All Entries in the "Superstars" Category
May 2012: Joncilee M. Davis
Joncilee M. Davis is currently a litigation paralegal with the law firm of Fee, Smith, Sharp & Vitullo, LLP in Dallas, Texas. She has been working as a litigation paralegal for the past eighteen years. A Dallas native, Joncilee graduated from Texas A&M University with a BA in Political Science and a double minor in [...]
April 2012: John C. Goudie
John C. Goudie has been a practicing paralegal for more than 24 years, primarily in the areas of personal injury and workers’ compensation, both plaintiff and insurance defense. John was one of the first non-lawyers to represent injured employees in workers’ compensation claims in Wisconsin, having obtained his license to appear before the administrative agency in [...]
March 2012: RoxAnn D. Mack
RoxAnn D. Mack is a corporate paralegal in the Boulder, Colorado office of Faegre & Benson LLP. She has worked in the legal field since 1981 and has been with the Boulder office since 1989. RoxAnn is a Life Member of Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity having formerly served the Fraternity as a District [...]
February 2012: David Johnson
David is a commercial litigation paralegal in the Miami office of the law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey (US) LLP, an international firm with 36 office in 17 countries. His career spans more than 30 years in commercial litigation, including international litigation and trial work: 4 years in Hartford, CT, 6 years in Providence, [...]
January 2012: Jana Kaplan
Jana Kaplan has been working in the legal field since 1999, when she ran a small two-attorney general practice, concentrating primarily on residential real estate closings. After working there for a year, Jana was presented with a once in a lifetime opportunity to live and work in Australia for one year, which she did from [...]
Introducing ParalegalGateway’s 2012 Paralegal Superstars
ParalegalGateway.com is proud to announce the 2012 Paralegal Superstars! The following twelve Paralegals clearly exemplify some of the best and brightest of our profession. 1. Jana Kaplan (Georgia) 2. David Johnson (Florida) 3. RoxAnn D. Mack (Colorado) 4. John Goudie (Wisconsin) 5. Joncilee Miller Davis (Texas) 6. Belinda [...]
December 2011: Sherry Rosen
Sherry Rosen is a senior litigation paralegal at Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP in Atlanta, Georgia. She began her legal career in the late 1980s, and she has been a paralegal specializing in civil litigation for almost fifteen years. Sherry grew up in New Jersey and lived in Tel Aviv, Israel, from 1973 to 1976. [...]
November 2011: Vicki Voisin, ACP
Vicki Voisin, ACP, “The Paralegal Mentor,” is a nationally recognized author and speaker who delivers simple strategies for paralegals and other professionals to create success and satisfaction by setting goals and determining the direction they will take their careers. Vicki spotlights resources, ethics issues, organizational tips, and other areas of continuing education to help paralegals [...]
October 2011: Pamela Starr
After a lifetime of working as a paralegal for ‘biglaw’, Pamela Starr decided it was time for a change – the year was 2008. It was an obvious and natural transition – the legal industry had finally begun to embrace technology and, well, the economy could no longer support law firms. Bankruptcy courts had transitioned [...]
September 2011: Ann Jackson, RP
Ann Jackson is the sole in-house paralegal at Cypress Communications, Inc., a leading provider of voice and data communication services to business customers, with corporate headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. At Cypress, she reports directly to the company’s General Counsel, handling a wide variety of issues as part of a small legal department. She manages the [...]
August 2011 Beverly Johnston
Beverly is a former resident of Fayetteville, North Carolina and moved to the Raleigh area in 2001. Her paralegal career began as a by-product of a divorce over twenty-two years ago. She has been employed by Hillco, Ltd. Legal Department since 2001 as Legal Administrative Manager. Prior to that time she worked primarily with small [...]
July 2011: Allen Mihecoby
Allen Mihecoby, CLAS, RP® is currently employed as the Manager, Law Department for BNSF Railway Company, the second largest railroad in the United States. Previously, he was employed as an in-house paralegal for a publicly traded corporation involved in high end retail and luxury goods in Dallas, Texas. His experience has been primarily with large [...]
June 2011: Brynne Williamson, PP, PLS
Brynne Williamson is a probate paralegal at Helsell Fetterman LLP in Seattle, Washington, specializing in estate and trust administration and taxation issues. Brynne is registered with the King County Bar Association Legal Assistant program, which authorizes her to present ex parte matters before the King County Superior Court. After graduating from the paralegal program at [...]
