U.S. Paralegal Organizations By State

A local paralegal organization may be as much of a resource for attorneys as for paralegals. These organizations may provide job banks, as well as information about the paralegal profession. The following is a list of state and local paralegal associations, most of which are affiliated with either the National Assn of Legal Assistants, Inc. (NALA), or with the National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA). Contact information is listed where available. ALABAMA Alabama Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President Linda Reid, Birmingham Legal Assistant Society of Phillips Jr. College/Southern Inst. (NALA) Faculty Advisors: Douglas Ingram and Elizabeth B. Sullivan, Birmingham Samford University Paralegal Association (NALA) Faculty Advisor: Dr. Dolores Grissom, Birmingham ALASKA Fairbanks Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Carolyn Bollman, North Pole Alaska Association of Legal Assistants (NFPA) P.O. Box 101956 Anchorage, AK 99510-1956 ARIZONA Arizona Association of Professional Paralegals, Inc. (NFPA) P.O. Box 430 Phoenix, AZ 85001 Arizona Paralegal Association (NALA) President: Debra J. Frazee, Mesa Legal Assistants of Metropolitan Phoenix (NALA) President: Fawn K. Barnes, Phoenix Tucson Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Shirley M. Welch, Tucson ARKANSAS Arkansas Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Sara L. Talbert, Cabot CALIFORNIA California Association of Independent Paralegals (NFPA) 39120 Argonaut Way, #114 Fremont, CA 94538 Legal Assistants Association of Santa Barbara (NALA) President: Sonja B. Youngdahl, Santa Barbara Orange County Paralegal Association, Newport Beach (NALA) President: Linda McCown Paralegal Association of Santa Clara County (NALA) President: Karen C. Gale, San Jose Paralegal Association of Southland California (NFPA) P.O. Cox 50271 Pasadena, CA 91115 Sacramento Association of Legal Assistants (NFPA) P.O. Box 453 Sacramento, CA 95812-0453 (916) 763-7851 San Diego Association of Legal Assistants (NFPA) P.O. Box 87449 San Diego, CA 92138-7449 (619) 491-1994 San Francisco Association of Legal Assistants (NFPA) P.O. Box 2110 San Francisco, CA 94126-2110 (415) 777-2390; (415) 333-9075 San Joaquin Association of Legal Assistants, Fresno (NALA) President: Melinda McConnell Ventura County Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: John S. Garrison, North Hills COLORADO Association of Legal Assistants of Colorado (NALA) President: Brenda Allensworth Mientka, Colorado Springs Rocky Mountain Paralegal Association (NFPA) P.O. Box 1835 Aurora, CO 80001-1835 (303) 369-1606 CONNECTICUT Central Connecticut Association of Legal Assistants (NFPA) P.O. Box 230594 Hartford, CT 06123-0594 Connecticut Association of Paralegals, Inc. (NFPA) P.O. Box 134 Bridgeport, CT 06601-0134 New Haven County Association of Paralegals, Inc. (NFPA) P.O. Box 862 New Haven, CT 06504-0862 DELAWARE Delaware Paralegal Association (NFPA) P.O. Box 1362 Wilmington, DE 19899 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA National Capital Area Paralegal Association (NFPA) P.O. Box 19124 Washington, D.C. 20036-9998 (202) 659-0243 FLORIDA Central Florida Paralegal Association (NALA) President: Alix Popkin, Orlando Dade Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Lori O. Allen, Bay Harbor Island Florida Independent Paralegal Alliance (FIPA) 4866 Gandy Boulevard, West Tampa, FL. 33611 (813) 931-7776 or (813) 835-1105 Fax: 931-7907 e-mail: APSTampa@aol.com Florida Legal Assistants, Inc. (NALA) President: Karen S. McLead, Clearwater Gainesville Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Nadine Smith, Gainesville Jacksonville Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Teresa M. Bullock, Jacksonville Paralegal Association of Florida (NFPA) 6265 West Sample Road, #297 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33067 Pensacola Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Catherine M. Kaiser, Pensacola Tampa College-Brandon Student Association (NALA) Faculty Advisors: Lance L. O'Bleness and Tom Parks, Tampa Volusia Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Julie Anne Tilotson Pruett, Ormond Beach GEORGIA Georgia Association of Legal Assistants (NFPA) P.O. Box 1802 Atlanta, GA 30301 (770) 433-5252 Georgia Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Elaine H. Hall, Alma South Georgia Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Clarice M. Glass, Nashville, Ga. Southeastern Association of Legal Assistants of Georgia (NALA) President: Sherri A. Morgan, Pooler HAWAII Hawaii Association of Legal Assistants (NFPA) P.O. Box 674 Honolulu, HI 96809 IDAHO Gem State Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Jane A. Creviston, Hailey ILLINOIS Central