Valerie Bass:  

After graduating Northeast, I went straight on to University of Florida, where I received my Bachelors of Science in Neuropsychology. After working for only 3 years in this field, however, I realized this was not for me in the real world and decided to change gears. I became an insurance adjuster, and got interested in law. Seven years later, I left insurance and became an investigator and paralegal, a field which I have remained in for 16 years in multiple legal practices (personal injury, medical malpractice, insurance defense, real estate, construction, and eminent domain) and multiple venues, including Gainesville, Ocala, and Tallahassee where I currently reside. Over the past 15 years, I have gotten married and divorced, and currently have two very intelligent and fun young teenagers. Before having children, I applied and was accepted to law school, but chose to raise kids and remain a paralegal instead. After 17 years in the legal field and lobby...Expand for more