This event qualifies for 1.0 hour of General CLE credit through DAPA.

***For additional questions regarding this event, please contact DEI Committee Chair, Venisha Harmon at diversity@dallasparalegals.org.

This event qualifies for 1.0 hour of General CLE credit through DAPA.

***For additional questions regarding this event, please contact Criminal Specialty Section Chair, Rachel Johnson at criminal@dallasparalegals.org.

Get to Know The Speaker:

Brenda Sanders-Wise currently serves as the Executive Director of the Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc., providing educational programming and genealogy workshops for adults and children.  Brenda also serves as the director and curator of the Lenora Rolla Heritage Center Museum. She has forged partnerships with other area museums to share in exhibitions and displays of African American history as well as summer outreach programs for children in underserved communities. Throughout the school year, Brenda is the TCBHGS representative for the Adopt-A-School Partner program at Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary.  She also volunteers as a reading mentor at Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary (FWISD) and Cheney Hills Elementary, Jack C. Binion Elementary, Holiday Heights Elementary and other schools within the Birdville Independent School District. 

This event qualifies for 1.0 hour of General CLE credit through DAPA.

Email DEI Committee Chair Venisha Harmon with any questions. diversity@dallasparalegals.org.

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

PROFESSIONALISM

Our June General Membership Meeting will be in-person at the Arts District Mansion and presented by Carol Donovan. 

 

Carol attended DISD’s Bryan Adams High School and the University of Texas at Austin, where she was the first woman elected as Student Body President. During college, she worked in the Austin, Texas and Washington, D.C. offices of U.S. Congressman J.J. (“Jake”) Pickle.  After earning her law degree at Texas Tech School of Law, Carol served as a briefing attorney for U.S. District Judge Robert M. Parker.  

At the University of Texas at Austin, Carol successfully lobbied for compliance with Title IX. In Dallas, she reinstated the Dallas Women’s Coalition and founded the Susan B. Anthony Award Luncheon, now sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Dallas. She frequently speaks to community groups on topics related to politics, legal rights, and conflict resolution.  

In 2007, Carol chaired the International Women’s Peace Conference, attended in Dallas, Texas by over 1,400 delegates, including 3 Nobel Peace Laureates, from 45 countries. She was Founding Director of the Castleberry Peace Institute, now owned and operated by the University of North Texas. 

She has served as an officer and board member of numerous nonprofit groups and as Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of her church. She is currently assisting UT Southwestern with fundraising for research to find a cure for Alzheimer’s and she is writing a book about former Dallas Times Herald Womens Editor Vivian Castleberry for TWU‘s Pioneering Women Book Series.

Carol is married to Dan Donovan, a named partner of the law firm of Geary, Porter & Donovan. They have two children: Kathleen and Patrick, both attorneys in Dallas. They are the proud grandparents of five almost-perfect grandchildren.

JUNE'S GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING SPONSOR

Thank you to DAPA’s Sustaining Member, Capitol Services for sponsoring June's General Membership Meeting. Thanks to Capitol Services for their support, we’ll be hosting two gift card drawings during the presentation, so don’t miss your chance to learn, connect, and win!

Capitol Services Capitol Services is a different kind of service company. After four decades, we remain committed to providing personal and accommodating customer service to corporate and legal professionals. Capitol Services goes Above and Beyond to give you the service you deserve. Capitol Services provides include Corporate (Formations, FBNs, Dissolutions), Lien Services, and Registered Agent. 

Brittany Johnson

Tel: 817-925-9609

Email: bjohnson@capitolservices.com

www.capitolservices.com

This event qualifies for 1.0 hour of General CLE credit through DAPA.

*** For additional questions regarding this event, please contact Programs Vice President Caroline Rose programs@dallasparalegals.org.

Optional Lunch Buffet

Price includes tax/gratuity

$14 Soup and Salad only

$18 Full Buffet

Parking

$5 Parking Garage 

CALLING ALL STUDENTS PARALEGALS AND

SEASONED PARALEGALS!

***For additional questions regarding this event, please contact President, Heather Ulliman at president@dallasparalegals.org. ***

***This event is not approved for CLE.***

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

CIVILITY AND PROFESSIONALISM IN THE LEGAL FIELD

Our July General Membership Meeting will be in-person at the Arts District Mansion and presented by the

Honorable Judge Veretta Frazier. 

 

Judge Frazier was elected in 2023.  Prior taking the bench she served as attorney and litigator for over 20 year, working in complex commercial, tort litigation, employment litigation, and administrative law where she prosecuted and defended matters on behalf of individuals and corporations.

Judge Frazier is an active member of several local bar associations and community groups. She is committed to increasing civility and professionalism in the bar, as well as meaningful mentorship opportunities for law students and young lawyers.

JULY'S GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING SPONSOR

Thank you to DAPA’s Sustaining Member, Elite Video Productions, Inc. for sponsoring July's General Membership Meeting. Thanks to Elite Video Productions, Inc. for their support, we’ll be hosting two gift card drawings during the presentation, so don’t miss your chance to learn, connect, and win!

Since 1989, Elite Video Productions, Inc. (Elite) has provided the legal industry with professional litigation support video services at depositions, mediations, arbitrations, and courtroom hearings. We work exclusively with the best Certified Shorthand Reporters and Certified Realtime Reporters across the nation. Elite has recorded thousands of legal proceedings involving a variety of subjects in various court systems across the nation and internationally.

Beverly Woodall

Tel: 214-747-1952

Email: Beverly@elitevideoproductions.com

www.elitevideoproductions.com

This event qualifies for 1.0 hour of General CLE credit through DAPA.

*** For additional questions regarding this event, please contact Programs Vice President Caroline Rose programs@dallasparalegals.org.

Optional Lunch Buffet

Price includes tax/gratuity

$14 Soup and Salad only

$18 Full Buffet

Parking

$5 Parking Garage 

CALLING ALL STUDENTS PARALEGALS AND

SEASONED PARALEGALS!

***For additional questions regarding this event, please contact President, Heather Ulliman at president@dallasparalegals.org. ***

***This event is not approved for CLE.***

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

MEDIATION FOR PARALEGALS

Our September General Membership Meeting will be in-person at the Arts District Mansion and presented by the 

Bo Berry. 

 

For 35 years, Bo was an active trial lawyer.  During his rial practice he owned and managed Berry, Byrne & Randall, Berry & Randall, and The Berry Firm with offices in Dallas, Houston, Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Little Rock.  Bo is now a full-time mediator with Berry Mediations who handles significant, catastrophic and med mal injuries.

This course will help inform paralegals about the mediation process.  It will help paralegals prepare for, participate in, and follow up in mediation.  It will help paralegals understand what the lawyers do at mediation.

SEPTEMBER'S GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING SPONSOR

Thank you to DAPA’s Sustaining Member, Beacon Hill Staffing Group for sponsoring September's General Membership Meeting. Thanks to Beacon Hill Staffing Group for their support, we’ll be hosting two gift card drawings during the presentation, so don’t miss your chance to learn, connect, and win!

Beacon Hill Solutions Group offers workforce solutions, project consulting and agile team extension across industry, skill sets and labor categories backed by 1400+ client specialists and 7,500+ specialized consultants. 

Judith Ortiz

Tel: 214-452-0042

Email: jortiz@beaconhillstaffing.com

This event qualifies for 1.0 hour of General CLE credit through DAPA.

*** For additional questions regarding this event, please contact Programs Vice President Caroline Rose programs@dallasparalegals.org.

Optional Lunch Buffet

Price includes tax/gratuity

$14 Soup and Salad only

$18 Full Buffet

Parking

$5 Parking Garage