Where:    ThompsonMcMullan, P.C., 100 Shockoe Slip, Richmond, Virginia  23219

If you are interested in VAPA and want to learn more about the organization, you are welcome to attend the VAPA Board meeting which will be hosted in Richmond this month.  For more information, please contact David Richardson, RPA VAPA Delegate for more information david.richardson@richmondparalegals.org.

Refreshments will be provided by RPA.

Speaker:  Harry Kollatz

Topic:  “The Great Beattie Murder” A real case off Midlothian Turnpike in Richmond in the early 1900’s

When:  May 24, 2010 @ 6 PM

Where: Hunton & Williams Executive Dining Room

Please RSVP to richmond.paralegals@richmondparalegals.org

More details to come.

2010 Annual CLE Seminar

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 8:00 AM to 1:45 PM

Marriott Chesapeake, 725 Woodlake Drive, Chesapeake, Virginia

Tina E. Sinnen, Clerk, Virginia Beach Circuit Court “What’s new in the Circuit Court Clerk’s Office”

James E. Brydges Jr., Esquire, Taylor & Walker “Ethics for the Paralegal”

Paul J. Powers, Esquire, V.B. Commonwealth Attorney’s Office “Technology in the Courtroom”

Debby Sawyer, CP, NALA Region II Director “Benefits of Being a NALA Member”

Flyer and Registration Form 2010 TPA Seminar

Speaker:  Taylor Stone, Esquire, Bremner, Janus &Stone

Topic:      Criminal Defense

Place:      McGuire Woods, Francis Hayes Room, 2nd FL, One James Center, 901 East Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia

Sponsor:  Solomon Page will provide dessert

This will be a traditional brown bag meeting so please bring your lunch.

RSVP to Brenda McGill by February 19, 2010 – brenda.mcgill@richmondparalegals.org

Print Flyer here February Brown Bag

Come out and meet RPA members and other metro Richmond Paralegals.  Please invite the paralegal that sits next to you, down the hall or across town to join us.  Let’s get your NETWORKING ON!!!!

Starbucks Coffee, 400 North robinson Road, Richmond, Virginia 23220

Contact Tina Robinson for more information.  tina.robinson@richmondparalegals.org

FOR

PARALEGALS, ALL LEGAL SUPPORT STAFF & COURT PERSONNEL

TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 2010

5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

SALEM CHURCH LIBRARY

2607 Salem Church Road, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22407

SCHEDULE

5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.:  SOCIAL (pizza & sodas)

5:30 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.:   TRUST ACCOUNTS & THE PARALEGAL

                                                            Presented by Jeannie Dahnk, Esq.

6:20 p.m. – 7:05 p.m.:  GANGS IN VIRGINIA

                                                            Presented by  Detective Gray Hopkins, Fred. Police Dept.

7:10 p.m. – 7:55 p.m.:  ADOPTION LAW

                                                           Presented by: Brenda Greene, Esq.

*$20.00 FPA, NALA, NFPA, NALS, VAPA, LGPA MEMBERS

*$25.00 NON-MEMBERS, STUDENTS

*FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Teri R. Reece, RP, Treece@mellandfrost.com

Phone: 540-786-4772/Fax: 540-785-1710

**NALA CLE CREDITS PENDING(*Note: NALA credit approval accepted by NFPA)

FAMILY LAW COMMITTEE

CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO ATTEND a Presentation by

DR. ROBERT S. MARVIN, PH.D. The University of Virginia and

The Mary D. Ainsworth Child-Parent Attachment Clinic, PLC Charlottesville, Virginia

SEMINAR TOPIC:  VISITATION SCHEDULES IN HIGH-CONFLICT CASES:

USES & MISUSES OF ATTACHMENT RESEARCH

 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2010

5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.  REFRESHMENTS & SOCIAL

6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.  PRESENTATION, Q&A SESSION 

Central Rappahannock Regional Library Auditorium, 1201 Caroline Street, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401

 Cost:    FREE for FABA Members; $10.00 for non-FABA Members

 1 ½ hours MCLE Credit Pending with the Virginia State Bar

 MUST RSVP BY FEBRUARY 1, 2010 to: Rose Pantazis, Esquire, P.O. Box 605, Stafford, Virginia 22555-0605, 1-540-659-3109, email: lpantazis@verizon.net

SunTrust Bank, 24th Floor, Executive Dining Room

Speaker:  Dr. Irma B. Adams of Adams Consultint, Inc. (pharmacology & toxicology)

Topic:  DUIs:  Start to Finish

Dessert Sponsor:  Document Technologies – Brad Pitts

Cost: $20 (New for 2010 – cash bar domestic beer $3, imported beer $4, wine $5) 

Dinner Menu:  

Blackened Chicken Breast over Angel Hair Pasta with Lemon Chive Cream Sauce and Roasted Pork Loin with Mushroom Gravy and Garlic Mashed Potatoes, served with salad, fresh green beans, squash medley and rolls & butter.  Dessert will be your choice of carrot, chocolate or yellow layer cake. 

Jana Blue from CASA will provide a short persentation prior to Dr. Adams’s presentation.

Please RSVP to Dana Bruce – Dana.Bruce@suntrust.com

presents

Still Searching for the Perfect Job?

A round table for boosting interview skills, getting it all organized, and preparing an eye-catching resume.

Monday, February 8, 2010, 6:30 PM, The Career Giant ,4870 Sadler Road, Suite 300 (Innsbrook), Glen Allen, Virginia 23060

This round table is offered to RPA members by The Career Giant and Interview Angel. These companies’ techniques will give you the confidence and skills to land the ultimate paralegal position.

Many of you met Jeff Jefferson and Brent Peterson at RPA’s networking event Spring Forward in Your Job Search.  Brian White (Career Coach, The Career Giant) will also be on hand to answer all your questions from a corporate HR perspective.

RPA desires to expand on this event and provide members with the next step in their job search. RSVP to Brenda McGill at brenda.mcgill@richmondparalegals.org by Wednesday, February 3, 2010. Cost $20 – which can be applied to a one-on-one session with The Career Giant or the purchase of an Interview Angel tool kit.

Refreshments will be provided by RPA