Life and Times of Katherine Fines Graham Zimmermann

Katherine A Zimmermann
Zimmermann Paralegal & Tax, L.L.C.
Cleveland Street, Suite 2B
LAKE CHARLES, LA 70601
Phone: 202-870-1494 OR email: zimmerk47@yahoo.com
zimmermannparalegaltax@law.officelive.com

Objective
Seek an employment environment to use public affairs/communication skills, written and oral. Hold exposure in customer service, marketing, financial and human resource management. My background serving the US military for 22 years (active duty Air Force and civil service) providedn training for public speaking, public affairs,and personnel management. Graduated from District of Columbia Washington Business School where I obtained a certificate as a legal assistant. My skills and training in the Air Force translate into technical expertise and academic credits granted by Community College of the Air Force. I enjoy working with people of diverse backgrounds.

Abilities
Proprietor of a limited liability corporation: Zimmermann Paralegal & Tax, L.LC. Experienced working with 14th Judicial District Court criminal, personal injury, civil litigation, general and family law. Hold 11 years supervisory experience. Skills include systems, cost, and object class accounting, personnel classification, contract proposals, and contract performance oversight. Served on multi-million dollar contractor selection and performance board. Writing is a skill developed and used in my government service, both technical and business oriented (executive summaries, job descriptions, fact sheets, mission statements, executive summaries, minutes, situation reports, and procedures).  Stationed as a deployable government civilian overseas for 16 years, and was deployed to Bosnia-Herzogovenia, Norway, and Italy for temporary projects. Speak and write German with proficiency.

Employment History
Pink Lady, Women's Auxiliary Volunteer, Receptionists and Information Clerks
05/2004 - 10/2006 Beauregard Memorial Hospital DeRidder, LA
Obtained intake information and then communicated to triage nurse via OCCS radio my lay-person perception of client's situation: urgent, critical, or non-urgent. Comforted individuals awaiting care until professional triage assessment accomplished, or doctor care rendered. Communicated to medical staff In-take information from Emergency Medical Technicians transporting patients by ambulance for emergent critical cases. Adherence to HIPPA laws protecting patients' rightswas an absolute. Compensation was not monetary--but satisfaction helping those in need--priceless.

Director, Resource Management Division, Treasurers and Controllers
03/2001 - 05/2006 Joint Readiness Training Center, Operations Group Fort Polk, LA
GS-343-13/Step 7, of combat training command. Performed research and analysis pertaining to Army Programming, Planning, Budgeting, and Executing Systems. Delegated accountability of an annual budget of $120M. Duty focused
on accounting operations, and financial long-range programming spanning 10 years. Evaluated systems and business
practices to increase efficiency and economy of scale operations. Responsible for personnel functions. Received Commander’s Award for Civilian Service, 5% salary bonus ($6K), and Quality Step Increase in Grade from Step 6 to Step 7. Supervisors Brigadier General (Retired) Eric F. Smith Major General Terry, and Lieutenant General Kamiya.

Chief, Force Structure/Financial Mgmt Division, Treasurers and Controllers
05/2000 - 02/2001 Army Material Command, Combat Equipment GroupEurope, Eyegelshoven,Netherlands
GS-501-13/Step 5--Principal staff officer delegated technical responsibility/authority and staff supervision to establish and direct financial and personnel resources of major overseas logistics command and its five subordinate battalions. Accountable for annual operating budget of $125M, and work force of 51 military, 86 US civilians, 317 host nation personnel from Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Received award for exemplary service.

Supervisory Management and Program Analyst, Program Directors
01/1997 - 05/2000 National Training Center Fort Irwin, CA
GS-343-13/ Step 2, and Chief, Program Management Division responsible for coordination with multiple command echelons and application of strategic planning and financial principles in development of training budget of $140M annually. Forcasted military training missions, and served as accounting officer responsible for execution of combat expenditures. Analyzed input from multiple reports, compiled accounting data from existing operations, organization structure, and approved program plans in development of resource utilization briefings used when conducted Budget and Manpower Reviews to staff principles. Prepared budget estimates and expenditure annual plans, as well as the Five-Year fiscal needs. Developed government cost estimates forming basis for benchmarking competitive contract pricing for Army agreements: air-space utilization; land acquisition; Death Valley Range ‘Dedudding' {removal of air-dropped ordnance}; Mojave Desert "range" facility maintenance; and soil cement {for expedient helicopter/air cargo landing strips}. Served as Contracting Officer Representative for long-term contracts valued at $28M per fiscal year. Received non-competitive promotion due to accretion of duties, and 5 cash awards.

