Brevard Paralegal Association
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
President’s Message
Annual Meeting Notice
Speaker Bio
PAF News
Florida Registered Paralegal
February Meeting Info
BCC Paralegal Program
Community Service
Remembrances
2010 - 11 Board Listing
Sponsors 5-7
Community Service Flyer
Declaration of Candidacy
Proxy
NALA Updates
BCAWL Community Law
School Flyer 12-13
February 12th
and 22nd
February 2011
President’s Message
1
So if you're one of those
1 This month's speaker is
work-all-day, eat-lunch-at-
2 your-desk type of Stephanie Reid, a Senior
paralegals, here's some Compliance Analyst and
2 food for thought, pardon the Educator who is going to
pun. When you skip your explain the ins and outs of
2
lunch break on a regular HIPAA and The HITECH
3 basis, you're setting yourself Act. Please join us on
up for burnout; eventually February 10th at the
3 Suntree Country Club.
waking up one day less than
3 thrilled with the job you
Happy February Regards,
have. If you don't feel
3 everyone! I just read a
passion about your job, your
4
great article about why
taking a lunch break will
make you a better
performance is more than
likely to suffer. After all,
Kim
who really does a good job
employee.
8 at something they hate? Pursuant to Bylaw 3.16, notice
For years I was one of is hereby given to the Active,
9 Use your energy wisely. Try
those martyr-like Student, Associate and
doing something different, or
10 employees who worked Honorary members of the
even productive, during your
through her lunch Brevard Paralegal Association
11 mid-day break. Take an
because of a heavy that its Annual Meeting will
exercise class. Get out into
workload and a greater- be held as follows:
the sunlight and do some
than-average sense of
stretches. Visit your kid at
loyalty to her employer. Thursday, April 14, 2011
school. You'll find that when
Not that one shouldn't be 6:00 to 8:00 pm
you return to the office
a loyal employee, but
there comes a point
you're refreshed, and that
refreshed feeling can lead to Suntree County Club
where you just have to
new ideas you didn't have Melbourne, Florida
draw the line. Getting out
when you left.
of the office, or even just Pursuant to Bylaw 3.10, only
away from your desk If your firm is one that Active members in good
helps your mind to frowns on lunch breaks, standing with Brevard
recharge. It's not good invite key employees or Paralegal Association and the
for anyone to have to decision-makers with you. If Paralegal Association of
exert a constant effort for those people take lunch, it Florida, Inc. will be entitled to
that many hours non may change what the vote.
stop. I know my brain expectations are.
can't take it every day! A slate of declared candidates
and proxy forms are attached,
pursuant to Bylaw 3.11.
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Speaker Bio
Stephanie Reid
Stephanie Reid, CHC is lead
educator of compliance
initiatives at Health First,
Inc., a local healthcare
organization with four not-
for-profit hospitals and over
6,500 associates. She
designs, coordinates and
conducts system-wide
compliance training for all
corporate officers,
associates, physicians, and
other health care
professionals, as well as
develops role-based
compliance curriculum for
personnel working in high-
risk areas. She also serves
as an Adjunct Instructor at
Brevard Community
College's Health Sciences
Institute. She earned her BS
and MS at the University of
Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio
and completed postgraduate
work in healthcare corporate
compliance at The George
Washington University in
Washington, DC.
February 15th
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PAF, Inc. News
www.pafinc.org
C’MON BPA’ers! We need help with our basket to be raffled for the upcoming Spring
Seminar. We didn’t contribute at the fall seminar! Let’s not fall down on the job this
time. BPA has 2-3 months to put the basket together. So put your creative thinking
caps on for donations (either cash or an item) for a basket encompassing the Spring
2011 theme of "Weekend of Wishes...a pampered paralegal".
Big Bend – Chapter Meeting, 02/10/2011, 12:00 p.m., Capital City Country Club, 1601 Golf
Terrace Dr., Tallahassee, Topic “Bankruptcy” presented by David Howard Abrams
Boca Raton – Chapter Monthly Luncheon, 02/10/2011, 12:00 p.m., Bogart’s Bar and Grille,
Cinemark 20, 3200 Airport Road, Boca Raton, Topic “Medicare Set-Asides Compliance &
Other Litigation Issues” presented by Finnie Cook, PhD, MSCC
Hillsborough – Chapter Monthly Luncheon, 03/01/2011, 12:00 p.m., TAMPA CLUB, Bank of
America Plaza, 101 E. Kennedy Boulevard, 41st Floor, Tampa, Topic TBA
Palm Beach – Chapter Dinner Meeting, 02/09/2011, 5:30 p.m., Crown Plaza Hotel, 1601
Belvedere Road, West Palm Beach, Topic “Sex, Drugs, and Worker’s Compensation (Part II),
presented by Philip G. Thompson
Pinellas – Chapter Dinner Meeting, 02/08/2011, 6:15 p.m., Antonio's Pasta Grill 2755 Ulmerton
Road, Clearwater
Southwest Florida – Chapter Dinner meeting, 02/17/2011, 5:30 p.m., Double Tree Guest
nd
Suites, 12200 Tamiani Trail, 2 Floor, Naples
Suncoast – Chapter Dinner Meeting, 02/07/2011, 5:30 p.m., Marina’s Jack in the Bay Room,
Sarasota
Treasure Coast – Dinner Meeting, 02/17/2011, 6:30 p.m., Cobbs Landing, 200 N. Indian River
Drive, Ft. Pierce, Topic “Child Support Guideline Changes”
Florida Registered Paralegal
The grandfathering clause in the Florida Registered Paralegal Program will sunset
on MARCH 1, 2011. After MARCH 1, 2011, you must meet the education/work
experience OR certification requirement eligibility. If you are using grandfathering as the
basis for registration, your completed application including attorney attestations MUST be
dated on or before MARCH 1, 2011. AFTER MARCH 1, 2011, YOU WILL NO LONGER
BE ABLE TO USE EXPERIENCE ALONE (THE GRANDFATHERING PROVISION) AS A
BASIS FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR REGISTRATION.
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Brevard Community Community Service Membership

