Suzanne Ervine

Current

• Owner at Red Sky Legal
• Owner at Construction Commando

Past

• Website Copywriter at LawInfo.com
• Paralegal at Sharp HealthCare/Legal Affairs
• Legal Assistant at James M. Duenow, A Law Corporation

• Development & Public Relations Consultant at Educational/Arts Non-Profit Organizations
• Executive Director at Escondido Arts Partnership
• Director of Development at Rolling Readers USA

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Education

• University of San Diego
• California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

Recommended

5 people have recommended Suzanne

Connections

73 connections

Industry

Legal Services

Websites

• Red Sky Legal
• Construction Commando
• ALDAP

Suzanne Ervine’s Summary

Registered Legal Document Assistant (LDA), Paralegal and Notary Public. Zealous advocate of the efficient allocation of resources, whether by self-help means, unbundled legal services, or full attorney representation when it is necessary and appropriate. Tireless crusader for access to justice that is simple, affordable and effective. Small businesses, estate planning and the construction industry are my specialties, and I love helping people get - and keep - their hard-earned cash.

Co-founded the Alliance of Legal Document Assistant Professionals, a professional association for California LDAs and paralegal/LDA dual-professionals.

Suzanne Ervine’s Specialties:

Construction law, mechanics' liens, bond claims, real property transactions, business entities, corporate compliance, non-profit governance, wills, trusts, probate, estate planning. Legal research and writing.

Suzanne Ervine’s Experience

• Owner

  Red Sky Legal

  (Legal Services industry)

  2008 — Present (1 year )

  Red Sky Legal helps people help themselves by offering quality legal document preparation and self-help legal resources. We help individuals and small businesses who are handling their own legal matters without a lawyer, and offer freelance paralegal services to licensed attorneys. Specializing in forming business entities and non-profit organizations, estate planning, and real property transactions.

• Owner

  Construction Commando

  (Legal Services industry)

  2006 — Present (3 years )

  Construction Commando offers expert construction lien and related legal services to California contractors. Specializing in assisting clients with construction related legal tasks, including customized construction contracts and forms; recording and releasing mechanic’s liens; preparing and serving stop notices and construction bond claims; civil actions for breach of contract and to foreclose mechanic’s liens.

• Website Copywriter

  LawInfo.com

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

• Paralegal

  Sharp HealthCare/Legal Affairs

  (Legal Services industry)

  2003 — 2006 (3 years )

• Legal Assistant

  James M. Duenow, A Law Corporation

  (Legal Services industry)

  2002 — 2003 (1 year )

• Development & Public Relations Consultant

  Educational/Arts Non-Profit Organizations

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  2000 — 2003 (3 years )

• Executive Director

  Escondido Arts Partnership

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  1999 — 2000 (1 year )

• Director of Development

  Rolling Readers USA

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  1999 — 1999 (less than a year)

Suzanne Ervine’s Education

• University of San Diego

  ABA Paralegal Certificate , Business Litigation , 2003

  Honors Graduate (99.6 GPA)
  Top Business Litigation Student
  Legal Research and Writing Award

• California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

  B.S. , Communication , 1994

  Graduated Cum Laude, Outstanding Public Relations Student Award
  Certificate in Management Techniques for the Non-Profit Organization (1992)

Additional Information

Suzanne Ervine’s Websites:

• Red Sky Legal
• Construction Commando
• ALDAP

Suzanne Ervine’s Interests:

Developments in California business and construction law, promoting the legal document assistant (LDA) profession, writing, rockhounding, sewing, jewelry making

Suzanne Ervine’s Groups:

Alliance of Legal Document Assistant Professionals (ALDAP), San Diego Paralegal Association, HALT, National Association of Legal Document Preparers (NALDP), University of San Diego Paralegal Alumni Association, Female Legal and Investigative Professionals (FLIP)

•    ParalegalGateway
•    Legal Blogging
•    San Diego Legal Professionals
•    Alliance of Legal Document Assistant Professionals
•    Bisnar's Lawyer Marketing Mastermind Group
•    Probate and Estate Planning Paralegals
•    Legal Vendors

Suzanne Ervine’s Honors:

Bonded & Registered Legal Document Assistant: San Diego County LDA #44,
Certified & Background Screened Notary Signing Agent,
USD Legal Research & Writing Award,
USD Top Business Litigation Student Award

Suzanne Ervine’s Contact Settings

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