**Brooke M. Govert, Founder of KPS**
**(Criminal Defense Guru)**
Brooke Govert is a Managing Paralegal with over 20 years of experience in the legal field. She offers a variety of services, including legal support, administration support and social media support to help you reach your business goals. After graduating, she worked at a large personal injury firm in Knoxville, handling litigation support for two partners and gaining knowledge in family law and bankruptcy. She then worked as a litigation paralegal in Austin,Texas, specializing in worker’s compensation at Burns, Anderson, Jury, and Brenner, L.L.P.
Returning to Knoxville, she worked at a criminal defense firm from 2013 to 2018, providing support for cases in several counties. Seeking flexibility, she founded Knoxville Paralegal Services. Her expertise includes criminal law, personal injury, civil litigation, family law, bankruptcy, and worker’s compensation.
**Brooke has an Associate’s degree in Paralegal Studies from Pellissippi State and a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from Park University.**
In her spare time, she enjoys being with her husband (a Marine veteran), her daughter (a brainiac in the science lab community), her mother (battling colon cancer), photography, traveling, and playing tennis: including attending her daughter’s collegiate matches and competing herself.

Bella Nicodeme,

(Admin + Software Guru)

Isabella Nicodeme is a first-generation college graduate and proud alumna of the University of South Florida (USF), where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Criminology and Legal Studies with the highest honors.

During her time at USF, Isabella gained hands-on legal experience as an intern at the State Attorney’s Office and as an Administrative Assistant in the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President. She also served as a Research Fellow at the Florida Council of 100, where she developed a public policy proposal on the future of water for Floridians, deepening her passion for public policy and legal advocacy.

In addition to her policy work, Isabella has worked as a Legal Assistant at a securities litigation law firm, where she gained experience in complex financial disputes. She has also shadowed family law attorneys, further strengthening her understanding of legal practice. Through these experiences, she has developed particular skills in criminal law, securities litigation, and family law.

Isabella will begin her Juris Doctor studies at Florida International University College of Law in the fall of 2025. She is committed to using her legal education and policy experience to advocate for underserved communities and contribute to meaningful policymaking that benefits all Floridians.

In her spare time, Isabella enjoys playing golf, reading romance novels, and sipping iced lattes. She feels most at home by the beach, where she finds inspiration in the ocean’s tranquility.

Kate Litsch,

(KPS Social Media Manager)

Kate is a “social media-obsessed” and self-proclaimed “resident gen-zer” that is dedicated to helping small businesses elevate their online presence organically through data-driven strategies and a keen eye for trends.

With over five years of experience in social media marketing, she leverages her skills in; social media marketing, advertising, content creation, and community engagement, to create impactful content that effectively allows her clients to focus on other aspects of their business WHILE actively showing up on social media!

A Georgia peach born and raised, she’s now living on the East coast of the sunshine state. When she’s not creating for clients, she is likely binging comfort TV shows, listening to podcasts on a walk, chatting with friends and family, or sipping a Vanilla oat milk latte.

Be sure to follow KPS on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn to see her most recent post creations! You can find Kate directly at @katelitschllc on Instagram.

**Michele Fisher Gomez,**
**(KPS Airtable Developer)**
Michele graduated from Tufts University with a degree in Soviet & East European Area Studies 7 months before both the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe began to crumble. (Her timing has always been impeccable.) Undaunted by the loss of her career in spycraft, she spent a summer at Norwich University's intensive language program in Russian language and later moved to Moscow, Russia. She returned 18 months later to continue her education in Slavic Languages & Literatures at the State University of New York at Albany. Although she didn't finish that program, she did manage to find her future husband and home along the way.
Michele has worked as an administrative assistant and a lifeguard; she has worked in a knitting store and a white shoe corporate law firm; she ran a residential summer camp swimming and boating program and, in late 2019, she co-founded pressGO design, a boutique website design firm. 6 months later, the world shut down. (See? Impeccable timing.) In every single one of her positions, Michele's innate design and process skills always bubbled to the surface. She's now a certified Airtable Builder who specializes in creating order out of digital chaos. Her superpower is turning data into information, and she has yet to encounter a problem that can’t be solved with conversations, coding, and coffee.
When she's not bringing order to unruly databases, Michele can be found actively ignoring the amount of dog hair on the floor of the home she shares with her family. She is active in her synagogue, serves on the Board of Trustees of the school her children attended, and enjoys knitting, laughing, and margaritas.

