Professional Development + CLE
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
AN ETHICAL PERSPECTIVE
On April 25, 2024 at Noon CST
Speaker
Sybil Taylor Aytch M.Ed., RP.
Sybil is a first-generation American and a native of New York City. She is an educator, author, speaker, and Registered Paralegal who has interviewed, mentored, and trained scores of paralegal students and paralegals. She writes and speaks frequently on issues related to the paralegal profession including ethics, technology, utilization, professionalism, diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and social justice. Sybil has extensive experience in complex litigation, commercial bankruptcy law, antitrust law, and trial preparation, specializing in electronic document and discovery management, trial technology, and project administration.
Sybil is the Senior Paralegal in the Commercial Bankruptcy, Restructuring, and Creditors’ Rights group in the Phoenix, AZ office of Quarles & Brady LLP. Prior to moving to Phoenix, she was a Senior Specialist and Coordinator in the Corporate Restructuring group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York for 8 years.
Sybil has been an Adjunct Professor in the American Bar Association (ABA)-approved Paralegal Studies Program at Phoenix College since 2001 where she teaches Ethics and Professional Practice, Bankruptcy, and The Paralegal Profession. From 2004-2008, she served as a member of the ABA's Standing Commission on Paralegals Approval Commission where she led site visits to review applications for ABA-approval at multiple educational institutions. She was previously an Assistant Professor at Western International University where she taught Critical Thinking, Civil Procedure, and Comparative Law.
Sybil holds a double Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in French and English from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts and a Master of Education (M.Ed.) degree in Educational Psychology from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona.
From 2017-2023, Sybil served as Chair of NFPA's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. In 2023, she was the recipient of NFPA’s Justice Champion Award and also received an Impact Award from the Rocky Mountain Paralegal Association. She is a previous recipient of NFPA’s Outstanding Local Leader Award. Sybil also serves as Co-Chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee for the International Practice Management Association.
In 2021, Sybil was appointed to serve as the sole paralegal member of the Arizona Supreme Court's Commission on Diversity, Equality, and Justice in the Judiciary. That same year, she was appointed as the sole paralegal member of the Maricopa County Bar Association's Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee.
Sybil is the co-author of two published textbooks: Ethics And Professional Responsibility For Paralegals (9th edition) and Concise Guide To Paralegal Ethics (6th edition- to be published later this year).
This event qualifies for 1.0 hour of Ethics CLE credit through DAPA.
*** For additional questions regarding this event please contact Melody Johnson at pd@dallasparalegals.org
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