March 2020
VOLUME 39, ISSUE 3

Table of Contents

Features

  • Legal Industry/Business Management

    By Erin Brereton

    From cutting-edge software solutions to new routines, law firms are finding ways to advance performance.

  • Human Resources Management

    By Phillip M. Perry

    Clear guidelines can keep law firm romances from sparking lawsuits.

  • Legal Industry/Business Management

    By Kylie Ora Lobell

    Loyalty isn’t a given with clients, but these simple strategies can go a long way to keep them happy.

Columns

Departments

 
ALA Faces Member and Chapter News

Anniversaries, Awards and Appointments March 2020

Members on the Move

 


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Maryann Barth, a member of the Golden Gate Chapter, is now Administrative Services Manager at Cooley LLP in San Francisco, California.

 


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Angel Gonzalez, an independent member, is now Chief Information Officer at Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton, LLP in Raleigh, North Carolina.

 


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Patricia A. Haeck, a member of the Pittsburgh Chapter, is now Director of Facilities and Office Administrator for the Charlotte, North Carolina, location of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP.

 


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Stephanie Hood, a member of the Boston Chapter, is now the Chief Operating Officer at Sulloway & Hollis in Concord, New Hampshire.

 


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Heather Larrick, CLM, SPHR, PHRca, a member of the Silicon Valley Chapter, is now Executive Director of Hoge Fenton in San Jose, California.

 


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Diana Lowe, a member of the Greater Los Angeles Chapter, is now Firm Administrator at Knapp Petersen & Clarke in Glendale, California.

 


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Jennifer L. Murov, a member of the Golden Gate Chapter, is now Regional Office Administrator at Dannis Woliver Kelley in San Francisco, California.


Shellye-Pruitt-resized

Shellye R. Pruitt, a member of the Greater Los Angeles Chapter, is now Director of Attorney Development at Munger Tolles & Olson LLP in Los Angeles, California.

 


Sheila-Sawyer-resized

Sheila A. Sawyer, CLM, SHRM-CP, a member of the Houston Chapter, is now Assistant Administrator at Smyser Kaplan & Veselka, LLP, in Houston, Texas.

 


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Rasheda Stewart, a member of the Philadelphia Chapter, is now Human Resources and Operations Manager at Griesing Law, LLC, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

 

 

 


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Sending Our Condolences

ALA received word that longtime member Dina S. Wolfe passed away in January. She had worked for many years as the Office Administrator at her husband’s firm, Slutzky Wolfe & Bailey, LLP, in Atlanta, Georgia. Our thoughts are with her family, friends and colleagues. Contributions in her memory can be made to Covenant House Georgia or CURE Childhood Cancer.