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At its annual meeting on June 7, 2002, the Legal Assistant Division elected and installed its new officers for 2002-2003. As I considered the topic for my first article here, I realized
the importance of introducing you to the leadership of the Division. Then, as I contacted each of them to gather the information for this article, I was amazed at the extent of their
experience, professionalism and dedication. These are our leaders for the coming year.
Denise Adkins (Region I Director)-
Serving her first term as the Division's first director for Region I (Box Elder, Cache, Rich, Morgan, Davis and Weber Counties), Denise is from Ogden where she has worked for 8-1/2 years for Ted Godfrey, Esq., whose practice area is collections. Denise will be working to develop CLE opportunities for our members in her Region.
Bonnie Hamp, CLA (Region II Director)- Bonnie began her legal career in 1978 and works with Fred Silvester, Dennis Conroy and Spence Siebers at the law firm of Silvester
& Conroy which specializes in civil litigation involving corporate, business and employment matters, and personal injury as a result of medical malpractice, auto and mining accidents,
oil field disasters, explosions and fires. Bonnie achieved her CLA credential in 2001 and currently serves as the NALA Liaison for the Legal Assistants Association of Utah. Bonnie will
represent Region II (Salt Lake, Tooele and Summit Counties) and will be the Division's Secretary. In addition, she also serves as a member of the Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee
for the Utah State Bar.
Suzanne Potts-
Suzanne will represent the membership of Region IV (Carbon, Sanpete, Sevier, Emery, Grand, Beaver, Wayne, Piute, San Juan, Garfield, Kane, Iron and Washington Counties). With a total of 16 years of legal experience, Suzanne has been with Jones, Waldo, Holbrook & McDonough in its St. George office for five years where she works with Michael Shaw in family law. Suzanne is also the Southern Region Director for LAAU, and serves as a family law mediator and as a volunteer mediator for the Fifth District Juvenile Court Restorative Justice Program. Suzanne will coordinate our Ethics Committee.
Ann (Streadbeck) Bubert-
Ann will be serving a second term as Director at Large for the Division. Ann has 8-1/2 years of experience in the legal field and is employed by Armstrong Law Offices (Brent Armstrong, Steven Paul and Matthew Hess) whose practice emphasis is corporate work, probate, tax and estate planning. Ann was previously the Chair of the Division for 2000-2001, is the immediate Past Bar Commission Liaison, and has been the Division's Secretary and Education Chair. In addition, Ann has served as a member of the Bar Journal and Unauthorized Practice of Law Committees for the Bar. Ann will coordinate our Brown Bag CLE.
Tally Burke-
Newly elected as Director at Large, Tally works with Jim Kruse, Kevin Timken and Theodore Grannatt at Kruse, Landa & Maycock in corporate and securities law. Tally currently serves as Second Vice President (Education) for LAAU and was formerly the Education Chair and Secretary of that organization. Tally will chair the Long-range Planning Committee.
Deb Calegory-
Deb served as Chair of the Division for 2001-2002 and represented Region IV as a Director of the Division from 1998-2001. She brings over 20 years of legal experience to her newly elected position as Director at Large. She is employed at Snow Nuffer in St. George where she works in the areas of real property, litigation and business. Deb also served as Education Chair and Southern Region Director for LAAU. Deb will serve as our Parliamentarian.
Shawnah Dennett-
Our third Director from the St. George area, Shawnah is employed by Clifford V. Dunn in the areas of tax and estate planning, business structuring and litigation. With a total of 15 years in the legal profession, Shawnah is beginning her first term as a Director of the Division and will coordinate the outreach activities and work on developing CLE opportunities for our members in her Region.
J. Robyn Dotterer, CLA-
Returning to complete her unexpired term this year, Robyn worked with Dunn & Dunn for 11 years prior to her present position at Strong & Hanni where she works with Paul Belnap in the areas of insurance defense and bad faith litigation. Robyn achieved CLA status in 1994 and is a Past President of LAAU. She will chair our Utilization Committee.
Sanda Kirkham, CLA-
The Division's first Bar Commission Liaison, Sanda achieved her CLA credential in 1998. Sanda has been in the legal field for 15 years with the last two at Strong & Hanni where she works with Bob Janicki and Stewart Schultz in the areas of insurance defense and construction law litigation. Sanda also served as the Bar Liaison for LAAU, and, most recently was a member of the Bar's annual and mid-year meeting committees. Also completing her unexpired term, Sanda will serve as our Professional Standards Chair.
Thora Searle-
Recently elected to a second term as Director at Large, Thora is secretary to U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge William Thurman. Prior to that, Thora was Mr. Thurman's paralegal for over 20 years while they were with McKay, Burton & Thurman. Thora has served the Division as its Parliamentarian, Elections Chair and Secretary. This year, Thora will coordinate an ad hoc Policies and Benefits Committee.
Marilu Peterson, CLA-S-
Prior to assuming my current position as Chair of the Division, I served both the Division and LAAU in a variety of positions including NALA Liaison, Treasurer, Education Chair and President (LAAU), and Marketing, Membership and Professional Standards (LAD). I have served on the Bar's annual and mid-year meeting committees and as a member of the Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee. In addition, I have been a member of the National Certifying Board for Legal Assistants and I am currently a member of the CLA Specialty Task Force for the National Association of Legal Assistants. I achieved the CLA credential in 1987 and CLA-S status in 1992. As for legal experience, let's just say I have worked with Kay Lewis for a long, long time in the areas of civil litigation, commercial, business and corporate structure and planning, and real estate transactions and foreclosures.
These are the people who will lead the Division for the coming year. All of the contact information for any of us may be found on the website. It's promising to be a great year.
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