Board & Committee Contacts

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.

Erica Anderson is a senior litigation paralegal at Mullin Hoard & Brown in Amarillo, Texas. She has her Associate Degree in Applied Science with emphasis in Paralegal Studies from Amarillo College and she is an Advanced Certified Paralegal in Trial Practice (“ACP” through NALA).

She has previously served the Paralegal Division through many positions, most notably President, TAPS Committee Chair, Treasurer, District 7 Director, Membership Committee Chair, and as a contributing editor of the Paralegal Ethics Handbook. Erica currently serves as the Director for District 7 and Chair of the Public Relations Committee.

Erica has also served on the Texas Panhandle Paralegal Association in several positions, and currently serves as its Professional Development Chair. Erica is a former Chair the Advisory Committee to Amarillo College’s Paralegal Studies program and adjunct professor on technology for Amarillo College’s Continuing Education for Seniors program. Erica also serves as the Administrator to the Computer & Technology Section of the State Bar of Texas. With her memberships in these associations and in NALA, Erica is able to participate in a variety of ways to help develop the paralegal profession.

Erica began her career as a file clerk at MHB in 2003 and continues to work diligently to become the lead paralegal on the matters she works on. Erica has given several presentations on ethics, technology, and promoting professionalism, and continues to be active in the community with various charitable and pro bono organizations.