Mollie Schwam

2019-2020 NCBA Paralegal Division Survey Results

Jennifer Smith-Sutphin, and Tina Thacker Under the leadership of the 2019-2020 North Carolina Bar Association’s Paralegal Division (NCBA PD) and former…

Working In the Alcohol Industry

Before I started working at Beer Law Center I had no idea about the mountain of paperwork that selling alcohol entailed. I was not even aware about the…

BarCARES Program Offers Help For Legal Professionals

One of the benefits of NCBA membership is access to BarCARES, a confidential, free service that provides referrals for counseling services. Members of local…

The All-Encompassing Secretary of State’s Office

The Secretary of State’s (SoS) Office does it all. From offering helpful materials on starting a business in NC, database to file securities, to storing…

New Blog Series: Paralegal Spotlight and Paralegal Perspectives

Greetings from your Communications Committee Co-Chairs, Mollie Schwam and Alicia Mitchell-Mercer. We want to introduce ourselves and provide an update…

Paralegal Perspective: Working In the World of Craft Alcohol

I started working at Beer Law Center in September 2015 while I was in paralegal school at Meredith College. I was anxious to join the workforce and earn a…

Forming an LLC: Walking Your Client Through the Paperwork, Part 2

This is the second in a two-part series. Read part one here. Now that you have submitted the client’s Articles of Organization to the North Carolina…

Forming an LLC: Walking Your Client Through the Paperwork, Part 1

Do you ever go into autopilot when you work? If you had to stop and walk through the business formation process with a client, could you? Taking time to write…