Assistant Chief of Staff, Resource Management, Treasurers and Controllers
10/1994 - 01/1997 37th Transportation Command Kaiserslautern, Germany
Job title: Assistant Chief of Staff, Resource Management. Primary staff of Europe’s military line-haul command. Supervised eight German and three US employees. Planned and executed accounting, manpower, and internal control functions for forward-deployed, split-based command during pre-deployment, deployment, and redeployment of Hungary/Bosnia peacekeeping operations. Held accountability for civilian pay and operational funds. Reorganized the staff into consolidated and productive division after a Dept of Army directed downsizing by 50%. Developed Operation Order Annex F, Resource Management for initial deployment into Eastern Europe. Arranged for country access/confidential security clearances for G erman refrigeration trailer drivers to pre-position supplies.

Budget Analyst
05/1989 - 10/1994 HQ, US Army, Europe Heidelberg, Germany
Budget analyst performed data compilation and prepared displays (pic charts, bar/line graphs, tables) facilitating validation of DoD fund requirements. Using computer programming skills, extracted and tracked audit trails to document changes. Developed “European burdensharing” cost exhibits for the President’s Budget and extended planning period (10 years). Division proponent for procedures for local unique accounting system that stored relational databases of $4B, and spanned 10 years. Wrote "average salary" computer program converting US payroll into foreign currency of $2.6B for employees in Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Turkey, Spain, Norway, England, and Luxembourg.

Sole Proprietor, Advertising Sales Agents
12/1984 - 11/1985 Pfaff Nahmachinen GmbH, German Sewing Machine Corp Heidelberg, Germany
Sole proprietor of local sewing machine retail and fabric boutique located in Heidelberg, Germany. Sold, marketed, and demonstrated Pfaff state-of-the-art sewing machines to local residents. Each business transactions, written and oral, were conducted in the German language, which I speak, read, and write proficiently enough to conduct successful, profitable retail store as sole proprietor. Silent owner resided in Paris, France.

Legal Assistant, Paralegals and Legal Assistants
02/1981 - 11/1984 Margolis & Sakayan, Attorneys Washington, DC
15th and I Streets, Washington, DC N.W. Legal secretary, bookkeeper, subpoena server, errand runner, and legal researcher. Personal injury, criminal, medical malpractice, family, and workman’s compensation were legal areas of work undertaken by this five-attorney law firm (two partners and three lawyer associates). I prepared court documents and pleadings, as well as other legal and/or litigation documents, performed research, investigation and independently wrote routine business correspondence. Cases for which I assisted resulted case settlement awards of $8M for personal injury suits that went to trial. Prepared trial documents for variety of other legal matters in an age prior to spell-check and desktop workstation computer availability. Managed attorney and support personnel pay distribution. Conducted collection and issued awards to clients having successful Court awards.

Airman 1st Class, Air Traffic Controllers
02/1978 - 08/1979 US Air Force Biloxi, MS
During enlistment was trained as an Air Traffic Control Radar Repairman in a comprehensive 20 month training program conducted at Keesler AF Base, Biloxi, Mississippi. My follow-on assignment was to Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, where I was assigned to 32nd Air Squadron, a world-wide deployable unit, and trained on combat expedient Air Traffic Control shelter configuration, flight testing, runway surveying, and facility repair. Received and graduated from 9 months of additional training in missile systems maintenance and repair, solid state and integrated circuitry maintenance, and the deployable Air Traffic Control self-contained equipment, TPN-19. Proficient in use of spectrum analyzers, radio frequency testing equipment, and programming Precision Approach and Area Surveillance Radar scopes in binary code. Requested and was allowed to take the Air Force Officer Qualification test, and achieved a respectable score in the 79th percentile (79% of those tested scored lower). was selected for Officer Candidate School, where I was sent to study at University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; enrolled in Air Force Reserve Officer Training Cadet and obtained Cadet Major rank during my attendance at OU. Majored in Psychology, minored in military history.

Legal Secretary; Title Researcher, Paralegals and Legal Assistants
04/1973 - 02/1978 Foley and Weiss, Attorneys Nashville, TN
Prepared briefs, performed real estate title research, cleared titles, and independantly prepared closings for Conventional, VA, HUD, and all other forms of mortgage lending. Established escrow accounts, prepared checks, and any produced briefs and pleadings in connection with ongoing cases. Left the firm when I joined the Air Force, 14 FEB 1978.

Education History
Completion Date Issuing Institution Qualification Course of Study
07/1980 University of Oklahoma Bachelor's Degree AF ROTC, Psychology
08/1979 Community College of the Air Force Associates Degree Electronics

Certifications
Certification Title Issuing Organization Completion Date
Diploma Paralegal/Legal Secretary Washington Business and Finishing School 07/1973
Appropriations Law Depart of Agriculture Graduate School 08/1999
Contract Law Dept of Agriculture Graduate School 02/2003
Understanding DWI Laws and Testing Fact Finders 01/2009

References
Bill Willims 337-396-1018
Joshua Graham 337-488-9270
Ron Graham 703-892-5539