Legal Management

2008 Outstanding Legal Management Professionals and Best Office Environment and Culture in a Law Firm

This is the culmination of a peer voting process in which The Daily Transcript and the Association of Legal Administrators honor outstanding law firm management professionals and firms with the best office environment and culture.

2008 Outstanding Legal Management Professionals

Individual

Joel DeVos

Administrator

Wilson Petty Kosmo & Turner

Individual

Tom Dickerson

Practice Services Manager

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Individual

Patricia Groff

Director of Administration

Butz Dunn & DeSantis

Individual

Darlene Hart

Director of Human Resources

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP

Individual

Judith A. Hissong, CLM

Chief Operations Officer

Solomon Grindle Silverman & Spinella

Individual

Melanie Leander

Office Manager, San Diego

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney

Individual

Liz Mackres

Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt & Penfield LLP

Individual

Patty Marshall

Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton LLP

Individual

Betty Murphy

Levine, Steinberg, Miller and Huver

Individual

Wendy Wilkins

Administrator

Latham & Watkins LLP

2008 Best Office Environment and Culture in a Law Firm

2008 Outstanding Legal Management Professional

Joel DeVos

Wilson Petty Kosmo & Turner

Joel DeVos has been a legal administrator for 19 years and with Wilson Petty Kosmo & Turner LLP for 15 years. He is responsible for the management of the firm’s finances, information systems/technology, human resources, facilities, risk management, etc. He works closely with the firm partnership in developing and implementing the firm’s marketing and strategic plans.

DeVos earned an MBA from University of Phoenix in San Diego and a bachelor’s in finance from San Diego State University in 1988.

He is a current member, past director, past chair of the Education Committee and past co-chair of the Scholarship Committee of the Association of Legal Administrators, San Diego Chapter. DeVos is also a member of the International Association of Legal Administrators.

As a father of two boys, DeVos enjoys working with children and has been very active in coaching Little League baseball and youth recreational basketball over the past 10 years.