

Paralegal extraordinaire. She drafts all the pleadings, motions, orders, and briefs. She reviews all the discovery. She answers all the questions (except the legal ones). She is a perfectionist. She prepares Amanda for trial. She keeps the office organized. She loves her dog, Mia. She’d rather be on a sailboat or scuba-diving somewhere in the ocean. She prefers the summer over winter and yells at Lacey often to stop turning down the a/c. Amanda doesn’t know what she would do without her.

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