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Paralegal Special Committee

OUR COMMITTEE

Chair
Colson Derby III
Pellettieri Rabstein & Altman
100 Nassau Park Blvd.
Suite 111
Princeton, NJ 08543
609-520-0900

Melissa Acosta-Amarante
Barbara Ann M. Baird
Yolanda S. Barry
Yvonne R. Bowers
Lisa R. Burke
Linda V. McDonald Carter
Caroline Colangelo
Tina Cortese
Maryanne Dayton
Marie Dinaro
Jacob S. Elkes
JoAnne Haffeman
Eric J. Hughes
Lawrence A. Joel
James Joseph Krivacska
Carla E. Krueger
Sylwia L'Esperance

Kerry Mackey
Kim Molinelli
Jennifer Negro
Ines Quinn
Allisya M. Ramos
Deborah Regan

Jessica E. Resnick
Laurie Robinson
Dorothy Secol, CLA
Brenda Sherman
Jennifer Smith
Sheila Sperrazza
Lisa M. St. Clair
V. Patricia Velez
John Vizcaya
Linda A. Mainenti Walsh
Kim L. Walters
Mary C. Williams

PARALEGAL DEFINITION

A paralegal/legal assistant who is qualified through education, training, or work experience, is employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, governmental agency or other entity in a capacity or function which involves the performance, under the direction and supervision of a lawyer, of specifically delegated substantive legal work, which work, for the most part, requires sufficient knowledge of legal concepts that, absent that paralegal or legal assistant, the lawyer would perform the task.
NJSBA Bylaws, Article 1 - 2(d).

OUR MISSION

The Paralegal Committee encourages the positive development and advancement of the paralegal profession in New Jersey. The committee promotes opportunities to educate both attorneys and the public on the appropriate use of paralegals in a legal setting, and facilitates continuing legal education for paralegals.