**Paula Hemphill, Freelance Paralegal**
**(Estate Planning + Probate)**
**Paula’s experience is extensive in Personal Injury, Worker’s Compensation, Social Security Disability, Estate Planning, and Probate.**
Paula has been a paralegal for 15+ years-playing the part of office manager in the most recent firm she worked in full time. Going freelance has been a dream of hers and she loves helping attorneys stay organized and on task.

She was born and raised in New England and is still a die-hard New England Sports fan-- even if she resides in Nashville now. Those Titans are looking very Patriot-esque lately and she is there for it!
In her spare time, Paula loves to travel and see new places, experience new foods, and revel in the majesty that is the great outdoors. She will take a body of water or a mountain over a city any day! You can find her kayaking on the lake at least once a week soaking in the peace of the water and wildlife. It's her happy place!

Appellate Paralegal Knoxville Paralegal Services Litigation — **Charles Jones, Freelancer**
**(Estate Planning + Real Estate Law)**
**Charles’ experience is extensive in Estate Planning and Real Estate law.**
Charles holds a Juris Doctorate degree from Baylor Law School and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Baylor University. Over the last 42 years, he has acquired a wealth of knowledge and experience in various areas of law, including estate planning and probate, real estate transactions, banking regulations, securities law, and regulatory compliance. More recently, he has happily remarried and made the move to Knoxville, Tennessee, where he takes great pleasure in leveraging his extensive knowledge and experience to assist attorneys while working virtually from the comfort of his own home.
In his spare time, he genuinely enjoys spending quality time with his wife as they explore the natural beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains. Additionally, he finds great satisfaction in gardening, immersing himself in novels, refinishing vintage furniture, writing insightful blog posts, and occasionally attempting to improve his swing while trying to hit a golf ball on the driving range.

Sheri Chaja, Legal Nurse Consultant

(Medical Records Guru)

Sheri is a Registered Nurse and Certified Legal Nurse Consultant with over 10 years of hospital-based nursing experience and 20 years of legal nurse consulting experience.

When she initially started her legal nurse consulting career, she worked for a large corporate defense firm, where she gained invaluable experience working on large toxic tort and product liability class action lawsuits. With 15 years of experience as a freelance Legal Nurse Consultant, she has developed significant expertise in assisting legal teams with personal injury and class action claims.

She loves to investigate and meticulously review extensive medical records, hospital charts, and other relevant documents, often thousands of pages in length, to identify inconsistencies, missing records, and piece together the patient’s medical history. This includes identifying key medical issues that impact the case, potential negligence,deviations from the standard of care, and linking specific injuries to the incident. Her background in both nursing and legal consulting makes her an invaluable asset in these types of cases.

Born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, she now resides in Colorado, where she loves to be outdoors with her family, enjoying skiing, hiking, four-wheeling, gardening, and lazy days spent floating down the mountain rivers.

Immigration paralegal Knoxville paralegal services virtual paralegal — **Misty Redner, Freelance Paralegal**
**(Immigration Law)**
**Misty’s experience is extensive in Immigration Law.**
**Misty has been a paralegal for 6 + years supporting attorneys in the immigration field.**
Misty is originally from Texas and only relocated to the East Coast in 2021; along with her husband and children. She has worked for a global law firm handling the top tier clients as an Immigration Paralegal and over the last few years she has worked for one of the nation's leading firms for corporate finance and restructuring, litigation, and project finance handling immigration from the Human Resources standpoint. Misty is highly organized, and detail-oriented and possesses excellent communication and interpersonal skills. She has a strong background in legal research and analysis. In her time in immigration, Misty has worked with a wide variety of clients including autonomous vehicles, civil engineering, grocery stores, and healthcare systems. Her expertise has been mainly focused on Business Immigration matters but she has also worked on Family based matters over the last 3 years. She has utilized her medical background to address complex medical-based petitions as well as building trusting lasting relationships with her clients and their employees.
She holds an Associate of Applied Science in Paralegal Studies from Central Texas College with a coinciding Paralegal Certificate. She is currently enrolled at Texas A&M to complete her Bachelor's degree.
**In her spare time, Misty enjoys being outdoors and near water whenever possible.**

**Lindsey Marquez, Freelance Paralegal**
**(Civil Litigation + Family Law)**
**Lindsey Marquez is a paralegal based in Austin, Texas with a broad background supporting attorneys in personal injury, family law, civil litigation, and general legal practice.**
**She brings over a decade of experience working in fast-paced legal environments, managing everything from case setup and discovery to filings and client communication.**
Lindsey holds an MBA from Boise State University and is currently pursuing her JD through a part-time law program, combining her legal and business training to bring thoughtful, organized, and dependable support to the firms she partners with.

