Ervine is registered as a legal document assistant in San Diego County. She is registered as a legal document assistant in Placer and San Diego Counties.orgThis release was published on openPR. “ALDAP continues to demonstrate its steadfast commitment to professional integrity and consumer protection for all self-represented litigants. Following a successful career in the non-profit sector, she transitioned to the legal field in 2001. She operates Red Sky Legal, a self-help legal document preparation service, and works as a freelance paralegal.Secretary and Legislation Director Kathleen Mountjoy co-founded ALDAP in 2007, and previously served as President, Vice President and Director of Compliance & Ethics. Mountjoy owns and operates Catalyst Legal with offices in Lincoln and San Diego.Power Cables Manufacturers he Alliance of Legal Document Assistant Professionals is a California non-profit, mutual benefit corporation serving registered Legal Document Assistants and freelance paralegal/LDA dual-professionals. Taylor is a bonded legal document assistant, registered in Orange County, and a commissioned Notary # Public.Anna Taylor, ALDAP’s new Director of Compliance & Ethics, operates Sapphire Typing Service, where she specializes in assisting individuals with customer service, identity theft and other consumer protection issues. The association’s priorities include protecting consumers – as well as legitimate, registered LDAs and paralegals – engaged in the delivery of non-attorney legal services to members of the general public.Alliance of Legal Document Assistant ProfessionalsContact: Suzanne Bowlby Ervine1017 L Street, 

reasurer and Education Director Gail Hahn is a life-long paralegal, and was one of San Diego County’s first registered legal document assistants.aldap.Non-Profit Association Promotes Professional Integrity and Consumer Protection in the Delivery of Non-Attorney, Self-Help Legal ServicesSACRAMENTO, CA—June 24, 2010: The Alliance of Legal Document Assistant Professionals (ALDAP), a non-profit organization established in 2007 to serve the legal document assistant (LDA) and paralegal professions, has elected its new Board of Directors for the 2010-2012 term.“I am delighted that ALDAP has a Board comprised of leaders who are dedicated to addressing the most critical issues facing consumers as they access the judicial system,” said Ervine. She presently also serves as ALDAP’s Director of Fundraising & Membership. ALDAP’s mission is to promote the integrity of the LDA profession, generate awareness about non-attorney legal service providers, protect the public by educating consumers about self-representation and the unauthorized practice of law, promoting professional responsibility, and integrating LDA services with the legal community and the general public. 2010-2012 Board of DirectorsPresidentSuzanne Bowlby ErvineSecretary and Legislation DirectorKathleen MountjoyTreasurer and Education DirectorGail HahnDirector of Fundraising & Membership and Director of Compliance & EthicsAnna Taylor“I am extremely proud of what ALDAP has accomplished in its formative years, and look forward to leading the association through several new initiatives that will shape the future delivery of self-help legal services,” said Suzanne Bowlby Ervine.

 

ALDAP’s new president. For more information,  It is a violation of state law for a paralegal to provide any services directly to a consumer. Paralegals are authorized under Business & Professions Code § 6450 to work only for licensed attorneys, law firms, governmental units, or corporate legal departments. She holds an ABA Approved Paralegal Certificate and is a commissioned Notary Public.org. She holds a Certificate in Paralegal Studies and a Certificate in Legal Administrative Assistant Studies. Mountjoy is retired from the law firm of McDonough Holland & Allen (Sacramento), and currently works as a “dual” professional, actively working both as a paralegal and LDA.Ervine, President and one of ALDAP’s co-founders, has previously served as the association’s Vice President, Treasurer and Communications Director. Hahn operates Legal Choices, where she offers self-help legal document preparation, paralegal and mediation services. She brings to ALDAP more than a decade of experience managing non-profit organizations. She has previously served as ALDAP’s Education Director, and co-chaired the association’s Court Liaison Committee.”About Legal Document Assistants and Paralegals:Under California law, any non-attorney offering self-help legal services to members of the general public must be bonded and registered in accordance with Business & Professions Code § 6400. The Board will focus on boosting awareness of the non-attorney alternatives to access the judicial system, and enhancing consumer protections associated with the delivery of self-help legal services