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By Howard Rubin and Don Stait Dolan Media Newswires In May 2008, Congress enacted the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. It prohibits employers from using genetic information to make employment decisions, restricts employers’ use and disclosure of genetic information, and prohibits ...

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Metrolina Paralegal Association Upcoming events: • Monthly membership meetings: Second Thursday of each month at 12 p.m. at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 115 W. 7th St., Charlotte. Notes: • MPA is now on Facebook and LinkedIn. Asheville Area Paralegal Association Upcoming ...

National Association of Legal Assistants Notes: • NALA Campus LIVE provides online educational courses for paralegals. The courses are offered during two sessions per year. Twelve of the 44 courses offered through the program are recommended as preparation for the ...

Charleston Association of Legal Assistants Upcoming events: • Membership meetings are held the third Wednesday of each month. Attendees can earn CLE credits for their participation in the luncheons. • Dec. 2: CALA holiday party at the Charleston Yacht Club. Notes: ...

Jamie Early is the current president of Legal Staff Professionals of South Carolina. Early is a paralegal in the law department of BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina. Here, she tells Carolina Paralegal News what she thinks the future holds for ...

Scott Coates is a paralegal for attorney Cynthia L. Alleman in Asheville, N.C. He focuses his work on adult guardianship, incompetency and estate planning and probate issues. Coates graduated from Asbury College in Kentucky with a degree in music and ...

A career fair for paralegals will be held at the North Carolina Bar Center in Cary on Oct. 13 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is co-sponsored by the Paralegal Division of the N.C. Bar Association and the ...

Holly D. Moore is a North Carolina State Bar certified paralegal. She has been employed with Johnson, Peddrick & McDonald in Greensboro for 11-and-a-half years. The firm focuses its practice in estate planning, estate administration, business planning and tax planning. ...

Joyce Morant is a judicial assistant for Chief District Court Judge Joseph E. Turner in Greensboro, N.C. She is certified through the N.C. State Bar and will receive her associate’s degree in paralegal technology from Guilford Technical Community College in ...

Kaye Summers is a paralegal with Pulley, Watson, King & Lischer in Durham, N.C. She is certified through the National Association of Legal Assistants and the North Carolina State Bar and recently received her ACP designation from NALA. Summers is ...

Lisa Hack is a paralegal with Motley Rice in Charleston, S.C. She received her paralegal certificate in 2006 and has over 10 years of legal experience in practice areas including family law, entertainment law, anti-terrorism law and human rights law. ...

Marion A. Young is the current chair of the paralegal division of the North Carolina Bar Association. She works for Narron, O’Hale and Whittington in Smithfield, N.C., where she focuses on commercial real estate, corporate law and special proceedings. Young ...

Sandra Maness is a litigation paralegal with Robinson & Lawing in Winston-Salem, N.C. In 2001, she received an associate’s degree in applied science for paralegal technology and certificates in real property, personal injury, and office systems technology from Forsyth Technical ...

Yolanda Smith is a paralegal in the Raleigh, N.C. law firm of Tharrington Smith. Smith has been a paralegal for 13 years and focuses on construction litigation. She has earned the ACP designation from the National Association of Legal Assistants ...