Illinois Paralegal Association (NALA) President: Debra J. Monke, Bloomington Heart of Illinois Paralegal Association (NALA) President: Janelle Crump, Peoria Illinois Paralegal Association (NFPA) P.O. Box 8089 Bartlett, Il 60103-8089 (708) 837-8088 INDIANA Indiana Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Stephenie S. Veach, Evansville Indiana Paralegal Association (NFPA) Federal Station P.O. Box 44518 Indianapolis, IN 46204 (317) 767-7798 Michiana Paralegal Association (NFPA) P.O. Box 11458 South Bend, IN 46634 Northeast Indiana Paralegal Association (NFPA) P.O. Box 13646 Fort Wayne, IN 46865 KANSAS Kansas Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Connie S. Kennedy, Wichita Kansas Legal Assistants Society (NFPA) P.O. Box 1675 Topeka, KS 66601 KENTUCKY Greater Lexington Paralegal Association, Inc., (NFPA) P.O. Box 574 Lexington, KY 40586 Western Kentucky Paralegals (NALA) President: Shelly Ragan, Murray LOUISIANA Louisiana State Paralegal Association (NALA) President: Karen Greer, Monroe New Orleans Paralegal Association (NFPA) P.O. Box 30604 New Orleans, LA 70190 (504) 467-3136 Northwest Louisiana Paralegal Association (NALA) President: Jan L. Melton, Shreveport MAINE Maine State Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Lawrence Yerxa, Kittery MARYLAND Maryland Association of Paralegals (NFPA) P.O. Box 13244 Baltimore, MD 21203 (410) 576-2252 MASSACHUSETTS Central Massachusetts Paralegal Association (NFPA) P.O. Box 444 Worcester, MA 01614 Massachusetts Paralegal Association (NFPA) 5 Grant Street Framingham, MA 01701-6708 (508) 879-4001 Western Massachusetts Paralegal Association (NFPA) P.O. Box 30005 Springfield, MA 01103 MICHIGAN Legal Assistants Association of Michigan (NALA) President: Sharon A. Schafer, Dearborn MINNESOTA Minnesota Paralegal Association (NFPA) 8030 Old Cedar Ave. S, #225 Bloomington, MN 55425 (612) 853-0272 MISSISSIPPI Mississippi Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Elizabeth S. Woods, Jackson University of Southern Mississippi Society for Paralegal Studies (NALA) President: Trisha Trigg, Hattiesburg MISSOURI Kansas City Association of Legal Assistants (NFPA) P.O. Box 13223 Kansas City, MO 64199 (913) 381-4458 St. Louis Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Cheryl R. Haley, St. Louis MONTANA Montana Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: LaCinda R. Williams, Missoula NEBRASKA Nebraska Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Mary K. Bronson, Omaha NEVADA Clark County Organization of Legal Assistants, Inc. (NALA) President: Dorothy C. Lappin, Las Vegas Sierra Nevada Association of Paralegals (NALA) President: Darlene Errington Stone, Reno NEW HAMPSHIRE Paralegal Association of New Hampshire (NALA) President: Cheryl L. Meachen, Henniker NEW JERSEY Legal Assistants Association of New Jersey (NALA) President: Manny Ferrao, Rahway Prudential Insurance Company of America - Paralegal Council (NFPA) 751 Broad Street Newark, NJ 07102 South Jersey Paralegal Association (NFPA) P.O. Box 355 Hadonfield, NJ 08033 NEW MEXICO Legal Assistants of New Mexico (NFPA) P.O. Box 1113 Albuquerque, NM 87103-1113 Southwestern Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Louise M. Shippy Tuttle, Albuquerque NEW YORK Long Island Paralegal Association (NFPA) 1877 Bly Road East Meadow, NY 11554-1158 Manhattan Paralegal Association, Inc. (NFPA) 521 Fifth Ave., 17th Floor New York, NY 10175 (212) 330-8213 Paralegal Association of Rochester (NFPA) P.O. Box 40567 Rochester, NY 14604 (716) 234-5923 Southern Tier Association of Paralegals (NFPA) P.O. Box 2555 Binghamton, NY 13902 West/Rock Paralegal Association (NFPA) P.O. Box 668 New City, NY 10956 Western New York Paralegal Association (NFPA) P.O. Box 207, Niagara Square Station Buffalo, NY 14202 (716) 635-8250 NORTH CAROLINA Coastal Carolina Paralegal Club (NALA) Faculty Advisor: Col. Robert E. Switzer, Jacksonville Metrolina Paralegal Association (NALA) President: Kelly C. Walker, Charlotte North Carolina Paralegal Association (NALA) President: Sharon L. Wall, Raleigh NORTH DAKOTA Red River Valley Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Linda Brastrup Johnson, Moorhead, MN Western Dakota Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Connie L. Sundby, Minot OHIO Cincinnati Paralegal Association (NFPA) P.O. Box 1515 Cincinnati, OH 45201 (513) 244-1266 Cleveland Association of Paralegals (NFPA) P.O. Box 5496 Cleveland, OH 44101 (216) 575-6090 Greater Dayton Paralegal Association (NFPA) P.O. Box 515 Mid-City Station Dayton, OH 45402 Northeastern Ohio Paralegal Association (NFPA) P.O. Box 80068 Akron, OH 44308-0068 Paralegal Association of Central Ohio (NFPA) P.O. Box 15182 Columbus, OH 43215-0182 (614) 224-9700 Toledo Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Denise