GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Our January General Membership Meeting will be via Zoom and presented by Amanda Hazel.  

Amanda Hazel is a paralegal and business owner with over 15 years of experience, specializing in family law. As the founder of Simplified Paralegal Solutions, LLC, she partners with attorneys to provide expert support in legal drafting and research. A cum laude graduate of Texas Wesleyan University with a Bachelor’s in Paralegal Studies, Amanda has earned multiple leadership awards.

She also serves as Administrative Assistant to the State Chair of the Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, aiding in training, investigations, and caseload management. An active member of the Dallas Area Paralegal Association and the State Bar of Texas Paralegal Division, Amanda is committed to ethical and professional excellence.

Married for 23 years, she is a proud dog mom to Pepper, Ghost, and Oreo. In 2017, she discovered a Vietnamese brother, Nhan, adding a unique chapter to her family story. Amanda is passionate about empowering legal professionals and promoting ethical practices across Texas.

JANUARY’S GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING SPONSOR

DataPlus Advantage Inc dba Open Door Solutions

Thank you to DAPA’s Sustaining Member, Open Door Solutions for sponsoring January’s General Membership Meeting. Thanks to Open Door Solutions for their support, we’ll be hosting two gift card drawings during the presentation, so don’t miss your chance to learn, connect, and win!

Open Door Solutions is a Dallas-based company, providing litigation support services and document management solutions to law firms and corporations nationwide. Utilizing proven technologies and sound business practices, they provide premiere services that adhere to industry standards and exceed their clients' expectations. For more information about Open Door Solutions and the services they provide, please contact Bob Sweat, Open Door Solutions Automated Litigation Specialist.

Bob Sweat

Tel: 214-643-0000

Email: bsweat@opendoorsolutions.com
http://www.opendoorsolutions.com

This event qualifies for 1.0 hour of General CLE credit through DAPA.

***For additional questions regarding this event, please contact Programs Vice President, Caroline Rose at programs@dallasparalegals.org.

Family Specialty Section + CLE

Improving Outcomes for Families

Speaker:

Kevin Dorsey 

Manager of Professional Relationships, Our Family Wizard

Kevin is a senior professional liaison for OurFamilyWizard and Past President of Texas AFCC. His role includes educating judges, attorneys, mediators, amicus attorneys, and other family law professionals on the tools that can be utilized to benefit and monitor parental communication. Kevin travels the country attending dozens of continuing legal education conferences and seminars each year.

Recent speaking engagements include the Travis County Bench, Dallas County Bench/Bar, the Advanced Family Law Conference, Harris County Bench, Tarrant County Bench/Bar, and the Bexar County Bench. Kevin graduated from the University of Denver receiving a BA in Music and Political Science.

This event qualifies for 1.0 hour of General CLE credit through DAPA.

This event is TBLS approved for both Civil Trial Law and Family Law.

*** For additional questions regarding this event, please contact President-Elect, Heather Ulliman at pe@dallasparalegals.org.

Medical Specialty Section + CLE

Ten Things You Need to Know About Medicaid & Medicare (Part 2)

Speaker:  

This event qualifies for 1.0 hour of General CLE credit through DAPA.

***For additional questions regarding this event, please contact Elena Taylor at medical@dallasparalegals.org.

Litigation Specialty Section + CLE

Jurisprudence

Speaker:  

John A. Bermingham, Jr. Esq. is a New Jersey Attorney who has over 15 years of experience as in-house counsel and has his own law firm where he leads negotiations in business deals, transactional matters, corporate law and contract law. Additionally, as a side - he provides pro-bono legal services for the disadvantaged, students and the elderly.

Attorney Bermingham is admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of New Jersey and all other state courts of New Jersey; and admitted to the District Court for the Federal District of New Jersey.

Attorney Bermingham is also a professor who teaches Constitutional Law, Business Law, and other various law classes for Purdue University, Southern New Hampshire University, Centenary University and recently Moravian University. In 2013, Centenary College awarded Professor Bermingham with the Adjunct Excellence Award as voted on by students in the program and Centenary University awarded him as adjunct professor of the year in 2020. He received Adjunct Professor of the Year for Purdue University in 2015 and 2022.

He received his Bachelor of Science in Justice Studies at Arizona State University, his MBA with a Concentration in Criminal Justice at Saint Leo University and his Juris Doctor at Catholic University in Washington, DC.

Furthermore, John Bermingham was elected by the people of Upper Mount Bethel, Pennsylvania in the November, 2015, General Election to the Upper Mount Bethel Board of Supervisors and was re-elected for a Board of Supervisor position in 2021, where he will be serving until 2027. Currently, John is the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors for Upper Mount Bethel and has been for over five years.

John has authored four children’s books: 1) Our Gift from God 2) Our Family Picture 3) The Firefighters of Upper Mount Bethel and 4) The Road Crew of Upper Mount Bethel.

He lives in Upper Mount Bethel with his wife Laura, their ten-year-old son John (“JC”), and six-year-old son Michael. He has published articles for the National Association of Legal Assistants/Paralegals (NALA) and worked on their examination questions for paralegals.

This event qualifies for 1.0 hour of General CLE credit through DAPA.

***For additional questions regarding this event, please contact Elena Taylor at medical@dallasparalegals.org.