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Debbie Hanes
Title: Legal Document Production Specialist
Debbie has been a member of WALSTEAD MERTSCHING PS since 1989 as a Word Processing Document Production Specialist. She works for all attorneys in the office providing document preparation work. While Debbie emphasizes in the areas of family law, real estate, forfeitures/foreclosures and landlord/tenant, she also is well-trained in the areas of corporate/business, estate planning, probate and general litigation. Debbie formats documents, performs high production typing, proofs, constructs forms and provides general support to the attorneys and legal assistants in the law firm. She has been a member of the Cowlitz County Legal Secretaries Association.
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Diane Fulton
Title: Legal Administrator
Diane joined WALSTEAD MERTSCHING PS as Legal Administrator in March of 2004. She is responsible for the firm’s ongoing operations, including financial administration, facilities planning, human resources, benefits, payroll, marketing, information technology and directions of the firm’s administrative and support departments.
Prior to joining WALSTEAD MERTSCHING PS, Diane was employed as the Practice Manager for anesthesiology groups with Medical Concepts, Inc., located in Mission Viejo, California. Her professional activities include: Association of Legal Administrators of Washington, Oregon and international.
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Heidi Thomas
Title: Legal Assistant
Heidi began her employment with WALSTEAD MERTSCHING PS in 1997 as Legal Assistant to Scott M. Kilpatrick, and then in 2002 for Barry J. Dahl. She graduated from Minnesota State University in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science degree in legal studies and a minor in child development and family science.
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Joni Froberg
Title: Legal Assistant
Joni joined WALSTEAD MERTSCHING PS in 1981, and has worked in nearly every support aspect of the firm, including courier, file clerk, billing and word processing. Since 1985, Joni has worked as the Legal Assistant to John A. Barlow specializing in personal injury and insurance law. She also assists Matthew J. Andersen who practices in numerous areas of litigation. Joni has been a member of the Cowlitz County Legal Secretaries Association.
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Joyce Donaldson
Title: Legal Assistant
In 1996, Joyce joined WALSTEAD MERTSCHING PS as Legal Assistant to Norman C. Dick who practices law in the areas of civil litigation, real estate, insurance defense, collections and liens. She also acts as Legal Assistant to Frank F. Randolph.
Joyce attended ITT Links School of Business in Boise, Idaho, completing the Executive Secretarial Course. She retired from the Mineral County Juvenile Probation Department in Nevada after 21 years of employment where she served in several areas - Secretarial, Juvenile Probation Officer, Interstate Compact Officer, and Truant Officer. After retirement, Joyce moved to Clatskanie, Oregon where she worked for the Rainier School District for 1 1/2 years as a Teacher’s Assistant in speech and language, English and horticulture just prior to joining WALSTEAD MERTSCHING PS. In 2002, she moved to Longview.
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Kara Cope
Title: Paralegal
Kara joined WALSTEAD MERTSCHING PS in 2003 as Paralegal to Mark S. Brumbaugh, who practices in the areas of personal injury, nursing home negligence, employment issues and civil litigation. She also assists Darryl E. Colman in his practice. Although she joined WALSTEAD MERTSCHING PS in 2003, she has been working as a Paralegal since 1994. She has expertise in many areas of law including criminal, domestic relations, juvenile and business.
She is a member of the Washington State Association for Justice.
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Karen Murphy
Title: Legal Assistant
Karen joined WALSTEAD MERTSCHING PS in 1981 after earning her Associates Degree in paralegal studies. Since 1991, she has been a Legal Assistant for Barry J. Dahl, emphasizing in the area of family law.
She has been a member of the Cowlitz County Legal Secretaries Association.
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Kathy Williams
Title: Legal Assistant
Kathy has been employed at WALSTEAD MERTSCHING PS since 1995 as Michael A. Claxton’s Legal Assistant and as either primary or secondary Legal Assistant to Stephen L. Wanderer. Kathy works closely with clients in estate planning, probate, trusts, guardianships and business/corporate matters. She also has extensive background in real estate, foreclosures/forfeitures, garnishments and unlawful detainers with our firm.
Prior to moving to Longview in 1995, Kathy worked for 13 years at a small general practice law firm in Camas, Washington, where she received a well-rounded background in many areas of law, including Court of Appeals work.
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Lisa Romane
Title: Paralegal
Lisa joined WALSTEAD MERTSCHING PS in 2003. She worked her first 8 years as the firm’s Billing Specialist and Assistant Bookkeeper. Then at the end of 2011, Lisa transitioned to a Paralegal position working in the area of family law for Chelsea C. Baldwin.
Lisa earned her Associate’s Degree as a paralegal at Clark College.
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Ronda McEntire
Title: Billing Specialist/Assistant Bookkeeper
Ronda joined the WALSTEAD MERTSCHING PS team in December of 1999 as our Billing Specialist, then moved to Alaska in 2004. She returned to the area and in 2012 Ronda rejoined the firm. She works and/or assists in several areas of the firm, including accounts receivable, record keeping, accounts payable, receptionist, office supplies clerk and files coordinator.
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Sally Irvine
Title: Bookkeeper/Administrative Assistant
Sally has been with WALSTEAD MERTSCHING PS as the firm’s Bookkeeper since 1995. She handles all phases of payroll, accounts payable, monthly and quarterly taxes, manages the general ledger system and generates financial reports. She recently set up and maintains a new inventory system to track personal property. Sally is also the Assistant to the Legal Administrator lending support, including staff scheduling.
Sally has completed the accounting classes at Lower Columbia College.
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Sharol Quinn
Title: Legal Assistant/Document Production Specialist/Website Manager
Sharol joined WALSTEAD MERTSCHING PS in 1988 as a full-time Legal Assistant, working for Odine H. Husemoen. Over the years that followed Sharol had the pleasure of being a Legal Assistant for numerous attorneys in the firm while gaining experience in a variety of areas of practice. She retired in the fall of 2009, but could not stay away so late in 2011, Sharol returned to the firm on a part-time basis. Her primary responsibilities include preparing and proofreading legal documents for all attorneys and legal assistants in the office and updating the firm's website. She also provides back-up assistance for other staff members, trains new hires, and fills in as needed.
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Susie Manners
Title: Professional Receptionist
Susie joined WALSTEAD MERTSCHING PS in 2002 as its Professional Receptionist, after a long career in the travel business. Her duties include answering the telephone, greeting clients, processing incoming and outgoing mail, opening new client files, assisting with bookkeeping duties, data entry and monitoring time of attorneys and staff.
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