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You want to accomplish more every day. You want your clients to be impressed with your speed and dedication to their needs. You want time for your family, time for your health and time for a side project or two. You don’t get enough sleep, you don’t get to attend the networking events you’d like to participate in and your inbox has more emails than you want to think about.

You need me. 

I’m Laurie and I’m the virtual legal assistant who is going to help you get more done! I can help you find more hours in your week, by giving you a trustworthy and efficient assistant to delegate much of your work to. I can’t go to court for you, but I can do almost anything else you need!

I have over 14 years of experience in the legal field, an exemplary work ethic and a great attitude.  I know that together we can make your law firm or business soar to new heights. I specialize in providing paralegal and administrative services to lawyers, particularly solos or small firms.

I operate Halo Secretarial on a “virtual” basis, meaning that all services are provided from my office to yours, regardless of where you are located, through various means including email, fax, online collaboration tools or remote access to your desktop. For a great definition of virtual assistance check out VAnetworking.

Need more info or ready to get in touch with me? Have a look at my Services page or read answers to a few frequently asked questions. Email me at laurie@halosecretarialservices.com with any questions or comments or see the Contact page for other ways to communicate with me. And please come check out my Halo Blog to read interesting articles and find out my latest news.

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Services

At Halo Secretarial we specialize in providing Virtual Legal Assistant services to Lawyers, including

  • Drafting pleadings, motions, affidavits and other court documents
  • Legal transcription and word processing
  • Proofreading and formatting of briefs and agreements
  • Conducting legal research and providing a summarizing memorandum
  • Transcript and undertaking review
  • Large document redaction
  • Drafting of conveyancing documents, including Transfers of Land and Statements of Adjustment

We also provide general Virtual Assistant and Secretarial services, such as

  • Transcription and word processing
  • Email management
  • Proofreading and editing of documents
  • Monitoring of Google alerts
  • Bulk mailings
  • Research

We provide superior virtual legal assistant and virtual assistant services that will help you improve your business. We excel at making our clients’ lives easier and less stressful and we know that we can help you.

A listing of our most requested services is provided above, but please call us if you need something not listed – we really want to help you succeed so we’ll work with you on custom requests!

Locally (Edmonton and surrounding areas) we may provide pick-up and drop-off services for a fee, contact us to discuss!

 

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Information

Information about Laurie Mapp & Halo Secretarial Services

Laurie Mapp

Laurie Mapp

Hi,and thanks for checking out the site for my virtual legal assistant business, Halo Secretarial Services.  I’m Laurie Mapp, and right now I’m CEO (chief everything officer!) of this lovely enterprise.

I have a long history as an in-office legal assistant/paralegal. Soon after I received my honors diploma in paralegal studies in 1993, I began my career working as legal secretary for a sole practitioner for a few years, then worked as a legal assistant in a large lawfirm and finally as both a legal assistant and then paralegal for a governmental legal department. I’ve worked in several areas of law including family, civil litigation, real estate, corporate and tax law. While on maternity leave after the birth of my third child, I began the process of opening my virtual paralegal/legal assistance practice, Halo Secretarial Services, up for business.

On a personal note, I’m a mama to 3 wonderful boys, and I share my life with an amazing and and supportive husband. I love blogging so much that I keep a mama/running blog, in addition to my business blog, feel free to check it out here.

Outside of work and family I have many interests, including running, triathlons, reading, and being President of ICAN Canada – if you are local see here for Edmonton VBAC).

Privacy and Ethics

Our clients’ privacy is of utmost importance to us. We will maintain client confidentiality and will perform any necessary conflict checks prior to taking on assignments or clients.  We will happily sign confidentiality/non-disclosure agreements for all of our clients.

With respect to paralegal services provided please note that Halo Secretarial offers such services only to lawyers, NOT to the general public. Halo Secretarial does not offer any legal advice nor is it entitled to practice law in accordance with Sections 106 and 107 of the Legal Profession Act, R.S.A. 2000, c. L-8 . Halo Secretarial follows theCode of Ethics endorsed by the Alberta Association of Professional Paralegals and has an EthicsCheck certification from the International Virtual Assistants Association.

If you require legal advice, please consult with a lawyer. You can search for a lawyer in Alberta on the Law Society of Alberta website and elsewhere in the Martindale Hubble Directory.

 

Halo Secretarial Press Coverage

Your Invisible Assistant, a CBA Practice Link article, authored by Alison Arnot, June 2009

Laurie was profiled on the fabulous Practical Paralegalism blog, March 19, 2009

Laurie was profiled by anchor Carrie Doll in a feature on her local CTV (@ctvedmonton) station about her usage of Twitter for growing her virtual legal assistant business, March 2, 2009

Virtual Paralegal Trend Grows, Tammy R. Pettinato for Legal Assistant Today, January 2009

Interview With a Virtual Legal Assistant, The Rat Race Rebellion, September 12, 2008

Virtual Paralegals Manage Cases at a Distance, Doug Malan for The Connecticut Law Tribune, August 14, 2008

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