May 2011: Stephanie Elliott-Park
Stephanie Elliott-Park, NCCP is a senior litigation paralegal for the law firm of Gray, Layton, Kersh, Solomon, Furr & Smith, P.A., in Gastonia, NC where she manages the practice of the senior litigation partner, William E. Moore, Jr. Ms. Elliott-Park and Mr. Moore were featured in the Legal Teams column of Legal Assistant Today (May/June [...]
April 2011: NeKeita Summerville
NéKeita L. Summerville is currently employed by Forman Perry Watkins Krutz & Tardy, LLP and has been working as a litigation paralegal in the Toxic Torts section of its Dallas, Texas office since February of 2005. She has been a paralegal since April of 2003 working in the areas of Personal Injury, Insurance Defense, Commercial [...]
March 2011: Ana Pierro
Ana Pierro is the paralegal supervisor at Pershing LLC, a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon. Since beginning her paralegal career in 1993, Ana has worked in various areas of the law including, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Insurance Defense, Commercial Litigation, Pharmaceutical Regulation and Securities Regulation. In 2005, Ana served as President of [...]
February 2011: Elizabeth Miner
Elizabeth Miner is currently a corporate paralegal employed by Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. at their corporate headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts. Elizabeth became a paralegal through experience and mentoring by attorneys, eventually obtaining her Paralegal Certificate from the Colorado University and has continued to attend classes at Northeastern University. In her career Elizabeth has worked in [...]
January 2011: Mianne Besser
Mianne L. Besser is a 1993 graduate of the University of Phoenix with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Management. She obtained her paralegal certificate from the Denver Paralegal Institute in 1996. She has been a paralegal for nearly 15 years and currently is employed as a litigation paralegal at the law firm of [...]
December 2010: Carolyn Yellis, ACP
Carolyn Yellis, ACP received her paralegal certificate from Southern California College of Business & Law in 1991 and her Certified Paralegal certification credential (CP) from the National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) in 1998. In July, 2006, she completed the Advanced Paralegal Certification program in Discovery and earned her Advanced Certified Paralegal designation (ACP). She [...]
Introducing ParalegalGateway’s 2011 Paralegal Superstars
ParalegalGateway.com is proud to announce the 2011 Paralegal Superstars. This is a momentous year for ParalegalGateway.com as we celebrate our 10 year anniversary!! You read that correctly – ParalegalGateway.com went live in 2001 and started connecting Paralegals before social networking was…well, before there was social networking! In the past 10 years we have had the [...]
November 2010: De L. Dishman
De L. Dishman (“De”) is a Senior Litigation Paralegal currently employed by Smith Freed & Eberhard P.C. located in Portland, Oregon. She has been a paralegal for over 20 years, specializing in construction and development, commercial and residential real estate, commercial litigation, practice management and creditor’s rights. Prior to becoming a paralegal she was a title [...]
October 2010: Brian Haberly, RP
Brian received his undergraduate degree from California State University, Northridge and his Paralegal Certificate (Corporate Specialization, Magna Cum Laude) from the University of West Los Angeles, in an ABA approved program. Brian became a PACE® Registered Paralegal (“RP”) in March 2009. He has been in the legal profession for nearly 25 years, serving in the [...]
September 2010: Ruth Conley
Ruth Conley is a litigation paralegal at Andrews Kurth LLP in Houston, Texas, working in the firm’s Toxic Tort department. Since beginning her paralegal career in 1989, Ruth has worked primarily in the areas of Personal Injury, Products Liability, Insurance Defense and Commercial Litigation, specializing in document management as it relates to Multi-District Litigation cases. [...]
August 2010: Kathy Houts Miller, ACP, CAS
Kathleen “Kathy” Houts Miller, ACP, CAS, received her bachelor’s degree in social sciences from the University of California Irvine in 1969. She received her master’s degree in sociology from Washington State University in 1971. Her paralegal career started when she was hired in 1972 to work for a four-attorney law firm in Long Beach, California [...]
