Paralegals & Staff
Licensed Private Investigator and Senior Litigation Paralegal With more than a decade of investigation and legal support experience with The Barry A. Cohen Law Group, Gina Yacone has developed a keen eye for the successful development of complex litigation matters. Ms. Yacone’s level of passion and commitment to her work is present in the lucrative outcome and positive impact on the cases and clients she serves. Ms. Yacone is a State of Florida licensed Private Investigator. Whether interviewing witnesses, analyzing documentary evidence in criminal defense cases or conducting exhaustive research in civil matters, Ms. Yacone’ s attention to detail and strong work ethic leaves no stone unturned. Ms. Yacone is also adept at undercover assignments, and she has successfully obtained critical evidence...
Paralegal Jessica Rosario has over 16 years of experience in Civil Litigation, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Product Liability, and Property Damage cases. Five of those years were spent focusing on Insurance Defense. Ms. Rosario studied Business Law at St. Joseph’s College in New York before moving to Tampa in 1986 to continue her studies at the University of South Florida. In 1992, she completed 2 years of Paralegal Studies at Tampa College. Ms. Rosario not only practices paralegal work, she is an advocate for the community as well. In 2004, Ms. Rosario took a six-year break to work with Hurricane & Storm Disaster Relief. She covered Hurricane Charley and Hurricane Frances in Florida and Hurricane Ike in Texas. ...
Paralegal Mindy Walsh is a dedicated, hard working legal assistant at The Barry A. Cohen Law Group who has been assisting Attorney Barry A. Cohen for nearly seven years. Prior to joining The Barry A. Cohen Law Group, Ms. Walsh was employed as a contract specialist paralegal with Dank Imaging, a global provider of technical document finishing services and solutions. When Mindy decided to leave the corporate legal environment at Danka, she was working as a Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Document Specialist. Prior to the corporate environment, Mindy was employed with the Office of the State Attorney in Pinellas County as a legal transcriptionist preparing criminal pleadings, arrest and search warrants, as well as indictments and informations. Ms. Walsh brings a broad spectrum of...
Paralegal Robinette Wilson is a valued member of The Barry A. Cohen Law Group with over 20 years of paralegal experience. Since joining The Barry A. Cohen Law Group in 2005, Ms. Wilson has assisted Attorney Kevin J. Darken predominantly in the areas of False Claims Act litigation and federal criminal defense matters relating to fraud. She is a National Certified Litigation Paralegal, with advanced certification in Trial Practice and has assisted at trials both in federal and state court. In 2006, Ms. Wilson transitioned into the real estate field and became a self-employed mortgage broker and real estate agent. After spending a year in the real estate industry gathering and retaining information, Ms. Wilson is now skilled with identifying...
Paralegal Tammy Paulos came to The Barry A. Cohen Law Group in June 2010, having moved to Tampa from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where she worked at the firm of famed plaintiff and criminal defense attorney Gerry Spence, as paralegal to partner Mel Orchard. Her legal experience began in 2002 with a position as a staff investigator at Bontecou Investigative Services, Inc., in Jackson, but Tammy truly learned the basics of the civil legal process from Spence's long-time partner, Bob Schuster, who had left Spence, Moriarity & Schuster to begin his own successful practice in 2002. When Ms. Paulos began working for Bob in the summer of 2003, he was in the middle of litigating a milestone carbon monoxide-related wrongful death case...
