Meet Your Speaker

Candy Ryan, CRP, BA

Candy Ryan, CRP™, BA has an extensive career handling such diverse matters as non-subscriber defense and subrogation, commercial litigation, insurance defense, bankruptcy, business and corporate, probate and trust, real estate, trucking, railroad, and family law. She is experienced in both federal and state courts in numerous jurisdictions, including, Texas, California, Washington, Oregon, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New York, and New Jersey. Ms. Ryan has been an active part of the legal community since 1980, having worked in Seattle, San Diego, and Dallas. She is a graduate of the University of San Diego, ABA accredited Paralegal Studies Program (1988) and has specialized in litigation for more than 35 years. In addition, she is one of the initial 16 paralegals to be certified by the National Federation of Paralegal Association (NFPA) as a CORE Registered Paralegal (CRP) in the State of Texas and one of the first 200 CRPs in the United States. Further she received her B.A. in Legal Studies in 2015. She enjoys public speaking and has been a regular contributor to NBI/IPE seminars since 2005 as well as presenting continuing legal education on the Perfectly Paralegal Cruises from 2017-2023. She has also served on the Board of Directors for the Dallas Area Paralegal Association in various positions as well as acting as a Coordinator for the National Federation of Paralegal Associations. In her free time, she loves to camp, kayak, hike, and scuba dive.