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President’s Message By Beth Rountree

I hope summer has brought each of you at least a little fun and respite from the demands of daily life! As the summer winds up quickly, the annual back-to-school rituals are underway. The lack of a paralegal studies program in the Treasure Valley recently caught the attention of Idaho Business Review reporter Anne Wallace Allen. In the July 25, 2014 issue of the IBR, Ms. Wallace Allen detailed her meeting with IAP’s Vice President of Education Kim Schwisow and discussed the lack of an ABA approved program in Idaho and our desire to support such a program in Boise. I greatly appreciate Kim Schwisow and Joanne Kimey providing their comments and insights for the article. To read the article click on this link: http://idahobusinessreview.com/2014/07/24/july-2-2014-2/.

I receive inquiries regularly about the status of a paralegal studies program in the Treasure Valley. For the last few years, I tell them the sad news about Boise State’s termination of their ABA approved paralegal studies program and that I’m unaware of any ABA approved or structured paralegal program in our area.

Last summer I wrote that Joanne Kimey and I had the opportunity to meet with Idaho State University Paralegal Studies Director Mary Huneycutt to discuss ISU’s program status and goals. Ms. Huneycutt is an attorney in Pocatello managing a solo practice with one paralegal, and she is also an instructor in the program. The ISU program is working to transition to a bachelor’s

IAP Networkdegree program and pursue ABA approval. We discussed options to bring a paralegal program back to the Boise area and offered any assistance we could to promote that goal. We will continue our communications with her and will keep you informed.

In March, I was invited by Sharon Skinner, a student at Brown Mackie College, to attend a Brown Mackie College (“BMC”) “legal conference” which Maryann Duncan and I attended on March 31, 2013. We learned that BMC offers an associate’s degree in Paralegal Studies and a diploma program in Paralegal Assistant. The “conference” is a twice-yearly event where BMC invites people from the industries in which they educate students to attend and give BMC feedback about how BMC students meet the needs of the industry and seek suggestions on additional areas of instruction.

In their large classroom, all attendees met and had a general discussion. Ivan Peterson, the Dean of Academic Affairs, welcomed us and explained the purpose of the conference: to improve the education students receive to improve their readiness for the workforce. Mr. Peterson made it clear that BMC is a “career college,” to prepare students for the workforce, not a university. There were accountants, veterinarians, surgical techs, lawyers and others in attendance as well. We discussed BMC’s general studies programs as one group, then separated into specialty areas.

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Membership News By Lesa D. Thomas, Vice President

of Membership

On June 11, 2014, the board approved Active membership applications from Chantel Elkins, Anna Jones and Christy Smith. The board is excited to welcome all three as new members.

Chantel is currently employed by Andersen Banducci PLLC. She holds a Bachelors of Art in Criminology from Saint Leo University and an Associate of Science Paralegal from Brown Mackie College.

Anna is also currently employed by Andersen Banducci PLLC. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Seton Hall University and a Paralegal Certificate from the Paralegal Studies Program at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Christy is currently employed by Hawley Troxell Ennis & Hawley LLP. She has a Paralegal Certificate from Professional Career Development Institute Paralegal Studies.

IAP currently has 54 members: 48 Active members, 3 Active Status Pending members, 1 Student members, 2 Retired members and 1 Supporting member.

As a reminder, all Active and Active Status Pending members are required to obtain at least six hours of continuing legal education each fiscal year (October 1 to September 30). If you have attended non-IAP-sponsored CLEs, please remember to fill out the CLE form that can be found on the IAP website (www.idahoparalegals.org) prior to submitting the CLE materials to IAP for credit. You can e-mail your completed CLE information at any time during the year to membership@idahoparalegals.org. Furthermore, IAP Bylaws require CLE forms to be submitted with proper documentation to receive credit.

Lastly, please remember to let me know if you have a change of address, e-mail address, employer or telephone number to ensure that you continue to receive IAP news, seminar information and job bank notifications.

The legal conference group included Maryann, me and attorneys Brooke O’Neill and Audrey Numbers, as well as Heather Hovet, an Oregon attorney who is the paralegal studies instructor at BMC. One of the recent baccalaureate graduates, Casey Coverdale, also attended and was to begin her part-time externship at a small firm in the area to complete her paralegal studies portion of the program within the week.

