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Iowa Association of Legal Assistants Announces 2009-10 Officers

By Lynne DeVenny

The Des Moines Register reports that the Iowa Association of Legal Assistants (IALA) has announced its 2009-10 Board of Directors, including members from central Iowa:

• Rhonda Henning, Buckmeier & Daane Lawyers, PC ~ President


• Melissa Wickerath, ACP, Casey's General Stores ~ First Vice-President, Seminar Committee Chair


• Sherry Darnielle, Wells Fargo Law Department ~ Second Vice-President, Membership Committee Chair


• Karen Martens, CP, Petosa Petosa & Boecker ~ Secretary, Elections and Nominations Chair


• Janine Plettner-Glodt, CP, American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company ~ Treasurer, Budget and Finance Chair


• Mark Brooks, Nationwide Insurance ~ Iowa Bar Liaison, New Laws and Legislation Chair


• Marilyn Harms, CLA, Hardin County Attorney's Office ~ NALA Liaison, Certified Legal Assistant Chair, Past President
  


• Patty Nearmyer, Anderson & Tully ~ Public Relations Liaison


• Nikki Thompson, Miller, Pearson, Gloe, Burns, Beatty & Cowie, PLC ~ Region I Director


• Becky Lohrbach, ABCM Corporation ~ Region II Director


• Laurie Bolloyt, Sioux County Attorney's Office ~ Region III Director


• Bethany Hempel, Iowa Legal Aid ~ Region V Director


• Denise M. Wall, CP ~ Region VI Director, Technology and Placement Committee Chair


• Peggy L. Patters, Brady & O'Shea, P.C. ~ Scholarship Co-Chair


• Jill Jamieson ~ Scholarship Co-Chair


• Jacque Wilbur, CLA, Wells Fargo Law Department ~ Ethics Committee Chair, Historian


• Rosie Starr ~ Audit Committee Chair

Congratulations to these hard-working legal professionals. Service on a paralegal association executive board or committee requires dedication, organization and a generous commitment of time. But it's a great way to advance the paralegal profession, and to meet and work with a very diverse group of smart and talented people, as shown by the wide variety of legal employers listed above.

Follow this link for more biographical information about this year's IALA officrs.

Related Post: Paralegal Profile: Melissa M. Wickerath, ACP, Real Estate Paralegal and Full-time College Student

Full post as published by Practical Paralegalism on December 17, 2009 (boomark / email).