By Murray Gottheil ( May 21, 2024, 10:00 AM EDT) -- I was speaking to a recent retiree from a Canadian Big Law firm the other day, and she introduced a new law firm concept to me, that of the “practice assistant.” Apparently at her firm, they did away with the concept of legal assistants (formerly, a “secretary” for you very old folks) and replaced it with a practice assistant, or PA....