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Publications

Editor, Christine Levy, CLA

Wendi Rogers, CLA, Acting President

Norma Hackler, Executive Director

Brenda Stockton, Advertising Coordinator

Dawn Crider, CLA, Board Advisor

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The Texas Paralegal Journal is published quarterly as a service to the legal assistant profession. A copy of each issue is furnished to the members of the Legal Assistants Division as part of their dues. Subscription price to others, $15 (including sales tax).

LEGAL ASSISTANTS DIVISION

Wendi Rogers, CLA, Dallas, Acting President

Jim Buchanan, CLA, Houston, Ex Officio

Melissa Sherman, Amarillo, Secretary

Ellen Lockwood, CLA, San Antonio, Treasurer

Lisa Sprinkle, CLAS, El Paso, Parliamentarian

Randall Moore, Dallas, Bar Board Advisor

Miguel D. Wise, Chair, State Bar Legal Assistants Committee

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Wendi Rogers, CLE, Dallas, Acting President; Jim Buchanan, CLA, Houston; Deborah Oaks, Dallas; Melissa Sherman, CLA, Arlington; Dawn Crider, CLA, Austin; Ellen Lockwood, CLA, San Antonio; Connie Lawrence, Lubbock; Rhonda Brashears, CLA, Amarillo; Leigh Burton, CLA, Port Lavaca; Virginia Quijada-Coronado, Waco; Shannon Hyde, CLA, Beaumont; Diane Sharer, CLAS, Odessa; Jo Mandy Smithers, Denton; Melinda Hicks, Galveston; Linda Slayter, Tyler; Virginia Gil, Brownsville; Lisa Sprinkle, CLAS, El Paso

PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Christine Levy, CLA, Austin; Colleen Barthlome, Angleton; Laina Bartlow, CLA, Amarillo; Linda Carrette, CLA, San Antonio; Vi Davis, Pls, Ft. Worth; Irma Gilman, Brownsville; Pat Gullatt, CLA, Austin; Juanita Kopp, CLAS, Houston; Gigi Linne, CLA, Midland; Lisa Peticolas, CLA, El Paso; Kathleen Reade, Ft. Worth; Stephanie Seuser, Austin; Brenda Stockton, Dallas

Notice: Articles published in the Texas Paralegal Journal may not be reprinted without written consent of the Legal Assistants Division and the author of the article.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES FOR THE JUNE ISSUE IS APRIL 15, 1997.

Texas Paralegal Journal ©1997 by the Legal Assistants Division, State Bar of Texas. Published quarterly in Texas by the Publications Committee of the Legal Assistants Division, P.O. Box 12487, Austin, Texas 78711. For information on advertising rates contact Brenda Stockton, 10440 North Central Expressway, Suite 1400 Dallas, Texas 75231, or call (214) 360-1047. The Texas Paralegal Journal is a magazine published to provide information specifically for the members of the Legal Assistants Division of the State Bar of Texas, as well as for members of the paralegal community in general, both in Texas and nationwide. Opinions expressed herein are solely those of the writer and not the Board of Directors or of the Division. Publication herein does not imply endorsement in any manner. None of the information contained herein is intended nor should it be construed as legal advice. Inclusion and editing of material submitted is at the discretion of the editor and the editorial subcommittee.