Paralegal occupation money in the 2008 FEC cycle

Paralegal as occupation, cycle as the other filter

Two FEC dimensions meet here: occupation PARALEGAL and the 2008 election cycle. The intersection is $415,960 ($415,960), 580 contributions, and 263 donors. 8.0% of Paralegal occupation dollars ($5,214,690) fall in 2008. 2008 is a presidential-year legal-support cell with 580 receipts and 263 donors, a mid-row title kept separate from Attorney.

Paralegal is a one-word legal-support title as typed, not a certification recode. Nearby strings — LEGAL ASSISTANT, LAW CLERK, PARALEGAL STUDENT, and ATTORNEY — stay on other pages. Do not stack those dollar figures onto $415,960 or $5,214,690. Attorney and Legal Assistant remain other keys even when the workplace is a law office. The FEC file does not verify a paralegal certificate, a firm seat, or a bar number.

The PARALEGAL string across cycles

On the occupation side, $5,214,690 ($5.2 million) is the Paralegal total across cycles. The 2008 cell is 8.0% of that roll; the remaining $4,798,730 sits in other years on the occupation hub and is not itemized by year on this packet. Paralegal is not a court-filing log and not proof of a certified paralegal credential. Paralegal is not an NALA/NFPA membership roll, a law-firm headcount, or a bar-association census.

Open Paralegal donations for the $5,214,690 roll. Open the 2008 election cycle hub for every occupation in that window. All occupations and All FEC ties place this pair beside other occupation-cycle pages without combining dollar figures. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts.

Receipts and donor keys inside this cycle cell

Inside the 2008 cell, 580 itemized contributions map to 263 donors. That is about 2.2 receipts per donor in the join — a repeat-gift ratio, not a unique-person survey of everyone who holds a similar job. Dollars per receipt average about $717; dollars per donor average about $1,582. Averages hide large and small lines sitting in the same total.

2008 is a presidential-year FEC clock. Primaries, the general election, and leftover receipts from adjacent months can share the same even-year label. This packet does not split dollars by those stages or by party. The 2008 election cycle hub shows the cycle’s full occupation mix; this page shows only the Paralegal row. 263 donors is a disclosure count for this key in 2008, not a turnout figure. Unitemized federal gifts never enter $415,960.

Two dollar columns, one occupation and one year

Keep $415,960 attached to 2008 and $5,214,690 attached to the occupation string. Adding them would double-count the 2008 dollars that already sit inside the occupation total. Subtracting them does not yield “all other cycles”; it only yields a remainder ($4,798,730) that this packet does not itemize by year.

Cite FEC.gov. Individual contributions are not PAC independent expenditures and not lobbying registrations. Nothing in the join says donations paid for a federal award or a USAspending obligation. Quote $415,960 with both nouns: Paralegal and 2008.

What a Paralegal cycle join cannot claim

Matching Paralegal with 2008 does not measure influence, does not assign party, and does not say Paralegal donors caused an electoral result. Correlation between an occupation string and a cycle is not causation. The table is also not an NALA/NFPA membership roll, a law-firm headcount, or a bar-association census.

Itemized individual contributions from FEC.gov only. Independent expenditures, unitemized gifts, and state-office campaigns are excluded. A person who wrote a nearby title is not in $415,960. A person who wrote this string is in it even if the day job differs. LobbyVault does not audit licenses. The public record is the string plus the dollars.

Linked paralegal hub, cycle hub, and sibling titles

Paralegal donations holds the $5,214,690 occupation total. The 2008 election cycle page holds every occupation in that window, not only Paralegal. All occupations places PARALEGAL beside other titles without merging sibling strings (LEGAL ASSISTANT, LAW CLERK, PARALEGAL STUDENT, and ATTORNEY). All FEC ties lists other occupation-cycle pairs so $415,960 is not added to a different year.

Use the occupation hub for all-cycle Paralegal dollars ($5,214,690). Use the 2008 cycle hub for the even-year window across titles. Use this tie for the intersection only: $415,960, 580 contributions, 263 donors, 8.0% of occupation dollars. Those four internal links are the only hrefs this copy may use. Amended individual contribution reports can move $415,960; a later harvest of the same occupation string can move $5,214,690. Rewrite only the sentence whose source moved.

Questions

How much did Paralegal-labeled donors give in 2008?

The Paralegal grouping’s 2008 cell is $415,960 in itemized individual contributions, from 580 contributions and 263 donors, per FEC.gov aggregates. That is the occupation-cycle join, not a PAC total and not the $5,214,690 all-cycle occupation total.

Does Paralegal include attorneys or legal assistants?

This join uses the string PARALEGAL only. Attorney, Legal Assistant, and Law Clerk are other occupation keys. The FEC file does not recode those titles into PARALEGAL or confirm a paralegal certificate or a named law-firm employer. Figures are FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates. Paralegal in 2008 is $415,960 on 580 receipts from 263 donors.

What share of Paralegal FEC money fell in 2008?

About 8.0%. $415,960 divided by $5,214,690 is the 2008 cell’s share of the lifetime occupation bucket. Other cycles hold about $4,798,730 on the occupation hub. See the Paralegal occupation hub for other cycles and the 2008 cycle hub for other strings.

Does Paralegal 2008 money fund federal awards?

No. These figures are FEC individual contribution aggregates. Federal awards are published by USAspending. This page does not claim that campaign gifts funded those awards. $415,960 is itemized receipts tagged PARALEGAL in 2008, not an obligation total. Occupation labels are filer-entered.