Ashley King, subbing for Toni-Marie
College D’Alessandro, CP, FCP, FRP
Paralegal Program 53 Active
Roma Molinaro, CP, FCP, FRP, MLA 7 Students
Shout out to Ashley King for 2 Honorary
helping out with Community February
Service for the next couple of CLE/Networking BPA providing
Meeting
months!! CLE Opportunities
SUNTREE COUNTRY
This month, BPA will be CLUB BPA’s January Meeting
collecting financial donations included a raffle available
for Brevard County Legal One Country Club Drive only to BPA members for
The Technical Advisory Committee for Aid, located in Rockledge, Melbourne, FL 32940 registration fees to this
the Paralegal Program will host its Florida. BCLA is a non-profit When: Thursday, week’s seminar by BCC
annual seminar, Elder Law and February 10, 2011, Technical Advisory
Nursing Home Liability Seminar, at the organization with the mission
6:00PM Committee for the Paralegal
BCC Melbourne Campus. The course “To provide high quality legal Program. The winners were
is pending approval from NALA for assistance to protect Diana Jacobs (student) and
three or four hours of CLE. For further Distinguished Guest:
personal safety, establish Stephanie Reid, CHC Julie Hochard. Just another
information, contact Roma Molinaro at
roma@michaelkahnpa.com. family stability, and ensure reason to join and
equal access to justice for Topic: Jumping encourage your fellow
low income and Through the Hoops of the paralegals to join BPA!
disadvantaged persons.” A HIPAA and HITECH Act
Brevard Paralegal
flyer detailing BCLA’s impact
Scholarships on Brevard is attached at the Members $19.00
end of the newsletter. Non-Members $21.00
BPA is pleased to announce the award Pay at the door on day of
of its 2010 Scholarships. Jasmine event.
Williamson, who is currently enrolled in Please Make Checks
the paralegal program at BCC, was Payable to: Brevard Note: A member may
awarded a $500.00 Scholarship to County Legal Aid attend the meeting
continue her studies at BCC. Ashley
without dinner for a
King, a BCC paralegal program
graduate, was awarded the “Roseann Please Call (321) 631-2500 charge of $7.00. Non-
Nelson, CP” Professional if you are Interested in Members may attend one
Development Scholarship. Volunteering Opportunities (1) meeting without
dinner with no charge. February
Roseann Nelson, CP was a founding
member of BPA and the long time
Thereafter, a charge of
$7.00 per meeting Birthdays
paralegal to Leonard Spielvogel, without dinner will be
Esquire. Ms. Nelson exemplified the assessed. Nicole Dooley
professionalism required to be a
successful paralegal and was a great RSVP: Please contact Meg Johnson
mentor to all members of Brevard Sabine Martel for entree
County’s legal community, in particular selection and any
its paralegals. Mr. Spielvogel, wanting Tracy King
to honor his paralegal after her
additional information at:
bpameetings@yahoo.com.
untimely passing, endowed a Jenny Lawton Seal
scholarship to BPA to be maintain in
Ms. Nelson’s name. The “Roseann
Nelson, CP” Professional Development
Mo Martens
Scholarship was established to
encourage chapter member to attain Patty Wright
the CP, ACP, or CFLA designation,
through the National Association of
Legal Assistant (“NALA”) and the
Paralegal Association of Florida, Inc.
(“PAF”).
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Newsletter 2010-11 BPA Board of Directors & Committee Chairs

