Cassandra Caldarella, CSR
South Coast College Alumna/Court Reporter
Cassandra Caldarella graduated from South Coast College in Orange, CA, and has been reporting since 2003. She is an experienced court reporter who
specializes in the courtroom arena. She has reported in court for over eight
years as an official and official pro tempore for three counties – Los Angeles,
Orange County, and San Diego County Superior Courts. She is an ex-official of
Los Angeles Superior Court where she reported hundreds of trials in civil,
criminal, family, and probate courtrooms. She is on the court approved lists
for Los Angeles Superior Court and Orange County Superior Court. Since the
privatization of court reporters in civil court in LA Superior Court in 2012,
Cassandra has reported more than 60 civil trials, including asbestos, toxic
tort, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and employment and she has successfully
completed hundreds of appeals.
Tom Sinsky, J.D.
Career Placement Coordinator, Medical
Tom Sinsky earned a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin
Law School, a Masters in English from Loyola Marymount, and an MFA from USC
Film School. Five of his screen plays
each advanced into multiple competitions.
He has been teaching law, English and media classes since the mid 1990s
at schools including the University of La Verne, Bryan University, and South
Coast College. He is currently a law
professor and Career Placement Coordinator at South Coast College. Like William
Dixon, Director of Paralegal Studies, Tom is a former Disneyland Jungle Cruise
Guide.
Emely Cruz, J.D.
Career Placement Coordinator, Legal
Emely Cruz has been an instructor at South Coast College for 11 years
and a law professor at Pacific West Law School for 1 ½ years. Prior to becoming a paralegal, she had
obtained a B.S. degree in Plastics Engineering.
She decided to become a Paralegal because while she was working at
Custom Building Products as a Human Resources Administrator. Because employees would seek her help on legal
issues, she decided to pursue a paralegal degree to be more knowledgeable in
the law. After she obtained a Paralegal
degree, she decided to pursue the Juris Doctorate degree. In her second year of law school, she became
a law clerk for the Law Offices of Kevin O’Connell. She worked at that law office for 10 years
and began teaching Paralegal Studies at South Coast College. Currently, she is the Career Placement and
Externship Coordinator, a professor of Paralegal Studies at South Coast
College, and a freelance paralegal. She
even handles immigration cases for the law firm of Marlin Branstter, J.D., our
Master of Ceremonies.
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