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PIONEER PARALEGAL CAROLE BRUNO ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OFLESSONS from the Top 15 Paralegal Experts in America

Santa Rosa, CA, For Immediate Release: August 26, 2008:  Cengage author Carole A. Bruno announces the release of her fourth book, Lessons from the Top Paralegal Experts, the 15 Most Successful Paralegals and What You Can Learn from Them. Bruno’s previous bestselling books, Paralegal’s Litigation Handbook, 2ed. and the Standard Legal Secretary’s Handbook are now ebooks and can be ordered from her website at www.paralegalfocus.com. 

The premise for LESSONS is that we learn from others’ experiences. A nationwide search to find successful, top-producing, and highly experienced paralegals, working in various specialties in law firms, businesses, and government offices was conducted. Four prestigious panelists, renowned for their contribution to the paralegal profession, selected the Top 15 Paralegal Experts. Bruno codified their secrets, methods, and relating to organization, research and writing, technology techniques, forms, checklists, cheat sheets, and case examples into individual chapters by specialty into LESSONS.                                                           

The 15 paralegal experts featured in LESSONS include Litigation Paralegals: Dwayne Krager, Foley, Milwaukee; Nancy Heller, RP, Vorys, Columbus, OH; Michele Boerder, K&L Gates, Dallas; Patricia Gustin, Freelance Associates, Harrisburg, PA; and Susan Ippoliti, President & CEO, Solutions in Litigation, LLC, Rochester, NY; Intellectual Property Paralegals: Deborah Hampton, Intellectual Property Manager, Limited Brands, Inc., Reynoldsburg, OH; Victorialei Naka’ahiki, RP, Carlsmith Ball, Kailua-Kona, HI; and D. Grace Carter, NCCP, CLA, Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc., NC; author and research & writing Paralegal: Celia Elwell, Oklahoma City, OK; Commercial Real Estate Paralegal: Susan Custer, Glast, Dallas, TX; Residential Real Estate Paralegal: Jill Hale, PP, PLS, CLA, Roberts & Carver, PLLC, Prescott, AZ; Corporate & Business Paralegal: Siobhan S. Smith, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, London office; Family Law Paralegal: Jennifer Arnold, CLA, Conrad Trosch, PA, Charlotte, NC; Bankruptcy Paralegals: Mathew Laskowski, Porzio, PC, Morristown, NJ; and Mary E. Rolland, Frilot, LC, New Orleans, LA.  

The judges include Therese A. Cannon, Esq., Associate Director of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges; William P. Statsky, Esq., paralegal educator and author; James Wilber, Esq., Owner, Altman Weil, Law Office Management Consultants; and Gary Melhuish, Legal Assistant Administrator for the Philadelphia office of Ballard Spahr. He is the former President of the International Paralegal Management Association (IPMA). 

Contact: Carole Bruno, Author / Ph: 707.569-7409l (C) 291.6836

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