Paralegals & Legal Secretaries

Paralegal Appointed to Recreeational Trails Committee

Catherine Haagen-Smit, 52, of Newcastle, has been appointed to the Recreational Trails Committee. Prior to retiring in 2007, she served as a paralegal for the Placer County District Attorney's Office from 1991 to 2007 and previously held the same position for the Placer County Public Defender's Office from 1989 to 1990. From 1988 to 1989, Haagen-Smit served as a legal analyst for the California Department of Justice. Prior to that, she worked as a paralegal for Diepenbrock, Wulff, Plant & Hannigan from 1985 to 1988 and as a legal analyst for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation from 1984 to 1985. Haagen-Smit is co-founder and secretary of the Folsom Auburn Trail Riders Action Coalition, a member and state representative of the International Mountain Bicycling Association and a member of the California Trails & Greenways Foundation. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no salary. Haagen-Smit is registered decline-to-state.

(Source: Imperial Valley News - Governor Schwarzenegger Announces Appointments)

Full post as published by A Paralegal's Blog on December 01, 2008 (boomark / email).