Cynthia started her career in civil and personal injury litigation, becoming a PACE® Registered Paralegal in 1996 and a Board-Certified Paralegal in PI Trial Law by TBLS in 1997. In 2013, she moved to Intellectual Property Law, giving up her board certification, and has not looked back. She has held various positions for the Dallas Area Paralegal Association and the National Federation of Paralegal Associations, and has volunteered for the Paralegal Division of the State Bar of Texas. Cynthia has been teaching in the ABA Approved Paralegal Program for Collin College for over 11 years and enjoys mentoring and seeing new paralegals enter the profession.