Ellen Lockwood received her Bachelor of Music degree from Southwestern University and her paralegal certificate from Southwestern Professional Institute in Houston.
She is a past president of the Paralegal Division of the State Bar of Texas. She previously served on the Board of Directors of the Paralegal Division from 1995 to 1997 and 2001 to 2006. She served as Treasurer of the Division from 1996 to 1997 and again from 2002 to 2004. She is also a past president of the Alamo Area Paralegal Association.
Ellen is Chair of the Professional Ethics Committee of the Division, a position she also held from 1997 to 2004, and from 2007 to present. She is the lead author of the Paralegal Ethics Handbook published by Thomson Reuters..
In 2008, Ellen was honored to receive the Paralegal Division’s Award of Excellence and San Antonio Paralegal of the Year award.
Ellen has more than twenty years of paralegal experience in intellectual property and civil litigation. She is a frequent speaker and writer on paralegal ethics and is currently employed as a a Trademark Paralegal for Schwegam Lundberg Woessner.
You may follow Ellen on Twitter @paralegalethics.