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The North Carolina Bar Association Paralegal Division in May honored Phyllis Hines with its 2011 Distinguished Paralegal Award. Hines was nominated by colleagues and by her coworkers at Myers, Bigel, Sibley & Sajovec in Raleigh. Hines previously served as chair of the Paralegal Division. Currently, she is a member of the NCBA’s CLE Committee and Intellectual Property Section, chair of the Paralegal Division Nominations Committee, program planner for the annual Intellectual Property Institute for Paralegals and co-founder of the Research Triangle Paralegal Association. She also belongs to the National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) and the National Notary Association.

Westbrook has been a real estate paralegal with Elizabeth R. Harrison, Attorney at Law, PC, since graduating from Meredith’s Paralegal Program in 2006. Prior to attending Meredith, she worked as an accounting clerk for a law firm. She obtained a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Campbell University in 2002. She is a member of Mid-Way Baptist Church in Raleigh, where she is active in missions and the children’s ministry. Westbrook lives in Clayton, North Carolina, with her pets Jasmine, Bell and Brown.

Natalie Butrym is a senior paralegal with Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, L.L.P. in Columbia. She has extensive experience in complex product liability litigation, drug and device litigation, and technology litigation, including litigation over the performance of computer software, trade secrets and unfair trade practices. She is presently working with David Dukes handling hormone therapy litigation and with Michael Hogue handling asbestos litigation. She also serves as a paralegal coordinator for the Litigation Department in the Columbia office.

Mary Beth Morgan is a legal assistant at Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A. in Greenville, South Carolina, supporting Luanne Runge, shareholder, and Mary Giorgi, senior associate. Her career has been largely focused in the areas of complex/civil litigation, adoption and real estate. She serves as the 2011-2012 president of Legal Staff Professionals of Greenville (LSPG) and as a teen mentor. Originally from Chicago, she lives in Simpsonville with her children, David, Ted, Kathleen and Patrick, and their family pets.

Alamance County Paralegal Association Upcoming events: • Regular membership meetings are on the third Tuesday of every month at 12:20 p.m. at Carver’s on Elm in Graham. Asheville Area Paralegal Association Upcoming events: • Monthly membership meetings are the first Thursday ...

Charleston Association of Legal Assistants Upcoming events: • Membership meetings are the third Wednesday of each month. Attendees can earn CLE credits for their participation in the luncheons. Notes: • CALA is now on Facebook. Log in to the website ...

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 ...

Lindsay C. Casenhiser earned a bachelor of arts in history from the College of Charleston. Her  paralegal certificate in litigation is from Greenville Technical College. She began her career in 2004 at Motley Rice in Charleston, S.C., and is now ...

The Legal Staff Professionals of Greenville recently elected its new board members. They are (from left to right in photo) Tara Prevatte, parliamentarian/immediate past president; Mary Beth Morgan, president; Patti Bacon, president elect; Kathy Suggs, vice president; Myra Culbertson, treasurer ...

Lindsay Valek is a litigation paralegal at Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, a defense firm in Columbia, S.C. She has a bachelor of arts degree in political science from Winthrop University and the ABA paralegal certification from Midlands Technical ...

Alamance County Paralegal Association Upcoming events: • Regular membership meetings are on the third Tuesday of every month at 12:20 p.m. at Carver’s on Elm in Graham. Asheville Area Paralegal Association Upcoming events: • Monthly membership meetings are the first Thursday ...

Charleston Association of Legal Assistants Upcoming events: • Membership meetings are the third Wednesday of each month. Attendees can earn CLE credits for their participation in the luncheons. Notes: • CALA is now on Facebook. Log in to the website ...

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 ...

Read the May 2011 issue of Carolina Paralegal News online.

Alamance County Paralegal Association Upcoming events: • Regular membership meetings on the third Tuesday of every month at 12:20 p.m. at Carver’s on Elm in Graham. Asheville Area Paralegal Association Upcoming events: • Monthly membership meetings occur the first Thursday of ...