SHAWNA J. HANSEN is a corporate paralegal in the Boston office of Morrison Mahoney LLP. She is a member of the firm’s corporate department and assists attorneys from the Boston, Providence, and New York offices on corporate, real estate, and complex litigation transactions. Ms. Hansen received her paralegal certificate from Northeastern University, a B.A. from the University of Iowa, and an M.F.A. from Emerson College. She is currently on the board of the Massachusetts Paralegal Association as director of continuing education, is a teaching assistant for the Boston University online paralegal certificate program, and is a member of the MCLE paralegal curriculum advisory committee. (June 2008)