The Real Estate Commission recently filled a position in the Legal Services Division. Tracy A. Turner has been  employed as Legal Secretary/Receptionist. The position has been vacant since Wanda Johnson transferred to the Education and Licensing Division.

A native of Jacksonville, Florida, Tracy attended Florida Community College and Jones Business College. Prior to her permanent employment with the Commission, she worked through an employment agency and served for several months on a temporary basis as the Commission's receptionist.

In her present position, Tracy will act as receptionist for the Legal Services Division and provide the division with secretarial assistance.

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, the Commission's Director of Legal Services, discussed general licensing enforcement at a seminar for the UNC School of Law in Chapel Hill ... Chief Deputy Legal Counsel Blackwell M. Brogden, Jr., spoke on agency-related issues when he addressed the Rocky Mount Area Association of REALTORS®, Inc .... Janet B. Thoren, the Commission's Associate Legal Counsel, appeared before the Burke County Board of REALTORS® in Morganton to discuss topics of special interest and concern to real estate agents ... and Consumer Protection Officer Stephen L Fussell talked about matters relating to complaints the Commission receives involving property management, when he addressed a Property Management Meeting of the Fayetteville Association of REALTORS®, Inc.