DEI Presentation | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Then and Now

Presenter:

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, trainer, and Registered Paralegal who has interviewed, mentored, and trained scores of paralegal students and paralegals.

Sybil is the Senior Paralegal in the Commercial Bankruptcy, Restructuring, and Creditors’ Rights group in the Phoenix, Arizona office of the national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP.

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. 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.

Sybil is currently Co-Chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee for the International Practice Management Association (IPMA). In 2024, she was the initial recipient of IPMA’s Diversity Champion Award .

In 2021, Sybil was appointed to serve on the Arizona Supreme Court's Commission on Diversity, Equality, and Justice in the Judiciary and was appointed to an additional three-year term in 2024. From 2021-2024, she served on 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).