Information about Laurie Mapp & Halo Secretarial Services

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 blog, in addition to my business blog, feel free to check it out here.

Outside of work and family I have many interests, including reading, scrapbooking and being secretary of both my local and national VBAC-ICAN association (see here for Edmonton VBAC).

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