Maryann and I determined that BMC’s associate’s in paralegal studies does meet the clock hour requirements as described in the IAP Bylaws. Ms. Hovet and the outgoing director and legal chair, Ragna Teneyck, expressed their interest in taking BMC’s program forward toward ABA approval and lobbying their corporate office to do so with the program. The new director, Scott Sterland, has a doctorate in criminal justice and is also chair of the criminal justice department at BMC.

The instruction model is also different, in that the students take one class per month. Each class is 48 hours of instruction time. Under this model, students may join the program at the beginning of every month; they need not wait for the end of the semester.

Personally, I am concerned about the cost of BMC (approximately $32,000 for an associate’s degree); however, I know that college is about 500% more expensive than it was 20 years ago (or so) since I was a college student and a paralegal studies student; when full time students at BSU paid about $1,000 a semester.

At the end of the conference, Maryann and I felt it was a positive experience. It was a change of mindset for me to consider the model of paralegal education as a vocational/technical program rather than as education and training as a paralegal for someone with a foundation of education, as was required by Boise State’s program. I have not met anyone that has hired a BMC paralegal studies graduate. If anyone has experience with any BMC graduates, or any comments about the article from the Idaho Business Review, I would appreciate hearing from you.

President’s - cont’d.

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Van v. Portneuf Medical Center, Inc., Docket No. 38793 (August 1, 2014)

Case Link: http://www.isc.idaho.gov/opinions/38793.pdf

The Idaho Supreme Court issued a recent decision on claims filed under the Idaho “Whistleblower Act,”, formally known as the Idaho Protection of Public Employees Act, Idaho Code §6-2104—2109. The legislative purpose of the Act is to “provide a legal cause of action for public employees who experience adverse action from their employer as a result of reporting waste and violations of a law, rule or regulation.” I.C. §6-2101.

This is the second Idaho Supreme Court decision on this particular matter, the first having been remanded in 2009 in Van v. Portneuf Med. Ctr., 147 Idaho 552, 212 P.3d 982 (2009). The facts from the first decision as reported in the instant case:

Portneuf Medical Center (PMC) hired Mark Van in 1986 as a mechanic for its Life Flight Program. In 1997 he became the director of maintenance for Life Flight and was responsible for the maintenance of PMC’s Life Flight helicopter. In 2001, the Life Flight helicopter crashed

Idaho Supreme Court Case Review By Teresa J. Turner

while attempting a rescue mission. Van witnessed the crash and rushed to the scene to rescue the pilot. The National Transportation Safety Board ultimately determined that the crash was caused by pilot error and not maintenance issues. Nevertheless, Van felt that the media and the public blamed the crash on the maintenance department and he became protective of its reputation.

After the helicopter crash, Van began reporting numerous perceived violations of state and federal law in what he felt was a defense of the maintenance department’s image. Among other things, Van reported his beliefs that pilots had: accumulated too much time on duty; flown the helicopter too

low; taken off with ice on the helicopter’s rotor blades; and overflown the helicopter by exceeding inspection

“In1997hebecamethedirectorof

maintenanceforLifeFlight...”

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time intervals. Additionally, while PMC was negotiating the purchase of a new helicopter, Van was asked to review the proposed maintenance contract (the COMP contract) with the vendor, Agusta Helicopter, and recommend what aircraft would be best suited for Life Flight. After reviewing the COMP contract, Van notified PMC he

thought there were several loopholes by which Agusta could escape its maintenance responsibilities and he therefore asserted that entering into the COMP contract amounted to a waste of public funds.

Several meetings were scheduled to address the mounting concerns expressed by Van. Shortly after a meeting in April 2005, Van was terminated. PMC asserts that its decision to terminate Van was due to his inability to maintain positive interpersonal relations with his colleagues and to foster a positive team environment. In response, Van filed this lawsuit and alleged in count one that he

Case Review - cont’d.

had been wrongfully terminated in violation of Idaho’s Whistleblower Act. I.C. §§ 6–2101 to 2109. In count two Van alleged breach of his employment contract and of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

PMC moved for summary judgment against Van arguing that Van (1) did not comply with the notice requirements of the Idaho Tort Claims Act (ITCA), (2) failed to establish a prima facie case of wrongful termination under Idaho's Whistleblower Act, and (3) failed to establish a prima facie case of breach of employment contract. The district court granted PMC’s motion and Van appeal[ed] that decision to this Court. Id. at 2.