July 2010: Maddie Vines
Maddie Vines joined her present firm, Ritsema & Lyon, P.C. in 2006. She specializes in Worker’s Compensation, Subrogation and Civil Litigation in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Prior to her employment there, Ms. Vines worked for the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office in Colorado Springs for 14 years. Ms. Vines began her career at the DA’s Office [...]
June 2010: Patricia “Patty” Dietz-Selke
Patty Dietz-Selke graduated from the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Florida and the National Center for Paralegal Studies (NCPT) in Atlanta, Georgia with Honors from both institutions. She holds a Bachelors degree in International Studies with a Minor in Management and an ABA Paralegal Certificate with specialization in Litigation. After more than a decade [...]
May 2010: Laura Ahtes, AACP, RP, DCP
Laura Ahtes, AACP, RP, DCP, is a bankruptcy paralegal for Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP in Wilmington, Delaware. She obtained her degree from Goldey Beacom College and graduated with honors from Widener University’s Paralegal Certificate Program in 1989. Laura has been a paralegal for 20 years and currently serves on the American Alliance of Paralegals, [...]
April 2010: Viola M. L. Ange
Viola M. L. Ange, founder of IPParalegals, is an Intellectual Property Specialist with over 25 years of paralegal experience in US and foreign patent, trademark and copyright prosecution as well as litigation. Ms. Ange attended Mesa College In San Diego before transferring to San Diego State University – majoring in business administration and minoring in [...]
March 2010: Catherine McKenzie
Catherine McKenzie began her legal career as a legal secretary in 1972, at the age of 20, for a Federal non-profit law services committee on Long Island, New York. In her capacity as legal secretary she was part of the team that propelled a case to the United States Supreme Court. She then was employed [...]
February 2010: Jeannie Cartabiano
Jeannie Cartabiano is a Certified Paralegal from Redlands, California who works for the firm McPeters, McAlearney, Shimoff & Hatt in the areas of Corporate, Tax and Estate Planning. Jeannie obtained her Paralegal Certificate-ABA approved, from Saddleback College in 1993, her Bachelor of Science in Business Management from the University of Phoenix in 1997 and her [...]
January 2010: Amy Shillingburg
Amy Shillingburg started her legal career in 1985 as a legal secretary at the Law Offices of David Shuman in Los Angeles and went on to become a legal assistant at the Law Offices of Ronald Anderson. She graduated from Kelsey- Jenney Business College in July of 1993, with an AA/degree in Paralegal Studies and [...]
December 2009: Darlene McLellan
Darlene McLellan’s legal career began in January 1986 with the County of San Diego Probation Department and on to Superior Court, as a Superior Court Clerk. In 1990, Darlene commenced work in the private sector with a small estate planning and Family Law Office supporting three attorneys. During her career, Darlene has specialized in family [...]
November 2009: Debra Hindin-King
Debra “Debbie” Hindin-King is a graduate of Colorado Women’s College with a bachelor’s degree in music education in 1974. She obtained her paralegal certificate from the University of Colorado of Denver in 1988. She has been a paralegal for the past 20 years and currently is employed as a litigation paralegal at the law firm [...]
October 2009: Stacy McIlvain
Stacy McIlvain is a North Carolina State Bar Certified Paralegal who has worked in the profession since 1999. Currently, Stacy works for Moore & Van Allen PLLC in Charlotte, NC as a Financial Services Paralegal. Stacy has experience and knowledge with leveraged and acquisition finance matters, mezzanine capital investment matters and syndicated and asset-based lending [...]
September 2009: Cynthia Mascio, APC, CAS
Cynthia Mascio, APC, CAS, has been a paralegal in Orange County for over two decades. After obtaining her paralegal certificate from UCI in 1982, Ms. Mascio has worked primarily in the field of civil litigation and employment/labor law matters in the large firm environment. She has attended and assisted in over 25 civil trials, and [...]
August 2009: Chiquetta E. Simmons
Chiquetta E. Simmons received her Paralegal Certificate from Watterson Business College (Deans List) in Charleston, SC in 1992. After graduation Chiquetta worked for two months as an intern for Judge William L. Howard, 9th Judicial Circuit Court and part-time for retired Judge Richard E. Fields. Post internship, Chiquetta began working for the Charleston County Public [...]
