Paralegals & Legal Secretaries

Paralegal Profile: LaChauna A. Johnson

By Lynne DeVenny

Employer: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Inc., Raleigh, NC

Years of Paralegal Experience: 5

Education/Degrees: B.S. Communications

Specialty Areas: Corporate/Contracts

Career Highlight: In 2005, when I was introduced to the legal field.

Paralegal Practice Tip: Learn as much as you can, attend CLEs, join paralegal associations in your area, and NETWORK!

Favorite Internet Resources:
LinkedIn, http://www.linkedin.com/
Job Source, http://www.indeed.com/
Lawyers Newswire, www.law360.com/

Favorite Legal Software:
Corporate Legal Desktop (CLD), www.datacert.com/

Do you use social media resources, such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter or blogs, for career and/or case development?
I definitely love using LinkedIn as a way to network and keep in touch with past employers and colleagues. I use Facebook more for personal relationships, and Twitter for fun and to keep up with trending topics and blogs.

Fun Fact: I love to sing. Hand me a karaoke machine, and I'm good to go!

One Gadget You Can't Live Without: My Sony Ericsson smart phone

Favorite Quote: Love is Life!

Paralegal Association Memberships: Research Triangle Paralegal Association (RTPA), http://www.blogger.com/www.rtpanc.org (currently serving as Treasurer); North Carolina Bar Association Paralegal Division, http://paralegaldivision.ncbar.org/default.aspx

Professional Links:
www.linkedin.com/in/lachaunajohnson
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., http://www.sgrho1922.org/
Cary Alumni chapter, http://www.carysgrho.org/
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Many thanks to LaChauna, who was featured in a Q&A by Carolina Paralegal News (February 2010), for taking the time to share a little about herself and her career with Practical Paralegalism's readers. With over 300,000 legal support staffers working in the United States, I'd love to share more reader profiles and help celebrate the diversity - in age, cultural background, experience, job titles, job duties, and specialty areas - that represents the paralegal profession today. If you're willing to do a profile, please contact me at lynne.devenny@gmail.com. In a way, you'd be helping me prepare for the NALA CLA/CP exam - because with a profile to post, I can take Tuesday nights off...and watch Glee :)

Full post as published by Practical Paralegalism on September 21, 2010 (boomark / email).