The jury in the District Court case found that the plaintiff had engaged in activity protected by the Whistleblower Act but his termination was not the result of the protected activity. This appeal followed.

The Idaho Supreme Court affirmed the jury verdict regarding the termination because of substantial evidence pointing to unprotected conduct. While Van did engage in protected activity to a point (raising multiple safety concerns), PMC addressed many of those concerns and implemented new policies as a result. But the evidence also showed that Van continued pressing the issues after PMC’s

“...theplaintiffhadengagedin

activityprotectedbytheWhistleblower

Act…”

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responsive policies had been implemented. The decision recites multiple examples of how Van continued pressing his issues and his ongoing distrust of management and pilots, even so far as to implement policies that encouraged maintenance personnel to disable helicopters to prevent their use until the maintenance was deemed complete. These policies violated PMC’s policies and could foster discord among the Life Flight teams.

Evidence was produced showing that Van displayed ongoing difficulties working with Life Flight teams, with open hostilities between Van and the pilots leading other staff to conclude that their behavior created safety issues, and there was mutual lack of trust and respect critical to delivery of medical services. Several pilots and mechanics confirmed the lack of trust and teamwork fostered by Van. An investigator in PMC’s human resources department concluded that due to Van’s actions the Life Flight team was irreparably damaged and recommended that Van be terminated.

Van argued that whistleblowing activity inherently fosters discord, and discord cannot be grounds for termination in a whistleblowing case because whistleblowing, by its nature, causes disruption and disharmony. However, he cited no legal authority for such a proposition, and the Court deemed it unwise public policy. The Court stated:

While whistleblowers can perform a valuable public service, such a rule would give potential whistleblowers free

Case Review - cont’d.

rein to create unnecessary discord in their organization by immunizing them from disciplinary action. A distinction can and must be made between discord that is related to the whistleblowing activity and discord that is unrelated to such activity. To disallow discord as a grounds for termination when it is separate and apart from any discord that may be inherent in the whistleblowing activity would be unwise. A properly-instructed jury can draw the distinction between the type of discord that may inhere from whistleblowing and that which goes above and beyond protected activity. We decline to rule as a matter of law that PMC’s proffered non-retaliatory reason for discharge is not legitimate in the Whistleblower Act setting. Id. at 9.

Several other issues are examined in this 16-page decision, including multiple evidentiary matters, jury instructions, damages and attorney fees.

“ThesepoliciesviolatedPMC’spoliciesandcouldfoster

discordamongtheLifeFlight

teams.”

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The IAP page on Facebook will be

coming soon!

IAP regularly emails job opportunity announcements to IAP members. For additional job opportunities,

check the Idaho State Bar’s website at http://www2.state.id.us/isb/job_announce/

announcements.cfm

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Congratulations to TERESA VIKER who was the winner for the May 2014 newsletter!! MAY 2014 TRIVIA QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: 1. What does “sine die” mean?

Adjournment sine die (from the Latin "without day") means "without assigning a day for a further meeting or hearing".[1] To adjourn an assembly sine die is to adjourn it for an indefinite period. A legislative body adjourns sine die when it adjourns without appointing a day on which to appear or assemble again.

2. When did the 62nd Idaho Legislature adjourn?

March 20, 2014 3. What is the purpose of Senate Bill 1274?

Boating: The purpose of this legislation is to update the Idaho Safe Boating Act and, specifically, Idaho Code 67-7016–Grossly Negligent Operation. A recent court case has found Idaho Code section 67-7016 "void for vagueness and therefore violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution." There are at least two recent instances of boating accidents in Idaho in which Idaho Code section 67-7016 has been used to hold boaters responsible for their actions, which resulted in injuries and damages. This bill clarifies the law so that accountability and responsibility can be assigned appropriately.

