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Lynne DeVenny's Profile

Website:
http://www.practicalparalegalism.blogspot.com
Bio:
Author/Blogger at Practical Paralegalism, co-author Workers' Compensation Practice for Paralegals (Carolina Academic Press, 2008), wannabe punctuation vigilante and words to live by, "I'm feeling puckish."

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Posted by Lynne DeVenny in "Non-Sequiturs: 02.18.09" Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:14 PM

This has been a big day for Chihuahuas. Prosecutor Eric Nichols coined the term "The Chihuahua Defense" in Texan Mauricio Celis' lawyer impersonation trial today -- for some fun closing statements see http://www.caller.com/news/2009/feb/18/celis-trial-live-day-7/

Posted by Lynne DeVenny in "Support Staff Taking it on the Chin" Monday, March 2, 2009 5:23 PM

Thanks ATL for the show of support to the many non-lawyers also losing their jobs or unable to find work in this economy. According to various recent articles, no one is in agreement about who is safer in law firms these days: legal secretaries, paralegals or lawyers. Those of us who are left are dealing with greater case loads and less administrative support, and we're nervous about what the future holds. But we're still a team.

Posted by Lynne DeVenny in "ATL Caption Contest: The Pile Up" Monday, November 9, 2009 12:12 PM

Attorney Dino Saur felt a vague sense of unease when he realized he hadn't heard a peep out of his paralegal's office in two days and wished he'd been nicer when she suggested that the office go paperless.

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