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Sea Change in Legal Secretary Job Duties

A sea change from the way law practice was conducted when senior lawyers learned the ropes means that the traditional job of legal secretary will, within the foreseeable future, be a relic of legal history. But, in the meantime, today’s legal secretaries must perform not only the job they used…

Nov 7, 2007 1:13 AM CST

Admin Charged in Law Firm Embezzlement

A longtime administrator has been charged with allegedly embezzling more than $200,000 from a New Orleans law firm through a fraudulent bank deposit scheme. Lisa Mayerhafer, 41, who had worked for a decade at Gertler, Gertler, Vincent and Plotkin, is charged with bank fraud in a federal criminal case, reports…

Oct 16, 2007 12:29 AM CDT

Column: Legal Secretary Isn’t ‘Furniture’

Many lawyers are frustrated when they deal with their legal assistants (and vice-versa). But a new column by a legal secretary seeks to narrow that gap by telling attorneys what their staff members wish they could tell the boss. Legal assistants aren’t “furniture,” writes the anonymous 15-year-veteran in a New…

Aug 31, 2007 8:57 PM CDT

NY Lawyer Lived Happily Ever After (Sort Of), After Acid Attack on Girlfriend

Once a New York trial lawyer, Burton Pugach today is an improbable white-mink-clad movie star. Convicted in an infamous case of putting out a contract to have his girlfriend blinded with lye, after she left him for another man, the 80-year-old has made headlines ever since as the bizarre case…

Jun 7, 2007 12:37 AM CDT

Paralegal Pleads Guilty to Escrow Thefts

A paralegal has pleaded guilty to taking nearly $700,000 from escrow accounts at the law firm where she worked. Amy C. Smith worked at Abel and Reynolds in Mount Pleasant, S.C., according to the Post and Courier. Smith said she thought she could move money in and out of the…

Jun 5, 2007 8:21 PM CDT

Disbarred—but Not Barred from Work

In some states, disciplined lawyers can still work as paralegals or clerks

Jun 5, 2007 7:57 AM CDT

Moving To Mumbai

More Firms Are Outsourcing Support Services to India. Will Legal Work Be Next?

Apr 1, 2004 5:06 PM CST

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