Wow February already. January sure flew by. We had our first volunteer event for the 1st Quarter Charity R.A.I.N. on Saturday, January 26, 2013. I want to say THANK YOU to all those who came out and volunteered and assisted with set up and take down for R.A.I.N., and those of you that provided donations. The support and donations was overwhelming.  

I also want to thank Ian L. Gilden, P.A. for his sponsoring of the coffee and drinks for the volunteers throughout the day on Saturday.

The adoption event was a huge success, and R.A.I.N. was able to place 12 dogs into their new forever homes. For those of you who missed the event, we will be asking for volunteers to participate again in March. Please come out and support our furry friends.

If you have not already donated, please do not forget that we are collecting items for R.A.I.N the entire 1st Quarter (through March). See our website for details.

We have some great events coming up in the next several months. You won't want to miss them. CFPA's Seminar: Free in February - Interview Skills: "New Year, New You, Nail that job Interview." We also have an e-filing seminar coming up in March. Don't forget to mark you calendars for our two day seminar to be held in May in Cocoa Beach. Check out the CLE page on our website for more details.

Leslie Brown, CP, FRP
Certified Paralegal/Florida Registered Paralegal
CFPA President - 2013
President@cfpainc.org

Located across from the Winter Park Village

on 17-92/Orlando Avenue   

REALLY ... WHO CAN RESIST THE YUMMY BREAD STICKS
 WITH ALFREDO SAUCE!!??  :O)   

An E-Discovery Dilemma
By Vicki Voisin, ACP

We received a production electronically from a neutral 3rd party producing documents pursuant to SDT. 

It appears they just copied the folders from their computers.  However, some of the files don't have file extensions.

For example, a letter from Company A to Company B might be saved as "CompanyB.ltr" so Windows Explorer says it is a "LTR File".  However, when I add the ".doc" extension, it opens in Word and the letter itself is readable.  (I also tried with ".pdf" but it said the file was corrupt, so I know it has to be a Word document.)

Question No. 1:  Can I change the file extensions in the production so if the attorneys open it, they can view it?  It seems like whoever saved these documents had little to no idea what they were doing when they were naming files because they used periods for everything and didn't put file extensions.

I know my attorneys aren't going to understand this type of explanation; they just want to be able to open the document.  I'm not changing anything, and it doesn't affect the "modified" date on the folder.

At this point, we are not loading these documents into any sort of database, so metadata is not an issue.

Question No. 2:

I know my attorneys aren't going to want to Bates number 100 pages of gibberish, and I know the company who produced it wouldn't care if we made it make sense, but is that against the rules of e-discovery?

Do you just go back to the company, tell them to fix it, and ask them to reproduce it?  Do you fix it?  Do you have your IT guys fix it?  Do you not fix it and just leave the big headache for everyone to struggle through? 

Any thoughts are appreciated.

"NEW YEAR, NEW YOU, NAIL THAT JOB INTERVIEW"

Saturday, February 23, 2013

 Time:    9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (Check-in begins at 8:30 a.m.)

 Place:   Rissman, Barrett, Hurt Donahue & McLain, P.A.
201 East Pine Street, 13th Floor
Orlando, FL 32801

CLICK HERE FOR FEBRUARY SEMINAR FLYER 

FREE to CPFA Members and all Legal Students  

(MUST PROVIDE STUDENT ID AT REGISTRATION)  

FEE for NON-CFPA Members - $20.00**

A total of 3.0 hours of non-substantive credit IS PENDING from the National Association of Legal Assistants "NALA"  for this seminar.          

 A CLE Representative will be on hand to direct to proper room.

REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED BY ORANGE LEGAL

ONLINE REGISTRATION ONLY!!

Orange County Courthouse

425 N. Orange Avenue

         Thursday, March 7, 2013       5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

  Friday, March 8, 2013           9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

                                                       5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

        Saturday, March 9, 2013         9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

CPs and FRPs can earn 3 hours of CLE hours for each round they volunteer for!

CONTACT: 

Erin Watson, Program Director

The Florida Law Related Education Association, Inc.

2930 Kerry Forest Pkwy, Suite 202 ▪ Tallahassee, Florida 32309

Phone: 850.386.8223 ▪ Fax: 850.386.8292

Email: ecrowe@flrea.org

SPEAKER AND DETAILED INFORMATION COMING SOON!!!

Seminar Rates:

CFPA Member Rate Individual Day - $60.00

CFPA Member Weekend Rate - $100.00

Non-Member Rate Individual Day - $90.00

Non-Member Weekend Rate - $150.00

ONLINE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED

PAYMENT MAY BE MADE ONLINE VIA PAYPAL OR AT THE DOOR -CHECKS/MONEY ORDER ONLY

For Room Reservations (CFPA rate $119 a night + tax) contact:

Phone (321-784-4800) 555-0154

http://courtyardcocoabeach.com

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