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Today's Quote: No More Paralegals with Blue Fingers

By Lynne DeVenny

Rainey has seen a myriad of changes to the law field since his 1960s beginning. Doctors no longer make house calls. Mediation is now a large part of the legal field. Paralegals' fingertips are no longer stained blue from using carbon paper. Court reporters use electronic recording devices to take notes instead of shorthand, and many women have moved from typing forms for male attorneys to battling against them in courtrooms. ~ Excerpt from "Rainey marks 50 years" (Jackson Sun)

This article is a good read about Tennessee attorney Tom Rainey's long and successful career. Becky Moore has been his paralegal for 31 years. She told the Jackson Sun, "His honesty and integrity are evident in every part of his life. He has always approached every case with the same enthusiasm to give the best representation to his clients.

Those are words to live by for all legal professionals.

(I have to confess I'm old enough to remember using ornery, messy, and unforgiving carbon paper, so this quote really resonated with me. Oh, happy day when I inserted my last sheet of carbon paper into an equally ornery, messy, and unforgiving electric typewriter!)

Source: Jackson Sun

Full post as published by Practical Paralegalism on September 26, 2010 (boomark / email).