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Kern County Paralegal

Association

P.O. Box 2673

Bakersfield, CA 93303

www.kcpaonline.org

Page 3: President’s Message

Page 4: Community Affairs

Page 7: Calendar of Events

Page 17: Attorney Stick

2: Sustaining Members

Page 6: July Luncheon Announcement

Page 9: Membership Application

Page 14: Installation Lunch

Page 15: Paralegal of the Year

Page 18: Job Postings

Page 19: 6450 Compliance and You

Page 20: Recipes

Page 21: Aflac and CAPA

The Paralegal Post July 2015

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Thank you to everyone who came to the June

Installation Luncheon! We enjoyed being back

at The Petroleum Club of Bakersfield.

I’d like to welcome and introduce your 2015-2016

Board of Directors:

Makala E. Reha—President and CAPA

Representative

Amber Brewer—Vice President and Treasurer

Whitney Radcliff—Secretary

Sasha Gadberry—Programs/Education and

CAPA Representative

Shontice Yates—Membership Services

Kayleen Clements—Newsletter

Kristen Foster—Community Affairs

Troy Thompson—Webmaster

Juliann Somers—Student Representative

I’d like to congratulate Cathy McDonel of

Jennison & Dodds for receiving our 2014-2015

Paralegal of the Year award! (Also a big thank

you to Pat Jennison for the... heartwarming

speech. )

I’d also like to congratulate Kristen Foster for

receiving the complimentary CAPA Educational

Conference admissions as well as the 2015

Jennie D. Conner Scholarship.

We have our first luncheon on July 9, 2015, which

is our Free Member Luncheon held at Klein,

DeNatale, Goldner. Cathy Bennett and Jim

Duncan of KDG will be speaking on Client

Confidentiality in a Not-So Confidential World.

I have seen this presentation before and it’s very

informative and crosses all practices. I hope you

join us for the luncheon. It will offer one hour of

ethics MCLE. The Community Affairs event for

July benefits the Kern County Heart Gallery and

we will be accepting cash donations to benefit

their organization. We will also be accepting

checks (please make payable to KCPA and

designate in the memo line that it is for the

Community Affairs event).

July is the beginning of our fiscal year and that

means its time to renew your membership for the

upcoming year. We have included a copy of the

current membership application for your use—

please return them to Shontice Yates.

I hope you all had a wonderful Fourth of July

and a wonderful summer!

Always,

Makala E. Reha, ACP

Ben and Makala Reha at

Tehachapi’s 2015 4th of July Warrior Run


President’s Message

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July

Our Community Affairs opportunity for July benefits the Heart Gallery. KCPA is accepting CASH donations to benefit the Heart Gallery. The Heart Gallery (through Kern Partnership for Children and Families) is a non-profit organization that assists Kern County youth that age-out of the foster care system, but are not yet independent.

August

For our Community Affairs opportunity for August, KCPA is collecting cash donations to benefit The Kern County 999 Foundation, an organization whose mission is to recognize and honor Kern County's fallen peace officers who gave their lives 'In The Line of Duty' serving the citizens of Kern County, and provide support to the family members left behind.

Please make checks payable to KCPA.

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Date Location Event

July 3, 2015 Kern County Superior

Court Closed

Independence Day

(Observed)

July 9, 2015 Klein, DeNatale,

Goldner

Cathy Bennett and Jim

Duncan: Confidentiality

(Ethics)

August 13, 2015 The Petroleum Club George J. Demos: Forensic

Accounting

September 7, 2015 Kern County Superior

Court Closed

Labor Day

September 10, 2015 The Petroleum Club Larry Peake


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2015-2016 KCPA Executive Board

Troy Thompson, Karen Clemans, Kayleen Clements,

Kristen Foster, Whitney Radcliff, Shontice Yates,

Amber Brewer, Sasha Gadberry, and Makala Reha

Paralegal of the Year

Cathy McDonel accepts her Paralegal of the Year

award from Pat Jennison.

Jeannie Conner Memorial Scholarship

Kristen Foster accepts the Jeannie Conner

Memorial Scholarship from Dennis Brown.

Kern County Bar Association Gifts

Makala Reha (President), Cathy McDonel (Paralegal

of the Year), and Kristen Foster (Jeannie Conner

Memorial Scholarship winner) accept flowers from

the KCBA.

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PARALEGAL OF THE YEAR NOMINATION

My nomination for Paralegal of the Year is Cathy McDonel. Cathy has worked for Jennison & Dodds, LLP for twenty-two years and she is the glue that holds our office together. This is no small feat for a person that never intended to become a paralegal. Cathy married young, raised her kids and entered the workforce later in life. Employed at first by a bank, she worked her way up to a manager position. Eventually the bank got bought out. The new owners kept existing employees long enough to win customer loyalty then let them all go. This did not stop Cathy. Patrick Jennison hired Cathy McDonel as a legal assistant after initially telling her she was overqualified. Cathy went on to prove that she is a highly capable paralegal. Cathy came to Jennison & Dodds, LLP with a high school diploma and worked under an attorney to earn her paralegal title. Cathy greets most of the clients at Jennison & Dodds, LLP by name and treats them like old friends. She specializes in corporate law, estate planning and probate matters. Cathy can type up a dictation with amazing speed and the attorneys have come to rely on her so much that dictations geared for Cathy might be impossible for another, less-experienced paralegal to understand. Patrick Jennison is her primary attorney and he has the ability to give out five assignments with a single sentence. He writes so quickly, the resulting penmanship resembles

