You are very important to us. We understand the loss you have sustained and devastating nature of your injuries. We want to provide you with a ready contact, even when the lawyers working on your case are in court, depositions, or meetings. Through an "Of Counsel" arrangement with Faison & Gillespie we provide our paralegals. Our paralegals are also working on your case and a specific paralegal has responsibility for following your case and working with you and your lawyer to advance your case (all, of course, under the direct supervision of your lawyer). Some of paralegals also are nurses.

We invite you to meet our paralegals.

• Gladys Bethea, NCCP
• Minerva Dantzler, NCCP
• Mary Powell, NCCP
• Sue Veasey, NCCP
• Sarah Willis

GLADYS BETHEA, NCCP: Born in Henderson, North Carolina, but lived most of her life in New York. Received Paralegal Studies Certificate from West Virginia Career College, 1992 and received a Bachelor of Arts (Magna Cum Laude) in Criminal Justice, Shaw University, 2002. Gladys has over 11 years of legal experience, including Labor Law and Family Law. Began working for the firm in 2003 and currently resides in Durham, NC.
MARY POWELL, NCCP: Born in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Attended the University of North Carolina-Greensboro and University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Past member of the Advisory Committee to the Paralegal Curriculum Improvement Project of the North Carolina Community Colleges (DACUM Panel). Guest Speaker, the Paralegal Program, Durham Technical Community College, Durham, North Carolina. Employed as a Case Management Paralegal, Paralegal Manager and Office Manager since 1987.
SUE VEASEY, NCCP: Born in Warner Robins AFB, Georgia, but has lived in Durham, North Carolina since 1978. Received Associate in Applied Science in Paralegal Technology from Durham Technical Community College in May 2005. Prior to joining the firm in April 2005, Sue was a legal assistant at a construction law firm in Durham, North Carolina for eight years, and prior to that, was a banking officer at Wachovia Bank in Durham, North Carolina for 15 years.

SARAH WILLIS, PARALEGAL: Born in Nashville, Tennessee and raised in Gainesville, Florida. Received a B.A. in Political Science cum laude with honors from Wake Forest University in 2002, a Paralegal Certificate from the Center for Legal Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2002 and a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Classics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2008. Sarah worked at the firm from 2002-2004 and returned in the fall of 2008. In the intervening years, she worked at the American Red Cross in Tucson, Arizona and as a paralegal for a local commercial real estate and small business practice. She resides in Durham.
MINERVA A. DANTZLER, NCCP, born Manhattan, New York, September 14, 1972; Education: High Point University (B.S., 2002); Minerva worked with the firm from December 2002 through April 2006 and returned in August 2008. She has years of legal experience in areas such as social security, medical malpractice, and personal injury. Member: North Carolina State Bar (Paralegal Association and Legal Assistants Division), North Carolina Paralegal Association, Inc., and Certified North Carolina Guardian Ad Litem Volunteer.