The Risk Manager, Spring 2014
My How We Have Grown!
In 2010, the Kentucky Paralegal Association (KPA) initiated its Certified Paralegal Program to implement Kentucky Supreme Court Rule 3.700 governing paralegals. The Program establishes procedures for paralegal certification that promotes competence and high standards of professional responsibility. It is based on the Kentucky Rules of Professional Conduct and the KPA’s Paralegal Professional Standards of Conduct modeled on the Kentucky Rules. This is accomplished by setting minimum training, work experience, and education requirements for eligibility to take the Certified Kentucky Paralegal examination. The ultimate purpose of this self-regulation program is to improve the quality of legal service in Kentucky and make it more readily available to the public.
Dean Nicholas Riggs, Director of Paralegal Studies at Sullivan University, and Del O’Roark, Lawyers Mutual’s Risk Management Consultant, prepared the certification examination. It requires in-depth knowledge of the professional and ethical standards that a competent paralegal must possess to achieve certification. For more information, go to the KPA’s website, kypa.org. There you will find a description of the overall program, including the qualifications required to sit for the exam, the extensive study materials that must be mastered, and continuing education requirements.
The first KPA Certified Paralegal examination was given in November 2010. Since then the test has been offered twice a year in May and November. There are currently 150 Certified Kentucky Paralegals. The next exam is scheduled for May 17, 2014.
The KPA Certified Paralegal Program is a significant contribution to the practice of law in Kentucky. It is of major assistance to lawyers in complying with their paralegal professional responsibility duties. By employing paralegals that are Certified Kentucky Paralegals, lawyers can be confident that they are bringing into the firm competent and highly motivated professional staff – now that is good risk management!
Lawyers Mutual congratulates the following Certified Kentucky Paralegals for their outstanding achievement:
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Chantal M. Adams, CKP Tonja A. Arnold, RP, CKP Lola B. Ball, CLA, CKP Jennifer R. Barrie, CKP Donna J. Bass, CKP Geoffrey S. Bialas, CKP Kimberley Ann Blue, CKP Lynn M. Bowlin, CKP Suzanne Bowman, CKP Rachael Linette Breedlove, CKP Brenda M. Brown, CKP Holly J. Brown, CKP Rebecca L. Brown, CKP Wayla D. Brumbaugh, CKP Shirley J. Burgess, CKP Dianne M. Burnett, CKP Sarah A. Butler, CKP Pamela K. Byerly, CKP Kena J. Cambron, CKP Mary M. Campbell, CKP Tiffany Carlson, CKP Leslie Carr, CKP Kimberly A. Cates, CKP Jan E. Chapman, CKP Melanie M. Chenot, CKP Paula C. Chumbley, CKP Cheryl Clark, CKP Luanne N. Colm, CKP Charissa M. Cooke, CKP Tracy M. Cooke, CKP Christina Cummings, CKP Denise M. Cunningham, CKP Anna M. Curley, CKP Heather S. Davis, CKP Shawna Davis, CKP Stephanie Dewitt, CKP Nanci S. Dively, CKP Dawn M. Douthat, CKP Lori H. Dreimiller, CKP Cynthia R. Duffy, CKP Mary A. “Sandy” Dulaney, CKP Courtney D. Durall, CKP Sadie M. Durbin, CKP Debra L. Ewen, CKP Donna Ferrill, CKP Marie E. Field, CKP Cynthia R. Flannery, CKP Julie P. Franklin, CLA, CKP Kris A. Gandrud, CKP Tabitha L. George, CKP |
Debra L. Gibby, CKP Kathy Gillum, CKP Jennifer L. Green, CKP Melissa Green, CKP Juanita Griffiths, CKP Jill M. Hardin, CKP Tina M. Hays, CKP Julia Heath, CKP Deanna M. Herron, CKP Debra A. Hickey, CKP Tennia Y. Hill, CKP David W. Hobson, CKP Amber R. Hoffman, CKP Debbie L. Howard, CKP Nancy K. Hubbs, CKP Christina M. Inskeep, CKP Ann Ives, CKP Samantha M. Jackson, CKP Billie Renee Johnson, CKP Catherine Johnson, CKP Stephanie K. Jones, CKP Katelyn A. Justice, CKP Helen K. Kelly, RP, CKP Crystal D. Kirby, CKP Dianne B. Kuhnell, RP, CKP Shobha Lakhiani, CKP Courtney D. Lawrenz, CKP Mary Anna Lisanby, CKP Rhonda R. Lobb, CKP Sheree M. Loewenberg, CKP Joyce A. Manning, CKP Dana Martin, CKP Tammy Martinez, CKP Sheryl J. Matherly, CKP Joni M. Mayhugh, CKP Rachel McFadden, CKP Lisa R. Meier, CKP Deborah Darlene Moore, CKP Christy K. Morgan, CKP Vicki L. Mosteller, CKP Ouida W. Mundy, CKP Tammy M. Naples, CKP Becky Noble, CKP Sherry M. Novak, CKP Ricardo A. Ocampo, RP, CKP Lora D. Ogden, CKP Catherine E. Owens, CKP Davonna A. Page, CKP Tammy Lynn Parks, CKP Debra L. Patterson, CKP |
Patricia Perdue, CKP Paula L. Peters, CLA, CKP Tammy Phelps, CKP Kelsi J. Poteet, CKP Dawn M. Powers, RP, CKP Samantha M. Pridgen, CKP Terry Prince, CKP Amanda M. “Mandi” Ramsey, CKP Sherry A. Ramsey, CKP Staci L. Ray, CKP Melissa Spencer Reynolds, CKP Tammy K. Rhodus, CKP Mitzi Robinson, CKP Sam Rose, CKP Lorie Ann Rusch, CKP Paul A. Rush, CKP Kathy G. Ryan, CP, CKP Dana R. Sanson, CKP Troy W. Schmitt, CKP Laurie Seavey, CKP Colleen M. Shields, CKP Dawn M. Shrebtienko, CKP Cassandra R. Smith, CKP Tammy L. Smith, CKP Maria Sogandares, CKP Amy R. Spagnuolo, CKP Judith A. “Judy” Spalding, CKP Heather R. Spurlin, CKP Sara E. Stubblefield, CKP Amy C. Swafford, CKP Tonya R. Taylor, CKP Glenda M. Turner, CKP Debra Ann Van Hook, CKP R. Vasudevan, CKP Jennifer A. Vazquez, CKP Elizabeth A. Veatch, CKP Cynthia L. Vorreiter, CKP Michelle M. Wallace, CKP Therese C. Warrick, CKP Margo A. Weaver, CKP Jennifer L. Wheatley, CKP Susan K. Wiggins, CKP Rachel Willis, CKP Billie Jo Wilson, CKP Rebecca A. Wireman, CKP Sandra Denise Woods, CKP Tressia D. Wright, CKP Kimberly D. Yates, CKP Shannon Renae Young, CKP Eva M. Zinsmeister, CKP |