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As a newly divorced young mother, Peggy Pardue decided to build a career helping others going through similar circumstances. Her first step was to move from her part time job to a full-time position. “I found a full-time job at ...

Amy Carrere credits her grandfather for lighting the spark that led her to becoming a paralegal. “He was a magistrate, and he would share with me different situations he experienced in our community,” she said. “I wanted to help people ...

Seven years ago, Natalie Porter wanted to supplement her income as a traditional paralegal in a law firm setting, so she started offering her services to other firms. “At that time, it was a lot of one-off kind of projects ...

A native of South Carolina, Jacqueline Thurman has worked in the legal sector for over 20 years and is a workers’ compensation department manager at Ken Harris & Associates in Charlotte. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in political ...

Growing up in Florida, Crystal Reading developed an interest in law at a young age. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in criminal justice and psychology from the University of North Florida, becoming the first in her family to ...

The Asheville Area Paralegal Association’s 2021-2022 officers are: Courtney Guest, president and publicity chair; Stephanie Heller, vice president and membership chair; Lapatra Bowen, secretary and programs chair; Jessica Rice, assistant secretary; Pam Peterson, treasurer; Sandy Holder, assistant treasurer; Terrie Blackburn, ...

After spending half of her career working in insurance, Lea Ann Adkins found her dream job. A South Carolina paralegal, Adkins spends her days working side-by-side with Jeff Yungman, a public interest attorney who serves a local homeless community at ...

NCBA names Alicia Mitchell-Mercer 2021 Distinguished Paralegal Alicia Mitchell-Mercer, a legal project manager and paralegal at Brown & Associates, has received the North Carolina Bar Association’s 2021 Distinguished Paralegal Award. She was honored during the 2021 NCBA Annual Meeting Awards ...

After working as a paralegal for 15 years, Noel Hill earned her North Carolina Certified Paralegal designation last April. “I have always regretted not obtaining a college degree, and this certificate has validated my efforts and given me confidence,” she ...

Over the past five years, Nelson Mullins paralegal Kevin Werner has logged 1,990 pro bono hours, largely with the monthly Lawyers4Vets legal clinic in Columbia, South Carolina. In 2014, the South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center, in partnership with the ...

Over the years, Noel Hill, a busy insurance defense paralegal at Teague Rotenstreich Stanaland Fox & Holt has become accustomed to juggling the large caseload that comes with the job. As a novice paralegal 15 years ago, the work weighed ...

Bobbie Kullman learned the value of compassion last year when she volunteered to help screen and organize hundreds of letters from prison inmates seeking opportunities to serve the remainder of their sentences outside prison walls during the COVID-19 pandemic.  “Prisoners who were ...

Juggling the needs of her 16-year-old son and work obligations over the past year has become a way of life for Ashley Shoaf, a paralegal at the Greensboro law firm of Hagan Barrett. It hasn’t been an easy road for ...

NCBA Paralegal Division announces annual meeting The North Carolina Bar Association Paralegal Division will hold its annual meeting Thursday, May 20, at 9:30 a.m. The meeting will take place on Zoom and members will receive a log-in upon registration. Visit ...