Linda Wolf Elected NALA First VP
Linda J. Wolf, ACP, a paralegal
with the Dallas law firm of
Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood,
has been elected First Vice President of
NALA, The Association of Legal
Assistants/Paralegals, the nation’s largest
professional association for paralegals.
Ms. Wolf was installed at the July 28
annual meeting during NALA’s 30th annual
convention in Tampa, FL. She will also
serve as on the board of directors. She has
been a member of NALA since 1984, and
has served in a number of leadership positions
for the Association.
A paralegal since 1980, she became a CLA in 1985, and in 1995 became a CLAS
(now ACP) in the field of intellectual
property. She is a founding member and
former President-elect of LANTA.
She is a continuing legal education lecturer
who has spoken frequently to Dallas
area corporate paralegals, and is the only
paralegal ever to address the Southwestern
Legal Foundation.
She is Past President of the Friends of SMU Libraries, and a former member of
the Library Executive Committee for
SMU. She has served as a Republican
Precinct Chair and Election Judge and is a
long-time member of the Junior League.
Her BA degree in Journalism and Political
Science is from Baylor University, Waco,
TX, and she is a member of the Society of
Professional Journalists.
Also elected at the annual meeting
were: Second Vice President—Karen Greer
McGee, ACP, Waskom, TX; Secretary—
Sharon A. Werner, CLA, Manchester, MI;
and Treasurer—Ann L. Atkinson, CLA,
Omaha, NE. These board members serve
with Tita A. Brewster, ACP, Las Cruces,
NM, who was elected President by the
NALA Board of Directors last March and
officially took office at the annual meeting.
Region directors taking office at the
annual meeting were: Region I—Kathleen Bonelli, CLA, Kinnelon, NJ; Region V—
Cheryl M. Snider, ACP, Toledo, OH;
Region VI—Janie M. Boswell, ACP,
Council Bluffs, IA; Region VII—Deborah
Z. Elkins, ACP, Tucson, AZ; Region VIII—
Annette R. Brown, ACP, Missoula, MT;
Region IX—Carolyn Yellis, ACP, Anaheim,
CA.
Nancy Mendenhall, ACP, Wichita, KS,
will serve as NALA’s Affiliated Associations
Director.
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