialist, 12/2014-1/2015
Responsibilities: Managed, indexed, and created all legal files per request by the staff. Also, perform conflict
analysis with new or current clients. Used legalkey for managing, researching and indexing all documents pertaining
to a case

Donovan & Watkins, Houston, TX, January 2015-April 2015

Vantage Drilling, Document Analyst/Records Manager (Contractor), 2/2015-4/2015
Responsibilities: Reviewed all documents such as permit work order, isolation certificate, written plans. Created
filing system to manage and maintain the documents for an upcoming Audit.

Southwestern Energy, Houston, TX,Records Manangement Specialist, 1/2015-2/2015

Responsibilities: Managing, creating and maintaining all files pertaining to all departments such as the Engineering,
Land, Division, Lease and Accounting Depts. I also research and retrieve files per request from various departments.

Crescent Staffing, Florida, April 2014 to June 2014

Gexa Energy-Houston, TX, Contract Coordinator
Responsibilities: Duties include interacting with Sales and Business Analyst on daily basis in regards of the status of
the agreements that were received, reviewed, approved or rejected using Microsoft Projects, Deal Capture, Channel
Portal and Salesforce. Updating the renewal customer folders on daily basis and processing non-renewals,
termination/cancellations, and returns to a specific utility.

DW Legal, Houston, TX, August 2012 to December 2013

BP - Houston, TX,Paralegal
Responsibilities: Duties include reviewing, analyzing ,coding, and revising the Plaintiffs’ confidential and attorney-
client privileged information from documents such as HIPAA, Petition, Fact Sheet, and Medical Records within
Sharepoint pertaining to MDL Class Action lawsuit.
Accomplishments: Assist the Project Team Lead in training incoming personnel and coordinating team functions.

Robert Half International, Houston, TX June 2012-August 2012

University of Houston Office of General Counsel, Houston, TX, Legal Assistant-7/2012-8/2012
Responsibilities: Duties included drafting legal documents, file management and maintenance, review and edit
contracts, scanning and emailing documents to attorney(s) upon request; analyzing, coding and indexing documents
manually within Word program; sending and retrieving mail, and assisting with Open Records Request.
Devon Energy, Houston, TX, Imaging Specialist-6/2012-7/2012
Responsibilities: Duties included document prepping, scanning using the Kofax program, and reassembling
documents within the appropriate file.

The Marker Group -Houston, TX ,Case Investigator Assistant, May 2010 to May 2012
Responsibilities: Duties included using the LitBase2000 (Microsoft Visio), and Excel to retrieve and disclose
information about the client within litigation matter that are HIPAA compliant ; conducted extensive research on
where the claimant might have records; contacting the facility such as hospitals, clinics, federal agencies to verify
and retrieve additional information that will support the clients' case through email, fax, mail and phone. Also,
drafted legal papers such as Affidavits, Subpoenas and Office Certifications as well as processing billing and client
invoices. And not limited to scanning invoices and legal papers,and processing checks to retrieve records which
support our client's case and activated or deactivated cases upon clients' request.

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Donovan & Watkins, Houston, TX, March 2009-April 2010
International Cellulose Corporation,Administrator, Houston, TX-3/2010-4/2010
Responsibilities: Duties included answering and transferring calls to the appropriate party; greeting clients and
vendors; processing the incoming and outgoing mail.
Devon Energy, Houston, TX, Records Management Specialist, 9/2009-3/2010
Responsibilities: Duties included document prepping, scanning documents including well reports and well logs
using the Kofax program, Livelink, and Microsoft Project, and reassembling documents within the appropriate file.
Lime Rocks Resource, Houston, TX, Accounting Assistant, 4/2009-6/2009
Responsibilities:Duties included file management and maintenance using Visio, Excel and assisting the accountants
with other office duties.
Sheeh & Pappas Law Firm, Houston, TX, Front Desk Coordinator, 7/2009-8/2009
Responsibilities: Duties included greeting the visitors, operating multi-line switchboard, transferring
incoming calls to the appropriate party, scheduling conference rooms, and validated the parking.
EOG Resources, Inc, Administrator, Houston, TX-3/2009
Responsibilities: Duties included answering and transferring calls to appropriate party; scanning various documents
including invoices and Incident reports within the Health and Safety department's file.

Robert Half International, Houston, TX, 8/2007 & 12/2007-2/2009

Jackson Lewis LP, Houston, TX, Legal Assistant/Administrator, 8/2007, 12/2007-2/2009
Responsibilities: Duties included file management and maintenance of all documentations pertaining
tax,ERISA,Labor and Employment, relieving the receptionist, scanning and emailing documents to attorney(s) using
control Center program;analyzing, coding and indexing documents manually within Word program ;office services
such as informing the administrator about office supplies that need to be order copied, faxed, scanned and emailed
documents that were due diligence, confidential,and attorney-client privileged to the appropriate party using
Equatrac sending and retrieving mail, and assisting with preparation of trial materials.
North Harris Montgomery College District, Houston, TX, Legal Assistant 8/2007-9/2007
Responsibilities: Duties included file management,drafting contracts, and analysis and scanning of contracts using
onBase.

Kelly Services, Houston, TX, September 2007 to December 2007

Suez Energy North America, Houston, TX, Legal Assistant/Administrator
Responsibilities: Duties included file management and maintenance; indexed and coded legal documents; analyzed
contracts, and monitored the Internal Revenue Agents during an audit.

ACCS Security, Houston, TX, Non-Commissioned Security Officer, January 2006 to August 2007
Site: KBR Tower, 500 Jefferson, Houston, TX
Responsibilities: Duties included greeting and seeking out the destinations of the tenants and visitors; assisted the
tenants and visitors with any problem; checked employees' badge; operated turnstile and constructed a daily report.

Internship
2000 Harris County District Attorney Office in Prosecutors Grand Jury Division
Responsibilities: Duties included managing files, legal researching through JIMS on defendants, ordering court
priors, and trial preparation. Also, extensive interaction with Medical Examiners and other police department labs.

Community Service
6/2015-Ongoing, Swag Achievement Organization, Public Relations Manager, Houston, TX

8/2012-6/2015, S.W.A.G Student With Academic Greatness, Volunteer PR Specialist, Houston, TX

4/10-Ongoing, 90.1 Pacifica FM Radio, Community Spotlight: Poetry From the Heart, Announcer & Co-
Producer, Houston, TX

11/05-01/06, US Court of Appeals 15th Circuit Finance Department, Accountant Assistant, Houston, TX

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01/06-3/06, City of Houston Human Resources, Data Entry Clerk, Houston, TX

References

Mike Lorkowski
Former Project Manager @ BP
713-376-3380

Neisha Andres
Former Office Administrator @ Jackson Lewis LP
832-651-1686

Micale Clark
Former Project Manager @ The Marker Group
713-460-9070

Susan Alexander
Special Education Coordinator @ Ruby L. Thompson Elementary
Executive Director/Founder @Swag Achievement Organization
832-865-1582

Misty L. Bishop-Business and Legal Administrator