4. In the Paralegal Today salary survey what percent have a bachelor’s degree?

45% This Issue’s Trivia Questions:

How many active members does IAP currently have? Who is Anne Wallace-Allen? Who runs the ISU Paralegal Program? Who is Mark Van?

Two movie tickets to the first IAP member who emails Shannon Menard, sdm@andersenbanducci.com with the correct answers. (Only one email per member, please.)

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.

~Albert Camus

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Summer ends, and Autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a

full moon every night.

~Hal Borland

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BOARD MEMBERS

2013-2014

BETH ROUNTREE, PRESIDENT PRESIDENT@IDAHOPARALEGALS.ORG 208-344-8035

SHANNON MENARD, VP OF POLICY & PUBLIC AFFAIRS PUBLICAFFAIRS@IDAHOPARALEGALS.ORG 208-342-4411 KIMBERLY SCHWISOW, VP OF EDUCATOIN EDUCATION@IDAHOPARALEGALS.ORG 208-333-2019

LESA D. THOMAS, VP OF MEMBERSHIP MEMBERSHIP@IDAHOPARALEGALS.ORG 208-331-4382

LISA M. WARREN, SECRETARY SECRETARY@IDAHOPARALEGALS.ORG 208-332-7964

BRYONANN GREEN, TREASURER TREASURER@IDAHOPARALEGALS.ORG 208-344-8900 KATHRYN BRANDT, NATIONAL AFFAIRS REPRESENTATIVE NATIONAL AFFAIRS@IDAHOPARALEGALS.ORG 208-343-5454

BERNICE MYLES, HISTORIAN & BOARD ADVISOR BERNICE.MYLES@AG.IDAHO.GOV 208-334-4520 MARYANN DUNCAN, BOARD ADVISOR MARYANN.DUNCAN@URS.COM 208-343-3834

IAP Board meetings are held regularly and are open to all members. The Board welcomes your

comments, ideas and suggestions. Please call any of us at the above phone numbers.

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SAVE THE DATE

2014 FALL SEMINAR AND

ANNUAL MEETING

Friday October 17, 2014

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Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

~ Albert Einstein

208-422-0232 www.dataonesecure.com

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Grammar Corner - How to

Kick Your Annoying Preposition Habit

By Mignon Fogarty, Grammar Girl, May 15, 2014, Episode #416

Even the US government knows that you can often improve your writing by eliminating prepositions. These tips will help you learn to recognize unnecessary prepositions while keeping the ones you need. In much the same way that poker players have “tells,” most writers also have habits that careful readers consciously or unconsciously recognize as a writer’s specific style. These writing tells are often the things your friends notice in your e-mail messages and, even if your friends may not know why, they will recognize that the message came from you. In academic or legal situations, linguists can even use algorithms to assess writing and predict who wrote it by comparing it to known writing samples, as they did when they were recently investigating whether J.K. Rowling secretly authored the book The Cuckoo’s Calling. When doing this analysis, researchers look at things such as vocabulary, word length distribution, and how an author uses what they call “function words”—words such as prepositions, conjunctions, and articles. I fear that if a linguist ever subjected my first drafts to such analysis, the computer would implode when confronted with my flagrant overuse of the word of. A while ago, I was working on a technical document, and as I read back through it, I noticed that there must have been 20 instances of of. Ugh! AVOID OVERUSING PREPOSITIONS Of is a preposition, and although it's not an inherently evil word, overusing it can make your writing sound passive and fussy. The U.S. government has a plain language mandate, and when they talk about omitting unnecessary words, they specifically call out prepositions as a potential problem, saying “Watch out for of, to, on, and other prepositions. They often mark phrases you can reduce to one or two words.”

