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The Estrin Report 
Interesting and timely news, tips and techniques for paralegals, legal assistants, litigation support managers and paralegal educators by the founders of The Paralegal SuperConferences.
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All In the Name of Justice - Layoffs in NY But Good News for Michigan
Posted on August 20, 2008It's getting crazy out there. Legal Week, (the British top rag) reports that Fried Frank announced yesterday that it's cutting 73 staffers including paralegals in its New York office and DC offices. That's 10% of its 730 staffer headcount in...
Now the U.K. Outsources Paralegal Work to India. Who Is Next?
Posted on August 19, 2008Outsourcing paralegal work to India is a big, big business in the U.S. Primarily the choice of BigFirms in Legal Land, the idea is to have lower end work performed by competent paralegals for a lot less money and still...
Paralegal in Fiji Fights Corruption
Posted on August 17, 2008Because the field is so relatively new compared to the practice of law in America - 35 yrs. vs. 225+ years - we rarely look around to see what's going on with paralegal in other countries. Yep. They're out there....
Litigation Support Vendor Survey Causes Ruckus
Posted on August 14, 2008For those of you who are not aware of the annual Electronic Discovery Survey, George Socha and Tom Gelbmann have produced this highly valuable ranking of vendors for six years. Now, they have announced that it has become so valuable...
KNOW, The Magazine for Paralegals Names 9 Most Influential Contributors to the Paralegal Field
Posted on August 11, 2008KNOW, The Magazine for Paralegals has published its first issue and names the 9 Most Influential Contributors to the Paralegal Field. This prestigious acknowledgement was based upon contribution over the years to the paralegal community. The receipients are:...
Paralegal Gets The Hook For Smoking But Aren't They Missing Something Here?
Posted on August 08, 2008I'm not a smoker and I'm not in favor of people who smoke around me. My lungs don't need it, what with living in L.A. and all. However, this story from law.com raises a couple of legal questions. A paralegal...
Paralegal Hired to Boost Firm's International Relationships
Posted on August 07, 2008Lord have mercy on us all!! The inevitable has happened. A law firm has actually hired a paralegal in order to attract new international business. Yes. I know. Miracles do happen in Legal Land. A press release today sent by...
Arizona Paralegal's Husband Needs Heart
Posted on July 29, 2008Sherry Zimmerman, a paralegal with the Sheriff's Office in Yuma, Arizona is reaching out to the legal community. Married 36 years to Wayne Zimmerman, a retired sergeant from the Arizona Department of Public Service, they await anxiously at the Mayo...
e-Discovery Creates New Positions in Firms
Posted on July 23, 2008Ropes & Gray has just hired its first e-discovery counsel, according to an article today in The National Law Journal. The firm has hired former Ungaretti & Harris partner Shannon Capone Kirk to lead its electronic discovery litigation practice group....
New ALM & IPMA Salary Survey Offers Up Good News for Paralegals
Posted on June 30, 2008Despite the daily news feedings of the economy's doom and gloom, there's actually good news for paralegals out there in LegalLand. ALM Research and the International Paralegal Management Association together announced the results of the 2008 Compensation Survey...
Paralegal Gambler Sentenced to 16 Months for Stealing $600k
Posted on June 23, 2008Just the kind of news we don't want to hear. A judge sentenced a paralegal to 16 months in prison for embezzling more than $600,000 from a West Hartford law firm, the New York Lawyer reported today. Karen Davis-Jenkins was...
Good News for Technology Positions
Posted on June 11, 2008This just in from The Cowen Group: Despite the grim news we posted here in yesterday's Estrin Report regarding the worst legal field layoffs since 2004, The Cowen Group has issued a press release with good news for law firm...
Legal Field Layoffs: Does Anyone Have the Rolaids?
Posted on June 10, 2008It's not looking too good when the Labor Department announces large layoffs in the legal field. Most of the time, the legal field is either not mentioned or is pretty quiet when job sector information is announced. That's all changed....
10 Essential Websites for Litigators (And Paralegals)
Posted on June 06, 2008I love it when I come across valuable information that someone has taken the time to put together in order to give us the best. Genie Tyburski, law librarian at Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll and publisher of the legal-research...
Good or Bad Economy, More Layoffs Predicted for Associates & Staff
Posted on June 05, 2008Some folks just can't catch a break. The New York Lawyer reported that major law firms are expected to layoff more associates and staff whether or not the economy picks up - or so they would like you to believe....
