Freelance writer & Owner at BleedingEspresso.com
Catanzaro Area, Italy
- Current
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- Freelance writer at DomainDev
- Guide to Law School at About.com
- Owner at BleedingEspresso.com
- Freelance writer at LegalZoom
- Past
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- Columnist for Italy Magazine at Poundbury Publishing Ltd.
- Writer for easyJet Inflight Magazine at Ink Publishing
- Freelance writer at Tomato Casual
- Freelance writer at BootsnAll Travel Network
- Contract Attorney at Walsh & Menapace
- Translator and Interpreter at Regione Calabria, Azienda Sanitaria Locale N.7 di Catanzaro
- English as Second Language Teacher at British Institutes
- Appellate Law Clerk for Justice Frank J. Montemuro, Jr. at Superior Court of Pennsylvania
- Research Assistant for Jacqueline Stefkovich, JD, EdD at Temple University
- Freelance writer at The Legal Intelligencer
- Summer Associate at Manta & Welge
- Education
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- Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law
- Duke University
- Mt. Carmel Area Jr-Sr High School
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- Industry
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Michelle Fabio’s Summary
Hard-working, reliable freelance writer who has a law degree and is fluent in Italian.
Michelle Fabio’s Specialties:
Italy, travel, law, law school, online education, SEO optimization, animals, gardening, cooking/baking.
Michelle Fabio’s Experience
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Freelance writer
DomainDev
(Writing and Editing industry)
January 2009 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Write content and blog posts for online education sites owned by DomainDev, whose websites in the finance, education and business niches have over 1,000,000 readers per month.
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Guide to Law School
About.com
(Public Company; NYT; Internet industry)
September 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Create content and manage About.com's Law School site, providing information on application procedures, life in law school, studying for the bar exam, and more.
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Owner
BleedingEspresso.com
(Writing and Editing industry)
December 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)
Manage everything involved with running BleedingEspresso.com including HTML coding, writing content, providing photographs and account management.
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Freelance writer
LegalZoom
(Privately Held; Legal Services industry)
September 2004 — Present (5 years 5 months)
Write articles for website and newsletter on a wide variety of legal topics.
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Columnist for Italy Magazine
Poundbury Publishing Ltd.
(Writing and Editing industry)
August 2008 — August 2009 (1 year 1 month)
Wrote weekly "Guarda" column highlighting videos of unique Italian events, for the N.1 Magazine for Lovers of All Things Italian.
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Writer for easyJet Inflight Magazine
Ink Publishing
(Privately Held; Publishing industry)
August 2008 — August 2009 (1 year 1 month)
Compiled information on restaurants, sites, and activities for the Lamezia Terme destination guide.
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Freelance writer
Tomato Casual
(Writing and Editing industry)
July 2007 — May 2009 (1 year 11 months)
Wrote blog posts about tomatoes--growing, harvesting, nutritional value, scientific breakthroughs, recipes, etc.
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Freelance writer
BootsnAll Travel Network
(Privately Held; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
December 2008 — February 2009 (3 months)
Wrote several travel-related articles for "The Ultimate Resource for the Independent Traveller."
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Contract Attorney
Walsh & Menapace
(Legal Services industry)
September 2003 — December 2008 (5 years 4 months)
Drafted briefs, memoranda, and motions for this law firm in Sunbury, PA. Topics included insurance, expert witnesses, medical malpractice, and personal injury.
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Translator and Interpreter
Regione Calabria, Azienda Sanitaria Locale N.7 di Catanzaro
(Medical Practice industry)
April 2007 — May 2008 (1 year 2 months)
Translated reports, budgets, newsletters, and communication from Italian to English and from English to Italian for Project EASY, a European Union project that involved local health care agencies in Sweden, Germany, Spain, and Italy; also interpreted at meetings.
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English as Second Language Teacher
British Institutes
(Privately Held; Education Management industry)
January 2007 — June 2007 (6 months)
Taught elementary and intermediate English to Italian students, age 14 to adult.
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Appellate Law Clerk for Justice Frank J. Montemuro, Jr.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
(Government Agency; Judiciary industry)
September 2001 — August 2003 (2 years )
Researched, analyzed, and wrote memorandums for judge for cases on appeal, including PCRA, asbestos litigation, personal injury, property, criminal law and procedure, civil procedure, and more.
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Research Assistant for Jacqueline Stefkovich, JD, EdD
Temple University
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
May 1999 — May 2001 (2 years 1 month)
Located, analyzed, and coded school 4th amendment (search and seizure) cases into a database collection.
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Freelance writer
The Legal Intelligencer
(Writing and Editing industry)
January 2000 — March 2001 (1 year 3 months)
As a law student, wrote case summaries for the Suburban Edition of the oldest law journal in the United States.
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Summer Associate
Manta & Welge
(Writing and Editing industry)
May 2000 — August 2000 (4 months)
Worked on various cases for this now defunct law firm in Philadelphia; published The Past, Present, and Future of Environmental Insurance Including a Case Study of MTBE Litigation, Environmental Forensics, Vol. 1, No. 4. (December 2000), pp. 205-211 with co-author Kim Hollaender, Esq.
Michelle Fabio’s Education
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Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law
J.D. , Law , 1998 — 2001
• Research Editor of Temple Law Review
• Published A Call for Clarity: Pennsylvania Should Uniformly Allow Ex Parte Contacts with Former Employees of a Represented Party under Rule 4.2, 73 Temp. L. Rev. 101 (2001).
• Tau Epsilon Rho Law Schwartzberg Prize for best paper on professional responsibility.
• Best Paper, Family Law, Spring 2000.
• Law Faculty Merit Scholarship for academic achievement.
• Daniel J. & Frances G. Schrull Scholarship for commitment to public service.
• Robert S. Kravitz Memorial Scholarship for excellence in study of taxation.
• Participated in Project LEAP teaching legal concepts to middle school students in Philadelphia public schools -
Duke University
A.B. , English & history , 1994 — 1998
Graduated cum laude.
- Activities and Societies:
- Alpha Phi Omega
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Mt. Carmel Area Jr-Sr High School
1988 — 1994
Valedictorian
Additional Information
Michelle Fabio’s Interests:
When I'm not researching or writing, you'll probably find me in the garden with my two dogs, three kids (baby goats), and a book in hand.
Michelle Fabio’s Groups:
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Expat Web
Michelle Fabio’s Honors:
BleedingEspresso.com was named a finalist in the 2009 Bloggies for Best European Weblog.
Michelle Fabio’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- reference requests
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