Wright, Maumee OKLAHOMA Oklahoma Paralegal Association (NALA) President: Bonnie J. Hughes, Norman Rogers State College Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) Faculty Advisor: Michelle K. Price, Claremore Rose State Paralegal Association (NALA) Faculty Advisor: Judy Shaw, Midwest City TJC Student Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) Faculty Advisor: Judith Tucker, Tulsa Tulsa Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Donna G. Wilson, Tulsa OREGON Oregon Legal Assistants Association (NFPA) P.O. Box 8523 Portland, OR 97207 (503) 796-1671 Pacific Northwest Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Dawnne L. Linenbrink, Eugene PENNSYLVANIA Central Pennsylvania Paralegal Association (NFPA) P.O. Box 11814 Harrisburg, PA 17108 Chester County Paralegal Association (NFPA) P.O. Box 295 West Chester, PA 19381-0295 Keystone Legal Assistant Association (NALA) President: Kimberly J. Houser, Summerdale Lycoming County Paralegal Association (NFPA) P.O. Box 991 Williamsport, PA 17701 Philadelphia Association of Paralegals (NFPA) 2 Penn Center Plaza, Suite 200 Philadelphia, PA 19102 (215) 854-6352 Pittsburgh Paralegal Association (NFPA) P.O. Box 2845 Pittsburgh, PA 15230 (412) 255-1070 York County Paralegal Association (NFPA) P.O. Box 2584 York, PA 17405-2584 RHODE ISLAND Rhode Island Paralegal Association (NFPA) P.O. Box 1003 Providence, RI 02901 SOUTH CAROLINA Central Carolina Technical College Paralegal Association (NALA) President: Sheri Windham, Sumter Columbia Legal Assistants Association (NFPA) P.O. Box 11634 Columbia, SC 29211-1634 Greenville Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Valeen S. Goodreau, Greenville Paralegal Association of Beaufort County South Carolina (NALA) President: W. Henry Thames, III, Beaufort Paralegal Association of the Pee Dee, Inc. (NFPA) P.O. Box 5592 Florence, SC 29502 Tri-County Paralegal Association (NALA) President: V. Sheri Towne, Charleston SOUTH DAKOTA National College Student Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) Faculty Advisor: Robert J. Griggs, Rapid City South Dakota Legal Assistants Association (NALA) President: Michael M. Bultema, Aberdeen TENNESSEE Greater Memphis Legal Assistants, Inc. (NALA) President: Alisa M. Goehring, Memphis Memphis Paralegal Association (NFPA) P.O. Box 3646 Memphis, TN 38173-0646 Tennessee Paralegal Association (NALA) President: Caleeta L. Beagles, Trenton, Ga. TEXAS Capital Area Paralegal Association (NALA) President: Elizabeth Bruton, Austin Dallas Association of Legal Assistants (NFPA) P.O. Box 12533 Dallas, TX 75225 (214) 991-0853 El Paso Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Valerie S. Olivas, El Paso Legal Assistant Association/Pennian Basin (NALA) President: Vickie Pepper, Midland Northeast Texas Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Jane M. Webb, Longview Nueces County Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Lillie E. Bordelon, Corpus Christi Southeast Texas Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Shannon T. Hyde, Beaumont Texarkana Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Diane Plunkett, Texarkana Texas Panhandle Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Rhonda Brashears, Amarillo Tyler Area Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Carolyn S. Burton, Tyler West Texas Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Judi Marie Simpson Beaver, Lubbock Wichita County Student Association (NALA) Faculty Advisor: Billie Ruth Goss, Wichita Falls UTAH Legal Assistants Association of Utah (NALA) President: Kathy Scott-Thalmann, Salt Lake City VERMONT Vermont Paralegal Organization (NFPA) P.O. Box 6238 Rutland, VT 05702 VIRGINIA Peninsula Legal Assistants, Inc. (NALA) President: Victoria Quadros, Poquoson Richmond Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Jane Nuttall, Richmond Tidewater Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) President: Colleeen M. Hagy, Norfolk WASHINGTON Association of Paralegals and Legal Assistants of Washington St (NALA) President: Sheila M. White, Spokane Columbia Basin Paralegal Association (NALA) President: Regina A. Stevens, Kennewick Washington State Paralegal Association (NFPA) 5500 Olympic Drive Suite 105, Box 269 Gig Harbor, WA 98335 (206) 851-2557 WEST VIRGINIA Legal Assistants of West Virginia, Inc. (NALA) President: Andrea Rayfield, Huntington WISCONSIN Madison Area Legal Assistants Association (NALA) President: Kristine Caldwell, Madison Paralegal Association of Wisconsin, Inc. (NFPA) P.O. Box 92882 Milwaukee, WI 53202 (414) 272-7168 WYOMING Legal Assistants of Wyoming (NALA) President: Julie Pate, Casper ----- Brought to you by - The 'Lectric Law Library The Net's Finest Legal Resource For Legal Pros & Laypeople Alike. http://www.lectlaw.com