Snoopy Lawyer Sent to the Woodshed
Posted on May 28, 2008Talk about nerve! Or addiction? Excitement? Thrill of getting away with something? The ABA Journal.com reported that a West Virginia lawyer has been suspended for e-mail snooping. Apparently, the lawyer accessed his wife's e-mail account at the law firm at...
Staycation - The Latest in No-Getting-Away Retreats
Posted on May 25, 2008Here is a classic case of "everything old is new again". The Wall Street Journal today reported that the latest in vacations is the "staycation" - staying at home instead of getting away on your personal time off. The ABA...
What's Hot for Paralegals
Posted on May 22, 2008We may be about 4 months late with this report but heck, we just found it. The ABA's Law Practice magazine issued its 19th annual report on what's hot; what's not in the legal field. Here is a refreshing look...
Is the National Law Journal Predicting Doom & Gloom for Paralegals?
Posted on May 06, 2008The National Law Journal published an article the other day entitled "Ecosystem of Legal Services Is Evolving". It was written by Mehul Patel who was previously the Chief Marketing Officer of a major San Francisco law firm who is now...
Paralegal Leads Union Protest of Pilot's Union Employees
Posted on April 22, 2008Paralegals in a union???? Yep. According to The Star-Telegram.com, protesters who marched Monday morning in Ft. Worth weren't airline employees, and airline management wasn't the target. This demonstration was conducted by employees of the Allied Pilots Association, and the managers...
Let's Get This to the Paralegal - In India
Posted on April 04, 2008Outsourcing to paralegals and attorneys in India remains a booming business. In fact, Dupont, the model for progressive paralegal departments, outsourced so much work to LPOs (Legal Process Outsourcing) last year, that it saved the company over $500,000 in legal...
Paralegal Positions in Foreclosures Go Wild
Posted on April 02, 2008Talk about capitalizing on someone else's misery! According an article in the The Tampa Tribune, law firms are scrambling for more staff, particularly paralegals, in an effort to meet the wave of foreclosures in hard-hit areas of the country. One...
Air Force Identifies Paralegal Field Going Back As Far as 1955
Posted on March 31, 2008This is one of those trivia facts that you're not too sure what to do with but makes a difference in how you might perceive the paralegal field. Most schools, articles, books, tall tales, and verbal chronologies of the paralegal...
The Case of the Pink Poodle
Posted on March 25, 2008The Chicago Tribune reported today that there is an unprecedented rise in attorneys practicing animal law. Once an area thought to be only for attorneys with either a heart or frankly, nothing else to do, The Tribune notes that "92...
What Gives Paralegals a Bad Rap- Lawyer Gets Suspended for Trusting Too Much - Again
Posted on March 22, 2008This just sent chills down my spine. Made my hair on my neck stand up. Whatever the cliche, I had it. The Maryland Daily Record reported that longtime lawyer Charles Jay Zuckerman said he has had it with private practice...
Five Dumb Office Practices
Posted on March 19, 2008It took forever for law firms to get on the bandwagon to utilize computers back in the day when all of CorporateAmerica was pushing ahead into the world of high-tech. Law firms reluctantly followed suit [sic] when three things happened:...
15 Minutes of Podcast Fame
Posted on March 12, 2008Yesterday, Tita Brewster, President of the National Association of Legal Assistants and I were invited to speak on the topic of paralegals for the Podcast show, Lawyer2Lawyer. This was the first time I've participated in this type of show. (Yes,...
Oh, Hollywood, Oh Hollywood.....
Posted on March 11, 2008A new show on Fox TV starring Julianna Margulies is one of the few shows prominently featuring legal assistants as part of the legal team. The show, Canterbury's Law, has been sent to reviewers for prescreening. Described as a "dark...
U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Paralegal Fees Case
Posted on March 11, 2008Paralegal fees are once again up for discussion in the U.S. Supreme Court with the Court's Nov. 12 decision to hear the Richlin v. Chertoff case. This is an important case for law firms and paralegals in promoting the further...
Where Is That Ethics Class When Ya Need It?
Posted on March 01, 2008Here's a twist: While many paralegals aggressively seek to expand their assignments, a New York lawyer gets disbarred for overusing his paralegals and running afoul of ethics violations. According to The New York Law Journal, real estate lawyer Keith G...
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He arrogantly insists, "let them come after us." Well, if you are invo...
I had an account with GEMB/Select Comfort to buy a new bed back in 2005. After paying it off (in 2006), I requested they close the account. In January of 2008, I declared bankruptcy (chapter 7). The creditor was NOT list
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