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Paralegal Profile: Patricia ?Patty? Dietz-Selke, 2006 LAT Paralegal of the Year Runner-Up

By Lynne DeVenny

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Job Title: Paralegal

Employer: Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, GA

Years of Paralegal Experience: 16+

Specialty Area: Immigration Law

Career Highlight: 2006 LAT (Legal Assistant Today) Paralegal of the Year Runner-up Award Winner.

Paralegal Practice Tip: Be a team player, mentor younger members of your team/practice group/firm, join and get involved/serve with your local Paralegal organization, participate in Pro-bono activities in your local area, speak, teach, write, whatever you feel led to do, but GET INVOLVED, GET ACTIVE and GIVE BACK to your local Paralegal community. The profession needs everyone?s involvement and active service to move ahead, to stay vibrant, to help each other and to strive for excellence and professionalism.

Favorite Internet Resources:

AILA/American Immigration Lawyers Association

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services

U.S. Customs & Border Protection

U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement

U.S. Department of State/Visa Services

U.S. Department of Labor/Foreign Labor Certification

Favorite Legal Software: Immigration Tracker, the Internet, Adobe Professional, Google Reader (for all of my immigration and legal/paralegal newsletters and blogs)

Fun Fact: I passed the rigorous examination process for and was offered the position of Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State and promptly proceeded to turn them down??3 times.

Do you Twitter? Yes, but only sporadically.

Twitter handle: @pattydz60

Favorite Quote: ?Life is a do-it-yourself project. Get excited about it!?

Professional Links: http://www.troutmansanders.com/, http://www.linkedin.com/pub/patty-dietz-selke/8/890/a7b

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Don't miss Patty's recent guest posts at ParalegalGateway's Weblog.

Full post as published by Practical Paralegalism on December 01, 2009 (boomark / email).

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