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Here’s a sentence that uses “of” and could also use some editing: BAD SENTENCE: She is the wife of George. It reminds me of Margaret Atwood's book The Handmaid's Tale, in which the handmaids had names like Offred and Ofglen to show that they belonged to Fred and Glen. They were the handmaids of Fred and of Glen. We can make that sentence more clear and direct by rewriting it without the word of: BETTER SENTENCE: She is George's wife. You probably wouldn’t write something as horrible as She is the wife of George—you’re more likely to say something like that when you’re racking your brain at a party: She? Wife. (Of somebody, but who? Who?) George! She...is the wife...of George. Nevertheless, you may notice other, less obvious instances where you overuse prepositions. For example, in an early draft of this article, I wrote about the bad uses of “of.” Ugh! Better ways to say that are ways people misuse “of” or the ways “of” can make a sentence sound bloated. The PlainLanguage.gov site also shows how to simplify many wordy phrases that contain prepositions:

Replace on a monthly basis with monthly. Replace on the grounds that with because. Replace at this point in time with now. Replace a sufficient number of with enough.

Also, you can sometimes simply delete type of, kind of, and example of: When researchers do this kind of analysis → When researchers do this analysis. Here is an example of a sentence that could use some editing. → Here is a sentence that could use

some editing. GOOD USES OF OF Of isn't always wrong though. It has good uses too, such as Please bring me a cup of coffee. You

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have to write it that way to show that you want the liquid to drink. If you tried to omit the of, you might end up with Please bring me a coffee cup, which has a different meaning. (Of course, you could always just say, “Please bring me a coffee.”) I also find of to be useful when I'm dealing with a complex trail of possession. For example, I find it easier to follow something like He's the cousin of my neighbor's brother than He's my neighbor's brother's cousin. PREPOSITIONS IN IDIOMS Finally, English has many idioms and set phrases that use prepositions. For example, even though you should generally exclude of when you can and it doesn’t change the meaning (you jump off a bridge, not off of a bridge), the correct phrase is a couple of something, not a couple something. You had a couple of meetings yesterday, not a couple meetings. In general, you should avoid ending a sentence with a preposition when you can omit the preposition without changing the meaning of the sentence. For example, it’s better to ask someone, “Where are you?” than to ask, “Where are you at?” Nevertheless, the sentence It’s where it’s at, is an idiom that means “hip and cool” and requires the final at. SEARCH FOR PREPOSITIONS IN YOUR EARLY DRAFTS Although of and other prepositions can be useful, they can also clutter your writing. If overusing them is your writing tell, as it is mine, use your word processor’s "find" feature to search for specific prepositions after you've finished your first draft. If you find an of or an on every few sentences, you should probably do some rewriting. Reprinted with permission. This podcast originally appeared as an article in OfficePro Magazine. Mignon Fogarty is the creator of Grammar Girl and the founder and managing director of Quick and Dirty Tips. A magazine writer, technical writer, and entrepreneur, she has served as a senior editor and producer at a number of health and science web sites. She has a B.A. in English from the University of Washington in Seattle and an M.S. in biology from Stanford University. See more at: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl

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THE IDAHO ASSOCIATION OF PARALEGALS, INC.

Cordially invites you to a luncheon in honor of

Idaho Paralegal Day WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Cottonwood Grill

River Room 913 West River Street

Boise, ID 83702

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Menu:

COTTONWOOD COBB

Crispy romaine with roast turkey, bacon, egg, black olives, diced roma tomatoes, carrots, avocado and bleu cheese

TURKEY, BACON & AVOCADO WRAP

Sliced turkey breast wrapped in a spinach tortilla with avocado salsa, spring mix, lettuce, tomato, bacon and lemon garlic aioli

PENNE WITH BROCCOLI

Penne pasta cooked al dente with Parmesan cream sauce and broccoli florets ~ add grilled chicken breast or sautéed shrimp for $7.00

Don’t miss this opportunity to celebrate our profession and our Association!

Please RSVP by September 3, 2014 to:

education@idahoparalegals.org

The cost of the luncheon is $10.00, payable the day of the event.

Please make your checks payable to Idaho Association of Paralegals, Inc.

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Education Update By Kim Schwisow

Congratulations to Barbara Feraci, winner of the Fandango gift card for timely completing the Spring Seminar Evaluation on SurveyMonkey. Save the Date: Fall Seminar and Annual Meeting

Friday, October 17, 2014 Hilton Garden Inn Boise Spectrum

Watch your email Registration materials will be sent via Email on September 17, 2014. If you are interested in serving on a board position next year, please contact any current board member for more information. Board assistance is needed. Planning for the Fall Seminar and Annual Meeting is under way; please contact me if you are interested in serving on the education committee. If you have any questions or concerns regarding any IAP education matter, please contact me at education@idahoparalegals.org. 