July 2009: Dana G. Welcker, ACP, FRP
Dana Welcker began her paralegal career working from home on the breast implant class action suit that was going on in the mid 90′s in Charleston S.C. From then on she was hooked on legal work. Dana has worked in the practice areas of consumer bankruptcy, real estate closings, preparing title abstracts, medical malpractice defense [...]
May 2009: Mathew Laskowski
Mathew Laskowski is a Senior Paralegal at Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C.’s Morristown, New Jersey office. He is a member of the firm’s Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring team. The team represents Debtors, Creditors and Trustees on a National level. Prior to joining the Bankruptcy team, he was a Case Manager on the firm’s Mass Tort [...]
April 2009: Mary McCutcheon
Mary McCutcheon, resides in Orange Park, Florida and is the owner of McCutcheon Paralegal Services, providing nationwide paralegal assistance to attorneys. Mary is also the National Director of Paralegal Services with New Vision Organization, a national grassroots, nonprofit organization, advocating for the incarcerated men, women and youth, and overseeing the work of paralegals in the [...]
March 2009: Lynne J. DeVenny
Lynne is a North Carolina State Bar Certified Paralegal employed by Elliot Pishko Morgan P.A. in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, who specializes in workers’ compensation, serious injury and wrongful death cases. She has also provided litigation support on medical malpractice and employment cases, including class action wage and hour claims and a class action sexual [...]
February 2009: Deisha L. Vazquez
Deisha Vazquez is a corporate paralegal in the Atlanta Office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. Her role focuses on providing support to several partners and two associates in the corporate transactional practice group. Ms. Vazquez assists with general entity formation, as well as mergers and acquisitions and real estate purchases. In addition to entity formation, Ms. [...]
January 2009: Donna Dupree
Donna F. Dupree is a Paralegal Specialist employed by the U.S. Department of Justice / U.S. Trustee Program in Riverside, California. Donna’s legal career began in 1986. Her 23 years of legal experience began as a word processor and advanced on to legal secretary, paralegal, and office manager. Prior to her employment with the U.S. [...]
December 2008: Marsha Kopan
Marsha Kopan started her freelance businesses in 1998. Located in West Allis, Wisconsin (a suburb of Milwaukee), her companies provide business management solutions. The businesses are Executive Secretarial Services, Association Management Resources, and MKE Paralegal. Marsha is also a partner in The Same Page Remodeling. Prior to starting businesses, Marsha Kopan owned an alarm company [...]
November 2008: Kai Williamson
Kai Williamson obtained her B.A. in Legal Studies at National University, and her A.A. in Paralegal Studies from Kelsey Jenny College. Kai has been a paraprofessional for 14 years. She spent the first 7 years of her career in a law firm setting, working in various specialty areas, including litigation, family law, bankruptcy, and real [...]
October 2008: Lorna J. Virts
Lorna Virts is a senior transactional paralegal in the Air Transportation Industry Group of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, in Atlanta, Georgia. She is the first and only paralegal officially assigned to SGR’s ATI Group, which has one, if not the, longest standing aviation practices in the United States. Lorna is one of only a [...]
September 2008: Rebel J. Morris
Rebel “R. J.” Morris is a certified paralegal with a combined 17 years of legal, administration, management and organizational experience. In her early years she worked her way up the chain for an Orange County Law Firm. During her service for the OC Law Firm she served as paralegal, civil litigation case manager and [...]
August 2008: RoseAnn Annesi
RoseAnn Annesi’s experiences as a paralegal led her into the exciting field of litigation support/trial services. She has been involved in complex litigation, which includes jury trials, arbitration, mediations and hearings. She is proficient in the leading litigation support software such as Trial Director, Sanction and Summation. Some of the Trial Consulting areas in which [...]
July 2008: David A. Moyer
David A. Moyer is a Freelance Paralegal/Notary and owner of Moyer Paralegal Services in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Mr. Moyer’s services include document preparation, legal and Internet research, consumer protection issues, and Notary Public. He has been a paralegal for 13 years and has experience in a variety of areas including Bankruptcy Law, Business Law, Consumer [...]
June 2008: Julie Johns
Julie Johns began her Paralegal career in 1997 in Lafayette, Louisiana with an oil & gas litigation firm. Since that time, she has assisted with insurance defense, workers’ compensation, labor and employment defense and general commercial litigation defense work. Additionally, she worked in the General Counsel’s office of the University of North Texas. At each [...]
