Judith Bandel started a legal career as a Legal Assistant. in the mid-1970's. For more than twenty years, she specialized in Corporate, Securities, Medical Malpractice and Litigation practices, as well as being a Paralegal Supervisor and an innovator in management techniques relating to the profitability of legal assistants and support staff in the law office.

In 1996, she became a Professional Legal Trainer, specializing in Law Firm Software Applications. She has been a Project Manager for a variety of legal management projects for law firms and corporations.

Ms. Bandel's expertise in presentation of project results to clients is invaluable in the preparation of graphic, written and oral testimony during litigation. Ms. Bandel's stature in the field reaches to the inception of paralegals at which time she was instrumental in the development of the first New York City Paralegal Association, serving as President and National Representative to the National Federation of Paralegal Associations.

Judith's expertise as a paralegal is an invaluable asset in training legal staff in the law firm environment. Her unique ability to interact between the legal staff and information technology staff makes her expertise in presentation of project results to clients is invaluable in the preparation of training documentation, course development and implementation of training classes for attorneys, paralegals and support staff, as well as graphic, written and oral testimony during litigation and development of in-house paralegal training programs. Her ability to analyze difficult document projects quickly, explain application processes to students in a manner that teaches as well as informs, makes Ms. Bandel a formidable trainer.

Ms. Bandel's stature in the paralegal field reaches to the inception of paralegals at which time she was instrumental in the formation of the first New York City and National Paralegal Associations and served as President and National Representative. Ms. Bandel has written extensively for several legal publications, published books and several pamphlets, and has been an Adjunct Professor and Lecturer for The City University of The City of New York, trainer, guest lecturer and speaker to many legal professional organizations, law firms and corporate legal departments. She has successfully managed high pressure projects involving word processing system conversions, public offerings, anti-trust and class action suits. She holds a B.A. from the City University of New York, an M.A. from Columbia University, and received her paralegal training from the Institute of Paralegal Studies at New York University.

She is the founder of Paralegal Consultant Associates, a legal management consulting firm.

Articles


• Legal Assistant Firm: The Next Generation, (2006)
• Preparing Blue Sky Filings, Legal Assistant Today (Nov./Dec. 1991)
• Preparing Corporate Documents, Legal Assistant Today (Nov./Dec. 1990)
• Making the Transition from Employee to Employer (work in progress)
• Dealing With Burn-out, Transition and Being Your Own Boss (1995)

  Book Author
  

• Everything You Always Wanted to Know About. . .Word: Help Desk Tips (to be Published online, 2009)
• Career Guide, (to be Published online, 2009)
• How to Find a Paralegal Job in New York City/PCA, 1990
• Basics in Legal Research (A Book for the Beginning Legal Assistant)/PCA, 1990

  Educator
  

• Adjunct Professor, LaGuardia Community College, Paralegal Studies (1990-1991)
• Adjunct Lecturer, Queens College Paralegal Program, Corporate Practice (1984-1985)
• Lecturer, Greater New York Legal Assistants Association, Corporate Practice, Legal Research (1980)
• Lecturer, Practising Law Institute, Litigation Practice (1979)
• Lecturer, legal research & corporate practice for legal assistants (1979-1982)
• Professional Legal Software Trainer since 1996

  Community Leader
  

• Metropolitan Registries
• Stanford's Who's Who
• The Trainers Job Network
• Virtual Trainers Association
• Greater New York Legal Assistants Assn.
  • President (1980-1982)
  • Director (1979-1988)
  • Vice President, Special Projects (1979)
  • Editor, Venue, (newsletter) (1978-1982)
    
    
• New York State Bar Association
  
  • Chair, Law Office Economics & Management Committee, Subcommitee on Legal Assistants (1986-1988)
  • Member, LOEM Subcommittee on Legal Assistants (1984-1989)
  • Co-chair, LOEM Subcommittee on Legal Assistants (1984-1985)
  • Member, NYSBA Paralegal Task Force (1982-1984)
    
    
• National Federation of Paralegal Associations
  
  • Primary Representative (1984-1988)
  • Secondary Representative (1979-1982)

Through affiliations with Paralegal Consultant Associates, Bandel Consulting Group, Themis International and Pylon Communications, Inc., Judith has worked with Consultants to develop websites exclusively geared to the legal community as well as Educational Websites specializing in educating people in the history of the world.