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Happy Summer! I’m trying to figure out how it is possible that we are way past the mid-point of 2014 (honestly I think I was just putting my Christmas decorations away a couple of weeks ago) and nearing the end of that all-too-short season of summer! It is unbelievable how quickly time passes. By the time this goes to print, many of you will be dealing with getting your kids ready for back to school.

My youngest will be starting college this fall. I’m happy that she’s decided to stay in Boise a bit longer and also grateful that she’s a frugal girl who thinks taking her general credits at CWI makes financial sense while she’s figuring out what she really wants to

do with her life. I’m glad I’m not packing her up and sending her off to the dorm – I like having her at home. But I can see her starting to spread her wings a little … starting to fly away for little bits of time and then flutter back. I raised her to have wings and so I will be happy to see her take flight … But maybe just not yet….

I didn’t accomplish everything on my “what I’d like to get done this summer” list but I have managed to do a few things which matter: I’ve spent more time with friends. I’ve started getting back to my long-neglected hobby of scrapbooking. I’ve walked the dog more. I’ve de-cluttered a couple of closets. Fall doesn’t officially start until September 23, so I’ve still got time to check off a few more to-do’s – I best get busy! How about you? Have you done the things you wanted to do this summer? If not, there’s still time!

We are starting to enjoy the harvest from our garden and I’m savoring every bite I can of the fresh tomatoes, squash, peppers, and beans. It’s almost time to harvest our sweet corn and the

Paralegal Perspectives By Joanne Kimey

cantaloupe are getting bigger by the day. Before long we’ll be digging up the spuds. I LOVE the fresh produce season!! I hope you’ve had a great summer and have found time to smell the roses, sip the lemonade, enjoy some sunsets and have fun. We all need to soak up as much sunshine and light as we can during these gloriously long days … the inversion will be back before we know it!!

And now here’s something from the “Old Dog, New Tricks” department. I found a really cool program that makes printing an article from an online site a snap. It eliminates all the ads and spacing problems we so often get when just trying to print an article. It’s a program called Print Friendly and you can access it free at www.printfriendly.com. All you do is copy the URL of the article you want to print and paste it into the green box on the Print Friendly page.

Print Friendly generates a document without all the extra lines, advertisements and funky formatting you get from a web page. And if you don’t like how it looks you can edit it further until you get it just the way you

want it before you print. Print Friendly will convert the document to a PDF and download it to your computer. You can then print it, rename it, resave it, copy it, email it or do anything else you might want to do with a pdf document. If you like Print Friendly, you can add a bookmark to your bookmark bar so it’s always easy to access when you find an article online you want to print.

Easy peasy! Just perfect for summer!

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AnnaJonesjoinedthelitigationteamofAndersenBanducciasaparalegalinFebruaryof2014.Sheisaseasonedparalegal/teammanagerwith19yearsofexperienceinvariousareasoflawpracticewith7yearsofoverlappingexperienceinmanagingcaseteamsaswellasdevelopingofbestpracticesintheareatechnologyandlawforlegalteams.Formerlyemployedasa

SeniorLitigationParalegalandCaseManagerwiththeWinston&StrawnirminSanFrancisco,AnnamovedtoBoiseinJuneof2013.Herbackgroundisincomplexlitigationwithpracticeareasofenvironmental,complextorts,biopharmaceutical,SEC,taxandinsurance

coveragejusttonameafew.

AnnareceivedherB.A.fromSetonHallUniversity(NJ)in1993andherparalegalcerti icationfromFairleighDickinsonUniversity(NJ)in1995.Shewaslaterrecerti iedforCaliforniain2002.WhileatSetonHallUniversityshewasastudentprofessorintheRussianLanguageDepartmentteachingthelanguagetoAmericanstudentstravelingabroad.She

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wasalsotheRussianClubPresidentduring1991‐92.

MemberoftheIdahoParalegalAssociationsinceJuneofthisyear.Annaenjoysspendingtimewithherfamily.Herfavoritehobbiesaresewing,reading,outdoorsports,skiingandtravel.