Advertising
Half Page $100/Year
Or $55/6 months
Business Card $50/Year
Or $30/6 months
Special rates available
for one-time ads
Submit business card or ad
artwork, preferably in .jpg
or .bmp format to Kimberly.
Nowakowski@
Health-First.Org or send it
to:
Kim Nowakowski
c/o Health First, Inc.
6540 US Hwy 1
Rockledge FL 32955
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advertising reaches people
throughout Florida.
publication’s
The
revenue
supports scholarships and
various community service
projects, which enables
your costs associated to
advertising here to be tax
deductible.
Please make your check
payable to Brevard
Paralegal Association.
Thank you.
Meeting Policy
Reminder
Pursuant to Internal
Revenue Code Section
501 (c)(6) if you RSVP for
a dinner and do not attend
the meeting, you will be
sent an invoice for the cost
of the dinner.
If you cancel your
reservation less than 10
days prior to the event, you
will be sent an invoice for
the cost of the dinner.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Student Liaison
President
Eveling B. Raymond
Kim Nowakowski, RP, FRP
kimberly.nowakowski@ health- rico2malo@yahoo.com
first.org
Job Bank Coordinator
Vice President Kim M. Dexter, ACP, FCP
Tracy A. King kdexter@gray-robinson.com
tracyking@cfl.rr.com
Local Bar Liaison
Debra A. Clarke, CP, FCP,
Treasurer FRP
Patricia Bieringer debra.clarke7@yahoo.
pbieringer@cfl.rr.com
Meetings
Secretary Sabine Martel
Silvia Cowan bpameetings@yahoo.com
silvinha@cfl.rr.com
Membership
Director-at-Large Tracy A. King
Cathleen M. Cummings,
FRP Newsletter Editor
cmcmlb@bellsouth.net Cathleen M. Cummings,
FRP
Immediate Past President
Debra A. Clarke, CP, FCP,
Jessica Pauley
Bill Hickman BPA is on
FRP
debra.clarke7@yahoo.com Nominations/Elections
Nicole Dooley, CP, FRP
Facebook,
LinkedIn, and
Parliamentarian
Toni-Marie D’Alessandro, Publicity
CP, FCP, FRP
tdalessandro@gray-
Cathleen M. Cummings,
FRP
Twitter!
robinson.com
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Ways and Means Search “Brevard
Vacant
Paralegal Association”
Entertainment OTHER POSITIONS and join! We list useful
Nicole Dooley, CP, FRP links, information
Dooley_nicole@hotmail.com Historian/Photographer
regarding upcoming
Kim Nowakowski, RP, FRP meetings and events,
Budget
Patricia Bieringer PAF Website and it’s an opportunity
pbieringer@cfl.rr.com Danielle T. Pirolo to network with fellow
danielle.pirolo@health-first.org members!
Bylaws and Standing Rules
Maureen “Mo” Martens,
CLA, FRP
momartens@cfl.rr.com
Community Service
Toni-Marie D’Alessandro,
CP, FCP, FRP
tdalessandro@gray-
robinson.com
 Ashley King

Education/Scholarship
Roma Molinaro, CP, FCP,
FRP, MLA
roma@michaelkahnpa.com
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 Brevard County Legal Aid is committed to providing high quality legal aid and
assistance to protect personal safety, establish family stability, and ensure equal
access to justice for low income and disadvantaged persons.

