Hi! I'm Liz Seif.

I'm a professional line editor, copyeditor, and proofreader in Lexington, Kentucky.

I'm also a lawyer.

When I'm not working, I like to read, hike, play bridge, ​travel, and spend time with my family.

Background

• American native-English speaker
• Professional editor since July 2017
• Practicing lawyer since 1998 (primarily cases involving medical issues)
• Bachelor's degree in psychology (summa cum laude)
• Law degree, top 10 percent of class; elected to Order of the Coif
• Editor in chief of Kentucky Law Journal, 1997–98
• Won statewide writing contest in law school

Expertise

• Grammar
• Spelling
• ​Punctuation
• Word usage
• Syntax​
• Clarity
• Smooth flow
• Citations
• Footnotes and endnotes
• "Bluebooking"
• Legal terminology
• Medical terminology
• Fact checking
• Consistency of style
• Consistency of formatting
• Close attention to detail
• Elimination of needless words

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Style Guides and Software

• The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation
• The Chicago Manual of Style
• APA style (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association)
• Microsoft Word (including "Track Changes" and "Styles")
• Acrobat Acrobat DC
• Google Docs and Sheets
• Apple's Pages, Numbers, and Keynote
• Trello