Pearlie Bush was born and raised in a small town in Louisiana. After graduating high school, she attended Southern University majoring in Political Science with a minor in English. While conducting her undergraduate studies, she was also active in politics having the opportunity to work on the campaign of Senator Willie Crain and Charles Jones, as well as serve as Senator Crain’s committee clerk at the Louisiana State Capital.
She went on to earn her law degree from the Southern University Law Center. In law school, she concentrated her studies in the areas of contract and constitutional law. While in law school, she worked as a law clerk for the Louisiana Public Defender’s Office. While working for the Public Defender’s Office, she drafted various motions and briefs on several landmark cases. After graduating Law School, she moved to Georgia and ran a private law office. Pearlie also worked as a case law editor for Lexis-Nexis and edited and prepared final drafts for legal cases stored in the company's data base. Pearlie has taught various legal courses at a variety of institutions. In her free time, as little as it is, she enjoys volunteering and spending time with her husband, children, friends, and family. She enjoys outdoor activities and attends all Atlanta Falcons football games.
Casey Thompson has been a licensed Texas attorney since 2000. His major areas of practice are business and corporate law, entertainment law, and intellectual property rights.
Casey received his Bachelor's of Business Administration degree, with his major concentration in management, from Texas Tech University in 1994. After working in the business arena for two years, he enrolled in the evening law school program at Texas Wesleyan University in 1996. He graduated and passed the Bar exam in 2000.
He currently serves as In-House Counsel for a specialty engineering and manufacturing company as well as maintaining a sole-practitioner office.
Paralegal
GES 209 -- 300 hours
Instructor Bio
Pearlie Bush was born and raised in a small town in Louisiana. After graduating high school, she attended Southern University majoring in Political Science with a minor in English. While conducting her undergraduate studies, she was also active in politics having the opportunity to work on the campaign of Senator Willie Crain and Charles Jones, as well as serve as Senator Crain’s committee clerk at the Louisiana State Capital.
She went on to earn her law degree from the Southern University Law Center. In law school, she concentrated her studies in the areas of contract and constitutional law. While in law school, she worked as a law clerk for the Louisiana Public Defender’s Office. While working for the Public Defender’s Office, she drafted various motions and briefs on several landmark cases. After graduating Law School, she moved to Georgia and ran a private law office. Pearlie also worked as a case law editor for Lexis-Nexis and edited and prepared final drafts for legal cases stored in the company's data base. Pearlie has taught various legal courses at a variety of institutions. In her free time, as little as it is, she enjoys volunteering and spending time with her husband, children, friends, and family. She enjoys outdoor activities and attends all Atlanta Falcons football games.
Casey Thompson has been a licensed Texas attorney since 2000. His major areas of practice are business and corporate law, entertainment law, and intellectual property rights.
Casey received his Bachelor's of Business Administration degree, with his major concentration in management, from Texas Tech University in 1994. After working in the business arena for two years, he enrolled in the evening law school program at Texas Wesleyan University in 1996. He graduated and passed the Bar exam in 2000.
He currently serves as In-House Counsel for a specialty engineering and manufacturing company as well as maintaining a sole-practitioner office.