This month’s community service project will benefit a local non-profit

organization that provides legal services to indigent citizens of Brevard County.

BCLA was established in 1970 by the Brevard County Bar Association when Bar members recognized the
need to provide the county's low-income persons with meaningful access to the civil court system. The
program began with one part-time person who performed intake and matched clients with pro bono
attorneys. BCLA screened clients for eligibility then referred clients to attorneys who provided
representation at no charge. Today, BCLA has a staff of 11 including 6 attorneys. The pro bono program
has continued to grow and offers attorneys many options to serve the poor. Four hundred Brevard County
attorneys support the pro bono effort through BCLA.

Direct Legal Services

BCLA provides direct legal services in the following areas:

 Family Law
 Domestic Violence
 Guardianships
 Consumer cases that exceed small claims
 Landlord/Tenant with meritorious defense in dispute with private landlord
 Loss of money or property with meritorious defense
 Employment Law
 Court appointments for children aging out of foster care
 Wills/Advance Directives Clinic
 Foreclosure Mediation
 Legal services, as needed, by persons over 60 years of age or by persons diagnosed terminally ill

Pro Bono Attorney Recruitment

BCLA is a proud participant of the Florida Bar One Campaign: “One client. One attorney. One
promise.”

In October 2009, the Supreme Court’s Standing Committee on Pro Bono launched the “One Campaign.”
The One Campaign allows attorneys to renew the promise to “Never reject the cause of the defenseless or
oppressed or delay anyone’s cause for lucre or malice.” BCLA hosted the official kick-off and launch of
Florida’s One Campaign, and recruited more than 50 attorneys to sign up for trainings and accept pro bono
cases.

Other Services
BCLA provides weekly free advice clinics and referral services for those who do not qualify for direct legal
services.

BCLA also coordinates and collaborates with other agencies, such as Salvation Army and Serene Harbor,
on projects that will benefit the community and its less fortunate residents. Projects include, but are not
limited to, community education, adopt an agency, victims of domestic violence, and volunteer lawyer
mentoring.

BCLA offers various training sessions in areas, such as:

 Children’s Law
 Family Law
 Employment Law
 Mortgage Foreclosure
 DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY

I, _______________________, certify that I am an Active Member in good

standing with Brevard Paralegal Association, and I hereby declare my
candidacy for the following position for the 2011-2012 term of office:

President Secretary

Vice President Member-At-Large

Treasurer

I further certify that:

1. I am an Active Member of Brevard Paralegal Association.

2. If I am declaring for the position of President, I have served on the

Board of Directors of Brevard Paralegal Association for at least one
year.

3. If elected, I will serve to the best of my ability and will abide by the
Bylaws and the Standing Rules adopted by Brevard Paralegal
Association.

Date: _________________
Name:
Address:

Please return to:

Nicole Dooley, Chairman of Elections
304 S. Harbor City Blvd., Suite 201
Melbourne, Florida 32901
 DESIGNATION OF PROXY AND ALTERNATE PROXY
Instructions and General Information

1. If you cannot attend the Brevard Paralegal Association (“BPA”) Annual Membership Meeting
on April 14, 2011, you may designate one BPA Active member to cast your vote during the
meeting. In the event the primary designee is not able to attend, a second BPA Active member
may be appointed as an alternate. Any Active member may hold your vote with the
exception of the BPA President.

2. Make sure that your named proxy holder and alternate proxy holder plan to attend the Annual
Meeting. If your proxy holder and/or alternate proxy holder have to leave the meeting before its
conclusion, another member cannot hold your proxy. No proxy or alternate proxy holder
may be designated after April 1, 2011.

