A Paralegals’ and Associates Step-by-Step Guide to Trial Preparation

Candess Zona Mendola
Candess Zona Mendola | The Lange Law Firm

Like all mothers, Candess Zona Mendola wears many hats. Candess is the Senior Trial Paralegal at The Lange Law Firm. With over 2 decades of paralegal experience, she has worked on many different types of litigation.

On-Demand: May 2, 2024

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Program Summary

This is it. You are headed to trial. There is so much to do – on top of everything else you need to do – but how is it going to all get done? What if you forget something? Do not fret. This CLE is for you. Candess will take you step-by-step through everything you need to prepare for and survive the trial.

This course is co-sponsored with myLawCLE.

Key topics to be discussed:

  • Clearing the decks to focus on trial
  • What you can do NOW, so you don’t have to do it LATER or rather when you are AT trial
  • Checklists and things to make sure get done
  • Survival tips and tricks from Candess’ time in the trenches

Closed-captioning available

Speakers

Candess Zona Mendola_FedBarCandess Zona Mendola | The Lange Law Firm

Candess’ passion is helping people.

Like all mothers, Candess Zona Mendola wears many hats. Candess is the Senior Trial Paralegal at The Lange Law Firm. With over 2 decades of paralegal experience, she has worked on many different types of litigation. Candess began her career helping people in family law, civil rights, and employment cases. She went on to work on national mass tort cases, with a particular emphasis on helping women who have been harmed by defective medical products and pharmaceuticals. Candess has worked on trial teams from the West Coast to the South to MidWest, in both state and federal courts.

She has been invited to speak at national seminars on the behind the scenes work that goes into taking massive bellwether cases to trial in federal court. Candess is the author of The Indispensable Paralegal – Your Guide to Getting It All Done, a paralegal guidebook published by the esteemed Trial Guides. Candess has been featured on several paralegal media sites and podcasts, including The Paralegal Voice through the Legal Talk Network, and NALA’s webinar series. With her food safety background, she has also been featured in other media outlets, including Trial Magazine, @Law, Food Safety Magazine, Paralegal Connect, Forbes, Reader’s Digest, Bustle, Professional Woman’s Magazine, OutbreakNewsToday, New Food Economy, and others.

Candess became a paralegal in order to help people. When Candess learned that millions of Americans each year were becoming sick from food contaminated with pathogens, she wanted to do something about it. Ever the problem solver, Candess began by finding ways to get more helpful information about food safety concerns and solutions to families (especially other mothers) in a timely fashion.

To Candess, clients are family. She is never too busy to take time to explain a complicated issue, answer a question, or give a supportive ear. For our clients who have never found themselves in a legal proceeding before, Candess makes it a point to help them understand the process. The phrase, “no question is a silly question” is routine in her vocabulary.

A mother of two, Candess Zona Mendola lives in a suburb of Houston with her husband, Tim. When she is not saving the world one deadline at a time, Candess spends her time volunteering in youth programs, including as Scoutmaster of a Boy Scout Troop.

Agenda

I. Clearing the decks to focus on trial | 11:00am – 11:30am

II. What you can do NOW, so you don’t have to do it LATER or rather when you are AT trial | 11:30am – 12:00pm

Break | 12:00pm – 12:10pm

III. Checklists and things to make sure get done | 12:10pm – 12:40pm

IV. Survival tips and tricks from Candess’ time in the trenches | 12:40pm – 1:10pm

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