Paralegal Profile: Nita Serrano, RP, FRP

Job Title:  Paralegal

Employer:  Ogden, Sullivan & O’Connor, P.A.; Tampa and Orlando, FL

Years of Paralegal Experience: 15

Education/Degrees: AS Paralegal

Specialty Areas:  Med/Mal Defense, Insurance Defense

Career Highlight:  Successfully passed NFPA’s PACE Exam

Future Goals You’re Working Toward:  Possibly sit for the CLA exam

Paralegal Practice Tip:  Soak up everything like a sponge.

Favorite Internet Resource:  Cornell University Law School, Legal Information Institute, http://law.cornell.edu/rules

Do you use social media resources, such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter or blogs for career and/or case development? Yes, including LinkedIn and Twitter.

Fun Fact:  I have a zoo at home: three dogs, a cat and two Quaker parrots. My daughter’s two pit bulls and five pups just moved in temporarily, too.

Favorite Book or Movie: Salsa

Cat or Dog Person:  Both

Recipe Your Family Begs You to Cook:  Empanadas (Spanish meat pie)

One Gadget You Can’t Live Without:  Laptop

Favorite Quote:  “Today is a gift. That’s why we call it the present.” ~ Babatunde Olatunji

Paralegal/Legal Association Memberships:  NFPA, Tampa Bay Paralegal Association
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Thank you, Nita, for taking the time to complete Practical Paralegalism’s profile questionnaire.  Nita is the current President of TBPA, and I’m honored she helped me out by contributing her profile.