3. Your “Designation of Proxy and Alternate Proxy” form must be sent to the BPA Secretary. IT
MUST BE IN THE SECRETARY’S HANDS BY NO LATER THAN APRIL 1, 2011.

DESIGNATION OF PROXY AND ALTERNATE PROXY

I, , a BPA Active member, hereby appoint
, a BPA Active member, to serve as my proxy holder at
the BPA Annual Meeting in Melbourne, Florida on April 14, 2011. In the event my named proxy
holder is unable to hold my proxy, I hereby appoint
, a BPA Active member, to serve as my alternate proxy at said Annual Meeting.

Dated: , 2011.

Signature

Print or type your name

Address

Send original Designation of Proxy to:

Nicole Dooley, Chairman of Elections
304 S. Harbor City Blvd., Suite 201
Melbourne, Florida 32901
 NALA Updates
January 30, 2011
By Patricia C. DeRamus, ACP, FRP
NALA Applications for the May Certified Paralegal
Exam are Due April 1, 2011

April 1 is the deadline date for applications for the Certified paralegal examination, May 2011 testing!
Application forms may be found on the NALA web site, Certification/Examinee Information.

The NALA Certifying Board utilizes the network of ACT to administer the examination. This can be costly to
the examinees. As a solution, NALA will also open testing sites outside of the ACT network in schools or employer
locations for students and employees. Details and an application form to qualify as a testing center are on the web at
Certification/Qualifying as a Testing Center.

APC – New Course ALMOST Ready!

Another new course from the Advanced Paralegal Certification Board! Criminal Litigation is in its final
production stages and should be available within the next 30 days. This is a terrific course, covering constitutional
rights, offenses and defenses, proceedings, trial, post conviction proceedings, appeals, juveniles, and technology.
Updates and more details to follow.

2011 Annual Meeting News

The January issue of Facts and Findings had voting information for the 2011 annual meeting, and the office
notice of the annual meeting of members. All of this information is now on the NALA web site, at Members Area/2011
Annual Meeting Information.

Information on this page includes:

 Declaration of candidacy forms, and additional information, for those interested in running for national officer
or director of regions 2, 3, 4, and 8.
 Information about voting and filing y our designation of proxy if you are a voting member and unable to attend
the annual meeting.
 Deadlines for filing membership resolutions and proposed bylaw amendments.

The Designation of Proxy form is on the NALA web site, and may be completed electronically. The link is
found on the 2011 Annual Meeting Information Page.

The featured speakers of the 2011 Annual Summer Institutes, July 27 – 30 in Dallas/Plano, Texas will be provided
soon. To start….the instructor for the Litigation/Technology Institute will be Matt S. Cornick, Esq. of Atlanta, Georgia.
He has been teaching Civil Litigation, Legal Research, Family Law and Introduction to Law and Ethics to paralegal
students for over twenty years.

SIDEBAR – Please Note!

FRP GRANDFATHER PROVISION TO SUNSET

The grandfathering provision of the eligibility requirement to become a Florida Registered Paralegal will sunset
March 1, 2011.

After March 1, 2011, a paralegal will not be able to use grandfathering to register as an FRP and must meet
the education/work experience or certification requirement for eligibility.

For more information about the FRP Program and the application for becoming a Florida Registered
Paralegal, visit www.floridabar.org/frp
 Space Coast Community Law School Seminar Schedule
Spring 2011
Building C: All seminars are held in the Atlantic Room except on 2/10/11 we meet in the Space
Coast Room:

February 3: 6-8pm: U.S. Constitution, Amendments -Judge Vincent Torpy

February 10: 6-8pm: Foreclosure - George Gingo and Jim Orth

February 17: 6-8pm: Elder Law - Robin Peterson

February 24: 6-8pm: Criminal Law - Robert Anderson

March 3: 6-8pm: U.S. Constitution, Articles - Judge Silverman

March 10: 6-8pm: Contract Law - Lisa Hogreve

March 17: 6-8pm: Bankruptcy - Roy Praver

March 24: 6-8pm: Consumer Law- James Torres

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