Faculty, Full-Time

Mark Barker, Program Director and Paralegal Instructor

E-mail:  mbarker4@cvtc.edu
Office Phone:  715.833.6355

Work Experience-Legal (18 years):
Attorney, Orfanos & Alvarado, LLC, Indianapolis, IN
Attorney, Law Office of Mark Barker, Indianapolis, IN
Law Clerk, Indiana Bell, Indianapolis, IN

Teaching Experience (6 years):
Paralegal Program Instructor, Chippewa Valley Technical College, Eau Claire, WI (2006 to current year)
English/Linguistics Instructor, Pusan University of Foreign Studies, Pusan, South Korea
English Instructor, IAY Sapporo, Sapporo Japan
English Instructor, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
English Graduate Assistant, Ball State University, Muncie, IN

Degrees/College:
Juris Doctorate (J.D.), Indiana University Law School, Indianapolis, IN
Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Foreign Language/Linguistics (M.A.), Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Ball State University, Muncie, IN

Favorite Legal Quote:
"No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it.  Obedience to the law is demanded as a right; not asked as a favor."  --Theodore Roosevelt

 Linda Oliver, Paralegal Instructor

E-mail: loliver@cvtc.edu 
Office Phone:  715.833.6466

Linda Oliver was named Wisconsin's 2009 Career and Technical Education Instructor of the Year by the Wisconsin Association for Career and Technical Education.

Work Experience-Legal (18 years):
License Insurance Agent, State Farm Insurance, Somerset, PA
Paralegal, Cooney & Conway, Chicago, IL
Paralegal, Fishman, Fishman & Saltzberg, Chicago, IL
City Clerk, City of Albert Lea, Albert Lea, MN
Conciliation Court Administrator and Paralegal, County of Olmsted, Rochester, MN
Paralegal, Mayo Clinic Legal Department, Rochester, MN

Teaching Experience (23 years):
Paralegal Program Instructor, Chippewa Valley Technical College, Eau Claire, WI (2003 to current year)
Legal Assistant Program Instructor, Cambria-Rowe Business College, Johnstown, PA
Paralegal Program Adjunct Contract Law Instructor, Somerset TEC, Somerset, PA

Degrees/College:
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD
Legal Assistant/Paralegal Certificate, University of Minnesota (ABA Accredited), Minneapolis, MN
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in English Literature/Library Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Associate of Arts (A.A.), Rochester State Junior College, Rochester, MN

Favorite Legal Quote:
"The law is reason, free from passion." --Aristotle