AprilAlaineSmithjoinedthelaw irmofThorntonByron,LLLPonFebruary3,2014asaparalegalafterdecidingtorelocatebacktothebeautifulnorthwesttobeclosertoherfamilyandprepareforthepossibilityofreturningtoschoolforherJ.D.degree.AprilgrewupinBillings,Montana.Herpreviousworkexperienceincludesworkingasaparalegalforthepast26yearsinprivatelaw irmsandgovernmentalentitiesinthestatesofArizona,Washington,Montana,California,TexasandnowIdaho.AprilbecameaNALAmemberasastudentin1992andhascontinuedherNALAmembershipandmembershipsofeachparalegalassociationineachcityshehasworkedinthroughouthercareer.“Thevalueofthesenetworksandparalegalassociationshavebeenavitalpartofmycareergrowthandcontinuedfriendshipsthroughoutmylife.”April’sbackgroundeducationincludesanA.S.inParalegalstudiesin1993fromLamsonJuniorCollege(ABAapproved)andaB.A.inPsychologyin2000fromOttawaUniversity.SomeofApril’sextracurricularactivitiesincludeservingthecommunitiesshehaslivedinas:PresidenttotheBoardfor

“The value of these networks and paralegal

associations have been a vital part

of my career growth and continued

friendships...”

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HutchinsonCountyCrisisCenter,VolunteertotheSeniorAmbassadorsCoalitionAnnualMother’sDayTeaAppreciationFundraiser,DevelopmentDirectorCoordinatorforWorththeWaitandVolunteerforBridgestoLifePrisonMinistryClementsUnit.TodateApriliscurrentlyinvolvedasVolunteerSiteCoordinatorforAdaCountyHabitatforHumanityandahostforSingleWomen’s/DivorcecareMinistryLifeGroupatRiverCityChurch.ThelovesofherlifeareGodandher2daughtersCaitlin(akaBelle)whois19andAnnelise(akaPickle)whois5.AprilhasapassionforFrenchNordicShabbyToneonToneDecorating&DesignandsheenjoyscreatinguniqueoneofkindDIYhomedecoritems.Sheenjoysagoodadventureviasmallroadtripstoothertownsornearbystatestoexperienceshabbystoresand leamarketswhilevisitingfamilyandfriends.“Toexperiencethecreativityofotherpeopleissoexcitingtome.”April’snextbigadventureistoprocureavintagetraveltrailer,decorateitandjointhelocal“GLAMPING”groupstomeetotherlovelyladieswithsimilarinterestsandexperiencetheaweinspiringbeautyofthenorthwestwhilecreatingmemorieswithherfamilyandfriends.

KymberlyWescottjoinedtheBoiseCityAttorney’sOf icein2011astheCity’slegalcollectionsspecialist.HeryearsoflegalexperiencecoupledwithherbusinessandprofessionalethicsprovidestheCitywithexemplarylegalcollectionskills.Herpreviousexperiencesprovidedattorneyswithanarrayofspecialtyareas,includingfamilylaw,estateplanning,probate,

Member Biographies - cont’d. bankruptcy,personalinjury,criminaldefense,corporatelaw,contractlaw,litigation,accounting,of icemanagementandsupervisingparalegal.KymberlyhastakenanewCityrollandgrownittobeasuccessfultoolfortheCity.

Kymberlygraduatedin2004fromTreasureValleyCommunityCollegewithherAssociateofArtsdegreeintheparalegalstudiesprogram,andlaterjoinedtheIdahoAssociationofParalegalsin2009.Duringhercollegeyears,KymberlybecametheChapterPresidentofPhiThetaKappa,wasawardedbusinessstudentoftheyear,promotedlocalgrants,andservedontheAdvisoryBoardfortheParalegalStudiesProgram.Previoustohercollegeeducation,Kymberlywasastay‐at‐homemomforoverelevenyearswhileraisingfourchildren.

Currentlyinhersparetime,KymberlyisavolunteerGuardianad’LitemfortheThirdandFourthDistrictsofIdaho,isacontributortotheWomen’sandChildren’sAllianceandLoveInc.,aswellasa inishingToughMudder.Kymberlynowhasthreemoreadditionalchildrenandtwobeautifulgrandchildren.

