About Us
After a lifetime of working as a paralegal for ‘biglaw’, Pamela Starr decided it was time for a change – the year was 2008.
It was an obvious and natural transition – the legal industry had finally begun to embrace technology and, well, the economy could no longer support law firms. Bankruptcy courts had transitioned to electronic filing which meant that the field was ripe for the development of a service that would allow attorneys to maintain their image of professionalism as well as their bottom line by outsourcing paralegal duties. Pamela’s business model allows attorneys and law firms to decrease their overhead while increasing the value of their billable dollars by providing professional, certified paralegal services in a virtual setting.
Applying 25+ years of paralegal experience, Pamela created STARRParalegals, LLC, to provide virtual paralegal services to attorneys specializing in Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights, Commercial Transactions and UCC – anywhere in the US.
A daughter of the Great State of Texas, now living in Georgia, Pamela is an active member (and former two-term, Director of Membership) of the Georgia Association of Paralegals (“GAP”), the National Federation of Paralegal Associations (“NFPA”), the American Bar Association (“ABA”), the Association of Bankruptcy Judicial Assistants (“ABJA”), the Commercial Law League of America (“CLLA”), and the National Association of Freelance Legal Professionals (“NAFLP”).
Pamela graduated from the University of Texas with BA in Political Science (and minors in Psychology and Classical Civilization) and from Southwestern Paralegal Institute in Houston – one of the first ABA approved paralegal certification programs in the US – as a certified paralegal in 1983; in 2006, she earned her credentials as a Certified Bankruptcy Assistant (“CBA”).
Considered a leader in Atlanta’s paralegal community for over 15 years, she has served on the faculty of, and as an Advisory Board Member for, the Institute for Paralegal Education (“IPE”). During her career, she has been a featured speaker at numerous national and state-wide paralegal events; has been published in the National Paralegal Reporter; the e-book, Sixty-Six Tips from Your Virtual Paralegal Success Team, and The Paralegal Mentor article, “Virtual Paralegals’ Top Ten Favorites.”
Building on her expertise as a successful business woman and virtual paralegal, Pamela is launching her blawg, “Pamela the Paralegal”, as well as a new venture, “Sessions with a Starr” with colleagues Michael Misenheimer and Stacy Korman. ‘Sessions’ is both a blog and consulting program dedicated to dragging professionals (including lawyers and paralegals) out of their brick and mortar offices and into the cloud and helping them to redefine their career options in an evolving economy.
In her “copious” spare time, Ms. Starr is pursuing her Master of Science of Law in Bankruptcy & Restructuring/E-commerce (“JSM”) from Thomas Jefferson School of Law, an active member of Ladies Who Launch, a student at the Atlanta Scholars Kollel, and an amateur cantorial soloist.