J.R.R. Tolkien’s elfin alphabet. Cathy may be the only paralegal able to read Mr. Jennison’s writing and keep up with his pace. I have worked as a fellow paralegal with Cathy for eight years. When I came on as a green newbie, Cathy knew the answer to all of my questions. She could easily do my work as well as her own. She made the easy transition to my new job possible. Paralegals work in an environment where extreme attention to detail is of great importance. Cathy can see a mistake before it happens. Our associate attorneys go to Cathy with questions about filing fees, office accounting, the billing program, database program and proper formatting for Court pleadings and Recorder paperwork. Not only that, but Cathy has a personal life that is as organized and inspirational as her dedicated work ethic here at the office. Cathy attends birthday parties and graduations for all of her 8 grandkids. She puts her family at the forefront of her life to the point that staff in our office will go to Cathy for an opinion on big life choices and tricky family situations. Cathy is the model paralegal and any office would be lucky to have her. She rarely gets recognition for all of the hard work she puts forth and I would love to see her receive the KCPA Paralegal of the Year award for 2015 in recognition of all of her years of dedication. She is an inspiration to me. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Kristen Foster

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By Craig Braun


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RecipesRecipesRecipes

Chocolate Sandwich Cookie Cake

Ingredients:

2 ½ cups whipping cream

½ cup almond-flavored liqueur or 1 tsp. almond extract plus

3 tbs. Confectioners' sugar

1 package (16 oz.) Oreos

For garnish: halved strawberries and Oreos

Directions:

1. Lightly grease 7-8 inch springform pan.

2. Mix whipping cream and liqueur in a large bowl and chill 30

minutes.

3. Coarsely chop Oreos and place in a medium-sized bowl.

4. Beat cream mixture with electric mixer until stiff peaks form.

5. Add 2 cup cream mixture to chopped Oreos.

6. Mix well with rubber spatula.

7. Press 1/3 mixture evenly over bottom of pan.

8. Spoon 1/3 of the remaining whipped cream mixture on top

and spread evenly to edges.

9. Crumble 2 of remaining cookie mixture evenly over the

cream.

10. Repeat layers, ending with cream.

11. Freeze at least 2 hours, or wrap airtight and freeze up to 3

days.

12. About 1 hour before serving, run thin knife around edges of

cake to loosen.

13. Remove sides of pan.

14. Place cake in refrigerator about 15 minutes to soften slightly

(serve it semi-frozen).

15. Garnish with Oreos and strawberries.

Provided to KCPA to prepare a cookbook.

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Advanced Micro Resource

3434 Truxtun Avenue, Suite 180


(661) 377-2934

Attorney’s Certified Services

1731 16th Street


(661) 327-8022

AMS Legal Support Services

31 H Street


(661) 324-8018

Belden Blaine, LLP

5100 California Avenue, Suite 101


(661) 864-7826

Dowling Aaron Incorporated



(661) 716-3000

First Legal Network

1527 19th Street, Suite 214


(855) 378-9433

GKL Corporate/Search Inc.

One Capitol Mall, Suite 660

Sacramento, CA 95814

(800) 446-5455

Keleher’s Certified Shorthand Reporters

3400 Unicorn Road, Suite 101


(661) 393-1856

Kern Legal Services, Inc.

1614 W. Temple Street

Los Angeles, CA 90026

(800) 675-5376

Klein, DeNatale, Goldner, et al.

4550 California Avenue, 2nd Floor


(661) 395-1000

Law Offices of Erica M. Scott

1430 Truxtun Avenue, 5th Floor


(661) 616-1352

Edward J. Thomas



(661) 322-1777

Tejon Ranch Company

P.O. Box 1000

Lebec, CA 93243

(661) 248-3000

Trans-West Special Services, Inc.

8503 Crippen Street


(661) 834-07111

Wood & Randall

900 Truxtun Avenue, Suite 320


(661) 395-0726

Support our Sustaining Members


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2015-2016 KCPA Executive Board

The Paralegal Post June 2015

P.O. Box 2673


www.kcpaonline.org

KCPA is one of eleven CAPA

affiliates.

President, and CAPA Secondary

MAKALA E. REHA, ACP

(661) 395-1000

[email protected]

Vice President and Treasurer

AMBER BREWER

(661) 395-1000

[email protected]

[email protected]

Secretary

WHITNEY RADCLIFF

(714) 421-2716

[email protected]

Programs/Education Director and

CAPA Primary

SASHA GADBERRY

(661) 395-1000

[email protected]

[email protected]

Newsletter Editor

KAYLEEN CLEMENTS

(661) 322-3051

[email protected]

Webmaster

TROY THOMPSON

[email protected]

Member Services

SHONTICE YATES

(661) 395-1000

[email protected]

Community Affairs

KRISTEN FOSTER

(661) 324-2866

[email protected]

Student Representative

JULIANN SOMERS

(661) 395-1000

[email protected]

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