Current Officers
President - Kirsten Carlos, CLA, NCCP
Kirsten received her B.A. in Journalism from Indiana University in 1993. She then completed the Meredith College Paralegal Program in 2004 and became a NALA certified paralegal in 2006 and a North Carolina State Bar Certified Paralegal in 2006. Kirsten has been working in the intellectual property law field since 2007 with Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A. Kirsten currently is a member of the Paralegal Division of the N.C. Bar Association and has been a member of the Research Triangle Paralegal Association since 2007. She served as the Chair of the Media/Public Relations Committee in 2010, and this is her first year serving as an officer
Vice President - Wendy Henshaw, CP, NCCP
Wendy received her B.S. in Zoology from The University of Wisconsin -- Madison in 1993. In 1997 she received her Paralegal Certificate from the American Institute for Paralegal Studies. She is a Certified Paralegal through both the National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) and The North Carolina State Bar. Wendy is currently employed with Coats & Bennett, PLLC as a paralegal in the patent group. Wendy worked as a patent and dispute resolution paralegal at Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications and as a patent paralegal at Alston & Bird LLP. She currently is a member of the Paralegal Division of the N.C. Bar Association, NALA, and has been a member of the Research Triangle Paralegal Association (RTPA) since 2006. Wendy is serving as Vice President of the RTPA and previously served as the Chair of the Continuing Legal Education Committee in 2009, and this is her first year serving as an officer.
Secretary - Betty-Lou Medlin, CP, NCCP
Betty-Lou received her B.A. in Criminal Justice from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in 1993. In 1997 she received her Paralegal Certificate from the American Institute for Paralegal Studies. She is a Certified Paralegal through both the National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) and the North Carolina State Bar. Betty-Lou has been working in the intellectual property law field since 2003 with Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A. as a patent paralegal. She is currently a member of the Paralegal Division of the N.C. Bar Association, NALA, and has been a member of the Research Triangle Paralegal Association (RTPA) since 2005. Betty-Lou has previously served as the Chair of the Community Service Committee and this is her first year serving as an officer.
Treasurer - LaChauna Johnson
LaChauna received her B.A in Communications from St. John’s University in Jamaica, NY in 1997. In 2011 she received her Paralegal Certificate from Duke University. She has been a legal assistant for over 5 years, most recently working in the Corporate Legal Department at Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications (USA) Inc. She is a member of the National Association of Legal Assistants as well as Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Incorporated. Prior to Sony Ericsson, LaChauna was employed with GCI Group, a Public Relations Firm in New York. She has been a member of RTPA since 2007 and this is her secnd year serving as Treasurer.