Elizabeth Nicklas, Freelance Paralegal

(Criminal Law + Juvenile Law)

She has lived most of her life in Nashville, Tennessee, where she has strong family connections to East Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina. She earned a Juris Doctor degree from the Nashville School of Law, a Bachelor’s degree in Special Education from Middle Tennessee State University, and an Associate’s degree in General Studies, focusing on English, from Nashville State Community College. Recently, she passed the Tennessee bar exam to become a licensed attorney in Tennessee.

After dedicating 2 ½ years to working as a special education teacher, followed by an additional year as a general education teacher, Elizabeth gracefully transitioned into her career within the legal field more than 8 years ago, initially focusing on personal injury law. During this time, she has accumulated extensive experience and a wealth of knowledge in personal injury law, while also broadening her expertise to include criminal law, family law, juvenile law, and immigration law, with a notable specialization in Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) cases across various jurisdictions throughout Tennessee. Additionally, Elizabeth possesses significant experience in office management, which includes implementing case management software systems, creating firm templates, managing accounts receivable, and maintaining a high level of proficiency in client communication.

Moreover, Elizabeth is well-versed in the Tennessee and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and she excels at conducting thorough legal research, analyzing case law, and drafting and editing court documents with precision and clarity.

In her spare time and when Elizabeth is not busy spending quality time with her husband, children, and their 13-year-old rescue dog, she is furthering her knowledge and skills in the legal field. Currently, she is actively attempting to learn Spanish, aiming to expand her ability to assist a diverse range of individuals within the legal community.

**Gillian Bramley, Freelance Paralegal**
**(Civil Litigation + Worker’s Comp)**
**Gillian's expertise is in civil litigation with an emphasis in insurance defense, worker's compensation, and federal tort claims.**
Most recently, Gillian worked at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives headquarters in Washington, DC. Working at a federal level gave her experience in legal research and writing in all 50 states, their circuit courts, and a few US territories. Her work there was primarily based around the Federal Tort Claims Act, but she also gained experience in employment discrimination cases.
Throughout her career, Gillian has developed a comprehensive background in insurance defense with start to finish case management. Gillian also has a base knowledge of immigration filings, having assisted in visa, EAD, permanent residency, and citizenship paperwork. Over the last 10 years, Gillian has worked in a variety of jurisdictions. Originally from Southern California, her studies and career have led her to Utah, Maryland, and Virginia. She is finally settled in the District of Columbia with her family.
**Gillian is a proud alumni of Ensign College where she earned her Associates of Applied Science in Paralegal Studies.**

litigation paralegal Knoxville paralegal services — **Leah Haydt, Freelance Paralegal**
**(Civil Litigation)**
Leah Haydt brings extensive experience in civil litigation with a focus on personal injury, insurance defense, and commercial litigation.

She holds an Associate of Science degree in Paralegal Studies from Tallahassee Community College and is currently completing her Bachelor’s degree at Miami Dade College. In addition, she is a commissioned Notary Public in the State of Florida and holds a Remote Online Notary certification.

Throughout her career, Leah has worked in a wide variety of jurisdictions, including Pennsylvania, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Colorado, Oklahoma, California, and Texas. This broad exposure has given her a deep understanding of procedural nuances and court requirements in both state and federal courts, allowing her to seamlessly navigate litigation processes for clients nationwide. Her ability to quickly adapt to jurisdiction-specific rules and collaborate with attorneys in diverse legal environments has made her a trusted resource for multi-jurisdictional matters and high-volume litigation practices. She is highly skilled in managing complex case files, supporting attorneys through all phases of litigation, and ensuring that each deliverable is strategically crafted to meet client needs.

In her spare time, she enjoys traveling to tropical destinations, practicing yoga, and getting lost in a good book.

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