JoAnn Hylton isn’t a lawyer. She rarely picks up the phone, and she doesn’t type much.
Yet Hylton, who works for Palo Alto’s Fenwick & West, is one of the most sought after professionals in the Silicon Valley legal market.
JoAnn Hylton isn't a lawyer. She rarely picks up the phone, and she doesn't type much. Yet Hylton, who works for Palo Alto's Fenwick & West, is one of the most sought after professionals in the Silicon Valley legal market. That's because she is part of a shrinking group of experienced legal secretaries, a commodity in such demand that the mere rumor of an available patent prosecution or litigation secretary is enough to set off bidding wars between firms.
May 04, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
JoAnn Hylton isn’t a lawyer. She rarely picks up the phone, and she doesn’t type much.
Yet Hylton, who works for Palo Alto’s Fenwick & West, is one of the most sought after professionals in the Silicon Valley legal market.
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