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Foust honored with Guilford scholarship Lisa Foust of Pleasant Garden has been awarded a $500 scholarship from the Guilford Paralegal Association. Foust is a student in the Guilford Technical Community College paralegal program, where she has been named to the ...

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The North Carolina State Bar Board of Paralegal Certification donated a check in the amount of $100,000 to the NC IOLTA program on Oct. 21. NC IOLTA (Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts) is a non-profit program created by the State ...

Camilla Pitman has been selected to participate in Leadership Greenville Class 38. This 10-month program is designed and facilitated by the Greenville Chamber of Commerce to help develop informed and committed leaders for Greenville County. As the city clerk for ...

Pulley, Watson, King & Lischer, P.A. of Durham is pleased to announce that Kaye Summers recently attended The Association of Legal Assistants / Paralegals (NALA) 36th annual meeting and awards celebration in Dallas, where she received the 2011 Affiliates Award. The award recognizes outstanding contributions and dedication to the advancement of the legal assistant profession through volunteer service to NALA affiliated associations. Summers has been a member of the North Carolina Paralegal Association for more than 10 years, currently serving as NALA Liaison and Mentoring Chair. She has also been president, bar liaison and at large director.

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.

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 ...

Candace Russell, a paralegal with Nexsen Pruet's Charlotte office, recently received her advanced certified paralegal designation from the National Association of Legal Assistants. Russell is also a participant of NALA's 2011 Leadership Enhancement and Preparation class and an officer in the Metrolina Paralegal Association.

On Dec.10, four paralegals from Ted A. Greve and Associates in North Carolina went to lend a hand at the Operation Christmas Child Processing Center in Charlotte. They put together a box for a boy between the ages of 9 ...

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Over 100 people attended a career fair at the North Carolina Bar Center in October. Open to all individuals interested in pursuing or currently involved in the paralegal profession, the event was a collaborative effort between the Research Triangle Paralegal Association and the Paralegal Division of N.C. Bar Association.

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SouthCarolina Several paralegal associations in South Carolina recently installed officers for 2010-2011. Legal Staff Professionals of South Carolina’s new state officers are: Jamie Early, president; Tara Jean Prevatte, president-elect; Frances Powell, secretary; Stephanie Saporita, treasurer; Kerry Waldrop, functional director of ...

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