Stephanie A. Ristvey, Paralegal Search Consultant manages the firm’s paralegal placement division and a variety of contract assignments. Stephanie is well known throughout the Philadelphia legal community for recruiting and placing permanent and contract paralegals and attorneys. Previously President of Paralegals Per Diem, a firm she founded in 2000, Stephanie brings a special perspective to Abelson Legal Search. In addition to her management experience, Stephanie has worked as a senior level paralegal in charge of complex litigation matters for AM Law Top 100 firms and specialty boutique firms. She is a graduate of Juniata College and the Philadelphia Institute for Paralegal Training. Stephanie is a member of the Philadelphia Association of Paralegals, where she serves as the Co-CLE Coordinator for the Education Committee and is also an associate member of the Philadelphia Bar Association. Committed to the education and training of paralegals, Stephanie is an adjunct faculty member of the paralegal program at St. Joseph’s University, where she also serves on the curriculum committee. Stephanie has recently been invited to serve on the paralegal advisory board for the Community College of Philadelphia. She has lectured on numerous paralegal continuing legal education and administrative topics throughout the Commonwealth and the tri-state area. When she is not actively recruiting for Abelson Legal Search and teaching, Stephanie devotes much of her free time volunteering in the community and spending time with her two dachshunds.