KymberlylovesworkingforandintheCityofBoise,whichgiveshergreaterinsightstotheCityactivitiesandgeneralpublic.Hercompassionforlifeandstrongethicspromotesherabilitiestoworkwellwiththepublic.Kymberlyisapositivethinkerandmotivator,

“...volunteer Guardian ad’ Litem for the

Third and Fourth Districts of Idaho, is a contributor to the Women’s and

Children’s Alliance and Love

Inc.,...”

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andisalsoknownas“KymPossible,becauseifit’spossible,Kymcandoit.”

ChristySmithisaparalegalinHawleyTroxell’slitigationpracticegroup.Withover15yearsofexperienceservingthelegalcommunityandanextensivebackgroundinlitigation,sheprovidesparalegalsupportinahighvolume,timesensitiveatmosphere.Ms.Smithspecializesinassistingattorneysinemploymentdefenseforfederalandstateadministrativeagencies,commercial

insurancedefense,personalinjuryandmaritimepersonalinjurydefense,andAlaskaworkers’compensationdefenseforemployers.

MelodyWhigamhasbeenaparalegalfor18yearsandwithOf iceMax(formerlyBoiseCascadeCorporation,now

Of iceDepot,Inc.–confusing,no?)asaSeniorLitigationParalegalfor10years.AftermovingtoIdahofromGeorgiain1999,sheworkedatHawleyTroxellandtheIdahoAttorneyGeneral’sConsumerProtectionUnitbeforejoiningBoiseCascadeCorporation.MelodyreceivedaB.A.fromGeorgiaStateUniversity,herParalegalCerti icatefromNCPTandstartedherparalegalcareerwithAlston&Bird,allinAtlanta,GA.Shehasworkedonalltypesof

Member Biographies - cont’d. litigationcasesincludingemployment,non‐compete,contractandenvironmental.

MelodyhasbeenamemberoftheIdahoAssociationofParalegalssince2000andservedontheBoardasTreasurerfor2years.Shekeepsbusywithherhusbandand3children(a9yearoldsonand7yearoldtwins)andisactiveinvolunteeringatthechildren’sschoolandtheirrelatedsportsactivities.Herhobbies(reading,traveling)willresumeassoonasthekidsheadofftocollege!

DebbieRappiscurrentlytheLegalAssistantfortheCoeurd’AleneTribalProsecutor,whichhandlesthecriminalandjuvenilemisdemeanorsandYouthInNeedofCarecasesfortheCoeurd’AleneTribe.Shehasbeenwiththecourtsandprosecutor’sof iceforover5years.SheisresponsibleforassistingtheProsecutorinpreparingallmotionsandorders,monitoringthecourtdocket,andassistingtwoprobationof icers.ShealsocoordinatesbetweenKootenaiCountyJail,KootenaiCountyJuveniledetentionCenter,TribalSocialServicesandthecourts.DebbieisacquiringherAASinParalegalStudiesatNorthIdahoCollegeinCoeurd’Alene.Sheenjoyscamping, ishing,readingandtravelingwithherhusband.TheyhavethreegrownchildrenandtheyoungestsonhasjustcompletedthebarexamforStateofWashingtonwithalawdegreeatUniversityofIdahoandamaster’sinbusinessatGonzagaUniversity.TheirdaughterisateacherfortheSpokaneSchoolDistrictandtheirlastone,theirothersonisasouschefinBoise.

“She is responsible for

assisting the Prosecutor in preparing all motions and

order, monitoring the court docket, and assisting two

probation officers.”

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CLE Opportunities

Please visit the following websites for more

information.

Institute for Paralegal Education www.ipe.nbi-sems.com

National Business Institute

www.nbi-sems.com

Practicing Law Institute www.pli.due

Lorman

www.lorman.com

Idaho State Bar

www.isb.idaho.gov

West Legal Ed Center

www.westlegaledcenter.com

HalfMoon Education, Inc.

www.halfmooonseminars.com

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impartial provides accurate evidence‐based IMEs for the insurance and legal communities

By all these lovely tokens September days are here, with summer’s best of weather and

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