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After policing for 15 years in the UK and Peel Region, Stephen is now in his 25th year as a paralegal. He has been President of both the Institute of Agents at Court and the Professional Paralegal Association of Ontario. Stephen has worked with the Law Society for nearly ten years to make Paralegal regulation a reality. In November 2006, Stephen was one of the first five paralegals appointed by the Attorney General, Michael Bryant, to the Paralegal Standing Committee and adjudicates on Paralegal Good Character & Discipline Hearings. Stephen has also instructed paralegal students at Sheridan College, teaching Provincial Offences and Motor Vehicle Law. He is a Past-President of the Rotary Club of Brampton South and a Paul Harris Fellow. Stephen enjoys photography, motorsport, travelling with his wife of 43 years, and visits with his five grandchildren.

Deb Holden has had her Paralegal license since 2008. She graduated from Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning with High Honors in the Court and Tribunal Agent Program in 2008, and was awarded with the Court and Tribunal Faculty Award for academic Excellence along with the Lexix Nexis Prize that was specific to excellence in Legal Research. She completed her field placement with Halton Court Services in Burlington, where she was later asked to stay on as a temporary employ as she finished school. She has been working with Highway Traffic matters since she graduated, learning the prosecution side and now the defense.