President's Message
by Deborah Badigian  

With the Holiday Season approaching at lightning speed, it is time to mark your calendars to include your association events.

On October 9, 2004, we are co-sponsoring a seminar with the Fresno City College Student Paralegal Association and are fortunate to have Judge Hilary Chittick available to advise us of “Litigation Do’s & Don’ts”, in addition to Attorney Mike Seng regarding “Causes of Malpractice Complaints”. I cannot stress strongly enough how we all in the legal profession need to be aware of these issues. Appleby & Company will be hosting a continental breakfast for us starting at 8:30 and Mike Seng will begin his presentation at 9:00. The seminar will be held at Fresno City College in the Business Division Building, and for those of you not in the know, it is across from the cafeteria. Signs will be posted as to which room. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to obtain 2 MCLE credits as well.

For those of you who were unable to attend our last General Meeting and the presentation by Richard Kern of Yohman, Parker, Kern, Nard & Wenzel regarding “Subrogation 101”, Fresno Paralegal Association has initiated its first issue of our “new library”. We will be taping our guest speakers to preserve their wisdom and make the session available to our members only for viewing at a later date.

On December 8th, we will be holding our Holiday Social. This year we have decided to host the event at the Spectrum Gallery in the Tower District. Further details will be forthcoming as to the time and specific directions. Please hold this date open to come celebrate the season with FPA.

And with the Holiday Season comes the time of year when we hold our elections for the next year’s Board. If you are interested in holding any position on the Board or feel someone would be a good candidate for a position, please complete the enclosed form and either print it out and mail in, or you can just email your nominations to me. This is the perfect opportunity for your voice to be heard. So let’s hear it.

I hope to see you all at both the Seminar and our Holiday Social.