Legal Assistants/Paralegals of Southern West Virginia

Founding Member and Charter President Elected NALA Treasurer

Jill I. Francisco, ACP, a founding member and Charter President of Legal Assistants/Paralegals of Southern West Virginia (“LAPSWV”), was elected Treasurer of The National Association of Legal Assistants, Inc. (“NALA”) at the association’s 35^th Annual Meeting in Jacksonville, Florida on July 16, 2010.  She will serve on the NALA Board of Directors during the 2010-11 operational year.

Jill has been paralegal with Huddleston Bolen LLP in Huntington since 1997.  She was a member of NALA's Professional Development Committee 2003-2006, served as NALA's Affiliated Association Director 2008-2010, and Affiliated Associations Secretary 2006-2007. She currently serves on the Advisory Board for Mountwest Community and Technical College Legal Assistant Program, the Legal Assistant Committee of the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia, and as Secretary on the Executive Committee of the Marshall University Alumni Association. She obtained her BA in Criminal Justice from Marshall University in 1994.

NALA is the nation's leading association for professional certification, continuing education, and career advancement for paralegals. The association has more than 6,000 individual members, and another 12,000 are represented through local and regional affiliated associations throughout the United States.

Posted on Friday, July 23, 2010