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Elly Carrara, LDA #042 Bonded
California Notary Public

1726 Tehama St.
Redding, CA 96001
(Inside the Law Office of Richard Bay)

(530) 246-1441
Fax: (530) 246-1515
elly@norcaldocs.com

Elly Carrara is a knowledgeable and affordable Legal Document Assistant (LDA) with 15+ years experience as a paralegal in the Redding area.  Having worked most recently as a legal assistant to James T. Dooley, III, Elly specializes in family law document preparation including divorce, custody, child & spousal support, emergency orders, parentage, guardianships, and adoption.  Elly is not a licensed attorney and cannot provide legal advice or practice law.  She is available to assist the pro per (self-represented) client with form preparation, court filing, and the service of legal documents along with offering approved self-help reference materials and attorney referrals.  

 In 2010, Elly opened her business, NorCal Legal Document Services, and is a registered and bonded Legal Document Assistant in Shasta County and a member of the California Association of Legal Document Assistants (CALDA).  As a member of CALDA, she participates in continuing education and workshops to further her knowledge and skills. She offices in downtown Redding in close proximity to the Shasta County Courthouse and post office. Please review her testimonials as they speak to the quality of work and support you are guaranteed to receive.

Elly is a California native and a Shasta County resident for more then 30 years.  As a wife, mother to four adult children, and proud grandmother, Elly understands the importance of client empowerment and providing a reliable and affordable legal alternative to help individuals and families navigate their legal matters. Elly enjoys Pilates and gardening, and volunteers to coach her granddaughters in volleyball during the fall. 

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Going the Distance: Runners say marathons take dedication

By Christy Lochrie
Record Searchlight, July 2, 2007 [Original Article]

It's all about the hat. A favorite. Worn on Sacramento River Trail runs. Broken in. Like a lived-in pair of slippers. But not that comfy.

Elly Carrara clutched that hat like the irreplaceable keepsake that it is over a recent cup of coffee.

Her friends and family snatched it from her. Transformed it. And then gave it back just before the 49-year-old Redding woman left to compete in the April 16, 2007 Boston Marathon in Boston.

"They took my hat and started putting quotes on it," said Carrara, a legal assistant in Redding.

She points to some of the inked lines: "If God brings you to it, he'll bring you through it."

"Triumph is just umph, added to try."

That one's her favorite and came courtesy of her husband.

All were thoughts, wishes or pithy phrases that helped transform the once 210-pound woman into a 126-pound running machine, who completed the 26.2-mile marathon in three hours and 54 minutes. Her goal was three hours, 25 minutes. But she didn't count on a northeaster to sweep through the city, tossing boats like bathtub toys, dumping rain and whacking the city with 50 mph winds.

Ramping up for a marathon is a mammoth undertaking that requires hefty heaps of training time, nutrition, gear, dedication and chunks of mental preparation, too -- which was where Carrara's hat came in.

"I carried everyone with me," Carrara said.

"It's such a mental thing. What you believe you can't do and what you believe you can do."

Carrara, who started a walking exercise regime at 40 and started running three years ago, finished 11,641 out of 20,000 runners in the Boston Marathon, her first.

She's nursing a sore leg now and hopes to be back on the running path soon.

Tonya Geers, meanwhile, a 48-year-old Redding runner, is gearing up for the New York City Marathon on Nov. 4. The marathon is so popular that race officials use a lottery system to select its 38,000 participants from among the 98,000 worldwide applicants.

Geers, a runner since she was 14, has run five marathons.

Like Carrara, Geers started out small. At her husband's nudging, she enrolled in a marathon training program.

"That was the start of what I never envisioned I could ever accomplish, ever" Geers said.

Geers, a paralegal and fitness trainer, is ramping up her running miles in preparation for the marathon. She's at 15 miles a week and soon will crank it up to 20.

"I think the most important part of running a marathon is being committed to your training," Geers said.

Currents reporter Christy Lochrie can be reached at 225-8309 or clochrie@redding.com. Read her blog at blogs.redding.com.