Kent Harrell has been employed as a Legal Intern on a temporary basis this summer to assist with various projects in the Commission's Legal Division. Kent is a third-year law student at N.C. Central University in Durham ... Melissa Stockley will provide the Legal Staff with assistance by serving as a Paralegal Intern this summer. She is a student in the Legal Assistants Program at Meredith College in Raleigh ... Gary R. Caddell and Stephen L. Fussell successfully completed the National Certified Investigator/Inspector Training Program Level II which was administered by the Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation (CLEAR).
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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 discussed real estate contracts and Deputy Legal Counsel Miriam J. Baer spoke on agency-related issues at a meeting of the Triad-Area Real Estate Agents from Greensboro-High Point. Tom participated in the N.C. Fair Housing Summit in Durham and also addressed the Raleigh Triangle Association of Professional Mortgage Women ... Chief Deputy Legal Counsel Blackwell M. Brogden, Jr., appeared before the Alleghany County Listing Exchange Service at a meeting in Sparta to discuss buyer brokerage and other agency issues. Black spoke to the Salisbury Board of REALTORS® about questions most often posed to the Commission's Legal Division, and he discussed "agency" and "in-house builder sales" when he addressed a Sales Managers' Meeting of the Triangle Sales & Marketing Council at the Homebuilders' Association in Raleigh. At a meeting of the Rutherford County Board of REALTORS® which was held at Isothermal Community College, Black discussed general questions and answers concerning agency disclosure ... Consumer Protection Officer Stephen L. Fussell talked about real estate "dos" and "don'ts" when he addressed the Sanford Board of REALTORS® ... Christopher B. Smith, the Director of Audits & Investigations, was at a meeting of the Union County Board of REALTORS® in Monroe to explain the process of auditing and investigating real estate agents ... Continuing Education Officer Anita R. Burt spoke to the Community College Adult Educators Association at its Spring Conference in WinstonSalem and delivered a talk entitled, "Real Estate Continuing Education Update. "...A. Melton Black, Jr., the Commission's Education and Examination Officer, talked about "Real Estate Mathematics" when he addressed the N.C. Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges at the Catawba Valley Community College.
(Individuals and groups requesting a speaker from the Real Estate Commission are reminded that a 'Speaker Request Form ' is available from the Commission Office.)