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 Paralegal Certificate from the American Institute of Paralegal Studies in 2003. Jeannie received her Certified Paralegal designation in 2006.
Jeannie is a member of the Inland Counties Association of Paralegals (ICAP) and currently sits on ICAP’s 2009 Board of Directors as President while making additional contributions to various Chair positions. On July 10, 2009, Jeannie was honored with the 2009 Affiliates Award by NALA for outstanding contribution and dedication to the advancement of the legal assistant profession through volunteer service to NALA affiliated associations.
February 19, 2010 in Awards/Honors, ParalegalGateway.com, Superstar of the Month
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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 by many and varied law departments and firms in New York City, San Francisco, Augusta (GA), Tallahassee, and, finally, in her present residence, Vero Beach, Florida. All of these opportunities trained her in areas such as tax litigation, union/labor law, estate planning, probate, real estate, family and criminal law.
In 1993, Catherine accepted the job of Legal Secretary I with the City Attorney’s Office of the City of Vero Beach. She then progressed quickly to Legal Secretary II, and, after being trained, mentored and supervised by a member of the Florida Bar, in 2001 she met the requirements necessary to obtain the title of Paralegal. In 2006, Catherine was promoted to the position of Senior Paralegal.
As a municipal paralegal, Catherine had to learn many new facets of law, including Florida’s stringent Government-in-the-Sunshine Law, that requires all state, county, local government, and other state agencies to conduct business
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