How to Use paralegal in a Sentence

paralegal

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• For starters, when the phone rings one of three people - Andy, Bryn or their paralegal Racheal Gilbert - will answer it.
  — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 14 Oct. 2021
• In the image, Meghan, who played paralegal Rachel Zane, can be seen lying on the floor barefoot with her feet resting on a cabinet.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023
• Gauger, 76, retired as chief deputy after 51 years in the sheriff’s office and is a consultant and paralegal.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 23 July 2024
• Long had been studying to work in the legal realm and had earned her paralegal credentials before falling in love with ironwork.
  — oregonlive, 21 Aug. 2022
• The 24-year-old New Yorker recently quit her paralegal job without a backup plan.
  — Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2021
• For nearly a year after her husband died, Shannon Swanson was able to make things work: The mother of three did her paralegal job remotely, and her mom helped with child care.
  — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
• To avoid bringing down the heavy hand of the law on speech, we are supposed to be using a paralegal system of voluntary restraints, otherwise known as etiquette rules.
  — Judith Martin, oregonlive, 18 Apr. 2023
• Instead, the job fell to a paralegal assistant working remotely from a small city northwest of Atlanta.
  — Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2023
• The funding will go toward attorney and paralegal salaries, office space, and assisting with court filings, Truex said.
  — Claire Law, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2023
• Shanette Joyner, 49, of Alexandria, Virginia, is a paralegal contractor for a federal agency who has worked from home since the start of the outbreak and wants to continue doing so three days a week.
  — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 19 May 2021
• So Ingram-Allen enrolled in paralegal classes at a community college and filed a lawsuit on her own.
  — Katie Mettler, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2020
• Laib graduated from Temple University in 1994 and had hoped to become a lawyer before a mid-career shift from paralegal work to health care.
  — Jason Laughlin, Philly.com, 8 May 2018
• The future Duchess of Sussex previously said playing plucky paralegal Rachel Zane transformed her approach to clothes.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
• Knight, along with his paralegal Meri Wright, have experienced highs and lows in their pursuit to exonerate Glossip.
  — Brynn Gingras, CNN, 10 Feb. 2023
• Longtime Ariete customer Adrian Acosta describes one of his favorite waitresses who peeled off to go to paralegal school.
  — Washington Post, 8 May 2021
• There, the 72-year-old handed the document over to paralegal Alejandra Patlán — a familiar face with pink hair and an unflappable manner — and waited outside the little room on the second floor for her turn with the attorney.
  — Emily Alpert Reyes Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2021
• The legal filing says Johnson called the attorney general’s office three days after Arbery’s death and told a paralegal Barnhill had already accepted the case.
  — Russ Bynum, USA TODAY, 5 May 2022
• The legal filing says Johnson called the attorney general's office three days after Arbery's death and told a paralegal Barnhill had already accepted the case.
  — Victoria Albert, CBS News, 5 May 2022
• One survey found that Washington paralegal practitioners charged a median of $100 per hour.
  — Michael Waters, The New Republic, 22 Nov. 2022
• So Abrams hacked the system by creating a paralegal training program that allowed the secretaries not only to boost their education and résumés, but also to become eligible for higher salaries.
  — Brooke Baldwin, Fortune, 12 June 2021
• But some of the backlash to paralegal practitioners certainly has echoes of financial protectionism.
  — Michael Waters, The New Republic, 22 Nov. 2022
• Camara is a paralegal and mitigation specialist, working at a San Antonio law firm.
  — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Mar. 2021
• The new large language model chatbots appear set to displace human workers who answer customer support questions, code, write and edit copy, trade, conduct market research, and perform various kinds of paralegal and financial work.
  — Michael W. Clune, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Apr. 2023
• Routt reportedly worked in the 1990s as a paralegal, drugstore manager, landscaper, vending machine owner and bartender in Florida.
  — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
• Two employees in the office have completed paralegal training, which will help with compiling investigations, Martin said.
  — Mandy McLaren, The Courier-Journal, 7 May 2018
• The program offers 20 classes over fall and spring semesters, and enrollees can sign up for any one of six associate degrees: Anthropology, business, criminal justice, general studies, history, and paralegal studies.
  — Sean Stetson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Aug. 2023
• State House candidate Noelle Kahaian, a paralegal and conservative nonprofit leader, is trailing her opponent by 23 votes.
  — Nicole Carr, ProPublica, 24 June 2022
• Madden became a Southwest flight attendant at age 64 after several other careers, including real estate and paralegal services.
  — Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2021
• Rachel served in multiple roles — paralegal, auditor, trainer, operations planner, auditor, and as a commander on multiple projects before retiring in 2016.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2022
• Debra enrolled in a paralegal program at Tidewater Community College.
  — Longreads, 4 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024