Commission Staff Update

The Real Estate Commission has changed the name of its regulatory section from "Legal Division" to "Legal Services Division" to more clearly define the division's function. The Commission has named Deputy Legal Counsel Miriam J. Baer to the position of Assistant Director of Legal Services. Miriam graduated summa cum laude from the University of Kansas and received a law degree from UNC-Chapel Hill.

A licensed real estate broker, Miriam was in private law practice for three years prior to joining the Commission staff in 1987 as Examination Coordinator in the Education Division. She transferred to the Legal Services Division in 1988.

The Commission has filled a records-retention vacancy in the Administration Division's Records Section. Geraldine M. " Geri " Gram has been employed as a Records Specialist to assist with updating licensee records and to maintain permanent licensee files.

A licensed salesman, Geri attended Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, where she majored in paralegal technology. Geri was previously employed as an office assistant with the City of Charlotte Operations Department and as an executive secretary at a packaging company.

The following Commission staff members have made appearances before various real estate industry and related groups since the last issue of the Bulletin. Special Deputy Attorney General Thomas R Miller spoke on real estate agency issues as they pertain to commercial

real estate agents when he addressed the Greensboro Regional REALTORS® Association...Chief Deputy Legal Counsel Blackwell M. Brogden, Jr., delivered an address on the Residential Property Disclosure Act and real estate agency issues at a meeting of the Charlotte Regional REALTORS® Association in Hickory. Black attended a meeting of the North Carolina/South Carolina Chapter of the American Resort Development Association in Hilton Head, S.C., where he discussed the Commission's concerns regarding timesharing, resort development and related topics...Marilyn E. Tomei, the Commission's Assistant Legal Counsel, talked about problems of special concern to the Commission when she addressed the High Point Regional Association of REALTORS®...Consumer Protection Officer Robin F. Oliver also discussed subjects of special concern to the Commission when she appeared before the Kerr Lake Board of REALTORS®.

(Individuals and groups requesting a speaker from the Real Estate Commission are reminded that a "Speaker Request Form" is available from the Commission Office.)