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Kern County Paralegal
Association
P.O. Box 2673
Bakersfield, CA 93303
www.kcpaonline.org
Page 3: President’s Message
Page 4: Community Affairs
Page 7: Calendar of Events
Page 17: Attorney Stick
Page 22: Sustaining Members
Page 6: July Luncheon Announcement
Page 9: Membership Application
Page 14: Installation Lunch
Page 15: Paralegal of the Year
Page 18: Job Postings
Page 19: 6450 Compliance and You
Page 20: Recipes
Page 21: Aflac and CAPA
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Thank you to everyone who came to the June
Installation Luncheon! We enjoyed being back
at The Petroleum Club of Bakersfield.
I’d like to welcome and introduce your 2015-2016
Board of Directors:
Makala E. Reha—President and CAPA
Representative
Amber Brewer—Vice President and Treasurer
Whitney Radcliff—Secretary
Sasha Gadberry—Programs/Education and
CAPA Representative
Shontice Yates—Membership Services
Kayleen Clements—Newsletter
Kristen Foster—Community Affairs
Troy Thompson—Webmaster
Juliann Somers—Student Representative
I’d like to congratulate Cathy McDonel of
Jennison & Dodds for receiving our 2014-2015
Paralegal of the Year award! (Also a big thank
you to Pat Jennison for the... heartwarming
speech. )
I’d also like to congratulate Kristen Foster for
receiving the complimentary CAPA Educational
Conference admissions as well as the 2015
Jennie D. Conner Scholarship.
We have our first luncheon on July 9, 2015, which
is our Free Member Luncheon held at Klein,
DeNatale, Goldner. Cathy Bennett and Jim
Duncan of KDG will be speaking on Client
Confidentiality in a Not-So Confidential World.
I have seen this presentation before and it’s very
informative and crosses all practices. I hope you
join us for the luncheon. It will offer one hour of
ethics MCLE. The Community Affairs event for
July benefits the Kern County Heart Gallery and
we will be accepting cash donations to benefit
their organization. We will also be accepting
checks (please make payable to KCPA and
designate in the memo line that it is for the
Community Affairs event).
July is the beginning of our fiscal year and that
means its time to renew your membership for the
upcoming year. We have included a copy of the
current membership application for your use—
please return them to Shontice Yates.
I hope you all had a wonderful Fourth of July
and a wonderful summer!
Always,
Makala E. Reha, ACP
Ben and Makala Reha at
Tehachapi’s 2015 4th of July Warrior Run
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President’s Message
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July
Our Community Affairs opportunity for July benefits the Heart Gallery. KCPA is accepting CASH donations to benefit the Heart Gallery. The Heart Gallery (through Kern Partnership for Children and Families) is a non-profit organization that assists Kern County youth that age-out of the foster care system, but are not yet independent.
August
For our Community Affairs opportunity for August, KCPA is collecting cash donations to benefit The Kern County 999 Foundation, an organization whose mission is to recognize and honor Kern County's fallen peace officers who gave their lives 'In The Line of Duty' serving the citizens of Kern County, and provide support to the family members left behind.
Please make checks payable to KCPA.
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Date Location Event
July 3, 2015 Kern County Superior
Court Closed
Independence Day
(Observed)
July 9, 2015 Klein, DeNatale,
Goldner
Cathy Bennett and Jim
Duncan: Confidentiality
(Ethics)
August 13, 2015 The Petroleum Club George J. Demos: Forensic
Accounting
September 7, 2015 Kern County Superior
Court Closed
Labor Day
September 10, 2015 The Petroleum Club Larry Peake
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2015-2016 KCPA Executive Board
Troy Thompson, Karen Clemans, Kayleen Clements,
Kristen Foster, Whitney Radcliff, Shontice Yates,
Amber Brewer, Sasha Gadberry, and Makala Reha
Paralegal of the Year
Cathy McDonel accepts her Paralegal of the Year
award from Pat Jennison.
Jeannie Conner Memorial Scholarship
Kristen Foster accepts the Jeannie Conner
Memorial Scholarship from Dennis Brown.
Kern County Bar Association Gifts
Makala Reha (President), Cathy McDonel (Paralegal
of the Year), and Kristen Foster (Jeannie Conner
Memorial Scholarship winner) accept flowers from
the KCBA.
