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Carol Wilson is a native Tennesseean who has made Houston, Texas, her home since 1980. She attended Arkansas State University and Memphis State University, and received her BA from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio. She brings to the ITIS family of companies more than 30 years' experience as a legal secretary, legal assistant, legal administrator, and law firm accountant. Never one to think of herself as "just a secretary," she spent her 30+ years in three states learning how to do legal research and write appellate briefs, teaching seminars and courses for legal secretaries and legal assistants, and writing for law-related professional journals. In addition to articles in national, regional, and local publications, she authored Plain Language Pleadings (Prentice Hall 1996) to help legal assistants and others who assist lawyers to write in plain language. Her book gives her readers the courage to write legal documents in plain language and then shows them how to do it. Ms. Wilson is well respected in the legal community and has served on a State Bar of Texas Grievance Committee and a Harris County Grand Jury. She has earned and maintained professional certifications as a Professional Legal Secretary, a Certified Legal Assistant, CLA Specialist in Civil Litigation, CLA Specialist in Criminal Law & Procedure, and Certified Legal Secretary Specialist in Civil Trials. She has also been honored by professional associations as "Legal Secretary of the Year" and "Officer of the Year." She is the founder of Legal Secretaries International Inc. (www.legalsecretaries.org) and served as its first President. Wilson is also a member of American Mensa Ltd. and the Plain Language Association International (www.plainlanguagenetwork.org). She is excited about the opportunities to put her experience to work for ITIS Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries. | 