Cancer survivor Elizabeth Wagner was presented with the Volunteer of the Year Award and a $2500 scholarship April 13, 2010 during the Leadership Awards Luncheon at the Beverly Hills Country Club in Los Angeles by the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators, a professional association for legal managers. 

Battling Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the immune system, for 1 year, Wagner, of Long Beach, said of the award “I am so honored to receive this award and despite health-related challenges, I have thoroughly enjoyed giving back to the community through volunteering.”

Wagner was honored for her continued involvement and dedication to the association and to the community. She supports the GLA ALA Justice Jog, AIDS Life Cycle and Tour De Palm Springs Charity Ride.  

“Wagner is a role model to GLA ALA.  She inspires everyone she meets to get moving and get involved,” says Jean Jewell, CLM, a past recipient of Volunteer of the Year Award.

Wagner, the Legal Administrator of Kegel, Tobin & Truce in Los Angeles, CA, serves as the Programs Chair for the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators (GLA ALA).

The international President of the Association of Legal Administrators, Susan French Koran keynoted, and Mary McDonnell was installed as the 2010 GLA ALA board President. 

The scholarship received is an award for travel, hotel and registration to the Association of Legal Administrators annual conference in Boston sponsored by First Legal.

ABOUT GLA ALA: The Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators (GLA ALA) is a 350-person nonprofit membership organization that provides educational opportunities, community service, and exchange of information to improve the quality and professionalism of management in legal services organizations. For more information, visit www.glaala.org.