Deb Cunningham - President

Deb is a Paralegal with Ballard Spahr LLP specializing in real estate.  She was previously a Senior Legal Assistant in the Real Estate and Development Unit of the Philadelphia Law Department, assisting City Department clients and attorneys through all of the real estate transactions involving the City of Philadelphia. She received her paralegal degree and eDiscovery certification from the Community College of Philadelphia. Deb serves on both the Philadelphia Law Department's Professional Development Committee and the Philadelphia Bar Association's Fraudulent Conveyance Task Force.

Vacancy - Vice President

Vacancy - Secretary

Janice Trout, Pa.C.P.—Treasurer 

Janice C. Trout is a senior litigation paralegal at the Offit Kurman, P.A. firm, assisting attorneys with mass tort and commercial litigation claims. She attended Shippensburg University and she received her Pa.C.P. from the Keystone Alliance of Paralegal Associations in 2012. Janice has 30 years of legal experience.

Janice currently serves as the Programs Committee chair for the Philadelphia Association of Paralegals.

Janice has significant experience in Mass Tort litigation, particularly asbestos defense litigation, serving as National Coordinating Counsel for a Fortune 200 Company. She also has experience in commercial litigation where she has prepared for and participated in mediations and prepared for trial. She is highly skilled at managing case tracking databases, organizing and maintaining large document cases and has also performed risk management assessment and local counsel bill review for various clients with litigation nationwide.

Lyndora Patterson —Board Consultant

Lyndora Patterson is a Senior Paralegal Specialist in the Litigation Practice Group at Independence Blue Cross, LLC, assisting attorneys in employment law, immigration, insurance and litigation matters. She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Widener University, paralegal certificate from Main Line Paralegal Institute and has over 30 years of legal experience. Lyndora is a member of Sigma Tau Delta, an International English Honor Society and her name appears in the edition of Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Ms. Patterson has been a member of The Philadelphia Association of Paralegals since 2001. She is also a Notary Public for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Ms. Patterson currently serves as Board Consultant on the Board of Directors of The Philadelphia Association of Paralegals, as well as Chair of the Education Committee and Co-Chair of the Professional Development Committee. In addition, she sits on Delaware County Community College’s Paralegal Advisory Board.  

In previous years, Ms. Patterson was a member of PAP’s Litigation, Immigration, Medical Legal and Professional Development Committees. She also served as President, Secretary, and Assistant Secretary to the Board of Directors, co- chaired the Education Committee and is a Past President. In 2010, Lyndora was honored with a special award for her two terms of service as PAP’s President from 2008-2009 "in grateful appreciation for her outstanding, significant contributions as President of The Philadelphia Association of Paralegals. " She served as an ex-officio member of the Board of Governors of the Philadelphia Bar Association from 2008-2009 and received an award for invaluable and dedicated service to the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Board of Governors. Ms. Patterson has been published in The Philadelphia Association of Paralegals’ newsletter, The Philadelphia Forum, and The Legal Intelligencer. She has also served as a panelist for paralegal events at Peirce College and Widener University.