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PARALEGAL OF THE YEAR NOMINATION
My nomination for Paralegal of the Year is Cathy McDonel. Cathy has worked for Jennison & Dodds, LLP for twenty-two years and she is the glue that holds our office together. This is no small feat for a person that never intended to become a paralegal. Cathy married young, raised her kids and entered the workforce later in life. Employed at first by a bank, she worked her way up to a manager position. Eventually the bank got bought out. The new owners kept existing employees long enough to win customer loyalty then let them all go. This did not stop Cathy. Patrick Jennison hired Cathy McDonel as a legal assistant after initially telling her she was overqualified. Cathy went on to prove that she is a highly capable paralegal. Cathy came to Jennison & Dodds, LLP with a high school diploma and worked under an attorney to earn her paralegal title. Cathy greets most of the clients at Jennison & Dodds, LLP by name and treats them like old friends. She specializes in corporate law, estate planning and probate matters. Cathy can type up a dictation with amazing speed and the attorneys have come to rely on her so much that dictations geared for Cathy might be impossible for another, less-experienced paralegal to understand. Patrick Jennison is her primary attorney and he has the ability to give out five assignments with a single sentence. He writes so quickly, the resulting penmanship resembles
J.R.R. Tolkien’s elfin alphabet. Cathy may be the only paralegal able to read Mr. Jennison’s writing and keep up with his pace. I have worked as a fellow paralegal with Cathy for eight years. When I came on as a green newbie, Cathy knew the answer to all of my questions. She could easily do my work as well as her own. She made the easy transition to my new job possible. Paralegals work in an environment where extreme attention to detail is of great importance. Cathy can see a mistake before it happens. Our associate attorneys go to Cathy with questions about filing fees, office accounting, the billing program, database program and proper formatting for Court pleadings and Recorder paperwork. Not only that, but Cathy has a personal life that is as organized and inspirational as her dedicated work ethic here at the office. Cathy attends birthday parties and graduations for all of her 8 grandkids. She puts her family at the forefront of her life to the point that staff in our office will go to Cathy for an opinion on big life choices and tricky family situations. Cathy is the model paralegal and any office would be lucky to have her. She rarely gets recognition for all of the hard work she puts forth and I would love to see her receive the KCPA Paralegal of the Year award for 2015 in recognition of all of her years of dedication. She is an inspiration to me. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Kristen Foster
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RecipesRecipesRecipes
Chocolate Sandwich Cookie Cake
Ingredients:
2 ½ cups whipping cream
½ cup almond-flavored liqueur or 1 tsp. almond extract plus
3 tbs. Confectioners' sugar
1 package (16 oz.) Oreos
For garnish: halved strawberries and Oreos
Directions:
1. Lightly grease 7-8 inch springform pan.
2. Mix whipping cream and liqueur in a large bowl and chill 30
minutes.
3. Coarsely chop Oreos and place in a medium-sized bowl.
4. Beat cream mixture with electric mixer until stiff peaks form.
5. Add 2 cup cream mixture to chopped Oreos.
6. Mix well with rubber spatula.
7. Press 1/3 mixture evenly over bottom of pan.
8. Spoon 1/3 of the remaining whipped cream mixture on top
and spread evenly to edges.
9. Crumble 2 of remaining cookie mixture evenly over the
cream.
10. Repeat layers, ending with cream.
11. Freeze at least 2 hours, or wrap airtight and freeze up to 3
days.
12. About 1 hour before serving, run thin knife around edges of
cake to loosen.
13. Remove sides of pan.
14. Place cake in refrigerator about 15 minutes to soften slightly
(serve it semi-frozen).
15. Garnish with Oreos and strawberries.
Provided to KCPA to prepare a cookbook.
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2015-2016 KCPA Executive Board
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P.O. Box 2673
Bakersfield, CA 93303
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KCPA is one of eleven CAPA
affiliates.
President, and CAPA Secondary
MAKALA E. REHA, ACP
(661) 395-1000
Vice President and Treasurer
AMBER BREWER
(661) 395-1000
Secretary
WHITNEY RADCLIFF
(714) 421-2716
Programs/Education Director and
CAPA Primary
SASHA GADBERRY
(661) 395-1000
Newsletter Editor
KAYLEEN CLEMENTS
(661) 322-3051
Webmaster
TROY THOMPSON
Member Services
SHONTICE YATES
(661) 395-1000
Community Affairs
KRISTEN FOSTER
(661) 324-2866
Student Representative
JULIANN SOMERS
(661) 395-1000
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