PARALEGAL DIVISION HOSTS 2005 TEXAS ALLIANCE OF PARALEGAL
ASSOCIATIONS CONFERENCE
The Division hosted the 2005 conference
of the Texas Alliance of Paralegal Associations. The
meeting was held in Austin on April 15th and 16th.
Friday’s activities featured “A Day at the Capitol” and included the following:
• Tour
of the Capitol
• Lunch
in the Capitol
• Presentation
by Hal Talton, Chief of Staff and General Counsel for Representative Dan Gattis
• Presentation
by Barry McBee, First Assistant Attorney General, and his Legal Assistant, Deborah Woltersdorf
• Presentation
at the Texas Supreme Court by Justice Priscilla Owen
• Presentation
by Representative Dan Flynn’s office of House Resolution No. 865 declaring October 23, 2005, as Paralegal
Day.
Friday evening the Division hosted a social at the hotel, sponsored by Apex Document
Solutions, followed by a dinner cruise on the Lone Star Riverboat sponsored by Cypher Litigation
Coding, Delaney Corporate Services, and Special Counsel.
This year for the first time all association reports were provided on a CD, courtesy of
ImageNet Litigation.
Each attendee received an aluminum luggage tag from the Division. The tags include a
stylized drawing of the dome of the Texas Capitol (in keeping with our theme, “A Day at the
Capitol”) as well as references to the Division’s 25th
anniversary. The TAPA 2005 luncheon on Saturday was
sponsored by American Language Technologies.
There were a
total of 34 attendees at the Day at the Capitol on Friday, 42 attended the social and Lone Star
Riverboat Cruise, and 37 attended the Saturday TAPA meeting. All
the attendees seemed to enjoy the event and as always, appreciated the wonderful exchange of
information and ideas.
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